Kansas Statutes 74-4986d. Increase in retirement benefits for certain persons; schedule
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-4986d
- Act: means the Kansas deferred retirement option program act;
(2) "board" means the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system;
(3) "DROP" means the deferred retirement option program established by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-4986l
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- member: means any member of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system who is eligible to participate in the DROP and who elects to participate in the DROP as provided in this act;
(7) "monthly DROP accrual" means the amount equal to the monthly retirement benefit that would have been payable to the member had the member terminated service and retired on the day the member elected; and
(8) "system" means the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system. See Kansas Statutes 74-4986l
- Retirement system: means 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 judges, or the Kansas retirement fund for official court reporters. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,109
- system: means the Kansas public employees retirement system. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,302
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 Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-4978g and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-4986b, shall have the benefit increased permanently in accordance with the following schedule: Those members whose date of retirement occurred before January 1, 1962, will be increased fifty percent (50%); 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.