KRS 161.260: Election of members of board of trustees.

An election shall be held on or before June 1 of each year to elect trustees. The trustees to

be elected each year shall depend upon the respective terms of the trustees elected under

Acts 1938 (1st Ex. Sess.), Ch. 1, paragraph 7 and Acts 1940, Ch. 192, pa ragraph 7a, and

KRS 161.250. Each trustee shall assume office on July 1 following his election and shall

serve for a term of four (4) years. The elections shall be conducted by ballot under the

supervision of the chief state school officer. Each person who is a contributing member as

a result of full-time employment in a position covered by the retirement system or who is

an annuitant of the retirement system shall have the right to vote. Each person who is a

contributing member as a result of part -time or substitute employment in a position

covered by the retirement system shall be permitted to vote as provided in KRS 161.612.

Nominations for trustees shall be made by a nominating committee consisting of one (1)

committee member selected by the retirement s ystem membership of each of the districts

of the Kentucky Education Association, and one (1) committee member to be selected by

retired teachers, on a statewide basis, from among the annuitants of the retirement system.

No person may be a member of the nom inating committee who is not a member of the

system, except for the committee member to be selected from among the annuitants of the

system. The president of the Kentucky Education Association shall preside over the

meeting of the nominating committee and the secretary of the Teachers' Retirement

System shall act as secretary to the committee. Two (2) persons shall be nominated by the

nominating committee for each position to be filled. All expenses of the election shall be

paid by the board of trustees out of its general expense fund.