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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4927j Insured death and disability benefit and accidental death benefit for members of system with participating employers other than the state fulfilling one-year continuous service requirement.

74-4927j.
Insured death and disability benefit and accidental death benefit for members of system with participating employers other than the state fulfilling one-year continuous service requirement.
(1) Any employer other than the state of Kansas which is currently a participating employer of the Kansas public employees retirement system or is in the process of affiliating with the Kansas public employees retirement system may also elect to affiliate for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section. All such employers shall make application for affiliation with such system in the manner provided by K.S.A. 74-4910 and amendments thereto, to be effective on January 1 next following application.
(2) For the purposes of providing the "insured death benefit" and "insured disability benefit" as provided in K.S.A. 74-4927 and amendments thereto and the "accidental death benefit" as provided in subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4916 and amendments thereto, to all employees who are fulfilling the one-year continuous service requirement under subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4911 and amendments thereto, on and after January 1, 1988, the term "member" as used in K.S.A. 74-4927 and amendments thereto and subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4916 and amendments thereto and used in this section shall include such employees.
(3) The employer of any member shall pay to the Kansas public employees retirement system in such manner as the board of trustees shall prescribe, beginning with the first day of the first payroll period coinciding with or following January 1, 1988, and each payroll period thereafter, an amount sufficient to pay the employer's contribution to the group insurance reserve as provided in subsection (4) of K.S.A. 74-4927 and amendments thereto.
(4) The employer of any member shall maintain a file of the beneficiaries named by the persons covered under this section in the form and manner as prescribed by the board of trustees.
(5) In the event that a member becomes eligible for the insured disability benefit, such member shall become a member of the system at the time such member would have completed one year of continuous service under subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4911 and amendments thereto and would have become a member of the system had such member not become eligible for the insured disability benefit.
(6) Coverage under the plan of death and long-term disability benefits shall begin with the first day of the first payroll period coinciding with or following the date of affiliation for such members and other persons as herein defined.
History:
L. 1987, ch. 299, § 33; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4927k Insured death and disability benefit and accidental death benefit for certain state officers; inapplicable to certain persons employed by the legislative branch.

74-4927k.
Insured death and disability benefit and accidental death benefit for certain state officers; inapplicable to certain persons employed by the legislative branch.
(a) For the purposes of providing the "insured death benefit" and "long-term disability benefit" as prescribed in K.S.A. 74-4927, and amendments thereto and of providing the "accidental death benefit" as prescribed in subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4916, and amendments thereto, to all state officers who have filed an election as provided in subsection (a) or (b) of K.S.A. 74-4911f, and amendments thereto, the term "member" as used in K.S.A. 74-4927, and amendments thereto and subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4916, and amendments thereto and as used in this section shall include such state officers.
(b) The state agency employing any member shall pay to the Kansas public employees retirement system in such manner as the board of trustees shall prescribe, an amount sufficient to pay the employer's contribution to the group insurance reserve as provided in subsection (4) of K.S.A. 74-4927, and amendments thereto.
(c) The state agency employing any member shall maintain a file of the beneficiaries named by the persons covered under this section in the form and manner as prescribed by the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person employed by the legislative branch of the state of Kansas who elected to be covered by the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4911f, and amendments thereto, as provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 46-1302, and amendments thereto or who is first employed on or after July 1, 1996, by the legislative branch of the state of Kansas as described in K.S.A. 46-1302, and amendments thereto.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any member of the legislature who has retired pursuant to the Kansas public employees retirement system and who elected to be covered by the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4911f, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1988, ch. 302, § 32; L. 2000, ch. 152, § 17; L. 2003, ch. 155, § 10; May 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4927l Insured death and disability benefit and accidental death benefit for certain members of the legislature who are not members of KPERS.

