Amount of increase - Persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Commencing October 1, 2006, each person whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 2005, and who is receiving a monthly allowance or is eligible to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase as described in Section 36-27-200. Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees of employers participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in their gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in their gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month.

(Act 2006-510, p. 1179, §3.)