Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

spouse's, children's, or dependent parent annuities payable. (1) Upon death of a member, occurring while in active service, if no surviving spouse's annuity, children's annuities, or dependent parent annuities are payable, the designated beneficiary of the member or his or her es…

rate of pay, or service retirement annuity -- Eligibility -- Purchase of optional survivorship allowance -- Surviving children benefit of fifty percent to seventy- five percent. (1) (a) Upon the death of a retired member, his or her surviving spouse shall receive an annuity equal…

Repayment upon reemployment. (1) Upon withdrawal from service prior to retirement, a member shall be entitled to receive a refund of the amount of contributions made by the member or picked up by the urban-county government pursuant to KRS 67A.510(2) after the date of establishme…

(1) (a) Each active member shall contribute a sum equal to not less than ten and one- half percent (10.5%) nor more than eleven percent (11%) of current salary, to be determined by the legislative body of the urban-county government, except that: 1. For members whose participatio…

compliance. The government shall make annual contributions to the fund toward the annuities and benefits provided by KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690 based upon the results of the annual actuarial valuation of the fund required by KRS 67A.560(6)(c). These contributions by the government sh…

How chosen. (1) The responsibility for the proper operation of the fund and the direction of its policies shall be vested in a board of trustees of twelve (12) members, consisting of the mayor, the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner of finance, the director of human …

(1) Subject to the foregoing provisions, there shall be held on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday of September of each year an election among the active members for trustee of the fund. (2) On or before August 10 preceding, nominations for candidates in the election sha…

In addition to other duties provided in KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690, the board shall: (1) Establish and maintain an office in the facilities provided by the government for the meetings of the board and the keeping of the books, accounts, and records of the fund; hold regular meetings …

and regulations -- Legislative intent to conform with applicable federal statutes, regulations, and published guidance. (1) The officers of the board shall consist of a president, vice president, and a secretary. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the board, sh…

The board may invest the moneys accruing to the fund, in interest-bearing bonds of any county, urban-county government or city in this Commonwealth, or in any securities in which trustees are permitted to invest trust funds under the laws of this Commonwealth, or in international…

(1) An adequate system of accounts and records shall be established and maintained for the fund that will reflect fully the requirements of the provisions of KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690. This system shall be integrated, to the extent possible with the accounts, records, and procedures…

(1) The officers of the government designated by law to draw warrants on the government treasury, shall on request in writing by the board, draw warrants on the commissioner of finance, payable to the treasurer of the board, against moneys of the fund. (2) Moneys ordered paid fro…

(1) It is the intention of KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690 that the fund herein created shall supersede and take the place of the pension fund established under KRS 95.851 to 95.884 inclusive, for cities becoming urban-county governments, which sections shall be without force and effect, …

employee contributions. Each member shall, by virtue of the payment of contributions to the fund, receive a vested interest in such contributions, and in consideration of such vested interest, shall be conclusively deemed to undertake and agree to pay the same and to have the amo…

The right to a retirement annuity, disability annuity, survivor's annuity or benefit, death benefit, or any other benefit under the provision hereof, by whatever name called, or refund, is personal with the recipient thereof, and the assignment, garnishment, execution, or transfe…

Any service retirement annuity, disability retirement annuity, or any other annuity provided herein shall be payable in equal monthly installments as life annuities, and shall not be increased, decreased, revoked, or repealed, except for error, or except where specifically otherw…

It is the intention of KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690 that the payment of the required contributions by the government shall include all allowances, annuities, benefits, and administration expenses and shall be the obligation of the government.

coverage. Any government covered by KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690, which may subsequently change its form of government or its class or other status, shall continue to be covered by KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690.

The legislative body in an urban-county government may issue the appropriate order, pursuant to KRS 78.530(1), directing participation for policemen and firefighters in the County Employees Retirement System. All new employees who would have been granted membership in the fund sh…

After a determination has been made on any application by the board, any interested person may, within twenty (20) days after notice of the determination or finding of the board, apply for a rehearing with respect to any of the matters determined by the board. The application sha…

(1) The order or determination of the board upon the rehearing shall be conclusive and binding, but any interested party may, within twenty (20) days after the rendition of the order of the board, by petition appeal to the Circuit Court of the county in which the urban-county gov…

(1) The judgment of the Circuit Court shall be subject to appeal to the Court of Appeals. The scope of review by the Court of Appeals shall include all matters subject to review by the Circuit Court and also errors of law arising in the Circuit Court and upon appeal made reviewab…

(1) (a) The increase in retirement annuities provided and authorized by paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection shall be provided when: 1. A member who retired prior to July 1, 2013, has been retired for one (1) year or attained forty-seven (47) years of age, whichever is later…

As used in KRS 67A.6901 to 67A.6911: (1) "Secretary" means the secretary of the cabinet; (2) "Corrections personnel" means an employee of an urban-county government permanently assigned to a detention facility and working in any capacity in that detention facility; (3) "Cabinet" …

(1) Police officers, firefighter personnel, firefighters, and corrections personnel of an urban-county government shall have, and shall be protected in the exercise of, the right of self-organization, to form, join, or assist any labor organization, to bargain collectively throug…