74-4927l.
Insured death and disability benefit and accidental death benefit for certain members of the legislature who are not members of KPERS.
(a) For the purposes of providing the "insured death benefit" and "long-term disability benefit" as prescribed in K.S.A. 74-4927, and amendments thereto and of providing the "accidental death benefit" as prescribed in subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4916, and amendments thereto, to all members of the legislature who have failed to file the election to become a member of the retirement system pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4911, and amendments thereto, and who have filed an election to be covered pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4916 and 74-4927, and amendments thereto, as provided in this subsection, the term "member" as used in K.S.A. 74-4927, and amendments thereto and subsection (2) of K.S.A. 74-4916, and amendments thereto and as used in this section shall include such members of the legislature. Such election as provided in this subsection shall be filed with the system within 90 days of the effective date of this act or within 90 days after taking the oath of office. If a member of the legislature fails to file such election as provided in this subsection, it shall be presumed such member of the legislature has elected to not be covered pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4916 and 74-4927, and amendments thereto.
(b) The division of legislative administrative services shall pay to the Kansas public employees retirement system in such manner as the board of trustees shall prescribe, an amount sufficient to pay the employer's contribution to the group insurance reserve as provided in subsection (4) of K.S.A. 74-4927, and amendments thereto.
(c) The division of legislative administrative services shall maintain a file of the beneficiaries named by the persons covered under this section in the form and manner as prescribed by the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system.
History:
L. 2003, ch. 155, § 17; May 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4927m Plan of death long-term disability benefits; insufficient resources; loan by pooled money investment board; repayment.

74-4927m.
Plan of death long-term disability benefits; insufficient resources; loan by pooled money investment board; repayment.
(a) Subject to the limitations of this section, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, if it appears that the resources are insufficient to meet in full the estimated expenditures as they become due to meet the financial obligations imposed by law on the death and disability program as a result of a cash flow shortfall, the pooled money investment board is authorized and directed to loan to the Kansas public employees retirement system sufficient funds to maintain the cash flow of the death and disability program upon approval of such loan by the state finance council acting on this matter which is hereby characterized as a matter of legislative delegation and subject to the guidelines prescribed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 75-3711c, and amendments thereto. No loan shall be made unless the terms thereof have been approved by the director of the budget. A copy of the terms of the loan shall be submitted to the director of the legislative research department. The pooled money investment board is authorized and directed to use any moneys in the operating accounts, investment accounts or other investments of the state of Kansas to provide the funds for such loan. Each such loan shall bear interest at a rate equal to the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio at the time of the making of such loan. Such loan shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness or debt of the state of Kansas within the meaning of section 6 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas.
(b) Upon certification by the pooled money investment board by the executive director of the Kansas public employees retirement system of the amount of each loan authorized pursuant to subsection (a), the pooled money investment board shall transfer each such amount certified by the executive director of the Kansas public employees retirement system from the state bank account or accounts prescribed in subsection (a) to the group insurance reserve fund.
(c) The principal and interest of each loan authorized pursuant to subsection (a) shall be repaid in payments payable on or before June 30, 2007, or June 30 of each subsequent year where a loan to the system has occurred pursuant to this section.
History:
L. 2005, ch. 196, § 16; May 19.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4928 Eligibility for membership of certain persons; conditions.

74-4928.
Eligibility for membership of certain persons; conditions.
Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4902, 74-4911 and 74-4913 and amendments thereto, to the contrary, an employee of a participating employer who was employed by the legislature on January 15, 1962, and was employed on July 1, 1943, and July 1, 1962, by the participating employer by whom such employee is employed on the effective date of this act, shall be an eligible member of the Kansas public employees retirement system as of July 1, 1962, subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-49,123 and amendments thereto, upon the payment of appropriate employer and employee contributions. Such employee shall be entitled to receive full credit for employment with such participating employer prior to said participating employer's entry date. The prior service annual salary in such case shall be the compensation, not including any amount received as payment for overtime or as reimbursement for travel or moving expense, received for personal services by the employee from the employer during the last 12 months of employment prior to January 1, 1962.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 387, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 64, § 57; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4929 Requirement to become affiliated when municipal consolidations occur.

