2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 95 - CITY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS 95.869 Board of trustees to operate fund and direct policies -- Membership -- Removal for cause.
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95.869 Board of trustees to operate fund and direct policies -- Membership -Removal for cause.
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The responsibility for the proper operation of the fund and the direction of its
policies shall be vested in a board of trustees. If there are no active members
of the fund, the board of trustees shall consist of four (4) members who shall
be: (a) he mayor ex officio; (b) he city treasurer ex officio; and (c) ne (1)
retired member of each department who shall be elected by ballot by the
retired members of the respective departments. The mayor ex officio and the
city treasurer ex officio shall serve for terms of one (1) year under rules
adopted by the board. The two (2) retired members of the police and fire
department shall serve for terms of at least one (1) year with a maximum of two
(2) years under rules adopted by the board. If there are active members of the
fund, there shall be two (2) additional board members who shall be one (1)
active member of the fund from each department elected by ballot by the active
members of the fund from the respective departments and who shall serve for
terms of at least one (1) year with a maximum of two (2) years under rules
adopted by the board. If all of the active members or all of the retired members
are from one (1) department, then both of the active-member board members
or both of the retired board members shall be elected from that department. In
the event of a vacancy of an elected member, the pension board may fill the
vacancy by appointment until the next regular election.
The board of trustees membership shall be restructured according to the
provisions of this section at the time of the next scheduled election of board
members after July 15, 1994.
Any member of the board convicted of an offense relating to mismanagement
or embezzlement of the fund created pursuant to KRS 95.852 shall be
removed from the board and shall be prohibited from serving on the board. If
the board member removed is an ex officio member, the city council shall
appoint a replacement until another person shall fill the office entitled to a seat
on the board. If the board member removed is an active policeman or
firefighter, the board shall fill the vacancy by appointment of another active
policeman or firefighter until the next regular election.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 260, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 286, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts
ch. 437, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188,
sec. 87, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 19,
effective July 1, 1956.
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