2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 61 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO OFFICES AND OFFICERS -- SOCIAL SECURITY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -- EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 61.552 Service credit regained or obtained -- Purchase of current service and service credit -- Interest paid -- Delayed contribution -- Installment payments.
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61.552 Service credit regained or obtained -- Purchase of current service and
service credit -- Interest paid -- Delayed contribution -- Installment
payments.
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Any employee participating in one (1) of the state-administered retirement
systems who has been refunded his accumulated account balance under the
provisions of KRS 16.645(21), 61.625, or 78.545(15), thereby losing service
credit, may regain the credit by paying to the system from which he received
the refund or refunds the amount or amounts refunded with interest at a rate
determined by the board of the respective retirement system. The payment,
including interest as determined by the board, shall be deposited to the
member's account and considered as accumulated contributions of the
individual member. The payments shall not be picked up, as described in KRS
61.560(4), by the employer. Service purchased under this subsection on or
after January 1, 2014, shall not be used to determine the member's
participation date in the system.
Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered
by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of
service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement
Systems, and who did not elect membership in the County Employees
Retirement System, as provided in KRS 78.540(2), may obtain credit in the
County Employees Retirement System for prior service and for current service
by paying to the County Employees Retirement System a delayed contribution
payment for the service he would have received had he elected membership.
The delayed contribution payment shall not be picked up, as described in KRS
61.560(4), by the employer. Payment may be by lump sum or the employee
may pay by increments.
Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered
by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of
service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement
Systems, and who did not elect membership in the Kentucky Employees
Retirement System, as provided in KRS 61.525(2), may obtain credit in the
Kentucky Employees Retirement System for prior service and for current
service by paying to the system a delayed contribution payment for the service
he would have received had he elected membership. The delayed contribution
payment shall not be picked up, as described in KRS 61.560(4), by the
employer. Payment may be by lump sum or the employee may pay by
increments.
An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by
Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of
service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement
Systems, may obtain credit in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for
current service between July 1, 1956, and the effective date of participation of
his department by paying to the system a delayed contribution payment for the
service he would have received had his department participated on July 1,
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1956. The delayed contribution payment shall not be picked up, as described in
KRS 61.560(4), by the employer. Payment may be by lump sum or the
employee may pay by increments.
(a) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems
administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least
forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60)
months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered
by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, may obtain credit in the County
Employees Retirement System for current service between July 1, 1958,
and the effective date of participation of his county by paying to the
County Employees Retirement System a delayed contribution payment
for the service he would have received had his county participated on July
1, 1958. The delayed contribution payment shall not be picked up, as
described in KRS 61.560(4), by the employer.
(b) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems
administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least
forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60)
months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered
by Kentucky Retirement Systems may obtain credit for the period of his
service with an area development district created pursuant to KRS
147A.050 or with a business development corporation created pursuant to
KRS 155.001 to 155.230 if that service was not covered by a
state-administered retirement system. The member shall pay to the
retirement system in which he participates a delayed contribution
payment, as determined by the board's actuary. The employee may
obtain credit for employment with a business development corporation
only if the Kentucky Retirement Systems receives a favorable private
letter ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service or a
favorable opinion letter from the United States Department of Labor.
Payment may be by lump sum or the employee may pay by increments.
After August 1, 2000, service credit obtained under the subsections of this
section which do not require the employee to have a minimum number of years
of service credit to be eligible to make a purchase shall be disallowed and the
recontribution of refund, including interest as determined by the board or other
payment, if any, shall be paid to the member if the member does not obtain for
service performed six (6) months' additional current service credit in one (1) of
the state-administered retirement systems. The service requirement shall be
waived if the member dies or becomes disabled as provided for by KRS 16.582
or 61.600.
The members shall not receive benefit of service for the same period of time in
another public defined benefit retirement fund.
Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered
by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months'
service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months' service if under age
sixty-five (65) in the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky
Retirement Systems, who formerly worked for a state university in a position
which would have qualified as a regular full-time position had the university
been a participating department, and who did not participate in a defined
benefit retirement program at the university may obtain credit in the employee's
account in the County Employees Retirement System, the Kentucky
Employees Retirement System, or the State Police Retirement System for prior
and current service by paying either retirement system a delayed contribution
payment for the service he would have received had his period of university
employment been covered by the County Employees, Kentucky Employees
Retirement System, or State Police Retirement System. The delayed
contribution payment shall not be picked up, as described in KRS 61.560(4), by
the employer. Payment may be by lump sum, or the employee may pay by
increments.