74-4929.
Requirement to become affiliated when municipal consolidations occur.
When two (2) or more cities, counties, townships, political subdivisions or instrumentalities of any one or several of the aforementioned are consolidated, merged or otherwise combined or separated, whether by operation of law or by act of the governing body or chief officer, and one or more of the governmental entities being consolidated, merged or otherwise combined or separated is a participating employer under the Kansas public employees retirement system, any resulting governmental entity shall assume by operation of this act the continuing retirement obligation toward those employees of the previous entity or entities that are continued on the payroll of any such resulting governmental entity. The governing body or chief officer of any such resulting entity shall forthwith adopt the resolution for affiliation provided for in K.S.A. 74-4910 to provide retirement benefits for any other employees who were not previously members of the system, commencing January 1 of the year immediately following such consolidation, merger, combination or separation, and said date shall be the entry date applicable to said other employees employed on said date.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 390, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4930 Employer contributions; when certain additional costs reflected.

74-4930.
Employer contributions; when certain additional costs reflected.
Any additional costs provided by K.S.A. 74-4915 and 74-4920 shall be reflected in employer contributions by the state of Kansas as a participating employer and by the state of Kansas for participating employers under K.S.A. 74-4931, in the rates of employer contributions beginning in the fiscal year commencing in calendar year 1981 and in the employer contributions by all other participating employers in the rates of employer contributions beginning in the fiscal year commencing in the calendar year 1982.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 312, § 4; May 13.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4931 Eligible employers; participating employers; entry date.

74-4931. Eligible employers; participating employers; entry date.
On the effective date of this act, the following shall be eligible employers as defined in K.S.A. 74-4902(13), and amendments thereto, and as further defined herein:
(1) Kansas public school districts;
(2) Kansas technical colleges;
(3) Kansas community junior colleges; or
(4) the state of Kansas for state agencies having employees who are members of the state school retirement system on December 31, 1970.
Such eligible employers shall become participating employers as defined in K.S.A. 74-4902(24), and amendments thereto. The entry date into the Kansas public employees retirement system of such eligible employers shall be January 1, 1971.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 326, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 43, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4931a Kansas state high school activities association, eligible employer.

74-4931a.
Kansas state high school activities association, eligible employer.
From and after January 1, 1983, the Kansas state high school activities association, as described in K.S.A. 72-130 and amendments thereto, shall be an eligible and participating employer in the Kansas public employees retirement system for all purposes under the system, as an instrumentality of those eligible employers as defined in K.S.A. 74-4931 and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1983, ch. 246, § 1; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4931b Same; payment of contributions; benefits of membership conferred.

74-4931b.
Same; payment of contributions; benefits of membership conferred.
(a) Within 35 days after the effective date of this act, the Kansas state high school activities association shall pay to the system an amount equal to the total of: (1) All employer contributions payable from January 1, 1983, to the date of payment at the applicable rate of contribution fixed pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4920 and amendments thereto; and (2) all employee contributions payable from January 1, 1983, to the date of payment at the rate of contribution fixed by K.S.A. 74-4919 and amendments thereto.
(b) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4901 et seq., and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, all rights and benefits of membership including group insurance and participating service credit shall accrue to each individual who is an employee of the Kansas state high school activities association from January 1, 1983.
History: L. 1983, ch. 246, § 2; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4933 Application of KPERS provisions to school employees; nonforfeitable benefits; nonapplication of state school retirement act.

