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20-2601

Chapter 20.--COURTS
Article 26.--RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUSTICES AND JUDGES

      20-2601.   Definitions.As used in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq. and amendments thereto, unless thecontext otherwise requires:

      (a)   "Fund" means the Kansas public employees retirement fundcreated by K.S.A. 74-4921 and amendments thereto;

      (b)   "retirement system for judges" means the system provided for inthe acts contained in article 26 of chapter 20 of the Kansas StatutesAnnotated and any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto;

      (c)   "judge" means any duly elected or appointed justice of the supremecourt, judge of the court of appeals or judge of any district court of Kansas,who serves in such capacity on and after the effective date of this act andcommencing with the first day of the first payroll period of the fiscal yearending June 30, 1994, any district magistrate judge who makes an election asprovided in K.S.A. 20-2620 and amendments thereto or who is elected orappointed on or after July 1, 1993;

      (d)   "member" means a judge who is making the required contributionsto the fund, or any former judge who has made the required contributions to thefund and has not received a refund of the judge's accumulated contributions;

      (e)   "prior service" means all the periods of time any judge has servedin such capacity prior to the effective date of this act except that districtmagistrate judges who have service credit under the Kansas public employeesretirement system must make application to the board and, subject to theprovisions of K.S.A. 74-49,123 and amendments thereto, make paymentas required by the board to transfer service credit from the Kansas publicemployees retirement system to the retirement system for judges;

      (f)   "current service" means the period of service any judge serves insuch capacity from and after the effective date of this act;

      (g)   "military service" means service of any judge for which retirementbenefit credit must be given as provided in the uniformed services employmentand reemployment rights act of 1994, as in effect on July 1, 2008;

      (h)   "total years of service" means the total number of years served as ajudge, including prior service, military service and current service as definedby this section, computed to the nearest quarter;

      (i)   "salary" means the statutory salary of a judge;

      (j)   "final average salary" means that determined as provided insubsection (b) of K.S.A. 20-2610 and amendments thereto;

      (k)   "beneficiary" means any natural person or persons or estate designatedby a judge in the latest designation of beneficiary received in the retirementsystem office to receive any benefits as provided for by this act. Except asprovided in subsection (n), if there is no named beneficiary living at the timeof the judge's death, any benefits provided for by this act shall be paid to:(1) The judge's surviving spouse; (2) the judge's dependent child or children;(3) the judge's dependent parent or parents; (4) the judge's nondependent childor children; (5) the judge's nondependent parent or parents; or (6) the estateof the deceased member; in the order of preference as specified in thissubsection. Designations of beneficiaries by a member who is a member of morethan one retirement system made on or after July 1, 1987, shall be the basis ofany benefits payable under all systems unless otherwise provided by law;

      (l)   "annuity" means a series of equal monthly payments, payableat the end of each calendar month during the life of a retired judge, ofwhich payments the first payment shall be made as of the end of the calendarmonth in which such annuity was awarded and the last payment shall be atthe end of the calendar month in which such judge dies. The first paymentshall include all amounts accrued since the effective date of the awardof annuities, including a pro rata portion of the monthly amount of anyfraction of a month elapsing between the effective date of such annuityand the end of the calendar month in which such annuity began;

      (m)   "board" means the board of trustees of the Kansas public employeesretirement system;

      (n)   "trust" means an express trust created by any trust instrument, includinga will, and designated by a member to receive benefits and other amountspayable under K.S.A. 20-2607, 20-2610a and 20-2612, and amendments thereto,instead of a beneficiary. A designation of a trust shall be filed with theboard. If there is a designated trust at the time of the member's death,all benefits and other amounts payable under K.S.A. 20-2607, 20-2610a and20-2612, and amendments thereto, shall be paid to the trust insteadof the member's beneficiary. If no will is admitted to probate withinsix months after the death of the member or no trustee qualifies withinsuch six months or if the designated trust fails, for any reason whatsoever,any benefits and other amounts payable under K.S.A. 20-2607, 20-2610a and20-2612, and amendments thereto, shall be paid to the member's beneficiaryand any payments so made shall be a full discharge and release to theretirement system for judges from any further claims;

      (o)   "accumulated contributions" means the sum of all contributions bya member to the retirement system for judges which are credited to the member'saccount, with interest allowed thereon after June 30, 1982;

      (p)   "federal internal revenue code" means the federal internal revenuecode of 1954 or 1986, as in effect on July 1, 2008, and asapplicable to a governmental plan; and

      (q)   except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq.and amendments thereto, words and phrases used in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq. andamendments thereto shall have the same meanings ascribed to them as are definedin K.S.A. 74-4902 and amendments thereto.

      History:   L. 1953, ch. 182, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 190, § 4;L. 1976, ch. 147, § 6; L. 1982, ch. 319, § 4;L. 1987, ch. 299, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 227, § 2;L. 1995, ch. 267, § 1;L. 1996, ch. 266, § 2;L. 1998, ch. 64, § 15;L. 1998, ch. 201, § 1;L. 2008, ch. 113, § 7; July 1.

