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78.510 Definitions for KRS 78.510 to 78.852.
As used in KRS 78.510 to 78.852, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) "System" means the County Employees Retirement System; <br>(2) "Board" means the board of trustees of the system as provided in KRS 78.780; <br>(3) "County" means any county, or nonprofit organization created and governed by a
county, counties, or elected county officers, sheriff and his employees, county clerk <br>and his employees, circuit clerk and his deputies, former circuit clerks or former <br>circuit clerk deputies, or political subdivision or instrumentality, including school <br>boards, charter county government, or urban-county government participating in the <br>system by order appropriate to its governmental structure, as provided in KRS <br>78.530, and if the board is willing to accept the agency, organization, or <br>corporation, the board being hereby granted the authority to determine the eligibility <br>of the agency to participate;
(4) "School board" means any board of education participating in the system by order
appropriate to its governmental structure, as provided in KRS 78.530, and if the <br>board is willing to accept the agency or corporation, the board being hereby granted <br>the authority to determine the eligibility of the agency to participate;
(5) "Examiner" means the medical examiners as provided in KRS 61.665; <br>(6) "Employee" means every regular full-time appointed or elective officer or employee
of a participating county and the coroner of a participating county, whether or not he <br>qualifies as a regular full-time officer. The term shall not include persons engaged <br>as independent contractors, seasonal, emergency, temporary, and part-time workers. <br>In case of any doubt, the board shall determine if a person is an employee within the <br>meaning of KRS 78.510 to 78.852;
(7) "Employer" means a county, as defined in subsection (3) of this section, the elected
officials of a county, or any authority of the county having the power to appoint or <br>elect an employee to office or employment in the county;
(8) "Member" means any employee who is included in the membership of the system or
any former employee whose membership has not been terminated under KRS <br>61.535;
(9) "Service" means the total of current service and prior service as defined in this
section;
(10) "Current service" means the number of years and months of employment as an
employee, on and after July 1, 1958, for which creditable compensation is paid and <br>employee contributions deducted, except as otherwise provided;
(11) "Prior service" means the number of years and completed months, expressed as a
fraction of a year, of employment as an employee, prior to July 1, 1958, for which <br>creditable compensation was paid. An employee shall be credited with one (1) <br>month of prior service only in those months he received compensation for at least <br>one hundred (100) hours of work. Twelve (12) months of current service in the <br>system shall be required to validate prior service;
(12) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all amounts deducted from the
compensation of a member and credited to his individual account in the members' <br>contribution account, including employee contributions picked up after August 1, <br>1982, pursuant to KRS 78.610(4), together with interest credited on the amounts, <br>and any other amounts the member shall have contributed thereto, including interest <br>credited thereon. For members who begin participating on or after September 1, <br>2008, "accumulated contributions" shall not include employee contributions that are <br>deposited into accounts established pursuant to 26 U.S.C. sec. 401(h) within the <br>funds established in KRS 16.510, 61.515, and 78.520, as prescribed by KRS <br>61.702(2)(b);
(13) "Creditable compensation" means all salary, wages, and fees, including payments
for compensatory time, paid to the employee as a result of services performed for <br>the employer or for time during which the member is on paid leave, which are <br>includable on the member's federal form W-2 wage and tax statement under the <br>heading "wages, tips, other compensation", including employee contributions <br>picked up after August 1, 1982, pursuant to KRS 78.610(4). A lump-sum bonus, <br>severance pay, or employer-provided payment for purchase of service credit shall be <br>included as creditable compensation but shall be averaged over the employee's <br>service with the system in which it is recorded if it is equal to or greater than one <br>thousand dollars ($1,000). If compensation includes maintenance and other <br>perquisites, the board shall fix the value of that part of the compensation not paid in <br>money. Living allowances, expense reimbursements, lump-sum payments for <br>accrued vacation leave, sick leave except as provided in KRS 78.616(5), and other <br>items determined by the board shall be excluded. Creditable compensation shall <br>also include amounts that are not includable in the member's gross income by virtue <br>of the member having taken a voluntary salary reduction provided for under <br>applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Creditable compensation shall <br>also include elective amounts for qualified transportation fringes paid or made <br>available on or after January 1, 2001, for calendar years on or after January 1, 2001, <br>that are not includable in the gross income of the employee by reason of 26 U.S.C. <br>sec. 132(f)(4). For employees who begin participating on or after September 1, <br>2008, creditable compensation shall not include payments for compensatory time;
