An Act to provide for an increase in the annuities payable from the District of Columbia teachers retirement and annuity fund, to revise the method of determining the cost-of-living increases in such annuities, and for other purposes
PL 89-494 (H.R.11439), enacted 07/05/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-494-JULY 5, 1966 
[80 
STAT. 
68A Stat. 779. 
26 u s e 6323. 
D.C. Code 45-
711. 
Repeal. 
77 Stat. 532. 
App rop ri at io n. 
Effective date. 
the second sentence of section 5 and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: "The Recorder of Deeds shall index the same in the name 
of the injured person and shall charge and collect a fee of $1 for 
recording, indexmg, and releasing the lien so filed." 
SEC. 17. (a) Section 6323(a) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1954 is amended to read as follows: 
"(3) 
W I T H RECORDER or DEEDS OF THE DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.— 
In the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, 
if the property subject to the lien is situated in the District of 
Columbia." 
(b) Section 548a of the Act approved March 3, 1901, as added by 
the Act of April 27, 1945 (59 Stat. 100), is amended by striking "SEC. 
548a." and by inserting in lieu thereof "SEC. 548a. (a)" and by insert-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
"(b) The Recorder of Deeds shall accept for filing any notice of 
Federal tax lien or any other document affecting such a lien if such 
notice or document is in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Treasury or his delegate and could be filed with the clerk of the 
United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The fee 
for each such filing with the Recorder of Deeds shall be the same as 
the fee charged by the Recorder of Deeds for filing a similar document 
for a private person. The Recorder of Deeds shall bill the District 
Director of Internal Revenue on a monthly basis for fees for docu-
ments filed by such District Director. Any document releasing or 
affecting any notice of Federal tax lien which has been filed with 
the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia prior to the effective date of this Act shall be filed with 
such clerk." 
SEC. 18. Section 6 of title I of the Act entitled "An Act to provide 
revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", 
approved August 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 673, 674), as amended (sec. 47-
1406, D.C. Code, 1961 ed.), is amended by striking "clerk of the United 
States District Court for", and inserting in lieu thereof "Recorder of 
Deeds of"; and by striking "said court" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"the United States District Court for the District of Columbia." 
SEC. 19. Paragraphs 16 and 18 of section 15-706 (e), District of 
Columbia Code, are repealed. 
SEC. 20. Appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act are 
authorized. 
SEC. 21. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first month 
which is at least ninety days after the date of approval of this Act. 
Approved July 5, 1966. 
July 5, 1966 
[H. R. 11439] 
Public Law 89-494 
AN ACT 
To provide for an increase in the annuities payable from the District of Colum-
bia teachers' retirement and annuity fund, to revise the method of determin-
ing the cost-of-living increases in such annuities, and for other purposes. 
D.C. 
Teachers, annu-
ities increase. 
76 Stat. 1236. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That sections 21 and 
22 of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of public school 
teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 7, 1946 (D.C. 
Code, sees. 31-739a—31-739b), are amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 21. (a) Effective December 1,1965, each annuity payable from 
the fund which has a commencing date not later than December 30, 
1965, shall be increased hy (1) the per centum rise in the price index, 
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adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per centum, determined by the 
Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia on the basis of 
the annual average price index for calendar year 1962 and the price 
index for the month of July 1965 plus (2) 61/^ per centum if the 
commencing date (or in the case of the survivor of a deceased annui-
tant the commencing date of the annuity of the retired employee) 
occurred on or before October 1, 1956, or li/^ per centum if the com-
mencing date (or in the case of the survivor of a deceased annuitant 
the commencing date of the annuity of the retired employee) occurred 
after October 1, 1956. The month used in determining the increase 
based on the per centum rise in the price index under this subsection 
shall be the base month for determining the per centum change in 
the price index until the next succeeding increase occurs. 
"(b) Each month after the first increase under this section, the 
Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall determine 
the per centum change in the price index. 
Effective the first day of 
the third month which begins after the price index shall have equaled 
a rise of at least 3 per centum for three consecutive months over the 
price index for the base month, each annuity payable from the fund 
which has a commencing date not later than such effective date shall be 
increased by the per centum rise in the price index (calculated on the 
highest level of the price index during the three consecutive months) 
adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per centum. 
"(c) Eligibility for an annuity increase under this section shall be 
governed by the commencing date of each annuity payable from the 
fund as of the effective date of an increase, except as follows: 
"(1) Effective from its commencing date, an annuity payable from 
the fund to an annuitant's survivor (other than a child entitled under 
section 9(b) (3)), which annuity commences the day after the annul- ^^^*%*'^^^ 
tant's death and after the effective date of the first increase under this 
section, shall be increased by the total per centum increase the annui-
tant was receiving under this section at death. 
" (2) For purposes of computing an annuity which commences after 
the effective date of the first increase under this section to a child under 
section 9(b) (3), the items $600, $720, $1,800, and $2,160 appearing in 
section 9(b)(3) shall be increased by the total per centum increase 
allowed and in force under this section for employee annuities which 
conimenced after October 1,1956, and, in case of a deceased annuitant, 
the items 40 per centum and 50 per centum appearing in section 9(b)(3) 
shall be increased by the total per centum increase allowed and in force 
under this section to the annuitant at death. 
"(d) No increase in annuity provided by this section shall be com-
puted on any additional annuity purchased at retirement by voluntary 
contributions. 
"(e) The monthly installment of annuity after adjustment under 
this section shall be fixed at the nearest dollar, except that such install-
ment shall after adjustment reflect an increase of at least $1. 
"(f) For purposes of this section, the term 'price index' shall mean 
the Consumer Price Index (all items—United States city average) 
published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The term 'base 
month' shall mean the month for which the price index showed a per 
centum rise forming the basis for a cost-of-living annuity increase." 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of 
public school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 
7, 1946 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-722), is amended by inserting immediately 
after "this Act" in the third sentence the following: ", and for payment 
of administrative expenses incurred by the Board of Commissioners of 
the District of Columbia in placing in effect each annuity adjustment 
granted under section 21 of this Act". 
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect December 1,1965. 
Effective date 
Approved July 5, 1966. 
D.C. Code 31-
729. 
'Price index." 
60 Stat. 876.