2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .546   Sick leave credit for employees.

61.546 Sick leave credit for employees. (1) Any member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the State Police Retirement System whose retirement date is July 14, 1984, or thereafter, shall receive credit for unused sick leave accrued while contributing to the retirement system from which the retirement benefit is to be paid in accordance with this section. (2) Upon the member's notification of retirement as prescribed in KRS 16.576 or 61.590, the employer shall certify the retiring member's unused, accumulated sick leave balance to the system. The member's sick leave balance, expressed in days, shall be divided by the average number of working days per month in the state service and rounded to the nearest number of whole months. The member's sick leave balance, expressed in months, shall be added to his service credit for the purpose of determining his annual retirement allowance under KRS 16.510 to 16.652 or KRS 61.510 to 61.705 and for the purpose of determining whether the member is eligible to receive a retirement allowance under KRS 16.510 to 16.652 or KRS 61.510 to 61.705. Accumulated sick leave in excess of six (6) months shall be added to the member's service credit, and the last participating Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems employer shall pay to the retirement system the value of the additional service credit based on the formula adopted by the board. All of a state policeman's sick leave balance, expressed in months, shall be added to his service credit for the purposes of determining his annual retirement allowance and whether the member is eligible to receive a retirement allowance under KRS 16.510 to 16.652. (3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a participating agency whose employees are not employed by the Commonwealth until the agency certifies to the system that a sick leave program has been formally adopted and is universally administered within the agency. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 240, sec. 20. effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 483, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 276, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988; and ch. 349, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 220, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 423, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980.