74-4933.
Application of KPERS provisions to school employees; nonforfeitable benefits; nonapplication of state school retirement act.
(1) Except as provided in this act and to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, employers who are participating employers under this act, employees of such employers and the provisions of this act shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4901 et seq. and amendments thereto. The rights of such employees to benefits accrued to the extent funded to the date of transfer or to the amounts in such employees' accounts, if any, are nonforfeitable.
(2) The provisions of K.S.A. 72-5501 through 72-5534 and amendments thereto shall not apply to any person who is an employee as defined in K.S.A. 74-4932 and amendments thereto, except as provided in this act.
(3) For purposes of this section, "act" means the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4931 et seq. and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 326, § 3; L. 1998, ch. 64, § 59; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4934 Administration of state school retirement system; transfers of moneys and securities; credit to members' accounts; executive secretary; transfer of employees.

74-4934.
Administration of state school retirement system; transfers of moneys and securities; credit to members' accounts; executive secretary; transfer of employees.
(1) On and after July 1, 1970, the state school retirement board is abolished and such board shall have no further legal authority or powers. On such date all of the powers provided in K.S.A. 72-5501 to 72-5534 and amendments thereto shall devolve upon and be performed by the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system, and all powers heretofore exercised by the state school retirement board, including management and control of the assets and funds of the state school retirement system, shall be and become vested in the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system. Whenever in the statutes of this state the words "state school retirement board" or words of like effect are used, the same shall be deemed to mean the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system. The board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system is authorized to execute transfer endorsements for any stock or security of the state school retirement system and such endorsements may be in the name of the state school retirement board.
(2) On January 1, 1971, there shall be transferred from the school employees savings fund of the state school retirement system such moneys and securities, and accumulated earnings thereon, as are equal to the accumulated contributions (savings annuity deductions or accumulated deductions) of the members of the state school retirement system on deposit with the state school retirement system who become members of this system on January 1, 1971, as provided in K.S.A. 74-4935. Such transfer of securities in the school employees savings fund shall be on the basis of the book value of such securities. The member's account in this system shall be credited with the amount in his savings annuity account (savings annuity deductions or accumulated deductions) so transferred.
(3) "Executive director" as used in K.S.A. 72-5501 to 72-5534, inclusive, and amendments thereto means the same as is provided in subsection (5) of K.S.A. 74-4932. The duties provided in such statutes to be performed by the executive director shall be performed by the person holding the office defined in subsection (5) of K.S.A. 74-4932. Employees of the state school retirement board shall continue in state service and retain all their rights under the Kansas civil service act.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 326, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 209, § 27; May 31.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4935 Eligible employees.

74-4935.
Eligible employees.
(1) Any employee of a participating employer on the entry date of such employer shall be a member of the system on the entry date.
(2) Any employee other than an elected official who is employed by a participating employer after the entry date of such employer shall be a member of the system on the first day of such employment.
(3) Any employee who is in military service subject to the provisions of USERRA or on leave of absence on the entry date of the employee's employer shall become a member of the system immediately upon returning to active employment with the same or another participating employer.
(4) Any member of the state school retirement system who meets the following conditions on entry date shall become a member of the system on entry date:
(a) Is not employed by a participating employer;
(b) has not retired under the state school retirement system;
(c) has contributions on deposit with the state school retirement system; and
(d) would be eligible for retirement under the state school retirement system based on service which is credited to such member thereunder.
History: L. 1970, ch. 326, § 5; L. 1974, ch. 340, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 250, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 254, § 13; L. 1986, ch. 294, § 10; L. 1998, ch. 64, § 60; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4935b KSRS members as special members of KPERS; assets, liabilities and unfunded obligations for benefits; increased savings annuity.

74-4935b.
KSRS members as special members of KPERS; assets, liabilities and unfunded obligations for benefits; increased savings annuity.
(1) On and after July 1, 1984, every person who has retired and has been receiving or who will become eligible to receive an annuity from the Kansas school retirement system shall be a special member of the Kansas public employees retirement system and, except as otherwise provided in this act, shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 72-5501 et seq. and amendments thereto.
(2) On and after July 1, 1984, all assets and liabilities and any unfunded obligations for benefits due under the provisions of K.S.A. 72-5501 et seq. and amendments thereto, shall be funded by additional payments over the period remaining for the amortization of past service cost, for such employers as defined in K.S.A. 74-4931 and amendments thereto.
(3) On July 1, 1984, any person who is entitled to a savings annuity pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5501 et seq. and amendments thereto, shall have such annuity increased by an amount equal to 50% of the savings annuity payment in effect on June 30, 1984.
History:
L. 1984, ch. 289, § 18; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4936a Purchase of additional benefits for out-of-state public school or overseas teaching employment.