(14) "Final compensation" means:
(a) For a member who begins participating before September 1, 2008, who is not
employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the creditable <br>compensation of the member during the five (5) fiscal years he was paid at the <br>highest average monthly rate divided by the number of months of service <br>credit during that five (5) year period multiplied by twelve (12). The five (5) <br>years may be fractional and need not be consecutive. If the number of months <br>of service credit during the five (5) year period is less than forty-eight (48), <br>one (1) or more additional fiscal years shall be used;
(b) For a member who is not employed in a hazardous position, as provided in
KRS 61.592, whose effective retirement date is between August 1, 2001, and <br>January 1, 2009, and whose total service credit is at least twenty-seven (27)
years and whose age and years of service total at least seventy-five (75), final <br>compensation means the creditable compensation of the member during the <br>three (3) fiscal years the member was paid at the highest average monthly rate <br>divided by the number of months of service credit during that three (3) year <br>period multiplied by twelve (12). The three (3) years may be fractional and <br>need not be consecutive. If the number of months of service credit during the <br>three (3) year period is less than twenty-four (24), one (1) or more additional <br>fiscal years shall be used. Notwithstanding the provision of KRS 61.565, the <br>funding for this paragraph shall be provided from existing funds of the <br>retirement allowance;
(c) For a member who begins participating before September 1, 2008, who is
employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the creditable <br>compensation of the member during the three (3) fiscal years he was paid at <br>the highest average monthly rate divided by the number of months of service <br>credit during that three (3) year period multiplied by twelve (12). The three (3) <br>years may be fractional and need not be consecutive. If the number of months <br>of service credit during the three (3) year period is less than twenty-four (24), <br>one (1) or more additional fiscal years shall be used;
(d) For a member who begins participating on or after September 1, 2008, who is
not employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the <br>creditable compensation of the member during the five (5) complete fiscal <br>years immediately preceding retirement divided by five (5). Each fiscal year <br>used to determine final compensation must contain twelve (12) months of <br>service credit; or
(e) For a member who begins participating on or after September 1, 2008, who is
employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the creditable <br>compensation of the member during the three (3) complete fiscal years he was <br>paid at the highest average monthly rate divided by three (3). Each fiscal year <br>used to determine final compensation must contain twelve (12) months of <br>service credit;
(15) "Final rate of pay" means the actual rate upon which earnings of an employee were
calculated during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the <br>member's effective retirement date, and shall include employee contributions picked <br>up after August 1, 1982, pursuant to KRS 78.610(4). The rate shall be certified to <br>the system by the employer and the following equivalents shall be used to convert <br>the rate to an annual rate: two thousand eighty (2,080) hours for eight (8) hour <br>workdays, one thousand nine hundred fifty (1,950) hours for seven and one-half <br>(7.5) hour workdays, two hundred sixty (260) days, fifty-two (52) weeks, twelve <br>(12) months, one (1) year;
(16) "Retirement allowance" means the retirement payments to which a member is
entitled;
(17) "Actuarial equivalent" means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the
basis of the actuarial tables adopted by the board. In cases of disability retirement, <br>the options authorized by KRS 61.635 shall be computed by adding ten (10) years
to the age of the member, unless the member has chosen the Social Security <br>adjustment option as provided for in KRS 61.635(8), in which case the member's <br>actual age shall be used. No disability retirement option shall be less than the same <br>option computed under early retirement;
(18) "Normal retirement date" means the sixty-fifth birthday of a member unless
otherwise provided in KRS 78.510 to 78.852;
(19) "Fiscal year" of the system means the twelve (12) months from July 1 through the
following June 30, which shall also be the plan year. The "fiscal year" shall be the <br>limitation year used to determine contribution and benefits limits as set out in 26 <br>U.S.C. sec. 415;
(20) "Agency reporting official" means the person designated by the participating agency
who shall be responsible for forwarding all employer and employee contributions <br>and a record of the contributions to the system and for performing other <br>administrative duties pursuant to the provisions of KRS 78.510 to 78.852;
(21) "Regular full-time positions," as used in subsection (6) of this section, shall mean
all positions that average one hundred (100) or more hours per month, determined <br>by using the number of hours actually worked in a calendar or fiscal year, or eighty <br>(80) or more hours per month in the case of noncertified employees of school <br>boards, determined by using the number of hours actually worked in a calendar or <br>school year, unless otherwise specified, except: <br>(a) Seasonal positions, which although temporary in duration, are positions which