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20-2601

Chapter 20.--COURTS
Article 26.--RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUSTICES AND JUDGES

      20-2601.   Definitions.As used in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq. and amendments thereto, unless thecontext otherwise requires:

      (a)   "Fund" means the Kansas public employees retirement fundcreated by K.S.A. 74-4921 and amendments thereto;

      (b)   "retirement system for judges" means the system provided for inthe acts contained in article 26 of chapter 20 of the Kansas StatutesAnnotated and any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto;

      (c)   "judge" means any duly elected or appointed justice of the supremecourt, judge of the court of appeals or judge of any district court of Kansas,who serves in such capacity on and after the effective date of this act andcommencing with the first day of the first payroll period of the fiscal yearending June 30, 1994, any district magistrate judge who makes an election asprovided in K.S.A. 20-2620 and amendments thereto or who is elected orappointed on or after July 1, 1993;

      (d)   "member" means a judge who is making the required contributionsto the fund, or any former judge who has made the required contributions to thefund and has not received a refund of the judge's accumulated contributions;

      (e)   "prior service" means all the periods of time any judge has servedin such capacity prior to the effective date of this act except that districtmagistrate judges who have service credit under the Kansas public employeesretirement system must make application to the board and, subject to theprovisions of K.S.A. 74-49,123 and amendments thereto, make paymentas required by the board to transfer service credit from the Kansas publicemployees retirement system to the retirement system for judges;

      (f)   "current service" means the period of service any judge serves insuch capacity from and after the effective date of this act;

      (g)   "military service" means service of any judge for which retirementbenefit credit must be given as provided in the uniformed services employmentand reemployment rights act of 1994, as in effect on July 1, 2008;

      (h)   "total years of service" means the total number of years served as ajudge, including prior service, military service and current service as definedby this section, computed to the nearest quarter;

      (i)   "salary" means the statutory salary of a judge;

      (j)   "final average salary" means that determined as provided insubsection (b) of K.S.A. 20-2610 and amendments thereto;

      (k)   "beneficiary" means any natural person or persons or estate designatedby a judge in the latest designation of beneficiary received in the retirementsystem office to receive any benefits as provided for by this act. Except asprovided in subsection (n), if there is no named beneficiary living at the timeof the judge's death, any benefits provided for by this act shall be paid to:(1) The judge's surviving spouse; (2) the judge's dependent child or children;(3) the judge's dependent parent or parents; (4) the judge's nondependent childor children; (5) the judge's nondependent parent or parents; or (6) the estateof the deceased member; in the order of preference as specified in thissubsection. Designations of beneficiaries by a member who is a member of morethan one retirement system made on or after July 1, 1987, shall be the basis ofany benefits payable under all systems unless otherwise provided by law;

      (l)   "annuity" means a series of equal monthly payments, payableat the end of each calendar month during the life of a retired judge, ofwhich payments the first payment shall be made as of the end of the calendarmonth in which such annuity was awarded and the last payment shall be atthe end of the calendar month in which such judge dies. The first paymentshall include all amounts accrued since the effective date of the awardof annuities, including a pro rata portion of the monthly amount of anyfraction of a month elapsing between the effective date of such annuityand the end of the calendar month in which such annuity began;

      (m)   "board" means the board of trustees of the Kansas public employeesretirement system;

      (n)   "trust" means an express trust created by any trust instrument, includinga will, and designated by a member to receive benefits and other amountspayable under K.S.A. 20-2607, 20-2610a and 20-2612, and amendments thereto,instead of a beneficiary. A designation of a trust shall be filed with theboard. If there is a designated trust at the time of the member's death,all benefits and other amounts payable under K.S.A. 20-2607, 20-2610a and20-2612, and amendments thereto, shall be paid to the trust insteadof the member's beneficiary. If no will is admitted to probate withinsix months after the death of the member or no trustee qualifies withinsuch six months or if the designated trust fails, for any reason whatsoever,any benefits and other amounts payable under K.S.A. 20-2607, 20-2610a and20-2612, and amendments thereto, shall be paid to the member's beneficiaryand any payments so made shall be a full discharge and release to theretirement system for judges from any further claims;

      (o)   "accumulated contributions" means the sum of all contributions bya member to the retirement system for judges which are credited to the member'saccount, with interest allowed thereon after June 30, 1982;

      (p)   "federal internal revenue code" means the federal internal revenuecode of 1954 or 1986, as in effect on July 1, 2008, and asapplicable to a governmental plan; and

      (q)   except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq.and amendments thereto, words and phrases used in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq. andamendments thereto shall have the same meanings ascribed to them as are definedin K.S.A. 74-4902 and amendments thereto.

      History:   L. 1953, ch. 182, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 190, § 4;L. 1976, ch. 147, § 6; L. 1982, ch. 319, § 4;L. 1987, ch. 299, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 227, § 2;L. 1995, ch. 267, § 1;L. 1996, ch. 266, § 2;L. 1998, ch. 64, § 15;L. 1998, ch. 201, § 1;L. 2008, ch. 113, § 7; July 1.


