Chapter 74 — STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES

74-49,213. History: L. 2007, ch. 164, § 13; Repealed, L. 2012, ch. 171, § 33; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documen…

74-49,301. Kansas public employees retirement act of 2015; application of act to members, employers and non-vested employees; administration by KPERS board; application of provisions of K.S.A. 74-4901 et seq. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 74-49,301 through 74-49,318, and amendment…

74-49,302. Definitions. (a) As used in this act, unless otherwise provided or the context otherwise requires: (1) "Act" means the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2015; (2) "active member" means a member who is actively employed by a participating employer; (3) "a…

74-49,303. Establishment of plan; assets held in trust; retirement annuity account and annuity savings account. (a) The board shall establish within the Kansas public employees retirement system a plan in accordance with the provisions of this act. Such plan shall be established …

74-49,304. Powers and duties of board. The board has the powers and shall perform the duties regarding the plan established under this act as provided in K.S.A. 74-4909, and amendments thereto, as applicable. The board may also exercise the powers and shall perform the duties pro…

74-49,305. Member contributions. (a) An active member shall contribute 6% of compensation to such member's annuity savings account. Such contributions shall be picked up by the employer via a salary reduction as provided in section 414(h)(2) of the federal internal revenue code. …

74-49,306. Annuity savings account; interest credits; additional interest credits, determination; vesting; credits upon termination. (a) A member's annuity savings account is the sum of the member's mandatory contributions plus the interest credits on those contributions, which s…

74-49,307. Employer credits; change; employer contributions to death and disability fund. (a) On a quarterly basis, a percentage of compensation shall be credited to each member's retirement annuity account, as follows: (1) Three percent of compensation for each member who has le…

74-49,308. Retirement annuity account; interest credits; additional interest credits, determination; credits upon termination. (a) A member's retirement annuity account is the sum of all employer credits to the account plus the interest credits on the account, which shall be cred…

74-49,309. Forfeiture of certain credits upon termination of plan membership in certain circumstances. If the member's retirement annuity account is not vested upon the member's termination of plan membership, as provided in K.S.A. 74-49,312, and amendments thereto, the member's …

74-49,310. Distribution of nonvested member's annuity savings account upon termination of service or death; payout options. (a) Any time after termination of service or death, a member who is not vested or the beneficiary of such a member may terminate plan membership by filing a…

74-49,311. Distribution of eligible vested member's annuity savings account; annuity and lump-sum options; benefit for spouse of member who dies before normal retirement date. (a) A member who is eligible for a benefit under subsection (a) or (b) of K.S.A. 74-49,313, and amendmen…

74-49,312. Vesting; nonforfeitability; restoration of service and credits of certain members who return to active service. (a) A member is vested, but subject to forfeiture, in the member's retirement annuity account upon completion of five years of service. A member's benefit is…

74-49,313. Payment of retirement annuity upon retirement; interest rate; form of benefit; annuity and lump-sum options; cost-of-living adjustment feature; benefit for spouse of member who dies before normal retirement date; mandatory form of distribution for certain small account…

74-49,314. Application of federal internal revenue code to benefit payments. All benefit payments under the plan established pursuant to this act are subject to the requirements imposed under federal internal revenue code 401(a)(9). History: L. 2012, ch. 171, § 14; July 1. Previo…

74-49,315. Determination of beneficiary; lump-sum death benefit for retirants. A member's beneficiary shall be determined as provided in the pre-2015 plan. Upon filing a written application with the board after the death of a member receiving a benefit under K.S.A. 74-49,313(a) o…

74-49,316. Death and disability benefit coverage. (a) Members of the retirement system under the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2015 shall be covered in the death and disability plan in accordance with K.S.A. 74-4927, and amendments thereto, but subject to the p…

74-49,317. Application of certain sections of Kansas public employees retirement system act regarding federal internal revenue code, exceptions. The provisions of K.S.A. 74-49,122, 74-49,123 and 74-49,124, and amendments thereto, shall apply to this act. However, the definitions …

74-49,318. Electronic and written account statements, requirements; electronic benefits estimate calculator. (a) All electronic and written account statements provided to the members, or accessible to the members through electronic account access, shall include: (1) The anticipat…

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74-4901. Purpose of act. The purpose of this act is to provide an orderly means whereby employees of the participating employers who have attained retirement age as herein set forth may be retired from active service without prejudice and without inflicting a hardship upon the em…

74-4902. Definitions. As used in articles 49 and 49a of chapter 74 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, unless otherwise provided or the context otherwise requires: (1) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all contributions by a member to the system w…

74-4902a. History: L. 1961, ch. 427, § 2; L. 1963, ch. 412, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 446, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 427, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 319, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 332, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 334, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 406, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 344, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 272, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 319, § 1; L. 1981,…

74-4903. System established; powers and duties. There is hereby created the "Kansas public employees retirement system" which shall be a body corporate and an instrumentality of the state of Kansas. The system shall be vested with the powers and duties specified in this act and s…

74-4904. Actions brought by or against the system; personal liability of trustees, officers, employees and agents; settlements as public records; process; hearings involving orders or decisions of the board; review. (1) The system may sue and be sued in its official name, but its…