coincide in duration with a particular season or seasons of the year and that <br>may recur regularly from year to year, in which case the period of time shall <br>not exceed nine (9) months, except for employees of school boards, in which <br>case the period of time shall not exceed six (6) months;
(b) Emergency positions that are positions that do not exceed thirty (30) working
days and are nonrenewable;
(c) Temporary, also referred to as probationary, positions that are positions of
employment with a participating agency for a period of time not to exceed <br>twelve (12) months and not renewable; or
(d) Part-time positions that are positions that may be permanent in duration, but
that require less than a calendar or fiscal year average of one hundred (100) <br>hours of work per month, determined by using the number of months actually <br>worked within a calendar or fiscal year, in the performance of duty, except in <br>case of noncertified employees of school boards, the school term average shall <br>be eighty (80) hours of work per month, determined by using the number of <br>months actually worked in a calendar or school year, in the performance of <br>duty;
(22) "Alternate participation plan" means a method of participation in the system as
provided for by KRS 78.530(3);
(23) "Retired member" means any former member receiving a retirement allowance or
any former member who has on file at the retirement office the necessary <br>documents for retirement benefits and is no longer contributing to the system;
(24) "Current rate of pay" means the member's actual hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly,
monthly, or yearly rate of pay converted to an annual rate as defined in final rate of <br>pay. The rate shall be certified by the employer;
(25) "Beneficiary" means the person, persons, estate, trust, or trustee designated by the
member in accordance with KRS 61.542 or 61.705 to receive any available benefits <br>in the event of the member's death. As used in KRS 61.702, beneficiary shall not <br>mean an estate, trust, or trustee;
(26) "Recipient" means the retired member, the person or persons designated as
beneficiary by the member and drawing a retirement allowance as a result of the <br>member's death, or a dependent child drawing a retirement allowance. An alternate <br>payee of a qualified domestic relations order shall not be considered a recipient, <br>except for purposes of KRS 61.623;
(27) "Person" means a natural person; <br>(28) "School term or year" means the twelve (12) months from July 1 through the
following June 30;
(29) "Retirement office" means the Kentucky Retirement Systems office building in
Frankfort;
(30) "Delayed contribution payment" means an amount paid by an employee for current
service obtained under KRS 61.552. The amount shall be determined using the <br>same formula in KRS 61.5525, except the determination of the actuarial cost for <br>classified employees of a school board shall be based on their final compensation, <br>and the payment shall not be picked up by the employer. A delayed contribution <br>payment shall be deposited to the member's contribution account and considered as <br>accumulated contributions of the individual member. In determining payments <br>under this subsection, the formula found in this subsection shall prevail over the one <br>found in KRS 212.434;
(31) "Participating" means an employee is currently earning service credit in the system
as provided in KRS 78.615;
(32) "Month" means a calendar month; <br>(33) "Membership date" means the date upon which the member began participating in
the system as provided in KRS 78.615;
(34) "Participant" means a member, as defined by subsection (8) of this section, or a
retired member, as defined by subsection (23) of this section;
(35) "Qualified domestic relations order" means any judgment, decree, or order,
including approval of a property settlement agreement, that: <br>(a) Is issued by a court or administrative agency; and <br>(b) Relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments, or marital
property rights to an alternate payee; and
(36) "Alternate payee" means a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of a
participant, who is designated to be paid retirement benefits in a qualified domestic <br>relations order.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2009; and ch. 77, sec. 24, effective <br>June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2008 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 25, effective <br>June 27, 2008. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 31, effective July 13, 2004. -- <br>Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 13, effective March 31, 2003. -- Amended <br>2002 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 18, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 7, sec. 8, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 4, <br>effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 385, sec. 33, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended <br>1998 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 21, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 300, sec. 2, effective <br>July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996; and <br>ch. 167, sec. 24, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 485, sec. 25, <br>effective July 15, 1994. <meta property="og:url" content="https://statutes.laws.com/test/" />
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78.510 Definitions for KRS 78.510 to 78.852.
