Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

Punishment. (1) (a) No member of the police or fire departments shall be removed from the department or reduced in grade upon any reason except inefficiency, misconduct, insubordination or violation of law, or violation of the rules adopted for the departments. (b) Any person may…

(1) Any member of the police or fire departments who shall be found guilty by the legislative body of any charge as hereinbefore provided, may bring an action in the Circuit Court of the county in which said city may be located to contest the action of that body. (2) Upon the req…

The provisions of KRS 95.767 to 95.784 shall only apply to those cities that were previously classified as cities of the fourth or fifth class prior to August 1, 1988, under the city classification system that was in effect prior to August 1, 1988, or to any other city that estab…

Option to convert pension benefits to annuity benefits. (1) (a) There shall be organized in connection with the police and fire departments a board to be known as the board of trustees of the policemen's and firefighters' pension fund. (b) If there are six (6) or more active memb…

Purpose -- Investment -- Coverage provided in County Employees Retirement System after August 1, 1988. (1) The police and firefighters' pension fund in cities that have established a fund pursuant to KRS 95.767 to 95.784 shall consist of: (a) Revenues of the city authorized by th…

firefighters. Said board of trustees of the policemen's and firefighters' pension fund shall have the exclusive control and management of the said fund and all moneys donated, paid or assessed for the relief or for pensioning retired, crippled or disabled members of the police or…

The said board of trustees of the policemen's and firefighters' pension fund shall have all needful rules and regulations for its government in the discharge of its duties, and shall hear and decide all applications for relief or pensions under KRS 95.761 to 95.784, and its decis…

The said board of trustees of the policemen's and firefighters' pension fund shall have the power to draw such pension fund from the treasury and may invest the same, or any part thereof, in the name of the board of trustees of the policemen's and firefighters' pension fund or no…

If any member of the police or fire department, while in the performance of his duty, becomes temporarily, totally disabled, physically or mentally, for services by reason of service in such departments, the board of trustees shall order the payment to such disabled member, month…

If at any time there shall not be sufficient money in such pension fund to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof the amount per month as herein provided, then an equal percentage of each monthly payment shall be made to each beneficiary until the said fund shall be repl…

If any member of the police and fire departments of such cities has served twenty (20) years or more and has reached his fifty-first birthday in such police or fire departments, and if his application to be relieved from such police or fire departments is granted, the said board …

Whenever an active or retired policeman or firefighter dies from any cause, the board of trustees shall appropriate from the pension fund a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), made payable to the widow or family, for funeral expenses.

No person shall be entitled to receive any pension from the said pension fund under KRS 95.761 to 95.784 except a regularly retired member or a regular member in the said police or fire department, his widow, or children under the age of fourteen (14) years, or dependent mother o…

The treasurer of the board of trustees of the policemen's and firefighters' pension fund shall be the custodian of said pension fund and shall securely and safely keep the same, subject to the control and direction of said board, and shall keep his or her books and accounts conce…

It shall be the duty of such officer or officers of the said city as are designated by law, to draw warrants on the treasurer or chief financial officer of said city, on request in writing by said board of trustees, payable to the treasurer of said board of trustees for all funds…

All moneys ordered to be paid from said pension fund to any person or persons shall be paid by the treasurer of the board of trustees only upon warrants signed by the president of said board and countersigned by the secretary thereof, and no warrant shall be drawn except by order…

The board of trustees of the policemen's and firefighters' pension fund shall make a report in writing, signed by the president and secretary of said board, to the legislative body of said city, of the condition of said pension fund, on the first meeting in September of the legis…

ordinances establishing pension fund -- Liquidation and distribution of residual assets -- Report. (1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, in the event that the provisions of KRS 95.767 to 95.784 are accepted and adopted by the legislative body of a city, as aut…

No policeman or firefighter shall be entitled to the benefits herein provided incidental to voluntary retirement from either of said departments on account of service, unless he shall have been employed continuously for a period of at least five (5) years from and after the date …

(1) Any city in the state owning or controlling fire apparatus may take it to extinguish fires to any point in the county in which that city is located, into a smaller territory in that county, or into areas of another county or state, as determined by the city legislative body. …

Disposition. (1) The executive authority of any city which maintains a police department may designate the chief of police as custodian of all property which comes within the purview of KRS 67.592 which is taken by peace officers or courts within the city. (2) The legislative bod…

Words and phrases, used in KRS 95.851 to 95.884 and KRS 95.991, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context, shall have the following meanings: (1) "Fund" shall mean the "Policemen's and Firefighters' Retirement Fund of the City of __________." (2) "City" shall…

Name -- Coverage provided in County Employees Retirement System after August 1, 1988. (1) There is hereby established in cities, a retirement and benefit fund for members of the police and fire departments, their dependents and beneficiaries, unless the policemen and firefighters…

The purpose of this fund is to provide retirement annuities and disability benefits for the members of the police and fire departments who become aged or otherwise incapacitated, and widows' annuities and other benefits to the dependents of such members to the end that such membe…

