KRS 161.522: Survivors of certain members retired for disability may elect annuity.

Upon the death of a member retired for disability who had a minimum of twenty -seven

(27) years of service at the time of death, except as provided in KRS 161.661(6), the

spouse, if named as the primary beneficiary of the member's account, shall be entitled to

elect, in lieu of a refund of the member's account, an annuity actuarially equivalent to the

annuity that would have been paid to the deceased member had retirement for service

been effective on the day immediately preceding the member's death. This option shall be

available only during the entitlement period described under KRS 161.661(3) and (4)

prior to the recalculation of the member's disability allowance under KRS 161.661(5). In

selecting this right, the spouse shall be limited to selecting an opt ion providing a straight

life annuity with refundable balance or a term certain option. There shall be a monthly

minimum allowance of three hundred dollars ($300) as the basic straight life annuity.

This section applies to surviving spouses of members who were receiving benefit

payments under KRS 161.520 as of June 30, 1988, and to surviving spouses of members

who die on or after July 1, 1984, except that the member shall have been retired for

disability with a minimum of thirty (30) years of service if eit her of these two (2)

conditions were met prior to July 1, 1990.