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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 15:09:31+00:00

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(d) "final average salary" means the average highest annual compensation paid to a correctional employee for any three of the last five years of participating service immediately preceding the date of disability, or if participating service is less than three years, then the average annual compensation paid to the correctional employee during the full period of participating service or if a correctional employee has less than one calendar year of participating service the correctional employee's final average salary shall be computed by multiplying the correctional employee's highest monthly salary received in that year by 12.
(a) The correctional employee shall receive a retirement benefit equal to 50% of the correctional employee's final average salary. Such benefit shall accrue from the day upon which the correctional employee ceases to draw compensation.
(b) Each of the correctional employee's unmarried children under the age of 18 years or each of the correctional employee's children under the age of 23 years who are full-time students as provided in K.S.A. 74-49,117 and amendments thereto shall receive an annual benefit equal to 10% of the correctional employee's final average salary. Such benefit shall accrue from the day upon which the correctional employee ceases to draw compensation and shall end on the first day of the month in which each such child or children attains the age of 18 years, die or marry, whichever occurs earlier or in which each such child or children attains the age of 23 years, if such child or children are full-time students as provided in K.S.A. 74-49,117 and amendments thereto.
(c) In no case shall the total benefits payable under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2) be in excess of 75% of the correctional employee's final average salary.
(d) In the event a correctional employee who is retired under paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), dies within two years after the date of such retirement, then benefits may be payable under subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4916 and amendments thereto.
(e) In the event a correctional employee who is retired under paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), dies more than two years after the date of such retirement, and the proximate cause of such death is the service-connected cause from which the disability resulted, then benefits may be payable under subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4916 and amendments thereto.
(i) To the correctional employee's spouse, if lawfully wedded to the correctional employee at the time of the correctional employee's death, a lump-sum benefit equal to 50% of the correctional employee's final average salary at the time of the correctional employee's retirement.
(ii) To the correctional employee's spouse, if lawfully wedded to the correctional employee at the time of the correctional employee's death, an annual benefit equal to 50% of the correctional employee's retirement benefit payable in monthly installments, to accrue from the first day of the month following the correctional employee's date of death and ending on the first day of the month in which the spouse dies. If there is no surviving spouse, or if after the death of the spouse there remain one or more children under the age of 18 years or one or more children under the age of 23 years who is a full-time student as provided in K.S.A. 74-49,117, and amendments thereto, the annual spouse's benefit shall be payable in equal shares to such children and each child's share shall end on the first day of the month in which such child attains the age of 18 years or dies, whichever occurs earlier or in which such child attains the age of 23 years, if such child is a full-time student as provided in K.S.A. 74-49,117, and amendments thereto.
The provisions of this subsection shall apply in all cases of such correctional employees who die after October 1, 1996.
A retirement benefit equal to 2% of the correctional employee's final average salary multiplied by the number of years of credited service, except that such retirement benefit shall be at least equal to 25% of the member's final average salary but not to exceed the amount of the retirement benefit provided in paragraph (a) of subsection (2). Such benefit shall not become payable until satisfactory evidence is presented to the board that the correctional employee is and has been for a period of 180 days totally and permanently disabled, but benefits shall accrue from the day upon which the correctional employee ceases to draw compensation.
(4) Any correctional employee who is employed for compensation by an employer other than the department of corrections and whose disability is incurred in the course of such other employment shall not be eligible for any of the benefits provided in subsection (3).
(5) If a correctional employee becomes totally and permanently disabled and no benefits are payable under subsections (2) or (3), the sum of the correctional employee's accumulated contributions shall be paid to the correctional employee.
(6) Any correctional employee receiving benefits under this section shall submit to medical examination, not oftener than annually, by one or more physicians or any other practitioners of the healing arts holding a valid license issued by Kansas state board of healing arts, as the board of trustees may direct. If upon such medical examination the examiners report to the board that the retirant is physically able and capable of resuming employment with the participating employer from whose employment the correctional employee retired, the disability benefits shall terminate. A retirant who has been receiving benefits under the provisions of this section and who returns to employment of a participating employer shall immediately commence accruing service credit which shall be added to that which has been accrued by virtue of previous service.
(7) Any retirant who has been receiving benefits under the provisions of this section for a period of five years shall be deemed finally retired and shall not be subject to further medical examinations, except that if the board of trustees shall have reasonable grounds to question whether the retirant remains totally and permanently disabled, a further medical examination or examinations may be required.
(8) Refusal or neglect to submit to examination as provided in subsection (6) shall be sufficient cause for suspending or discontinuing benefit payments under this section and if such refusal or neglect shall continue for a period of one year, the correctional employee's rights in and to all benefits under the system may be revoked by the board.
(9) Any retirement benefits payable under the provisions of this section shall be in lieu of all other benefits under the system.
(10) Each correctional employee shall report to such member's participating employer any event or act of duty causing disability within 200 days after such event or act of duty. The department of corrections shall file in the office of the executive director of the board, in a form acceptable to the board, a report of the event or act of duty causing disability within 220 days after the event or act of duty.
(11) Benefits payable under this section shall be reduced by the original amount of any disability benefits received under the federal social security act or the workers compensation act. For any correctional employee already retired on the effective date of this act, no reduction of the original social security benefits shall be applicable to benefits paid prior to the effective date of this act. In no case shall a correctional employee who is entitled to receive benefits under this section receive less than $100 per month.
(12) The provisions of this section shall apply to disabilities occurring after June 30, 1982, and prior to July 1, 1995. At the direction of the board of trustees, the actuary shall conduct an experience evaluation of benefits payable under this section and the board shall provide copies of such study to the governor and members of the legislature.
(13) The provisions of K.S.A. 74-4927 and amendments thereto relating to insured disability benefits shall not be applicable to correctional employees subject to the provisions of this section.
History: L. 1982, ch. 319, § 21; L. 1986, ch. 294, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 299, § 13; L. 1988, ch. 302, § 7; L. 1989, ch. 232, § 7; L. 1990, ch. 282, § 7; L. 1991, ch. 237, § 21; L. 1992, ch. 321, § 7; L. 1993, ch. 227, § 16; L. 1994, ch. 293, § 11; L. 1995, ch. 267, § 9; L. 1998, ch. 201, § 18; L. 2001, ch. 209, § 10; May 31.

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