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(1)(a) Monthly retirement and survivor benefit payments, including the increases determined under the provisions of the DPS plan document attributable to retirement or death of an eligible employee of the district who retired or died after December 1, 1945, shall be increased in accordance with part 10 of this article.
(b) Adjusted payments based on survivor benefits that are suspended by reason of the beneficiary not having attained the minimum age requirements provided in sections 24-51-1738 to 24-51-1740 or pursuant to the provisions of the DPS plan document shall not continue to accumulate or accrue during such period of suspension.
(2) Upon attainment of the minimum age requirements and resumption of such survivor's benefit payments or reinstatement under the provisions of the DPS plan document, no increase shall be made until such resumed payments have been paid continuously for the twelve months prior to July 1.
(3) Deleted by Laws 2010, Ch. 2, § 32, eff. Feb. 23, 2010.
(4) No increase shall be payable incident to any retirement or survivor benefits becoming payable to any legal entity other than an individual person, to a personal representative or other person acting in an analogous representative capacity. This subsection (4) shall not preclude payment of such increase to the guardian or conservator of a person otherwise entitled thereto.
(5) Pursuant to section 24-51-1726.5, adjusted payments based on benefits that are suspended by reason of the annuitant's having returned to service with an employer affiliated with the association as a regular employee shall not continue to accumulate or accrue during such period of suspension. Upon reinstatement of the retirement allowance payments, no increase shall be made until such resumed payments have been paid continuously for the twelve months prior to July 1.
(6) Annuitants who are reemployed by the district on or before December 31, 2009, shall until termination of such employment be subject to the DPS plan document provisions related to the reemployment of an annuitant. Any subsequent employment shall be governed by part 11 of this article.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-51-1732. Benefit increases--annual retirement allowance adjustment--contributing members--affiliate members--deferred members--survivors (2001 and 2005) - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-24-government-state/co-rev-st-sect-24-51-1732/
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