(9) (a) Effective August 1, 1980, any county participating in the County
Employees Retirement System may purchase current service, between
July 1, 1958, and participation date of the county, for present employees
of the county who have obtained coverage under KRS 78.540(2);
(b) Effective July 1, 1973, any department participating in the Kentucky
Employees Retirement System may purchase current service between
July 1, 1956, and participation date of the department, for present
employees of the department who were employees on the participation
date of the department and elected coverage under KRS 61.525(2);
(c) Cost of the service credit purchased under this subsection shall be
determined by computing the discounted value of the additional service
credit based on an actuarial formula recommended by the board's
consulting actuary and approved by the board. A department shall make
payment for the service credit within the same fiscal year in which the
option is elected. The county shall establish a payment schedule subject
to approval by the board for payment of the service credit. The maximum
period allowed in a payment schedule shall be ten (10) years with interest
at the rate actuarially assumed by the board; however, a shorter period is
desirable and the board may approve any schedule provided it is not
longer than a ten (10) year period;
(d) If a county or department elects the provisions of this subsection, any
present employee who would be eligible to receive service credit under
the provisions of this subsection and has purchased service credit under
subsection (4) or (5) of this section shall have his payment for the service
credit refunded with interest at the rate paid under KRS 61.575 or 78.640;
(e) Any payments made by a county or department under this subsection
shall be deposited to the retirement allowance account of the proper
retirement system and these funds shall not be considered accumulated
contributions of the individual members.
(10) Interest paid by a member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System,
County Employees Retirement System, or State Police Retirement System
under this section or other similar statutes under KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510
to 61.705, or 78.510 to 78.852 prior to June 19, 1976, shall be credited to the
individual member's account in the appropriate retirement system and
considered as accumulated contributions of the member.
(11) Employees who served as assistants to officers and employees of the General
Assembly who have at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five
(65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the
systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems and who were unable
to acquire service under KRS 61.510(20) may purchase credit for the service
performed after January 1, 1960. Service credit under this section shall be
obtained by the payment of a delayed contribution which shall not be picked up
by the employer as described in KRS 61.560(4).
(12) (a) Effective August 1, 1988, any employee participating in one (1) of the
retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who
has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at
least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the
systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase
service credit for interim, seasonal, emergency, or temporary employment
or part-time employment averaging one hundred (100) or more hours of
work per month on a calendar or fiscal year basis. If the average number
of hours of work is less than one hundred (100) per month, the member
shall be allowed credit only for those months he receives creditable
compensation for one hundred hours of work. The cost will be determined
as a delayed contribution payment for the period of time involved, which
shall not be picked up by the employer as described in KRS 61.560(4).
(b) Any noncertified employee of a school board who has at least forty-eight
(48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of
service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by
Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit for part-time
employment prior to the 1990-91 school year which averaged eighty (80)
or more hours of work per month on a calendar or fiscal year basis by
paying to the County Employees Retirement System a delayed
contribution payment. The delayed contribution payment shall not be
picked up, as described in KRS 78.610(4), by the employer. Payment
may be by lump sum or the employee may pay by increments. If the
average number of hours of work is less than eighty (80) per month, the
noncertified employee of a school board shall be allowed credit only for
those months he receives creditable compensation for eighty (80) hours
of work. The cost will be determined as a delayed contribution payment,
which shall not be picked up by the employer as described in KRS
78.610(4).
(13) A retired member, who is contributing to one (1) of the state-administered
retirement programs under the provisions of KRS 61.637(1) to (4) and
purchases service credit under this section in the system or systems from
which he is retired, shall have his retirement allowance recomputed:
(a) Upon termination from employment, if the member is contributing to the
same system or systems from which he was retired; or
(b) Upon completion of six (6) months' service credit as required under
subsection (6) of this section, if the member is contributing to a system
other than the system or systems from which he is retired.
(14) Any employee participating in one (1) of the systems administered by Kentucky
Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age
sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65)
in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems may obtain
credit for prior or current service for any period of approved educational leave,
or for agency-approved leave to work for a work-related labor organization if
the agency subsequently participated in the County Employees Retirement
System, by paying to the respective retirement system a delayed contribution
payment. The employee may also obtain credit for agency-approved leave to
work for a work-related labor organization if the agency subsequently
participated in the County Employees Retirement System, but only if the
Kentucky Retirement Systems receives a favorable private letter ruling from the
United States Internal Revenue Service or a favorable opinion letter from the
United States Department of Labor. The delayed contribution payment shall not
be picked up, as described in KRS 61.560(4), by the employer, and shall be
deposited to the individual member's account.
