Chapter 74, STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES

74-4986b. Preservation of entitlement to receive pension or other benefit from KBI pension fund. Any person receiving or entitled to receive a pension or any other benefit, or who will become entitled to receive a pension or any other benefit, from the Kansas bureau of investigat…

74-4986c. Employer contributions for Kansas bureau of investigation; amortization of accrued liability. (a) Employer contributions shall be determined, certified, appropriated and paid to the system as provided in K.S.A. 74-4967, except that in determining the employer's prior se…

74-4986d. Increase in retirement benefits for certain persons; schedule. 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 calculated in accordance …

74-4986e. Same; increases accrue from July 1, 1973. The increases granted herein shall accrue from July 1, 1973, and be in addition to the increase granted under K.S.A. 74-4943. History: L. 1973, ch. 325, § 2; July 1.

74-4986f. Affiliation with system by educational institution for university police officers; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Educational institution" means any state educational institution under the control and supervision of the state board of regents; and (b) "universit…

74-4986g. Same; application for affiliation; credited service. (a) On the effective date of this act, any educational institution shall be an eligible employer as defined in K.S.A. 74-4952 and amendments thereto. Any such educational institution may affiliate with the Kansas poli…

74-4986h. Same; election to become a member by a university police officer. (a) Each university police officer employed by any educational institution on the date of affiliation of such educational institution, may become a member of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement sys…

74-4986i. Same; application of K.S.A. 74-4951 through 74-4970; employee contributions; deductions. (a) University police officers who become members of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system shall be subject to all the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4951 through 74-4970 and a…

74-4986j. Same; employer contributions. The division of the budget and the governor shall include in the budget and in the budget request for appropriations for personnel services the amount required to satisfy the employer's obligation under this act as certified by the board of…

74-4986k. Deferred retirement option program. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 74-4986k through 74-4986r, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas deferred retirement option program act, and shall be effective on and after January 1, 2016. (b) The provisi…

74-4986l. Definitions. (a) As used in this act, unless otherwise provided or the context otherwise requires: (1) "Act" means the Kansas deferred retirement option program act; (2) "board" means the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system; (3) "DROP" mea…

74-4986m. Same; interest credits. (a) The board shall establish within the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system a deferred retirement option program for members. The board shall administer the DROP in compliance with the federal internal revenue code and applicable treas…

74-4986n. Election; requirements; continued service. (a) (1) A member who is appointed or employed prior to July 1, 1989, and who did not make an election pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4955a, and amendments thereto, may elect to participate in the DROP by making application in such form …

74-4986o. Same; accrual calculation; recalculation of final average salary for accumulated sick and annual leave compensation at retirement; lump sum credit. (a) For each DROP member, the board shall calculate a monthly DROP accrual. The system shall determine the DROP member's r…

74-4986p. Termination events. (a) A member's participation in the DROP ceases on the occurrence of the earliest of the following: (1) Termination of the member's active service with a participating employer of the system; (2) the last day of the member's elected DROP period that …

74-4986q. Same; distributions. (a) A member, who satisfies the requirements of this act, shall be entitled to a distribution of such member's DROP account, including any lump sum credited as provided in K.S.A. 74-4986o(d), and amendments thereto. Such distribution may be through …

74-4986r. Expiration of DROP program act. The provisions of K.S.A. 74-4986k through 74-4986r, and amendments thereto, shall expire on January 1, 2031. History: L. 2015, ch. 77, § 11; L. 2019, ch. 50, § 7; L. 2023, ch. 46, § 4; April 27.

74-4987. Consolidation and affiliation of certain state and local retirement systems with state retirement system. (a) An agency of the state of Kansas by its chief executive officer, or a city by its governing body, whose employees or class of employees are the members of anothe…

74-4988. Credit for service and compensation under other systems, when; service credit for participating service in certain retirement systems; withdrawal of contributions of other systems in certain retirement circumstances; use of service by certain members to attain vesting un…

74-4989. Lump-sum death benefit for retirants; deduction of certain amounts from benefit. (1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-49,128, and amendments thereto, upon the death of a retirant, the board of trustees of the Kansas public …

74-4990. Contribution arrearage obligations; reports; remittance; purchase of service credit by member; stipulated compensation paid pursuant to certain settlements. (1) An arrearage obligation shall arise when it is ascertained that required contributions have not been made to t…

74-4991. Membership in public employees retirement system authorized for members of legislature; entry date. Each person who was a member of the legislature on January 1, 1974, and each person who serves as a member of the legislature after January 1, 1974, and each former member…