As used in KRS 78.510 to 78.852, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) "System" means the County Employees Retirement System; <br>(2) "Board" means the board of trustees of the system as provided in KRS 78.780; <br>(3) "County" means any county, or nonprofit organization created and governed by a
county, counties, or elected county officers, sheriff and his employees, county clerk <br>and his employees, circuit clerk and his deputies, former circuit clerks or former <br>circuit clerk deputies, or political subdivision or instrumentality, including school <br>boards, charter county government, or urban-county government participating in the <br>system by order appropriate to its governmental structure, as provided in KRS <br>78.530, and if the board is willing to accept the agency, organization, or <br>corporation, the board being hereby granted the authority to determine the eligibility <br>of the agency to participate;
(4) "School board" means any board of education participating in the system by order
appropriate to its governmental structure, as provided in KRS 78.530, and if the <br>board is willing to accept the agency or corporation, the board being hereby granted <br>the authority to determine the eligibility of the agency to participate;
(5) "Examiner" means the medical examiners as provided in KRS 61.665; <br>(6) "Employee" means every regular full-time appointed or elective officer or employee
of a participating county and the coroner of a participating county, whether or not he <br>qualifies as a regular full-time officer. The term shall not include persons engaged <br>as independent contractors, seasonal, emergency, temporary, and part-time workers. <br>In case of any doubt, the board shall determine if a person is an employee within the <br>meaning of KRS 78.510 to 78.852;
(7) "Employer" means a county, as defined in subsection (3) of this section, the elected
officials of a county, or any authority of the county having the power to appoint or <br>elect an employee to office or employment in the county;
(8) "Member" means any employee who is included in the membership of the system or
any former employee whose membership has not been terminated under KRS <br>61.535;
(9) "Service" means the total of current service and prior service as defined in this
section;
(10) "Current service" means the number of years and months of employment as an
employee, on and after July 1, 1958, for which creditable compensation is paid and <br>employee contributions deducted, except as otherwise provided;
(11) "Prior service" means the number of years and completed months, expressed as a
fraction of a year, of employment as an employee, prior to July 1, 1958, for which <br>creditable compensation was paid. An employee shall be credited with one (1) <br>month of prior service only in those months he received compensation for at least <br>one hundred (100) hours of work. Twelve (12) months of current service in the <br>system shall be required to validate prior service;
(12) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all amounts deducted from the
compensation of a member and credited to his individual account in the members' <br>contribution account, including employee contributions picked up after August 1, <br>1982, pursuant to KRS 78.610(4), together with interest credited on the amounts, <br>and any other amounts the member shall have contributed thereto, including interest <br>credited thereon. For members who begin participating on or after September 1, <br>2008, "accumulated contributions" shall not include employee contributions that are <br>deposited into accounts established pursuant to 26 U.S.C. sec. 401(h) within the <br>funds established in KRS 16.510, 61.515, and 78.520, as prescribed by KRS <br>61.702(2)(b);
(13) "Creditable compensation" means all salary, wages, and fees, including payments
for compensatory time, paid to the employee as a result of services performed for <br>the employer or for time during which the member is on paid leave, which are <br>includable on the member's federal form W-2 wage and tax statement under the <br>heading "wages, tips, other compensation", including employee contributions <br>picked up after August 1, 1982, pursuant to KRS 78.610(4). A lump-sum bonus, <br>severance pay, or employer-provided payment for purchase of service credit shall be <br>included as creditable compensation but shall be averaged over the employee's <br>service with the system in which it is recorded if it is equal to or greater than one <br>thousand dollars ($1,000). If compensation includes maintenance and other <br>perquisites, the board shall fix the value of that part of the compensation not paid in <br>money. Living allowances, expense reimbursements, lump-sum payments for <br>accrued vacation leave, sick leave except as provided in KRS 78.616(5), and other <br>items determined by the board shall be excluded. Creditable compensation shall <br>also include amounts that are not includable in the member's gross income by virtue <br>of the member having taken a voluntary salary reduction provided for under <br>applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Creditable compensation shall <br>also include elective amounts for qualified transportation fringes paid or made <br>available on or after January 1, 2001, for calendar years on or after January 1, 2001, <br>that are not includable in the gross income of the employee by reason of 26 U.S.C. <br>sec. 132(f)(4). For employees who begin participating on or after September 1, <br>2008, creditable compensation shall not include payments for compensatory time;
(14) "Final compensation" means:
(a) For a member who begins participating before September 1, 2008, who is not
employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the creditable <br>compensation of the member during the five (5) fiscal years he was paid at the <br>highest average monthly rate divided by the number of months of service <br>credit during that five (5) year period multiplied by twelve (12). The five (5) <br>years may be fractional and need not be consecutive. If the number of months <br>of service credit during the five (5) year period is less than forty-eight (48), <br>one (1) or more additional fiscal years shall be used;
(b) For a member who is not employed in a hazardous position, as provided in
KRS 61.592, whose effective retirement date is between August 1, 2001, and <br>January 1, 2009, and whose total service credit is at least twenty-seven (27)
