Chapter 74 — STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES

74-4939a. Employer contributions for school districts; distribution; disbursement; procedures for school districts; remittance to KPERS. On and after the effective date of this act for each fiscal year commencing with fiscal year 2005, notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-…

74-4940. Compensation of members in school employment; times of payment. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), all members in school employment who are subject to the continuing contract law shall be paid their contractual compensation in not less than 12 substantially…

74-4941. Invalidity of part. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, …

74-4942. Payment to qualify as employee of certain former suspended annuitants. In the event that a person first entered school service September 1, 1923, and first became a member of the Kansas school retirement system in 1960 and retired under the Kansas school retirement syste…

74-4943. Increase in retirement benefits, pensions and annuities to persons entitled thereto on June 30, 1971; effective July 1, 1972; application and exceptions. Retirement benefit, pension and annuity payments accruing on and after July 1, 1972, to persons entitled to receive s…

74-4944. Same; funding of increase; past service cost. (a) The cost of providing the amount of the increase in payments provided for in K.S.A. 74-4943 shall be included in the next regular appropriate annual valuation made by the actuaries of the respective systems set out in K.S…

74-4945. Increase in retirement benefits for certain persons; schedule; past service cost. (a) Any member, joint annuitant or beneficiary of a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system who is receiving a benefit from the Kansas public employees retirement system cal…

74-4946. Postretirement benefit increase for certain retirants; schedule; minimum and maximum; past service cost. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Member" means (A) any person who is a member of a retirement system and who retired before January 1, 1977, (B) any person who …

74-4947. Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1982, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (1) (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1982, to each retirant and each local s…

74-4948. Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1985, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1985, to each retirant and each local schoo…

74-4949. Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1986, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1986, to each retirant and each local schoo…

74-4950. Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1987, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1987, to each retirant and each local schoo…

74-4950a. Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1988, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1988, to each retirant and each local scho…

74-4950b. Postretirement benefit increase for payments after June 30, 1989, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1989, to each retirant and each local schoo…

74-4950c. Postretirement benefit increase for payments after June 30, 1990, for certain retirements; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1990, to each retirant and each local sch…

74-4950d. Postretirement benefit increase for payments after June 30, 1991, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1991, to each retirant and each local schoo…

74-4950e. Postretirement benefit increase for payments after June 30, 1992, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1992, to each retirant and each local schoo…

74-4950f. Postretirement benefit increase for payments after June 30, 1993, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district. (a) (1) Effective July 1, 1993, the retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1993, to each r…

74-4950g. Postretirement benefit increase for payment after June 30, 1994, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school districts. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1994, to each retirant and each local schoo…

74-4950h. Postretirement benefit increase for certain retirants of state school retirement system. The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1998, to each retirant of the state school retirement system who retired prior to January 1, 1971, and wh…

74-4950i. Postretirement benefit increase for payment after June 30, 1998, for certain retirants. (a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1998, to each retirant and each local school annuitant shall be increased by an amount equal to 3.0% o…

74-4950j. Postretirement benefit increase for certain retirants of the state school retirement system. The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments to each retirant of the state school retirement system who retired prior to January 1, 1971, and who had at least 20 years or…

74-4951. Purpose of act. The purpose of this act is to provide an orderly means whereby police and firemen employed by participating employers and who have attained retirement age or who have become disabled as herein set forth may be retired from active service without prejudice…

74-4952. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 74-4951 et seq., and amendments thereto: (1) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all contributions by a member to the system which shall be credited to the member's account with interest allowed thereon after June 30, 1982. (2) "Di…

74-4953. Creation of Kansas police and firemen's retirement system as division of Kansas public employees retirement system; administration. (1) There is hereby created the "Kansas police and firemen's retirement system" which is a division of the Kansas public employees retireme…

74-4954. Eligible employers; application to affiliate; resolution; employees covered; affiliation of consolidated fire district. (1) Any eligible employer may join the system on January 1 of any year on or after January 1, 1967. Application for affiliation shall be by resolution …

74-4954a. Emergency medical service technicians; defined as fireman; affiliation by county or city. (a) As used in this section "emergency medical service technician" means any emergency medical service provider as defined by K.S.A. 65-6112, and amendments thereto, who is certifi…

74-4954b. Option of certain employers to affiliate with Kansas police and firemen's retirement system; entry date of employees; definition of credited service; application of Kansas public employees retirement system act. (1) On and after July 1, 1985, any city, county, township …

74-4955. Eligible employees. (1) Any policeman or fireman of a participating employer shall become a member of the system upon the entry date of his or her employer, except that any policeman or fireman of a participating employer who is covered by the pension systems established…