74-4904a. History: L. 1994, ch. 344, § 1; Expired, June 30, 1997. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cross-claims for contribution and noncontractual indemnity filed by respondents discharged following settlement agreement under subsection (l). KPERS v. Reimer and Assocs., Inc., 261 Kan. 17, 20…

74-4905. Board of trustees; membership; qualifications; terms; vacancies; substantial interests prohibited, disclosure; fingerprinting; criminal background check. (a) On July 1, 1993, the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system, as such board existed on…

74-4906. Board of trustees; meetings; quorum; compensation. (1) The board shall hold regular meetings in Topeka, Kansas, at least once each quarter, the dates, time and place to be fixed by the board. The regular meeting held in July of each year shall be the annual meeting and t…

74-4907. Principal office of system; records, inspection; annual report. (1) The principal office of the system shall be in quarters at Topeka, Kansas. (2) The board shall keep a complete record of all proceedings which shall be open at all reasonable hours to inspection. Any agr…

74-4907a. History: L. 1961, ch. 427, § 7; L. 1971, ch. 185, § 15; L. 1976, ch. 345, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 330, § 8; L. 1981, ch. 309, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 321, § 24; Repealed, L. 1995, ch. 267, § 42; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived…

74-4908. Executive director, appointment, compensation and duties; actuary, duties, experience study, frequency; legal services; appointment of other officers and employees; bonus award program. (1) The board shall appoint an executive director and shall establish the compensatio…

74-4908a. Independent actuarial audit and evaluation of actuarial services; requirements; employment of actuary. Commencing in the fiscal year that commenced in calendar year 1995 and at least once every six years thereafter, there shall be an independent actuarial audit and eval…

74-4909. Powers and duties of board and investment committee; rules and regulations; accounts and records system; meetings, open to public, record; actuarial data; investments; financial statement; confidentiality of member's account and records, exception; plan for internal mana…

74-4909a. KPERS board; study of conversion of system from deferred benefit plans to deferred contribution plans. The board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system shall conduct a study which shall be reported to the legislature at the beginning of the 1996 re…

74-4909b. KPERS board; fee charged for investment and management services. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever the Kansas public employees retirement system board of trustees is directed to invest and reinvest and manage any moneys or funds pursuant to …

74-4910. Participating employers; application to affiliate; resolution; referendum, when; affiliation of employees; state participating employer on entry date; Kansas turnpike authority; judges and others being paid by a participating employer; affiliation of certain governmental…

74-4910a. Kansas advocacy board as eligible employer. (a) The Kansas advocacy board shall be an eligible employer in the Kansas public employees retirement system for all purposes under the system. The Kansas advocacy board may affiliate with the system on July 1, 1989, or on any…

74-4911. Eligible employees; membership date; employees who become members as a result of a merger or consolidation; membership election by elected officials and employees of state board of regents; employees in military service or on leave of absence. (1) Any employee of a parti…

74-4911a. Validity of certain elections not to participate; effective date. Any election not to participate in the Kansas public employees retirement system which was filed with the office of the Kansas public employees retirement system prior to January 1, 1975, by an elected of…

74-4911b. History: L. 1978, ch. 320, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 289, § 5; L. 1990, ch. 282, § 5; L. 1993, ch. 227, § 14; L. 1995, ch. 267, § 6; Repealed, L. 1998, ch. 64, § 95; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived L…

74-4911c. Membership election for persons barred prior to July 1, 1982, for coverage by other systems; limitation. (a) Each person who is an employee of a participating employer on June 30, 1982, who was barred from membership in the Kansas public employees retirement system unde…

74-4911d. Membership election for certain persons employed on June 17, 1983; procedure; effect. Each person who is an employee of a participating employer on June 17, 1983, who was barred from membership in the Kansas public employees retirement system under the law in effect on …

74-4911e. Election by elected officials to continue membership after service terminates; employer and employee rates of contribution, limitations; revocation; application of Kansas public employees retirement act. (a) Each person who is an elected official on and after January 1,…

74-4911f. Election by certain state officers to not be a member of system; filing; participation in deferred compensation plan; contribution by state. (a) Subject to procedures or limitations prescribed by the governor, any person who is not an employee and who becomes a state of…

74-4911g. History: L. 1992, ch. 321, § 18; Repealed, L. 1998, ch. 64, § 95; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents…

74-4911h. History: L. 1988, ch. 302, § 31; L. 1995, ch. 267, § 7; L. 1996, ch. 93, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 266, § 8; L. 1997, ch. 160, § 40; L. 1998, ch. 64, § 31; L. 2003, ch. 154, § 30; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 102; Repealed, L. 2005, ch. 186, § 22; May 12. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COO…

74-4911i. Certain employees of participating employers who are members of local plan are exempt from KPERS membership. An employee of a participating employer, as defined in K.S.A. 74-4902, and amendments thereto, in the Kansas public employees retirement system, who is a fireman…

74-4911j. History: L. 1988, ch. 302, § 31; L. 1995, ch. 267, § 7; L. 1996, ch. 93, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 266, § 8; L. 1997, ch. 160, § 40; L. 1998, ch. 64, § 31; L. 2003, ch. 155, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 101; L. 2007, ch. 74, § 8; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 65; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 27; L. 20…