years and whose age and years of service total at least seventy-five (75), final <br>compensation means the creditable compensation of the member during the <br>three (3) fiscal years the member was paid at the highest average monthly rate <br>divided by the number of months of service credit during that three (3) year <br>period multiplied by twelve (12). The three (3) years may be fractional and <br>need not be consecutive. If the number of months of service credit during the <br>three (3) year period is less than twenty-four (24), one (1) or more additional <br>fiscal years shall be used. Notwithstanding the provision of KRS 61.565, the <br>funding for this paragraph shall be provided from existing funds of the <br>retirement allowance;
(c) For a member who begins participating before September 1, 2008, who is
employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the creditable <br>compensation of the member during the three (3) fiscal years he was paid at <br>the highest average monthly rate divided by the number of months of service <br>credit during that three (3) year period multiplied by twelve (12). The three (3) <br>years may be fractional and need not be consecutive. If the number of months <br>of service credit during the three (3) year period is less than twenty-four (24), <br>one (1) or more additional fiscal years shall be used;
(d) For a member who begins participating on or after September 1, 2008, who is
not employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the <br>creditable compensation of the member during the five (5) complete fiscal <br>years immediately preceding retirement divided by five (5). Each fiscal year <br>used to determine final compensation must contain twelve (12) months of <br>service credit; or
(e) For a member who begins participating on or after September 1, 2008, who is
employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the creditable <br>compensation of the member during the three (3) complete fiscal years he was <br>paid at the highest average monthly rate divided by three (3). Each fiscal year <br>used to determine final compensation must contain twelve (12) months of <br>service credit;
(15) "Final rate of pay" means the actual rate upon which earnings of an employee were
calculated during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the <br>member's effective retirement date, and shall include employee contributions picked <br>up after August 1, 1982, pursuant to KRS 78.610(4). The rate shall be certified to <br>the system by the employer and the following equivalents shall be used to convert <br>the rate to an annual rate: two thousand eighty (2,080) hours for eight (8) hour <br>workdays, one thousand nine hundred fifty (1,950) hours for seven and one-half <br>(7.5) hour workdays, two hundred sixty (260) days, fifty-two (52) weeks, twelve <br>(12) months, one (1) year;
(16) "Retirement allowance" means the retirement payments to which a member is
entitled;
(17) "Actuarial equivalent" means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the
basis of the actuarial tables adopted by the board. In cases of disability retirement, <br>the options authorized by KRS 61.635 shall be computed by adding ten (10) years
to the age of the member, unless the member has chosen the Social Security <br>adjustment option as provided for in KRS 61.635(8), in which case the member's <br>actual age shall be used. No disability retirement option shall be less than the same <br>option computed under early retirement;
(18) "Normal retirement date" means the sixty-fifth birthday of a member unless
otherwise provided in KRS 78.510 to 78.852;
(19) "Fiscal year" of the system means the twelve (12) months from July 1 through the
following June 30, which shall also be the plan year. The "fiscal year" shall be the <br>limitation year used to determine contribution and benefits limits as set out in 26 <br>U.S.C. sec. 415;
(20) "Agency reporting official" means the person designated by the participating agency
who shall be responsible for forwarding all employer and employee contributions <br>and a record of the contributions to the system and for performing other <br>administrative duties pursuant to the provisions of KRS 78.510 to 78.852;
(21) "Regular full-time positions," as used in subsection (6) of this section, shall mean
all positions that average one hundred (100) or more hours per month, determined <br>by using the number of hours actually worked in a calendar or fiscal year, or eighty <br>(80) or more hours per month in the case of noncertified employees of school <br>boards, determined by using the number of hours actually worked in a calendar or <br>school year, unless otherwise specified, except: <br>(a) Seasonal positions, which although temporary in duration, are positions which
coincide in duration with a particular season or seasons of the year and that <br>may recur regularly from year to year, in which case the period of time shall <br>not exceed nine (9) months, except for employees of school boards, in which <br>case the period of time shall not exceed six (6) months;
(b) Emergency positions that are positions that do not exceed thirty (30) working
days and are nonrenewable;
(c) Temporary, also referred to as probationary, positions that are positions of
employment with a participating agency for a period of time not to exceed <br>twelve (12) months and not renewable; or
(d) Part-time positions that are positions that may be permanent in duration, but
that require less than a calendar or fiscal year average of one hundred (100) <br>hours of work per month, determined by using the number of months actually <br>worked within a calendar or fiscal year, in the performance of duty, except in <br>case of noncertified employees of school boards, the school term average shall <br>be eighty (80) hours of work per month, determined by using the number of <br>months actually worked in a calendar or school year, in the performance of <br>duty;
(22) "Alternate participation plan" means a method of participation in the system as
provided for by KRS 78.530(3);
(23) "Retired member" means any former member receiving a retirement allowance or
any former member who has on file at the retirement office the necessary <br>documents for retirement benefits and is no longer contributing to the system;
(24) "Current rate of pay" means the member's actual hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly,