(15) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered
by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of
service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems
may obtain credit for prior or current service for any period of authorized
maternity leave, unpaid leave authorized under the Federal Family and Medical
Leave Act, or for any period of authorized sick leave without pay, by paying to
the respective retirement system a delayed contribution payment. The delayed
contribution payment shall not be picked up, as described in KRS 61.560(4), by
the employer, and shall be deposited to the individual member's account.
(16) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered
by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit under any of the
provisions of KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705, or 78.510 to 78.852 by
making installment payments in lieu of a lump-sum payment.
(a) The cost of the service shall be computed in the same manner as for a
lump-sum payment which shall be the principal; and interest, at the
actuarial rate in effect at the time the member elects to make the
purchase compounded annually, shall be added for the period that the
installments are to be made. Multiple service purchases may be
combined under a single installment purchase; however, no employee
may make more than one (1) installment purchase at the same time. The
employee may elect to stop the installment payments by notifying the
retirement system; may have the installment purchase recalculated to add
one (1) or more additional service purchases; or may pay by lump sum
the remaining principal or a portion of the remaining principal.
(b) One (1) year of installment payments shall be made for each one
thousand dollars ($1,000) or any part thereof of the total cost, except that
the total period allowed for installments shall not be less than one (1) year
and shall not exceed five (5) years.
(c) The employee shall pay the installments by payroll deduction. Upon
notification by the retirement system, the employer shall report the
installment payments either monthly or semimonthly continuously over
each twelve (12) month period at the same time as, but separate from,
regular employee contributions on the forms or by the computer format
specified by the board. The payments made under this subsection shall
be considered accumulated contributions of the member and shall not be
picked up by the employer pursuant to KRS 61.560(4) and no employer
contributions shall be paid on the installments.
(d) The retirement system shall determine how much of the total cost
represents payment for one (1) month of the service to be purchased and
shall credit one (1) month of service to the member's account each time
this amount has been paid. The first service credited shall represent the
first calendar month of the service to be purchased and each succeeding
month of service credit shall represent the succeeding months of that
service.
(e) If the employee elects to stop the installment payments, dies, retires, or
does not continue employment in a position required to participate in the
retirement system, the member, or in the case of death, the beneficiary,
shall have sixty (60) days to pay the remaining principal or a portion of the
remaining principal of the purchase by lump sum, except that payment by
the member shall be made prior to the effective retirement date. If the
member or beneficiary does not pay the remaining cost, the retirement
system shall refund to the member or the beneficiary the payment,
payments, or portion of a payment that does not represent a full month of
service purchased.
(f) If the employer does not report installment payments on an employee for
sixty (60) days, except in the case of employees on military leave or sick
leave without pay, the installment purchase shall cease and the
retirement system shall refund to the employee the payment, payments,
or portion of a payment that does not represent a full month of service
purchased. Installment payments of employees on military leave or sick
leave without pay shall be suspended during the period of leave and shall
resume without recalculation upon the employee's return from leave.
(g) If payments have ceased under paragraph (e) or (f) of this subsection and
the member later becomes a participating employee in one (1) of the
three (3) systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, the
employee may complete the adjusted original installment purchase by
lump sum or installment payments. If the employee elects to renew the
installment purchase, the cost of the remaining service shall be
recalculated in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(17) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered
by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit under any of the
provisions of KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705, or 78.510 to 78.852 by
transferring funds through a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer as permitted
under the applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code and any
regulations or rulings issued thereunder, or through a direct rollover as
contemplated by and permitted under 26 U.S.C. sec. 401(a)(31) and any
regulations or rulings issued thereunder. Service credit may also be purchased
by a rollover of funds pursuant to and permitted under the rules specified in 26
U.S.C. sec. 402(c) and 26 U.S.C. sec. 408(d)(3). The Kentucky Retirement
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Systems shall accept the transfer or rollover to the extent permitted under the
rules specified in the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and
any regulations and rulings issued thereunder. The amount shall be credited to
the individual member's account in the appropriate retirement system and shall
be considered accumulated contributions of the member.
After August 1, 1998, any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement
systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who is age sixty-five
(65) or older and has forty-eight (48) months of service credit or, if younger,
who has sixty (60) months of service credit in systems administered by
Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase credit in the system in which the
employee has the service credit for up to ten (10) years service in a regular
full-time position that was credited to a state or local government-administered
public defined benefit plan in another state other than a defined benefit plan for
teachers. The employee shall pay a delayed contribution payment. Payment
may be by lump sum, or the employee may pay by increments. The employee
may transfer funds directly from the other state's plan if eligible to the extent
permitted under subsection (17) of this section and to the extent permitted by
the other state's laws and shall provide proof that he is not eligible for a
retirement benefit for the period of service from the other state's plan.
