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Guam committee hears bill to extend $200 one-time COLA to autonomous-agency retirees; senators press DOA on legality
Summary
Bill 208-38 would add retirees of autonomous agencies and public corporations to a one-time $200 COLA payment. Legislators were told DOA and the Guam Retirement Fund administratively resolved parity for those retirees, but senators asked for legal review and documentation of payments and authority.
Sen. Tello Titegui introduced Bill 208-38 on Nov. 17 to amend Public Law 37-135 so that a one-time $200 supplemental cost-of-living allowance (COLA) also covers retirees and survivors who last served with autonomous agencies and public corporations.
The sponsor told the committee he introduced the bill to correct an "unintentional exclusion" in the original law that had limited the COLA disbursement to retirees funded in whole or part by the general fund. The sponsor said the earlier appropriation used approximately $1.5 million in excess revenue for the one-time payment…
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