monthly, or yearly rate of pay converted to an annual rate as defined in final rate of <br>pay. The rate shall be certified by the employer;
(25) "Beneficiary" means the person, persons, estate, trust, or trustee designated by the
member in accordance with KRS 61.542 or 61.705 to receive any available benefits <br>in the event of the member's death. As used in KRS 61.702, beneficiary shall not <br>mean an estate, trust, or trustee;
(26) "Recipient" means the retired member, the person or persons designated as
beneficiary by the member and drawing a retirement allowance as a result of the <br>member's death, or a dependent child drawing a retirement allowance. An alternate <br>payee of a qualified domestic relations order shall not be considered a recipient, <br>except for purposes of KRS 61.623;
(27) "Person" means a natural person; <br>(28) "School term or year" means the twelve (12) months from July 1 through the
following June 30;
(29) "Retirement office" means the Kentucky Retirement Systems office building in
Frankfort;
(30) "Delayed contribution payment" means an amount paid by an employee for current
service obtained under KRS 61.552. The amount shall be determined using the <br>same formula in KRS 61.5525, except the determination of the actuarial cost for <br>classified employees of a school board shall be based on their final compensation, <br>and the payment shall not be picked up by the employer. A delayed contribution <br>payment shall be deposited to the member's contribution account and considered as <br>accumulated contributions of the individual member. In determining payments <br>under this subsection, the formula found in this subsection shall prevail over the one <br>found in KRS 212.434;
(31) "Participating" means an employee is currently earning service credit in the system
as provided in KRS 78.615;
(32) "Month" means a calendar month; <br>(33) "Membership date" means the date upon which the member began participating in
the system as provided in KRS 78.615;
(34) "Participant" means a member, as defined by subsection (8) of this section, or a
retired member, as defined by subsection (23) of this section;
(35) "Qualified domestic relations order" means any judgment, decree, or order,
including approval of a property settlement agreement, that: <br>(a) Is issued by a court or administrative agency; and <br>(b) Relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments, or marital
property rights to an alternate payee; and
(36) "Alternate payee" means a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of a
participant, who is designated to be paid retirement benefits in a qualified domestic <br>relations order.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
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78.510 Definitions for KRS 78.510 to 78.852.
As used in KRS 78.510 to 78.852, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) "System" means the County Employees Retirement System; <br>(2) "Board" means the board of trustees of the system as provided in KRS 78.780; <br>(3) "County" means any county, or nonprofit organization created and governed by a
county, counties, or elected county officers, sheriff and his employees, county clerk <br>and his employees, circuit clerk and his deputies, former circuit clerks or former <br>circuit clerk deputies, or political subdivision or instrumentality, including school <br>boards, charter county government, or urban-county government participating in the <br>system by order appropriate to its governmental structure, as provided in KRS <br>78.530, and if the board is willing to accept the agency, organization, or <br>corporation, the board being hereby granted the authority to determine the eligibility <br>of the agency to participate;
(4) "School board" means any board of education participating in the system by order
appropriate to its governmental structure, as provided in KRS 78.530, and if the <br>board is willing to accept the agency or corporation, the board being hereby granted <br>the authority to determine the eligibility of the agency to participate;
(5) "Examiner" means the medical examiners as provided in KRS 61.665; <br>(6) "Employee" means every regular full-time appointed or elective officer or employee
of a participating county and the coroner of a participating county, whether or not he <br>qualifies as a regular full-time officer. The term shall not include persons engaged <br>as independent contractors, seasonal, emergency, temporary, and part-time workers. <br>In case of any doubt, the board shall determine if a person is an employee within the <br>meaning of KRS 78.510 to 78.852;
(7) "Employer" means a county, as defined in subsection (3) of this section, the elected
officials of a county, or any authority of the county having the power to appoint or <br>elect an employee to office or employment in the county;
(8) "Member" means any employee who is included in the membership of the system or
any former employee whose membership has not been terminated under KRS <br>61.535;
(9) "Service" means the total of current service and prior service as defined in this
section;
(10) "Current service" means the number of years and months of employment as an
employee, on and after July 1, 1958, for which creditable compensation is paid and <br>employee contributions deducted, except as otherwise provided;
(11) "Prior service" means the number of years and completed months, expressed as a
fraction of a year, of employment as an employee, prior to July 1, 1958, for which <br>creditable compensation was paid. An employee shall be credited with one (1) <br>month of prior service only in those months he received compensation for at least <br>one hundred (100) hours of work. Twelve (12) months of current service in the <br>system shall be required to validate prior service;
(12) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all amounts deducted from the
compensation of a member and credited to his individual account in the members' <br>contribution account, including employee contributions picked up after August 1, <br>1982, pursuant to KRS 78.610(4), together with interest credited on the amounts, <br>and any other amounts the member shall have contributed thereto, including interest <br>credited thereon. For members who begin participating on or after September 1, <br>2008, "accumulated contributions" shall not include employee contributions that are <br>deposited into accounts established pursuant to 26 U.S.C. sec. 401(h) within the <br>funds established in KRS 16.510, 61.515, and 78.520, as prescribed by KRS <br>61.702(2)(b);