74-4992. Membership in public employees retirement system authorized for members of the legislature; certain elections concerning membership or participation; repurchase of previously forfeited legislative service. (a) Any such member of the legislature or former member of the le…

74-4993. Same; rights, duties, liabilities and benefits for members; computation of prior service annual salary. Upon becoming a member as that term is defined in subsection (21) of K.S.A. 74-4902 members of the legislature or former members of the legislature as described in K.S…

74-4994. Same; duplication of service credit or benefits; computation of prior service annual salary and final average salary; calculation of benefits when member of the legislature is special member and member of another system. (1) No person who becomes a member as provided in …

74-4995. Same; employee and employer contributions; rate of compensation elected by member of the legislature; revocation of such election prohibited. (a) Employer and employee contributions shall be governed by the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4919 and 74-4920, and amendments thereto…

74-4996. Same; act supplemental to Kansas public employees retirement act; first retirement date. This act or acts amendatory hereof and supplemental hereto shall become a part of the Kansas public employees retirement act as defined in subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4902 and shall …

74-4997. Same; severability. 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, …

74-4998. Same; rights under act; waiver of rights under K.S.A. 46-1301. Nothing in this act shall affect any right or interest that any legislator may have acquired under K.S.A. 1972 Supp. 46-1301, unless such a person elects to become a member under this act, in which case such …

74-4998a. Membership and service credit for certain legislative service which was not covered by social security; basis for benefit computation; benefits for spouses of certain deceased former legislators. (1) Each person who has served as a member of the Kansas legislature, whos…

74-4998b. Elected state officials; election as special member; termination of election; revocation by special member; definition. (a) Any elected state official shall become a special member of the Kansas public employees retirement system upon filing with the board an election t…

74-4998c. Same; contributions; deductions; employer pickup of member contributions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, for all payroll periods commencing on or after July 1, 1988, but prior to the end of the term of office in which such elected official is serving …

74-4998d. Same; retirement benefits; final average salary; retirement benefit options. (a) An elected state official who retires under K.S.A. 74-4914 and amendments thereto, shall be entitled to receive an annuity subject to subsection (b), each monthly payment of which shall be …

74-4998e. Same; retirement benefits; vesting, application. If an elected state official has completed eight years of credited service at date of termination, such elected state official automatically shall be granted a vested retirement benefit in the system, except that at any t…

74-4998f. Same; employer contributions; determination and payment. (a) The board shall certify, on or before July 15 of each year, to the division of budget an actuarially determined estimate of the rate of contribution which will be required, together with all elected state offi…

74-4998g. Elected state official provision supplemental to KPERS act. Except as specifically provided, the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4998b through 74-4998f and amendments thereto shall be part of and supplemental to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4901 et seq. and amendments thereto an…

74-4999. Persons formerly members of court reporters retirement system made members or special members of Kansas public employees retirement system; statutes applicable. (a) As used in this section, "member of the retirement system for court reporters" means any official court re…

74-49a01. Prior service credit for clerks of the district court in certain counties; condition. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913, any clerk of the district court of any county who first became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on January 1,…

74-49a02. Prior service credit for county treasurers in certain counties; computation of prior service annual salary. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913, any county treasurer who has elected to become a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system and who…

74-49a03. Prior service credit for certain county engineers. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, a county engineer of any county who first became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on February 1, 1963, while in the service of a…

74-49a04. Prior service credit for military service of certain employees. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, if an employee of a participating employer became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on January 1, 1962, was first em…

74-49a05. Prior service credit for military service of certain employees and basis thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary any employee of the state of Kansas who first became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on May 1, 19…

74-49a06. Prior service credit of certain county engineers; basis for computation. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, a county engineer of any county who first became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on February 1, 1963, whi…

74-49a07. Prior service credit of certain employees; when to affect payments. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, if an employee of a participating employer became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on January 1, 1962, was firs…

74-49a08. Prior service credit of certain county employees; basis for computation. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, a county employee who first became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on October 1, 1964, having been first …

74-49a09. Prior service credit for certain registers of deeds. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, a county register of deeds who first became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on October 1, 1968, who first took office in Janu…

74-49a10. Prior service credit for certain employees. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, an employee of a participating employer who first became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on January 1, 1962, who was first employed by…

74-49a100. Same; basis for computation. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, any employee of a participating employer with an entry date of January 1, 1962, who became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on March 1, 1966, who was…

74-49a101. Same; basis for computation. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, an employee who became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on April 1, 1962, who was first employed by another participating employer periodically from …

74-49a102. Same; basis for computation. Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4913 to the contrary, an employee who became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on July 1, 1973, who was first employed by another participating employer from May 1, 1952, u…