The following persons shall become members of the fund: (1) All active full-time members of a department in service on the day prior to the date of establishment. (2) All persons who become full-time members on or after the date of establishment who shall become members as a cond…

(1) Each person becoming a member on the date of establishment shall be entitled to full credit for all service rendered prior to such date. Each person becoming a member after the date of establishment shall be entitled to credit after such date, provided contributions are made …

Any member may, at his option, retire on a service retirement annuity upon or after attainment of the age of 50 years, provided he shall have completed at least 20 years of total service. Upon fulfillment of these terms, it is mandatory that the board shall grant the retirement a…

Any member who withdraws from service prior to age 50 years after having completed at least 20 years of total service, and who does not accept a refund of contributions, shall receive, upon application, a certificate entitling him to a service retirement annuity upon his attainme…

Each member shall be subject to compulsory retirement according to the rules of the city in which he is employed, provided, however, that any member able to perform his assigned duties shall not be precluded from serving at least twenty (20) years.

increase. (1) The rate of retirement annuity shall be two and one-half percent (2.5%) of average salary, as defined in KRS 95.851(13), for each year of total service up to and including thirty (30) years, subject to a maximum of seventy-five percent (75%) of average salary. Fract…

minor children, parents -- Reduction of survivor benefits -- Cost-of-living increases. (1) Upon death of a member due to occupational causes, regardless of length of service, his surviving widow shall be entitled immediately upon cessation of salary or annuity, as the case may be…

surviving widow and minor children -- Cost-of-living increases. (1) Upon death of a member occurring while in service, arising from any cause other than in the performance of duty, provided the member has had at least three (3) years of total service, his widow shall receive an a…

Cost-of-living increases. (1) In the event a total and permanent occupational disability occurs, the member shall receive an annuity equal to seventy percent (70%) of his last rate of salary. If the calculated monthly benefit is less than five hundred dollars ($500) per month, th…

Accrual of annuity -- Cost-of-living increases. (1) Upon total and permanent disability of a member as the result of any cause other than occupational disability, if a member shall have rendered at least ten (10) years of total service, he shall be entitled to a disability retire…

physicians -- Termination of policeman's or firefighter's disability retirement annuity -- Appeal. (1) For the purpose of KRS 95.851 to 95.884 and KRS 95.991, a member shall be considered totally and permanently disabled after the board shall have received written certification b…

The provisions of KRS 95.860 to 95.864, as amended by 1980 Acts Chapter 367, relating to maximum benefits from a combination of disability or survivor benefits and workers' compensation benefits, or reduction of disability or survivor benefits because of benefits paid pursuant to…

designated beneficiary. (1) Upon death of a member, occurring while in active service, if no widow's annuity or children's annuities are payable, the designated beneficiary of the member or his estate shall be entitled to a death benefit equal to the total contributions made by t…

(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 after the date of establishment, including those employee contributions picked up by the employer pursuant to KRS 65.155, without…

Each active member shall contribute a sum equal to eight percent (8%) of current salary. The director of finance of the city is hereby authorized to deduct such amount from the salary of each active member in semimonthly installments. This contribution shall be made as deduction …

The city shall make current contributions to the fund on an actuarially funded basis, toward the annuities and benefits herein provided. These contributions shall be equal to the sum of the following: (1) An annual amount resulting from the application of a rate percent of salari…

Removal for cause -- Option to convert pension benefits to annuity benefits -- Repeal of ordinances establishing pension fund -- Liquidation and distribution of residual assets -- Report. (1) (a) The responsibility for the proper operation of the fund and the direction of its pol…

(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. Under KRS 95.869, if there are two (2) additional active board members of the fund s…

The board shall have, in addition to other duties arising out of KRS 95.851 to 95.884 and KRS 95.991, the following duties: (1) Establish and maintain an office in the facilities provided by the city for the meetings of the board and the keeping of the books, accounts, and record…

and regulations. (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, shall preside at all meetings and shall appoint all necessary committees. The vice president shall serve …

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

(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 95.851 to 95.884 and KRS 95.991. This system shall be integrated, to the extent possible with the accounts, records, a…

(1) The officers of the city designated by law to draw warrants on the city treasurer or chief financial officer shall, on request in writing by the board, draw warrants on the city treasurer or chief financial officer, payable to the treasurer of the board, against moneys of the…

The fund created by KRS 95.851 to 95.884 and KRS 95.991 shall continue to make payment of all annuities, pensions, and benefits granted by superseded pension funds at the rates previously fixed and under the conditions previously in effect.

Each member shall, by virtue of the payment of contributions to the fund or pick up of employee contributions by the employer pursuant to KRS 65.155, receive a vested interest in such contributions, and in consideration of such vested interest, shall be conclusively deemed to und…

Except for court or administratively ordered current child support, owed child support, or to-be-owed child support, 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 n…