74-4936a.
Purchase of additional benefits for out-of-state public school or overseas teaching employment.
Any employee of a participating employer who is a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system, who was previously employed in a teaching position with a public school system of another state, in a foreign teaching service in an overseas dependents' school, in a recognized teacher exchange program or in any program where a teacher is chosen by the Kansas department of education to teach in a foreign country and which service otherwise meets the requirements of an employee as prescribed in subsection (14) of K.S.A. 74-4902 or subsection (4) of K.S.A. 74-4932 and amendments thereto may elect to purchase service for such out-of-state public school or overseas teaching employment. At the election of the member, the benefit for each such year of employment shall be equal to either 1% or 1.75% of the final average salary of any such member. For any member who elected to purchase service credit as provided in this section prior to the effective date of this act at the 1% rate, such member may elect to purchase such service credit at an additional amount of .75% of final average salary of such member in a lump-sum amount as otherwise provided in this subsection. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-49,123 and amendments thereto, such member may purchase such service credit by making application therefor prior to date of retirement at an additional rate of contribution in addition to the employee's rate of contribution as provided in K.S.A. 74-4919 and amendments thereto, based upon the member's attained age at the time of purchase and using actuarial assumptions and tables in use by the retirement system at the time of such purchase. Such additional rate of contribution shall commence at the beginning of the quarter following such election and shall remain in effect until all quarters of such service have been purchased. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-49,123 and amendments thereto, any such member may purchase such service credit as described in this section by electing to effect such purchase by means of a single lump-sum payment in lieu of employee contributions as provided in this section in an amount equal to the then present value of the benefits being purchased as determined by the actuary using the member's attained age, annual compensation at the time of purchase and the actuarial assumptions and tables then in use by this system. The lump-sum payment shall be made immediately upon being notified of the amount due.
History:
L. 1972, ch. 305, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 319, § 30; L. 1985, ch. 254, § 17; L. 1991, ch. 237, § 10; L. 1996, ch. 266, § 13; L. 1998, ch. 64, § 63; L. 1998, ch. 201, § 30; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4938 Retirement benefits; annual benefits; vested benefits; minimum benefits.

74-4938.
Retirement benefits; annual benefits; vested benefits; minimum benefits.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4915, and amendments thereto, shall apply to members hereunder. Any member who retires on or after the member's normal retirement date shall be entitled to receive an annual retirement benefit equal to the sum obtained by adding an amount for participating service and an amount for prior service determined as provided in this section. The amount for prior service shall be equal to 1% of the member's prior service annual salary multiplied by the number of years of prior service entitled to credit as provided in K.S.A. 74-4936 and amendments thereto for such years as were credited to the member under the state school retirement system on entry date and .75% of the member's prior service annual salary multiplied by the number of years of prior service entitled to credit as provided in K.S.A. 74-4936 and amendments thereto which were not credited to the member under the state school retirement system on entry date, except that for members retiring on or after July 1, 1981, the amount for prior service shall be calculated using final average salary in lieu of prior service annual salary. The amount for participating service shall be as provided in K.S.A. 74-4913 and 74-4915 and amendments thereto. Any member hereunder who has a vested benefit under the state school retirement system shall continue to have such benefit; otherwise the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4917 and amendments thereto shall govern vested benefits.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, if a member, who became a member on entry date was a member of the state school retirement system on the day preceding entry date, would have been entitled to a greater total retirement benefit under the provisions of the state school retirement system in effect on the day preceding entry date than the total benefit such member would be entitled to receive under this section, such member shall be entitled to the greater total retirement benefit of the two.
(3) For the purpose of calculating the retirement benefit of any person who becomes a member of this system under the provisions of subsection (4) of K.S.A. 74-4935 and amendments thereto, the prior service annual salary shall be the compensation paid to such member as a school employee for the last school year for which service was credited under the state school retirement system.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 326, § 8; L. 1981, ch. 312, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 302, § 14; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4939 Employee and employer contributions; certification of employer rate and information.

