# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 29. Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits

### Subtitle 4. Cost-of-living Adjustments

#### Section 29-401

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)

  (1) "Accumulated cost-of-living adjustment amount" means the sum of all prior cost-of-living adjustments made to an allowance.

  (2) "Accumulated cost-of-living adjustment amount" does not include the cost-of-living adjustment made as of July 1 of the current fiscal year.

(c)

  (1) "Allowance" has the meaning stated in Sec. 20-101 of this article.

  (2) "Allowance" includes an annual retirement allowance adjustment payable as of July 1, 1999, to a retiree of the State Police Retirement System who retired on or before June 30, 1999, under Sec. 24-401(e) of this article.

(d) "Consumer Price Index" means the annual average Consumer Price Index (all urban consumers, United States city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted, 1982-1984 = 100) for the calendar year ending December 31 as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

(e) "Cost-of-living adjustment" means the amount by which an allowance is adjusted as of July 1 of a fiscal year.

(f) "Cost-of-living rate" means the rate computed in accordance with Sec. 29-402(c) of this subtitle that is used to determine a cost-of-living adjustment.

(g) "Cost-of-living rate cap" means the maximum cost-of-living rate that may be used to determine a cost-of-living adjustment in a fiscal year.

(h) "Effective date" means:

  (1) for an allowance of a former member, a retiree, or the surviving beneficiary of a deceased member, the first day of the month in which an allowance is first paid to the former member, retiree, or surviving beneficiary; or

  (2) for an allowance of a surviving beneficiary of a former member or a retiree, the first day of the month in which an allowance was first paid to the former member or retiree.

(i) "Initial allowance" means a basic allowance or an optional allowance paid in accordance with Sec. 21-403 of this  article, not including a cost-of-living adjustment, accumulated cost-of-living adjustment, or any additional annuity.

(j) "Selection A (Additional member contributions)" means the retirement selection described in Sec. 22-219 of this article.

(k) "Selection B (Limited cost-of-living adjustment)" means the retirement selection described in Sec. 22-220 of this article.

(l) "Selection C (Combination formula)" means the retirement selection described in Sec. 22-221 of this article.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)