Nash v. Boise City Fire Department

HUNTLEY, Justice.

In 1978 the legislature amended I.C. § 72-1432B governing retirement benefits to firemen. From 1963 to 1976 the statute had provided that the monthly retirement checks would be adjusted upward or downward by a percentage equal to the percentage the average paid firefighters salary or wages varied each year.

In 1976 the statute was amended to peg the adjustment annually according to the determination of the “cost of living adjustment” as set forth in I.C. § 72-1432B. The 1978 amendment provided that this increase or decrease would not exceed 3%. The issue presented is whether…