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70.292 Sheriff may employ retired police officer -- Qualifications.
(1)
(2)
A county police department or county sheriff's office in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky may employ police officers who have retired under the State Police
Retirement System, Kentucky Employees Retirement System, or the County
Employees Retirement System as provided by KRS 70.291 to 70.293.
An individual employed under KRS 70.291 to 70.293 shall have:
(a) 1.
Participated in the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund under
KRS 15.410 to 15.515; or
2.
Retired as a commissioned officer pursuant to KRS Chapter 16;
(b) Retired with at least twenty (20) years of service credit;
(c) Been separated from service for the period required by KRS 61.637 so that the
member's retirement is not voided;
(d) Retired with no administrative charges pending; and
(e) Retired with no pre-existing agreement between the individual and the county
police department or the sheriff's office prior to the individual's retirement for
the individual to return to work for the county police department or the
sheriff's office.
Effective: April 27, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 21, effective April 14, 2018; and ch.
207, sec. 21, effective April 27, 2018. -- Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 2,
effective June 24, 2015. -- Created 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 2, effective July 15,
2014.
Legislative Research Commission Note (4/27/2018). This statute was amended by 2018
Ky. Acts chs. 171 and 207, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been
codified together.
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