Title III, Executive Branch
15 chapters · 759 sections in this title.
KRS § 16.200 Renumbering of property having obscured numbers
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(1) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall administer a program for the investigation of applications filed pursuant to KRS 514.130 and the disposition of property pursuant to KRS 500.090. (2) Upon a finding by the department or a local law enforcement agency assigned by t…
KRS § 16.210 Delivery to property officer of property taken -- Disposition
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(1) Property taken by the Department of Kentucky State Police shall be placed with the property officer of the post to which the officer is assigned. (2) Property which is forfeited may be disposed of as provided by KRS 500.090 or KRS 500.092, whichever is applicable; however, th…
KRS § 16.220 Public auction of confiscated firearms -- Disposition of proceeds -- Department of Kentucky State Police treatment of transferred firearms
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Department of Kentucky State Police treatment of transferred firearms. (1) Subject to the duty to return confiscated firearms to innocent owners pursuant to KRS 500.090, all firearms confiscated by the Department of Kentucky State Police and not retained for official use pursuant…
KRS § 16.505 Definitions for KRS 16.505 to 16.652
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As used in KRS 16.505 to 16.652, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "System" means the State Police Retirement System created by KRS 16.505 to 16.652; (2) "Board" means the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems; (3) "Employer" or "State Police" means the De…
KRS § 16.510 Retirement system established -- Fund created
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There is hereby created and established: (1) A retirement system for state police to be known as the "State Police Retirement System" by and in which name it shall, pursuant to the provisions of KRS 16.510 to 16.652, transact all of its business, and shall have the powers and pri…
KRS § 16.520 Membership in the system
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(1) Membership in the system shall consist of all regular full-time officers of the Department of Kentucky State Police appointed pursuant to KRS 16.050 who are entitled to exercise the powers of peace officers. (2) Membership in the system shall not include those employees who a…
KRS § 16.530 Membership statements and certificates
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Under such rules and regulations as are adopted by the board, each employee becoming a member on July 1, 1958, shall have on file at the retirement office, on such forms as the board may prescribe, a statement of the facts pertaining to his status as a member which shall include …
KRS § 16.543 Determination of service credit -- Picked-up employee contributions -- Service earned while on leave -- Refund
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Service earned while on leave -- Refund. (1) Employee contributions shall be deducted from the creditable compensation of each member of the retirement system in the active employment of the Department of Kentucky State Police of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet as an office…
KRS § 16.545 Contributions of members -- Picked-up employee contributions
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(1) Except for members over age fifty-five (55) on July 1, 1958, who shall not be required to contribute, each member shall, commencing on July 1, 1998, contribute for each pay period for which he receives compensation, eight percent (8%) of his creditable compensation. (2) The e…
KRS § 16.555 Assets of the system -- Accounts
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All the assets of the system shall be held and invested in the State Police Retirement Fund and credited, according to the purpose for which they are held, to one (1) of three (3) accounts: the "members' account," the "retirement allowance account," and accounts established pursu…
KRS § 16.560 Member account
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(1) The member account shall be the account to which: (a) All members' contributions, or contributions picked up by the employer after August 1, 1982, and interest allowances as provided in KRS 16.505 to 16.652 shall be credited, except as provided by KRS 61.702(2)(b); and (b) Fo…
KRS § 16.565 Retirement allowance account
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The retirement allowance account shall be the account in which shall be accumulated all employer contributions, amounts transferred from the member account, and to which all income from the investment assets of the system shall be credited. From this account there shall be paid a…
KRS § 16.568 Excess benefit plan -- Purpose -- Excess benefit fund
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(1) There are created and established: (a) An excess benefit plan to be known as the State Police Retirement System Excess Benefit Plan. The plan is created for the purpose of providing the retirement allowances payable from the retirement system under KRS 16.510 to 16.652 that w…
KRS § 16.576 Normal retirement for members who began participating before January 1, 2014 -- Election regarding payment of retirement allowance
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January 1, 2014 -- Election regarding payment of retirement allowance. (1) (a) Any member who begins participating before September 1, 2008, who has at least five (5) years of service credit may retire at his normal retirement date, or subsequent thereto, upon written notificatio…
KRS § 16.577 Early retirement for members who began participating before January 1, 2014
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1, 2014. (1) Upon retirement at early retirement date, a member may receive an annual retirement allowance payable monthly during his lifetime which shall be determined in the same manner as for retirement at his normal retirement date, with years of service and final compensatio…
KRS § 16.578 Death before retirement -- Beneficiary's options
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(1) If a member dies prior to the first day of the month in which the member would have received his or her first retirement allowance, the member's beneficiary shall be eligible for the benefits provided by this section if the member had on file a written designation of a benefi…
KRS § 16.582 Disability retirement
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(1) (a) Total and permanent disability means a disability which results in the member's incapacity to engage in any occupation for remuneration or profit. Loss by severance of both hands at or above the wrists, or both feet at or above the ankles, or one (1) hand above the wrist …
KRS § 16.583 Hybrid cash balance plan for members of State Police Retirement System and Kentucky Employees Retirement System in hazardous duty positions -- Member contributions and employer pay credits -- Interest credits -- Termination of employment -- Options upon retirement -- Applicability of statute
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and Kentucky Employees Retirement System in hazardous duty positions -- Member contributions and employer pay credits -- Interest credits -- Termination of employment -- Options upon retirement -- Applicability of statute. (1) A member of the State Police Retirement System, a mem…
KRS § 16.584 Employer pay credits for members in hybrid cash balance plan -- Report -- Reduction of accumulated sick leave -- Funding in executive branch budget
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Reduction of accumulated sick leave -- Funding in executive branch budget. (1) Subject to the limitations and requirements provided by this section, the following shall apply to members of the State Police Retirement System who are eligible for benefits from the hybrid cash balan…
KRS § 16.601 Death in the line of duty -- Payments to surviving spouse, dependent children, and designated beneficiaries -- Election -- Receipt of benefits under KRS 16.578 pending final determination
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children, and designated beneficiaries -- Election -- Receipt of benefits under KRS 16.578 pending final determination. (1) If a member dies as a direct result of an act in line of duty as defined in KRS 16.505 and is survived by a spouse: (a) The surviving spouse shall be the be…
KRS § 16.640 Administration of system
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The government and control of the system is hereby vested in the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems. The board shall carry out the provisions of KRS 16.510 to 16.652 in the same manner in which it administers the Kentucky Employees Retirement System. In all matt…
KRS § 16.642 Board is trustee of funds -- Investments – Control over assets in custodial account -- Priority to investments enhancing economic welfare of Commonwealth -- Investment committee of funds -- Cap on amount of assets managed by any one investment manager
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custodial account -- Priority to investments enhancing economic welfare of Commonwealth -- Investment committee of funds -- Cap on amount of assets managed by any one investment manager. (1) The board shall be the trustee of funds created by KRS 16.505 to 16.652 and KRS 61.701 an…
KRS § 16.645 Matters not specified in KRS 16.510 to 16.652
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The following subjects shall be administered in the same manner subject to the same limitations and requirements as provided for the Kentucky Employees Retirement System as follows: (1) Cessation of membership, as provided for by KRS 61.535; (2) Medical examiners and hearing proc…
KRS § 16.652 Benefits not to be reduced or impaired for members who began participating before January 1, 2014 -- Exceptions -- Amendment of benefits and rights
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participating before January 1, 2014 -- Exceptions -- Amendment of benefits and rights. (1) For members who begin participating in the State Police Retirement System prior to January 1, 2014, it is hereby declared that in consideration of the contributions by the member, and in f…