74-4939.
Employee and employer contributions; certification of employer rate and information.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4919 and 74-4920, and amendments thereto, shall apply to employee and employer contributions and obligations.
(2) The employer contribution rate for participating employers who are eligible employers as specified in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of K.S.A. 74-4931 and amendments thereto shall be as certified by the board. Participating employers shall certify to the state board of education before September 15 of each year the anticipated total compensation to be paid during the next fiscal year to employees who are or are to become members. The state board of education shall transmit the information necessary to the division of the budget and the governor who shall include in the budget and budget document each year thereafter provisions for the transfer from the state general fund of sufficient sums to satisfy the participating employer's obligation under this act. The director of accounts and reports shall make a transfer therefor to the system quarterly, at the same time such employee contributions are remitted by such participating employers. Such transfer from the general fund of sufficient sums to satisfy the participating employer's obligation shall not include any adjustments for individual employee's service in prior periods and any required payment by a participating employer pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4990 and amendments thereto and K.S.A. 74-49,126 and amendments thereto. The employer's obligation for such adjustments shall be paid by the participating employer. Transfers required by this subsection shall be provided for annually by act of the legislature.
(3) Participating employers who are eligible employers as specified in subsection (4) of K.S.A. 74-4931 and amendments thereto shall pay to the system employer contributions at a rate of contribution as certified by the board.
(4) Upon the effective date of this act, the transfers for the employer's obligation pursuant to subsection (2) for the quarter commencing on January 1, 1987, shall be made on July 1, 1987, together with interest thereon at the rate of 6.72% per annum from the date the payment would have been made as provided in this section immediately prior to this amendment until the date paid.
History: L. 1970, ch. 326, § 9; L. 1983, ch. 254, § 16; L. 1987, ch. 303, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 293, § 18; L. 1998, ch. 201, § 32; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4941 Invalidity of part.

74-4941.
Invalidity of part.
If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 326, § 11; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4942 Payment to qualify as employee of certain former suspended annuitants.

74-4942.
Payment to qualify as employee of certain former suspended annuitants.
In the event that a person first entered school service September 1, 1923, and first became a member of the Kansas school retirement system in 1960 and retired under the Kansas school retirement system in 1967 and was a suspended annuitant while employed by an employer who became a participating employer as defined in K.S.A. 74-4931 on March 15, 1970, and on the entry date of such employer, may become a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system if: (1) The person is an eligible employer as defined in K.S.A. 74-4902 or 74-4931 and amendments thereto; (2) application for membership is made within six months after the effective date of this act; (3) such person repays to the Kansas school retirement system an amount equal to all annuities which have been received since 1967, both service and savings; and (4) subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-49,123 and amendments thereto, such person pays an amount equivalent to employee contributions which would have been deducted from such person's compensation from the employer's entry date. Such individual shall then be considered an employee as defined in subsection (4) of K.S.A. 74-4932 and amendments thereto, on the entry date of the participating employer and may be granted prior and participating service credit in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4936 and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1971, ch. 259, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 64, § 64; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4943 Increase in retirement benefits, pensions and annuities to persons entitled thereto on June 30, 1971; effective July 1, 1972; application and exceptions.

