2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 61 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO OFFICES AND OFFICERS -- SOCIAL SECURITY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -- EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 61.691 Increase of benefits.
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61.691 Increase of benefits.
(1)
(2)
Effective August 1, 1996, to July 1, 2008, a recipient of a retirement allowance
under KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705, and 78.510 to 78.852 shall
have his retirement allowance increased on July 1 of each year by the
percentage increase in the annual average of the consumer price index for all
urban consumers for the most recent calendar year as published by the federal
Bureau of Labor Statistics, not to exceed five percent (5%). In determining the
annual employer contribution rate, only the cost of increases granted as of the
most recent valuation date shall be recognized. The benefits of this subsection
as provided on August 1, 1996, to July 1, 2008, shall not be considered as
benefits protected by the inviolable contract provisions of KRS 16.652, 61.692,
and 78.852. The General Assembly reserves the right to suspend or reduce the
benefits conferred in this subsection if in their judgment the welfare of the
Commonwealth so demands.
(a) Effective July 1, 2009, and on July 1 of each year thereafter, a recipient of
a retirement allowance under KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705,
and 78.510 to 78.852 shall have his or her retirement allowance
increased by one and one-half percent (1.5%), if:
1.
The funding level of the system is greater than one hundred percent
(100%) and subsequent legislation authorizes the use of any surplus
actuarial assets to provide an increase in retirement allowances
described by this subsection for the system which has the surplus
actuarial assets; or
2.
The General Assembly appropriates sufficient funds or directs
payment of funds to fully prefund the increase described by this
subsection in the year the increase is provided.
(b) The board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall, at least
thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of regular sessions of the General
Assembly held in even-numbered years, advise the General Assembly of
the following:
1.
Which systems have a funding level greater than one hundred
percent (100%) and can support an increase in recipients' retirement
allowances as provided by paragraph (a) of this subsection over the
next budget biennium without reducing the funding level of the
system below one hundred percent (100%); and
2.
If no surplus actuarial assets are available, the level of funds
needed to fully prefund an increase for system recipients over the
next budget biennium if a one and one-half percent (1.5%) increase
is provided annually over the biennium.
(c) For purposes of this subsection, "funding level" means the actuarial value
of assets divided by the actuarially accrued liability expressed as a
percentage that is determined and reported by the system's actuary in the
system's actuarial valuation.
(d) The full increase described by this subsection shall only be provided if the
recipient has been receiving a benefit for at least twelve (12) months prior
to the effective date of the increase. If the recipient has been receiving a
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(4)
benefit for less than twelve (12) months prior to the effective date of the
increase provided by this subsection, the increase shall be reduced on a
pro rata basis for each month the recipient has not been receiving
benefits in the twelve (12) months preceding the effective date of the
increase.
(e) In determining the annual employer contribution rate, only the cost of
increases granted as of the most recent valuation date shall be
recognized.
(f) The benefits of this subsection as provided on July 1, 2009, and
thereafter shall not be considered as benefits protected by the inviolable
contract provisions of KRS 16.652, 61.692, and 78.852. The General
Assembly reserves the right to suspend or reduce the benefits conferred
in this subsection if, in its judgment, the welfare of the Commonwealth so
demands.
A reemployed retired member whose payments are suspended as provided
under KRS 61.637 shall be eligible for an increase in his suspended retirement
allowance as provided under this section, computed as if he were receiving the
retirement allowance at the time the increase under this section is effective.
In addition to the increase to a recipient's retirement allowance as provided by
subsection (2) of this section, the General Assembly may, by subsequent
legislation, provide supplemental increases to a recipient's retirement
allowance to help adjust for actual changes in the recipient's cost of living if the
General Assembly appropriates sufficient funds to fully prefund the benefit in
the year the increase is provided.
Effective:July 1, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 69, effective July 1, 2013. -Amended 2008 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 23, effective June 27,
2008. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 320, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1994; ch. 406, sec. 6,
effective June 30, 1996; and ch. 502, sec. 1, effective April 13, 1994. -Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 240, sec. 49, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 489, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 517, sec. 2,
effective July 1, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 349, sec. 28, effective July
15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 293, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 232, sec. 9, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky.
Acts ch. 186, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch.
311, sec. 19, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 384, sec. 554, effective June 17,
1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 321, sec. 31. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch.
116, sec. 59.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/2013). This statute was amended by
Section 69 of 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 120. Section 81 of that Act reads,
"Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, the amendments
in Sections 16, 25, and 69 of this Act shall in no way nullify the provisions of
2012 Ky. Acts ch. 19, Part I, 1.(4), 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 68, Part I, 2.(2), or 2012
Ky. Acts ch. 144, Part IV, 10., which suspended the cost-of-living adjustment
that would have been provided to retirees and beneficiaries of the Legislative
Retirement Plan, the Judicial Retirement Plan, the State Police Retirement
System, the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, and the County
Employees Retirement System on July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2013."
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). This section was amended by
1994 Ky. Acts chs. 105, 406, and 502. The amendments of this section by 1994
Ky. Acts chs. 105 and 502 are in conflict. Under KRS 446.250, Acts ch. 502 as
the last enactment prevails.
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