(13) "Creditable compensation" means all salary, wages, and fees, including payments
for compensatory time, paid to the employee as a result of services performed for <br>the employer or for time during which the member is on paid leave, which are <br>includable on the member's federal form W-2 wage and tax statement under the <br>heading "wages, tips, other compensation", including employee contributions <br>picked up after August 1, 1982, pursuant to KRS 78.610(4). A lump-sum bonus, <br>severance pay, or employer-provided payment for purchase of service credit shall be <br>included as creditable compensation but shall be averaged over the employee's <br>service with the system in which it is recorded if it is equal to or greater than one <br>thousand dollars ($1,000). If compensation includes maintenance and other <br>perquisites, the board shall fix the value of that part of the compensation not paid in <br>money. Living allowances, expense reimbursements, lump-sum payments for <br>accrued vacation leave, sick leave except as provided in KRS 78.616(5), and other <br>items determined by the board shall be excluded. Creditable compensation shall <br>also include amounts that are not includable in the member's gross income by virtue <br>of the member having taken a voluntary salary reduction provided for under <br>applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Creditable compensation shall <br>also include elective amounts for qualified transportation fringes paid or made <br>available on or after January 1, 2001, for calendar years on or after January 1, 2001, <br>that are not includable in the gross income of the employee by reason of 26 U.S.C. <br>sec. 132(f)(4). For employees who begin participating on or after September 1, <br>2008, creditable compensation shall not include payments for compensatory time;
(14) "Final compensation" means:
(a) For a member who begins participating before September 1, 2008, who is not
employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the creditable <br>compensation of the member during the five (5) fiscal years he was paid at the <br>highest average monthly rate divided by the number of months of service <br>credit during that five (5) year period multiplied by twelve (12). The five (5) <br>years may be fractional and need not be consecutive. If the number of months <br>of service credit during the five (5) year period is less than forty-eight (48), <br>one (1) or more additional fiscal years shall be used;
(b) For a member who is not employed in a hazardous position, as provided in
KRS 61.592, whose effective retirement date is between August 1, 2001, and <br>January 1, 2009, and whose total service credit is at least twenty-seven (27)
years and whose age and years of service total at least seventy-five (75), final <br>compensation means the creditable compensation of the member during the <br>three (3) fiscal years the member was paid at the highest average monthly rate <br>divided by the number of months of service credit during that three (3) year <br>period multiplied by twelve (12). The three (3) years may be fractional and <br>need not be consecutive. If the number of months of service credit during the <br>three (3) year period is less than twenty-four (24), one (1) or more additional <br>fiscal years shall be used. Notwithstanding the provision of KRS 61.565, the <br>funding for this paragraph shall be provided from existing funds of the <br>retirement allowance;
(c) For a member who begins participating before September 1, 2008, who is
employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the creditable <br>compensation of the member during the three (3) fiscal years he was paid at <br>the highest average monthly rate divided by the number of months of service <br>credit during that three (3) year period multiplied by twelve (12). The three (3) <br>years may be fractional and need not be consecutive. If the number of months <br>of service credit during the three (3) year period is less than twenty-four (24), <br>one (1) or more additional fiscal years shall be used;
(d) For a member who begins participating on or after September 1, 2008, who is
not employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the <br>creditable compensation of the member during the five (5) complete fiscal <br>years immediately preceding retirement divided by five (5). Each fiscal year <br>used to determine final compensation must contain twelve (12) months of <br>service credit; or
(e) For a member who begins participating on or after September 1, 2008, who is
employed in a hazardous position, as provided in KRS 61.592, the creditable <br>compensation of the member during the three (3) complete fiscal years he was <br>paid at the highest average monthly rate divided by three (3). Each fiscal year <br>used to determine final compensation must contain twelve (12) months of <br>service credit;
(15) "Final rate of pay" means the actual rate upon which earnings of an employee were
calculated during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the <br>member's effective retirement date, and shall include employee contributions picked <br>up after August 1, 1982, pursuant to KRS 78.610(4). The rate shall be certified to <br>the system by the employer and the following equivalents shall be used to convert <br>the rate to an annual rate: two thousand eighty (2,080) hours for eight (8) hour <br>workdays, one thousand nine hundred fifty (1,950) hours for seven and one-half <br>(7.5) hour workdays, two hundred sixty (260) days, fifty-two (52) weeks, twelve <br>(12) months, one (1) year;
(16) "Retirement allowance" means the retirement payments to which a member is
entitled;
(17) "Actuarial equivalent" means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the
basis of the actuarial tables adopted by the board. In cases of disability retirement, <br>the options authorized by KRS 61.635 shall be computed by adding ten (10) years
to the age of the member, unless the member has chosen the Social Security <br>adjustment option as provided for in KRS 61.635(8), in which case the member's <br>actual age shall be used. No disability retirement option shall be less than the same <br>option computed under early retirement;
(18) "Normal retirement date" means the sixty-fifth birthday of a member unless
otherwise provided in KRS 78.510 to 78.852;
(19) "Fiscal year" of the system means the twelve (12) months from July 1 through the