The urban-county government and the labor organization that has been designated as the exclusive representative of police officers, firefighter personnel, firefighters, or corrections personnel in an appropriate unit, through appropriate officials or their representatives, shall …

(1) Except as provided in KRS 336.130, urban-county governments and their representatives and agents are prohibited from: (a) Interfering, restraining, or coercing police officers, firefighter personnel, firefighters, or corrections personnel in the exercise of the rights guarant…

(1) Whenever, in accordance with administrative regulations that may be promulgated by the cabinet, a petition has been filed: (a) By a police officer, group of police officers, firefighter personnel, a firefighter, group of firefighters, a corrections officer, group of correctio…

Expenses. Violations of the provisions of KRS 67A.6904 shall be deemed to be unfair labor practices remedial by the cabinet in the following manner. (1) Whenever it is charged by an urban-county government or a labor organization that any person has engaged in or is engaging in a…

Expenses. (1) If, after a reasonable period, but in no event less than thirty (30) days, of negotiations over the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement or modifications to an existing agreement, the parties to the negotiations are deadlocked, either party or the parties …

(1) Any agreement reached by the negotiators shall be reduced to writing and shall be executed by both parties. (2) An agreement between the urban-county government and a labor organization shall be valid and enforced under its terms when entered into in accordance with the provi…

bargaining unit. Subject to the requirements set forth in KRS 336.135, upon the written authorization of any police officers, firefighter personnel, firefighters, or corrections personnel within a bargaining unit, the urban-county government shall deduct from the payroll of the p…

and labor organizations not to participate in strike. No police officer, firefighter personnel, firefighter, or corrections officer of an urban- county government shall engage in, and no police officer labor organization, firefighter personnel labor organization, firefighter labo…

67A.6911. Notwithstanding any provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to the contrary, the provisions of KRS 67A.6901 to 67A.6911 shall not be construed or interpreted to apply to volunteer firefighters.

(1) The term "assessed value basis" as used in KRS 67A.715 to 67A.825 means the plan for levying of improvement benefit assessments on the basis of the assessed land values of the benefited properties, as authorized by KRS 67A.715 to 67A.825. (2) The term "costs" as applied to an…

It is the purpose of KRS 67A.710 to 67A.825 to extend permissive authority of urban- county governments for assessment financing of public improvements.

Bonds for improvements authorized by the provisions of KRS 67A.710 to 67A.825 may be caused to mature as to principal in term or serial maturities not to exceed twenty (20) years from date of issue.

The assessment for any public improvement authorized by the provisions of KRS 67A.710 to 67A.825 shall be on an assessed land value basis.

If an urban-county government desires to authorize, construct, and finance an improvement pursuant to the provisions of KRS 67A.710 to 67A.825, its governing body shall initiate the proceedings by adopting an ordinance, herein called the "First Ordinance," in which announcement s…

If at a subsequent meeting, the governing body of the urban-county government determines that the owners of more than fifty percent (50%) both in number of lots or parcels and in aggregate assessed value of the properties to be benefited by the project, object to the project, it …

Proposals for the construction of the project shall be solicited upon the basis of the submission of sealed competitive bids after advertisement, by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. Upon or after the acceptance by the governing body of a bid, or combination of bids, the g…

(1) When the total cost of the project has been established, the amount to be assessed against each parcel of property shall be determined. Property owners shall be notified by certified mail of the exact amount due for their portion of the project. They shall be given thirty (30…

(1) Within thirty (30) days after notice provided in KRS 67A.745(1) any owner of property to be benefited by the proposed project, may file an action in circuit court, seeking relief by declaratory judgment, injunction, or otherwise. The owner may file in the office of the clerk …

service reserve. An annual assessment on each parcel of property for which bonds are issued shall be levied according to the assessed value basis. The first such levy and each succeeding levy shall be made in advance and shall be sufficient to pay the principal and interest on th…

The governing body shall adopt a Third Ordinance authorizing the sale of the bonds and covenanting with the holders of the bonds and coupons, that until the payment in full thereof the urban-county government will levy annually an improvement assessment upon the affected properti…

After the Third Ordinance has been adopted (and without regard for its date of publication), the urban-county government may solicit the submission of bids or proposals for the purchasing of the bonds authorized by the Third Ordinance, the same to be received upon a sealed compet…

Disbursements. As prepayments are received and when the bonds are delivered and the proceeds are received by the urban-county government, the same shall be deposited in an interest- bearing account in a bank or trust company, or combined bank and trust company, and to the extent …

exemption -- Liquidation -- Extent of liability to bondholders. Each of said bonds shall bear on its face the statement that it has been issued under KRS 67A.710 to 67A.825, and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the urban-county government within the meaning of the C…

The sum necessary to be raised annually for the sinking fund shall be assessed against the property benefited in the proportion that the assessed value of each lot or parcel for urban-county government taxation shall bear to the whole assessed value of the benefited properties, a…

The department for finance and administration of an urban-county government shall provide a method of accounting for payments for less than a year in order to have the first and each succeeding installment in advance.