67A.600 Fund to supersede prior pension funds -- Increase in retirement annuity.
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(1)It is the intention of KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690 that the fund herein created shall
supersede and take the place of the pension fund established under KRS 95.851 to
95.884 inclusive, for cities becoming urban-county governments, which sections
shall be without force and effect, insofar as applicable to such urban-county
governments.
(2)The fund created by KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690 shall succeed to and assume as of
July 1, 1974, all assets of such pension funds, and shall continue to make payment
of all annuities, pensions, and benefits granted by superseded pension funds at the
rates previously fixed and under the conditions previously in effect, except as
provided in subsection
(3)of this section.
(a)Persons who retired under the provisions of KRS 95.520 to 95.620, or 95.851
to 95.884 in a city which subsequently was merged into an urban-county
government, or their surviving spouses or eligible children, shall receive an
upward adjustment in their retirement or survivor's annuity by calculation of a
two percent (2%) annual increase compounded, from July 1, 1974, until July
15, 1980, and annual increases compounded, from July 15, 1980, until July
15, 1990, in the same percentage amount by which the pension board
increased other pensions pursuant to KRS 67A.690(1) for those same years.
The survivor's annuity shall be determined as if the retired member's annuity
had been increased annually by two percent (2%) compounded from July 1,
1974, until July 15, 1980, and annual increases compounded, from July 15,
1980, until July 15, 1990, in the same percentage amount by which the
pension board increased other pensions pursuant to KRS 67A.690(1) for those
same years. For purposes of calculation, the member's or survivor's first
increase shall occur July 1, 1974, but only after the member was retired for
one
(1)year or attained age fifty-one (51), whichever was later, or would have
been retired one
(1)year or reached the age of fifty-one (51), whichever was
later, in the event the member died before being retired one
(1)year or
reaching the age of fifty-one (51), unless retirement was under disability, in
which case age and length of retirement criteria shall not apply.
(b)After calculation of the new annuity level, persons affected by this section
shall be granted the same annual increase granted to retirees pursuant to KRS
67A.690(1), and the annuity on which this cost-of-living increment is based
shall be the annuity level reached through the addition of annual compounded
increases calculated pursuant to paragraph
(a)of this subsection. If the
member has not attained the age of fifty-one
(51)or would not have attained
the age of fifty-one
(51)in the event the member is deceased, then the member
or survivor shall receive increases of two percent (2%) compounded annually
until the member attains or would have attained age fifty-one (51), at which
time the same annual increase granted to retirees who retired pursuant to KRS
67A.690(1) shall apply. In addition, each annuitant or surviving spouse or
eligible child shall receive a one-time lump-sum payment of five hundred
dollars ($500).
(4)The provisions of subsection
(3)of this section shall not apply to any retiree or
surviving spouse who receives a minimum retirement annuity, annually adjusted,
pursuant to 1972 Acts Chapter 185, Section 1, but each such retiree or surviving
spouse shall receive a one-time lump-sum payment of five hundred dollars ($500).
If, in the future, any retiree or spouse annuity granted pursuant to this section falls
below the adjusted minimum annuity, the affected retiree or spouse shall be granted,
from that time forward, the adjusted minimum annuity calculated pursuant to 1972
Acts Chapter 185, Section 1.