74-4943.
Increase in retirement benefits, pensions and annuities to persons entitled thereto on June 30, 1971; effective July 1, 1972; application and exceptions.
Retirement benefit, pension and annuity payments accruing on and after July 1, 1972, to persons entitled to receive such payments on June 30, 1971, shall be increased in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the benefit, pension or annuity payment in effect on June 30, 1972, from the Kansas public employees retirement system, the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system, the state school retirement system, the Kansas highway patrol pension fund, the Kansas bureau of investigation pension fund, the Kansas retirement fund for official court reporters and the Kansas retirement fund for judges, except that such increase shall apply to the savings and service annuities payable to all members of the state school retirement system who have retired on or before June 30, 1972.
History:
L. 1972, ch. 302, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4944 Same; funding of increase; past service cost.

74-4944.
Same; funding of increase; past service cost.
(a) The cost of providing the amount of the increase in payments provided for in K.S.A. 74-4943 shall be included in the next regular appropriate annual valuation made by the actuaries of the respective systems set out in K.S.A. 74-4943, except in the case of the state school retirement system in which case the annual appropriation for payment of annuities shall be increased by an appropriate amount.
(b) The cost of providing the amount of the increase in payments provided for in K.S.A. 74-4943 to persons entitled to receive such payments from the Kansas public employees retirement system, is hereby made a past service cost and shall be amortized in the same manner and over the same period as all other past service costs of each of the participating employers under the Kansas public employees retirement system.
History: L. 1972, ch. 302, § 2; L. 1977, ch. 276, § 2; April 11.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4945 Increase in retirement benefits for certain persons; schedule; past service cost.

74-4945.
Increase in retirement benefits for certain persons; schedule; past service cost.
(a) Any member, joint annuitant or beneficiary of a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system who is receiving a benefit from the Kansas public employees retirement system calculated in accordance with K.S.A. 74-4915, shall have the benefit increased permanently in accordance with the following schedule: Those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar years 1962 and 1963 will be increased thirty-two percent (32%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar years 1964 and 1965 will be increased twenty-eight percent (28%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar years 1966 and 1967 will be increased twenty-two percent (22%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar year 1968 will be increased fifteen percent (15%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar year 1969 will be increased nine percent (9%); those members whose date of retirement occurred during the calendar year 1970 will be increased two percent (2%); those members whose retirement date occurred on and after January 1, 1971, are not increased by this act; those members whose retirement date occurs on or after the effective date of this act are not increased by this act.
(b) The increases granted in subsection (a) of this section shall accrue from July 1, 1973, and be in addition to the increase granted under K.S.A. 74-4943.
(c) The cost of the increases granted in subsection (a) is hereby made a past service cost and shall be amortized in the same manner and over the same period as all other past service costs of each of the participating employers under the Kansas public employees retirement system.
History: L. 1973, ch. 321, § 19; L. 1977, ch. 276, § 3; April 11.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4948 Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1985, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district.

74-4948.
Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1985, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district.
(a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1985, to each retirant and each local school annuitant entitled to receive such payments on July 1, 1984, shall be increased by an amount equal to 5% of the retirement benefit, pension or annuity payment in effect on July 1, 1985, from the retirant's retirement system or the local school annuitant's separate retirement system maintained by a local school district and shall be paid by such retirement system to the retirant or by such separate retirement system maintained by a local school district to the local school annuitant during such period. All such increased payments to local school annuitants shall be paid by the local school district maintaining a separate retirement system and such payments shall be made at no additional cost to any employer other than the local school district.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Retirant" means (A) any person who is a member of a retirement system and who retired prior to July 1, 1984, (B) any person who is a special member of a retirement system and who retired prior to July 1, 1984, and (C) any person who is a joint annuitant or beneficiary of any member described in clause (A) or any special member described in clause (B).
(2) "Retirement system" means the Kansas public employees retirement system, the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system, the state school retirement system and the retirement system for judges.
(3) "Local school annuitant" means (A) any person who is an annuitant with 10 or more years of service, who is receiving an annuity from a school district maintaining a separate retirement system, whose annuity is not included, in whole or in part, in payments made to such school district under K.S.A. 72-5512b and amendments thereto and who is not a member of a group I or of group II as defined in K.S.A. 72-5518 and amendments thereto, and (B) any person who is receiving an annuity from a school district maintaining a separate retirement system which is receiving an aggregate payment from the Kansas public employees retirement system under K.S.A. 72-5512b and amendments thereto and who retired prior to September 1, 1981.
History:
L. 1985, ch. 254, § 27; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4949 Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1986, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district.

