Election for Monthly Cost-of-Living Adjustment
Form 20 – Revised 12/1/2013
This form must be received by PERS on or before June 1 to be applicable for the following fiscal year. Please print or type in black ink.
Completed form should be mailed or faxed to PERS. See bottom of form for contact information.
Benefit Recipient Information
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PERS will automatically update the mailing address on file with the mailing address listed below
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First Name: _____________________________________ MI: _________ Last Name: ______________________________________________________
Mailing Address: ________________________________________________ City: ___________________________ State: _______ Zip: _____________
Social Security No.: _______________________________E-Mail: _______________________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________________ Cellular Home Work Phone: _______________________________ Cellular Home Work
Retirement Plan
Select applicable plan.
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Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS)
Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System (MHSPRS)
Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan (SLRP)
Municipal Retirement Systems (MRS) City: ________________________________
Account Information
– Indicate type of account selected in Section 2. If you receive more than one benefit from a retirement system or plan
administered by PERS, you must complete a separate election form for each account.
Retiree Account
Beneficiary Account
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Payment Authorization
– Election of a monthly COLA payment is an irrevocable election. Once the
method of payment selected here begins, no other option will be available. If no option is selected here, COLA benefits will be paid in a lump sum each
December.
Select one.
As a benefit recipient of PERS, SLRP, or MHSPRS, or a Municipal Retirement Systems benefit recipient from Biloxi, Gulfport, or McComb, I elect, upon
eligibility, to receive my COLA in 12 equal monthly installments beginning in July of each year.
As a Municipal Retirement Systems benefit recipient from Clinton, Columbus, Greenville, Hattiesburg, Pascagoula, Vicksburg, or Yazoo City, I elect,
upon eligibility, to receive my COLA in equal monthly installments beginning in January as follows:
Select one: Two consecutive months
Three consecutive months
Four consecutive months
Five consecutive months
Six consecutive months
Applicant Authorization and Acknowledgement
– If an authorized representative signs this form,
attach a copy of the durable power of
attorney, conservatorship or guardianship papers, or other legal documents as proof of authority to sign this form.
I do hereby acknowledge that I understand the provisions for receiving the Cost-of-Living Adjustment in monthly payments versus an annual lump sum
payment. I understand that by signing this election, my decision cannot be changed.
Applicant’s Signature: _____________________________________________________________________ Date mm/dd/ccyy:______________________
Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi
429 Mississippi Street, Jackson, MS 39201-1005
800.444.7377
601.359.3589
601.359.5261, fax
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