After August 1, 1998, any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement
systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has sixty (60) or
more months of service in the State Police Retirement System or in a
hazardous position in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the
County Employees Retirement System, may purchase credit in the system in
which the employee has the sixty (60) months of service credit for up to ten
(10) years of service in a regular full-time position that was credited to a
defined benefit retirement plan administered by a state or local government in
another state, if the service could be certified as hazardous pursuant to KRS
61.592. The employee shall pay a delayed contribution payment. Payment may
be by lump sum or by increments. The employee may transfer funds directly
from the other unit of government's plan if eligible to the extent permitted under
subsection (17) of this section and to the extent permitted by the other state's
laws, and the employee shall provide proof that he is not eligible for a
retirement benefit for the period of service from the other unit of government's
plan.
Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered
by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of
service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems
and who has completed service as a volunteer in the Kentucky Peace Corps,
created by KRS 154.1-720, may purchase service credit for the time served in
the corps by making delayed contribution payments.
An employee participating in any retirement system administered by Kentucky
Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age
sixty-five (65), or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65)
in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, and who was
formerly employed in a regional community services program for mental health
and individuals with an intellectual disability, organized and operated under the
provisions of KRS 210.370 to 210.480, which does not participate in a
state-administered retirement system may obtain credit for the period of his
service in the regional community program for mental health and individuals
with an intellectual disability, by paying to the state retirement system in which
he participates a delayed contribution payment. Payment to one (1) of the
retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems may be
made by lump sum or in increments.
(22) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by
Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of
service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement
Systems, who was employed by a vocational technical school in a noncertified
part-time position averaging eighty (80) or more hours per month, determined
by using the number of months actually worked within a calendar or fiscal year,
may purchase service credit in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
The cost of the service shall be a delayed contribution payment, which shall not
be picked up by the employer as described in KRS 61.560(4).
(23) (a) Any person who is entitled to service credit for employment which was
not reported in accordance with KRS 16.543, 61.543, or 78.615 may
obtain credit for the service by paying the employee contributions due
within six (6) months of notification by the system. No interest shall be
added to the contributions. The service credit shall not be credited to the
member's account until the employer contributions are received. If a
retired member makes the payment within six (6) months, the retired
member's retirement allowance shall be adjusted to reflect the added
service after the employer contributions are received by the retirement
system.
(b) Any employee participating in one (1) of the state-administered retirement
systems who is entitled to service credit under paragraph (a) of this
subsection and who has not repaid the employee contributions due within
six (6) months of notification by the system may regain the credit after the
six (6) months by paying to the system the employee contributions plus
interest at the actuarially assumed rate from the date of initial notification
under paragraph (a) of this subsection. Service credit shall not be credited
to the member's account until the employer contributions are received by
the retirement system. The payments shall not be picked up, as described
in KRS 61.560(4), by the employer.
(c) Service purchased under this subsection by employees who begin
participating on or after September 1, 2008, shall be considered service
credited under KRS 16.543(1), 61.543(1), or 78.615(1) for purposes of
determining eligibility for retirement benefits under KRS 16.505 to 16.652,
61.510 to 61.705, and 78.510 to 78.852.
(d) Employees who begin participating on or after January 1, 2014, in the
hybrid cash balance plan provided by KRS 16.583 and 61.597 shall, upon
payment of the employee and employer contributions due under this
subsection, have their accumulated account balance increased by the
employee contributions, employer pay credits, and interest credits that
would have been credited to their member's account if the contributions
had been paid on time.
(24) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered
by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of
service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement
Systems may purchase service credit for employment with a public agency that
would have been eligible to participate under KRS 61.520 but which did not
participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or a political
subdivision that would have been eligible to participate under KRS 78.530 but
which did not participate in the County Employees Retirement System if the
former public agency or political subdivision has merged with or been taken
over by a participating department or county. The cost of the service shall be
determined as a delayed contribution payment for the respective retirement
system. Payment may be made by lump sum or in increments. The payment
shall not be picked up, as described in KRS 61.560(4) or 78.610(4), by the
employer.