74-4955a. Eligible employees for and employees required to be covered by the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4957a, 74-4958a, 74-4960a, 74-4963a and 74-4964a. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), each member of the system who was appointed or employed prior to July 1, 1989, may elec…

74-4956. Credited service; prior service credit; additional prior service credit with a participating employer other than entry date employer; participating service credit. (1) Prior service shall be credited as follows: (a) Each member shall receive: (i) Full credit for all empl…

74-4957. Normal retirement date; early retirement; eligibility; employment after retirement with previous employer. (1) The normal retirement date for a member of the system who is appointed or employed prior to July 1, 1989, and who does not make an election pursuant to K.S.A. 7…

74-4957a. Normal retirement date for members appointed or employed on or after July 1, 1989, or who elected pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4955a; early retirement; eligibility; employment after retirement with previous employer. (1) The normal retirement date for a member of the system wh…

74-4958. Retirement benefits; early retirement benefit reduction; death of retirant, lump-sum and annual spouse's benefit; refund of contributions to beneficiary. (1) Any member who retires on or after July 1, 1993, shall be entitled to receive an age and service retirement benef…

74-4958a. Retirement benefits for members appointed or employed on or after July 1, 1989, or who elected pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4955a; early retirement benefit reduction; death of retirant, lump-sum and annual spouse's benefit; refund of contributions to beneficiary. (1) Any membe…

74-4959. Death benefits. (1) Upon the death from service-connected causes as defined in this act, of an active contributing member prior to retirement, the following benefits shall be payable if a report of the event, in a form acceptable to the board, is filed in the office of t…

74-4960. Disability benefits; procedures and reports. (1) If any active contributing member becomes totally and permanently disabled due to service-connected causes as defined in subsection (10) of K.S.A. 74-4952, and amendments thereto, such member shall be retired and the follo…

74-4960a. Disability benefits for members appointed or employed on or after July 1, 1989, or who elected pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4955a; procedures and reports; Michael Wells memorial act. (1) If any active contributing member who is appointed or employed on or after July 1, 1989, o…

74-4961. History: L. 1965, ch. 447, § 11; L. 1967, ch. 431, § 10; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 411, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

74-4962. Payment of benefits. (1) All benefits except lump-sum benefits as provided in this subsection shall be payable in equal monthly installments, except that the board may provide for payment of benefits to a member's family in a single payment rather than separate payments …

74-4963. Termination of employment; payment of accumulated contributions; vesting of benefits; return to covered employment, conditions, purchase of service credit for previously forfeited service. (1) Upon termination of employment prior to the completion of 20 years of credited…

74-4963a. Termination of employment for members appointed or employed on or after July 1, 1989, or who elected pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4955a to become a member; payment of accumulated contributions; vesting of benefits; return to covered employment, condition, purchase of service c…

74-4964. Retirement benefit options; elections of member and spouse; joint annuitants. (1) A member may elect to have such member's retirement benefit paid under one of the options provided in this section in lieu of having it paid in the form stated in subsections (1) and (2) of…

74-4964a. Retirement benefit options for members appointed or employed on or after July 1, 1989, or who elected pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4955a; elections of member and spouse; joint annuitants. (1) A member may elect to have such member's retirement benefit paid under one of the opt…

74-4965. Member contributions; payroll deductions; disposition; interest; service credit for certain members, payment of additional contributions; employer pickup of member contributions. (1) Commencing with the first payroll period beginning on or after July 1, 2013, each partic…

74-4965a. Purchase of participating service credit for certain military service; terms and conditions. (1) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-49,123, and amendments thereto, any member of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system may purchase participating credit for …

74-4965b. Purchase of participating service credit for in-state nonfederal governmental employment. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-49,123, and amendments thereto, on and after July 1, 2022, any member of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system who was previously…

74-4966. Reductions of benefits in relation to social security for certain members who are members of Brazelton class. (a) In the case of any member whose employment shall be covered by social security and who is a member of the class certified in the case of Brazelton v. Kansas …

74-4967. Employer contributions; determination and payment; tax levy, use of proceeds; actuarial cost of new enactments. (1) Upon the basis of an annual actuarial valuation and appraisal of the system conducted in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 74-4908, and amendments thereto,…

74-4967a. History: L. 1965, ch. 447, § 17; L. 1966, ch. 11, § 2 (Special Session); L. 1978, ch. 67, § 10; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 193; L. 1981, ch. 314, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 319, § 41; L. 1987, ch. 299, § 31; L. 1990, ch. 282, § 17; Repealed, L. 1991, ch. 237, § 22; July 1. Previous | Ne…