KRS § 95.773 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.773
95.773 Disability, retirement and death benefits
Status: in_force

95.773 Disability, retirement and death benefits.

If any member of the police or fire department, while in the performance of his duty,

becomes temporarily, totally disabled, physically or mentally, for services by reason of

service in such departments, the board of trustees shall order the payment to such disabled

member, monthly during such disability, not to exceed one (1) year, from such pension

fund, not exceeding sixty dollars ($60) per month, the said amount to be determined by

the board of trustees, provided such member, during the same period, is paid no salary as

such member. If any member of the police or fire departments, while in the performance

of his duty, becomes mentally or physically permanently disabled by reason of service in

either of said departments so as to render necessary his retirement from service in either

of said departments, said board of trustees shall retire such disabled member from service

in either of said departments, provided no such retirement on account of disability shall

occur unless said member has contracted said disability while on duty in the service of

said police or fire department, and upon such retirement the board of trustees shall order

the payment to such disabled member of such police or fire department, monthly, from

such pension fund, a sum equal to one-half (1/2) of the monthly salary such member was

receiving at the date of his retirement, provided such member has had twelve (12) or

more years' constant service in either of said departments. Any member of the said police

or fire departments who has less than twelve (12) years of constant service in the said

department and becomes disabled for service and eligible for retirement under this section

shall receive monthly such sum from such pension fund fixed by the board of said

trustees any amount not to exceed one-half (1/2) of the amount which such member of the

police or fire department was receiving in monthly salary at the date of his retirement. If

any member of said police or fire department shall, while in the performance of his duty,

be killed or die as a result of an injury received in the line of his duty, or of any disease

contracted by reason of his occupation, or shall die from any cause whatsoever as a result

of his services in either of said departments, and while in said service, or after having

served continuously for twelve (12) years shall die while in the service or on the retired

list from any cause, and shall leave a widow, or child or children under the age of

fourteen (14) years, said board of trustees shall direct the payment from said pension

fund, monthly, to such widow, while unmarried, a sum equal to one-half (1/2) of the

monthly salary or pension payment such member was receiving at the date of his death,

and for each child until it reaches the age of fourteen (14) years, six dollars ($6), and to

the dependent father and mother to be paid as follows: If the father be dead, the mother

shall receive thirty dollars ($30), and if the mother be dead, the father shall receive thirty

dollars ($30), and if both be living, each shall receive fifteen dollars ($15). The board

may provide a minimum benefit of no more than four hundred dollars ($400) per month,

initially, to the surviving spouse if the benefit can be supported on an actuarially-sound

basis by the pension fund. When Social Security benefits are increased, the board may

increase the surviving spouse's minimum by a like percentage, but the increase shall not

exceed five percent (5%).