following June 30, which shall also be the plan year. The "fiscal year" shall be the <br>limitation year used to determine contribution and benefits limits as set out in 26 <br>U.S.C. sec. 415;
(20) "Agency reporting official" means the person designated by the participating agency
who shall be responsible for forwarding all employer and employee contributions <br>and a record of the contributions to the system and for performing other <br>administrative duties pursuant to the provisions of KRS 78.510 to 78.852;
(21) "Regular full-time positions," as used in subsection (6) of this section, shall mean
all positions that average one hundred (100) or more hours per month, determined <br>by using the number of hours actually worked in a calendar or fiscal year, or eighty <br>(80) or more hours per month in the case of noncertified employees of school <br>boards, determined by using the number of hours actually worked in a calendar or <br>school year, unless otherwise specified, except: <br>(a) Seasonal positions, which although temporary in duration, are positions which
coincide in duration with a particular season or seasons of the year and that <br>may recur regularly from year to year, in which case the period of time shall <br>not exceed nine (9) months, except for employees of school boards, in which <br>case the period of time shall not exceed six (6) months;
(b) Emergency positions that are positions that do not exceed thirty (30) working
days and are nonrenewable;
(c) Temporary, also referred to as probationary, positions that are positions of
employment with a participating agency for a period of time not to exceed <br>twelve (12) months and not renewable; or
(d) Part-time positions that are positions that may be permanent in duration, but
that require less than a calendar or fiscal year average of one hundred (100) <br>hours of work per month, determined by using the number of months actually <br>worked within a calendar or fiscal year, in the performance of duty, except in <br>case of noncertified employees of school boards, the school term average shall <br>be eighty (80) hours of work per month, determined by using the number of <br>months actually worked in a calendar or school year, in the performance of <br>duty;
(22) "Alternate participation plan" means a method of participation in the system as
provided for by KRS 78.530(3);
(23) "Retired member" means any former member receiving a retirement allowance or
any former member who has on file at the retirement office the necessary <br>documents for retirement benefits and is no longer contributing to the system;
(24) "Current rate of pay" means the member's actual hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly,
monthly, or yearly rate of pay converted to an annual rate as defined in final rate of <br>pay. The rate shall be certified by the employer;
(25) "Beneficiary" means the person, persons, estate, trust, or trustee designated by the
member in accordance with KRS 61.542 or 61.705 to receive any available benefits <br>in the event of the member's death. As used in KRS 61.702, beneficiary shall not <br>mean an estate, trust, or trustee;
(26) "Recipient" means the retired member, the person or persons designated as
beneficiary by the member and drawing a retirement allowance as a result of the <br>member's death, or a dependent child drawing a retirement allowance. An alternate <br>payee of a qualified domestic relations order shall not be considered a recipient, <br>except for purposes of KRS 61.623;
(27) "Person" means a natural person; <br>(28) "School term or year" means the twelve (12) months from July 1 through the
following June 30;
(29) "Retirement office" means the Kentucky Retirement Systems office building in
Frankfort;
(30) "Delayed contribution payment" means an amount paid by an employee for current
service obtained under KRS 61.552. The amount shall be determined using the <br>same formula in KRS 61.5525, except the determination of the actuarial cost for <br>classified employees of a school board shall be based on their final compensation, <br>and the payment shall not be picked up by the employer. A delayed contribution <br>payment shall be deposited to the member's contribution account and considered as <br>accumulated contributions of the individual member. In determining payments <br>under this subsection, the formula found in this subsection shall prevail over the one <br>found in KRS 212.434;
(31) "Participating" means an employee is currently earning service credit in the system
as provided in KRS 78.615;
(32) "Month" means a calendar month; <br>(33) "Membership date" means the date upon which the member began participating in
the system as provided in KRS 78.615;
(34) "Participant" means a member, as defined by subsection (8) of this section, or a
retired member, as defined by subsection (23) of this section;
(35) "Qualified domestic relations order" means any judgment, decree, or order,
including approval of a property settlement agreement, that: <br>(a) Is issued by a court or administrative agency; and <br>(b) Relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments, or marital
property rights to an alternate payee; and
(36) "Alternate payee" means a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of a
participant, who is designated to be paid retirement benefits in a qualified domestic <br>relations order.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2009; and ch. 77, sec. 24, effective <br>June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2008 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 25, effective <br>June 27, 2008. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 31, effective July 13, 2004. -- <br>Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 13, effective March 31, 2003. -- Amended <br>2002 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 18, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 7, sec. 8, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 4, <br>effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 385, sec. 33, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended <br>1998 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 21, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 300, sec. 2, effective <br>July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996; and <br>ch. 167, sec. 24, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 485, sec. 25, <br>effective July 15, 1994. <!-- END .shortcode-content -->
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