Pension increases payable after June 30, 1996

Sec. 24. (a) The pension portion (plus postretirement increases to the pension portion) provided by employer contributions of the monthly benefit payable after June 30, 1996, to a member of the public employees' retirement fund or the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund or a survivor or beneficiary of a member of the public employees' retirement fund or the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund who retired or was disabled: (1) before July 2, 1981, shall be increased by three and one-tenth percent (3.1%); and (2) after July 1, 1981, and before July 2, 1993, shall be increased by one and one-half percent (1.5%). (b) This subsection applies only to an increase payable to a member of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund. The cost difference between the monthly benefit payable before the increase required by this section and the monthly benefit payable after the increase required by this section after June 30, 1996, and before July 1, 1997, shall be paid from the employer reserve fund for the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund. After June 30, 1997, the difference shall be paid from the state general fund. (c) The increases specified in this section: (1) shall be based upon the date of the member's latest retirement or disability; (2) do not apply to benefits payable in a lump sum; and (3) are in addition to any other increase provided by law.