Amends GS 135-5, concerning retirement benefits for teachers and state employees, adding new subsection (uuu), providing for cost-of-living increases depending on the retirement date of the individual, as specified.

Amends GS 128-27, concerning retirement benefits for county, city, and town employees, adding new subsections (hhh) through (lll), which provide for cost-of-living increases depending on the retirement date of the individual, as specified. Provides that the cost-of-living increases represent increases already provided by the Board of Trustees to members of the Local Government Employee's Retirement System.

Amends GS 120-4.22A, concerning retirement benefits for members of the legislative retirement system, adding new subsection (z), providing for cost-of-living increases depending on the retirement date of the individual, as specified.

Amends GS 135-65, concerning retirement benefits for individuals in the consolidated judicial retirement system, adding new subsection (ff), providing for cost-of-living increases depending on the retirement date of the individual, as specified.

Appropriates $168 million from the General Fund to the Reserve for Retiree Cost-of-Living Adjustments for the 2016-17 fiscal year to implement the cost-of-living adjustment authorized in this act.

Effective July 1, 2016.