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20-2601

Chapter 20.--COURTS
Article 26.--RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUSTICES AND JUDGES

      20-2601.   Definitions.As used in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq. and amendments thereto, unless thecontext otherwise requires:

      (a)   "Fund" means the Kansas public employees retirement fundcreated by K.S.A. 74-4921 and amendments thereto;

      (b)   "retirement system for judges" means the system provided for inthe acts contained in article 26 of chapter 20 of the Kansas StatutesAnnotated and any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto;

      (c)   "judge" means any duly elected or appointed justice of the supremecourt, judge of the court of appeals or judge of any district court of Kansas,who serves in such capacity on and after the effective date of this act andcommencing with the first day of the first payroll period of the fiscal yearending June 30, 1994, any district magistrate judge who makes an election asprovided in K.S.A. 20-2620 and amendments thereto or who is elected orappointed on or after July 1, 1993;

      (d)   "member" means a judge who is making the required contributionsto the fund, or any former judge who has made the required contributions to thefund and has not received a refund of the judge's accumulated contributions;

      (e)   "prior service" means all the periods of time any judge has servedin such capacity prior to the effective date of this act except that districtmagistrate judges who have service credit under the Kansas public employeesretirement system must make application to the board and, subject to theprovisions of K.S.A. 74-49,123 and amendments thereto, make paymentas required by the board to transfer service credit from the Kansas publicemployees retirement system to the retirement system for judges;

      (f)   "current service" means the period of service any judge serves insuch capacity from and after the effective date of this act;

      (g)   "military service" means service of any judge for which retirementbenefit credit must be given as provided in the uniformed services employmentand reemployment rights act of 1994, as in effect on July 1, 2008;

      (h)   "total years of service" means the total number of years served as ajudge, including prior service, military service and current service as definedby this section, computed to the nearest quarter;

      (i)   "salary" means the statutory salary of a judge;

      (j)   "final average salary" means that determined as provided insubsection (b) of K.S.A. 20-2610 and amendments thereto;

      (k)   "beneficiary" means any natural person or persons or estate designatedby a judge in the latest designation of beneficiary received in the retirementsystem office to receive any benefits as provided for by this act. Except asprovided in subsection (n), if there is no named beneficiary living at the timeof the judge's death, any benefits provided for by this act shall be paid to:(1) The judge's surviving spouse; (2) the judge's dependent child or children;(3) the judge's dependent parent or parents; (4) the judge's nondependent childor children; (5) the judge's nondependent parent or parents; or (6) the estateof the deceased member; in the order of preference as specified in thissubsection. Designations of beneficiaries by a member who is a member of morethan one retirement system made on or after July 1, 1987, shall be the basis ofany benefits payable under all systems unless otherwise provided by law;

      (l)   "annuity" means a series of equal monthly payments, payableat the end of each calendar month during the life of a retired judge, ofwhich payments the first payment shall be made as of the end of the calendarmonth in which such annuity was awarded and the last payment shall be atthe end of the calendar month in which such judge dies. The first paymentshall include all amounts accrued since the effective date of the awardof annuities, including a pro rata portion of the monthly amount of anyfraction of a month elapsing between the effective date of such annuityand the end of the calendar month in which such annuity began;

      (m)   "board" means the board of trustees of the Kansas public employeesretirement system;

      (n)   "trust" means an express trust created by any trust instrument, includinga will, and designated by a member to receive benefits and other amountspayable under K.S.A. 20-2607, 20-2610a and 20-2612, and amendments thereto,instead of a beneficiary. A designation of a trust shall be filed with theboard. If there is a designated trust at the time of the member's death,all benefits and other amounts payable under K.S.A. 20-2607, 20-2610a and20-2612, and amendments thereto, shall be paid to the trust insteadof the member's beneficiary. If no will is admitted to probate withinsix months after the death of the member or no trustee qualifies withinsuch six months or if the designated trust fails, for any reason whatsoever,any benefits and other amounts payable under K.S.A. 20-2607, 20-2610a and20-2612, and amendments thereto, shall be paid to the member's beneficiaryand any payments so made shall be a full discharge and release to theretirement system for judges from any further claims;

      (o)   "accumulated contributions" means the sum of all contributions bya member to the retirement system for judges which are credited to the member'saccount, with interest allowed thereon after June 30, 1982;

      (p)   "federal internal revenue code" means the federal internal revenuecode of 1954 or 1986, as in effect on July 1, 2008, and asapplicable to a governmental plan; and

      (q)   except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq.and amendments thereto, words and phrases used in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq. andamendments thereto shall have the same meanings ascribed to them as are definedin K.S.A. 74-4902 and amendments thereto.

      History:   L. 1953, ch. 182, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 190, § 4;L. 1976, ch. 147, § 6; L. 1982, ch. 319, § 4;L. 1987, ch. 299, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 227, § 2;L. 1995, ch. 267, § 1;L. 1996, ch. 266, § 2;L. 1998, ch. 64, § 15;L. 1998, ch. 201, § 1;L. 2008, ch. 113, § 7; July 1.