(25) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered
by the Kentucky Retirement Systems prior to July 15, 2002, who has accrued
at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty
(60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered
by the Kentucky Retirement Systems and who has total service in all
state-administered retirement systems of at least one hundred eighty (180)
months of service credit may purchase a combined maximum total of five (5)
years of retirement service credit which is not otherwise purchasable under any
of the provisions of KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705, and 78.510 to
78.852. The purchase price for the retirement service credit shall be calculated
and paid for as a delayed contribution payment. The payment shall not be
picked up, as described in KRS 16.545(4), 61.560(4), or 78.610(4), by the
employer, and the employee's payment shall be paid into the individual
member's account in the appropriate retirement system and shall be
considered accumulated contributions of the member. Payment by the member
may be by lump sum or by increments. The service purchased under this
subsection shall not be used in determining a retirement allowance until the
member has accrued at least two hundred forty (240) months of service,
excluding service purchased under this subsection. If the member does not
accrue at least two hundred forty (240) months of service, excluding service
purchased under this subsection, upon retirement, death, or written request
following termination, the payment, plus interest as provided in KRS 61.575,
shall be refunded.
(26) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by
Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of
service if age sixty-five (65), or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65), in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems,
may obtain credit in the County Employees Retirement System for the period of
that employee's service with a community action agency created under KRS
273.405 to 273.453 if that service was not covered by a state-administered
retirement system. The member shall pay to the retirement system a delayed
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contribution payment. Payment may be made by lump sum or in increments.
The payment shall not be picked up, as described in KRS 61.560(4) or
78.610(4), by the employer.
The board of trustees is authorized to establish a program, subject to a
favorable ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, to provide for the purchase
of service credit under any of the provisions of KRS 16.505 to 16.552, 61.510
to 61.705, and 78.510 to 78.852, pursuant to the employer pick-up provisions
in 26 U.S.C. sec. 414(h)(2).
An employee may obtain credit for regular full-time service with an agency prior
to August 1, 1998, for which the employee did not receive credit due to KRS
61.637(1), by paying a delayed contribution. The payment shall not be picked
up by the employer, except as provided in subsection (27) of this section, and
shall be credited to the employee's second retirement account. Service credit
obtained under this subsection shall not be used in determining benefits under
KRS 61.702. The employee may purchase credit for service prior to August 1,
1998, if:
(a) The employee retired from one (1) of the retirement systems
administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems and was reemployed
prior to August 1, 1998, earning less than the maximum permissible
earnings under the Federal Social Security Act;
(b) The employee elected to participate in a second retirement account
effective August 1, 1998, in accordance with KRS 61.637(7); and
(c) The employee has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age
sixty-five (65), or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65), in a second account in the systems administered by
Kentucky Retirement Systems.
An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by
the Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of
service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age
sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement
Systems, may obtain credit for the service in a regular full-time position
otherwise creditable under the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the
County Employees Retirement System, or the State Police Retirement System
for service in the United States government, other than service in the Armed
Forces, for which service is not otherwise given, by paying to the system a
delayed contribution payment. Payment may be made by lump sum or in
increments. No payment made pursuant to this section shall be picked up by
the employer, as described in KRS 61.560(4).
An employee participating in a hazardous position in one (1) of the retirement
systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least
forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60)
months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by
the Kentucky Retirement Systems, may obtain credit for service in a regular
full-time position in an urban-county government that would qualify for
hazardous duty coverage under KRS 61.592 by paying to the system a
delayed contribution payment. Payment may be made by lump sum or in
increments. No payment made pursuant to this section shall be picked up by
the employer, as described in KRS 61.560(4).
(31) Subsections (2) to (5), (8) to (15), (18) to (22), (24) to (26), and (28) to (30) of
this section shall not apply to members who begin participating in the systems
administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems on or after January 1, 2014.
Effective:July 1, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 50, effective July 1, 2013. -Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 8, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2008 (1st
Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 12, effective June 27, 2008. -- Amended 2005
Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts
ch. 36, sec. 11, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 169,
sec. 9, effective March 31, 2003. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 5,
effective July 15, 2002; ch. 210, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002; and ch. 270,
sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 14,
effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 1, effective July
15, 1998; and ch. 105, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky.
Acts ch. 31, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996; ch. 70, sec. 1, effective July 15,
1996; ch. 167, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 346, sec. 1, effective
July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 2, effective April 11,
1994; and ch. 485, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 100, sec. 12, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 240, sec. 21, effective July 14,
1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990;
ch. 346, secs. 2 and 3, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 489, sec. 5, effective
July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 1, effective July 15,
1988; ch. 349, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1988; ch. 351, sec. 5, effective July 15,
1988; and ch. 404, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts
ch. 90, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1986; ch. 293, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1986;
and ch. 490, secs. 2 and 3, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts
ch. 329, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 166,
sec. 18, effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 423, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1982. -Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 322, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980; and ch. 404,
sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 321, sec. 16. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 15. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 116,
sec. 31. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 4. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts
ch. 86, sec. 2. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 2.
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