74-4949.
Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1986, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district.
(a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1986, to each retirant and each local school annuitant entitled to receive such payments on January 1, 1985, shall be increased by an amount equal to 3% of the retirement benefit, pension or annuity payment in effect on July 1, 1986, from the retirant's retirement system or the local school annuitant's separate retirement system maintained by a local school district and shall be paid by such retirement system to the retirant or by such separate retirement system maintained by a local school district to the local school annuitant during such period. All such increased payments to local school annuitants shall be paid by the local school district maintaining a separate retirement system and such payments shall be made at no additional cost to any employer other than the local school district.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Retirant" means (A) any person who is a member of a retirement system and who retired prior to January 1, 1985, (B) any person who is a special member of a retirement system and who retired prior to January 1, 1985, and (C) any person who is a joint annuitant or beneficiary of any member described in clause (A) or any special member described in clause (B).
(2) "Retirement system" means the Kansas public employees retirement system, the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system, the state school retirement system and the retirement system for judges.
(3) "Local school annuitant" means (A) any person who is an annuitant with 10 or more years of service, who is receiving an annuity from a school district maintaining a separate retirement system, whose annuity is not included, in whole or in part, in payments made to such school district under K.S.A. 72-5512b and amendments thereto and who is not a member of a group I or of group II as defined in K.S.A. 72-5518 and amendments thereto, and (B) any person who is receiving an annuity from a school district maintaining a separate retirement system which is receiving an aggregate payment from the Kansas public employees retirement system under K.S.A. 72-5512b and amendments thereto and who retired prior to September 1, 1981.
History:
L. 1986, ch. 294, § 16; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities › Article 49 - Public Employees Retirement Systems › 74-4950 Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1987, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district.

74-4950.
Postretirement benefit increases for payments after June 30, 1987, for certain retirants; local school annuitant increases paid by school district.
(a) The retirement benefit, pension or annuity payments accruing after June 30, 1987, to each retirant and each local school annuitant entitled to receive such payments on January 1, 1986, shall be increased by an amount equal to 2% of the retirement benefit, pension or annuity payment in effect on July 1, 1987, from the retirant's retirement system or the local school annuitant's separate retirement system maintained by a local school district and shall be paid by such retirement system to the retirant or by such separate retirement system maintained by a local school district to the local school annuitant during such period. All such increased payments to local school annuitants shall be paid by the local school district maintaining a separate retirement system and such payments shall be made at no additional cost to any employer other than the local school district.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Retirant" means (A) any person who is a member of a retirement system and who retired prior to January 1, 1986, (B) any person who is a special member of a retirement system and who retired prior to January 1, 1986, and (C) any person who is a joint annuitant or beneficiary of any member described in clause (A) or any special member described in clause (B).
(2) "Retirement system" means the Kansas public employees retirement system, the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system, the state school retirement system and the retirement system for judges.
(3) "Local school annuitant" means (A) any person who is an annuitant with 10 or more years of service, who is receiving an annuity from a school district maintaining a separate retirement system, whose annuity is not included, in whole or in part, in payments made to such school district under K.S.A. 72-5512b and amendments thereto and who is not a member of a group I or of group II as defined in K.S.A. 72-5518 and amendments thereto, and (B) any person who is receiving an annuity from a school district maintaining a separate retirement system which is receiving an aggregate payment from the Kansas public employees retirement system under K.S.A. 72-5512b and amendments thereto and who retired prior to September 1, 1981.
History: L. 1987, ch. 299, § 34; July 1.