KRS 61.559: Service required for retirement allowance of members who began

participating before January 1, 2014.

(1) In lieu of any other benefits due under KRS 61.510 to 61.705, a member who

begins participating before September 1, 2008, who has attained the age of

sixty-five (65) and who has obtained at least one (1) month of service credit but

no more than forty-seven (47) months of service may elect to receive an

annual retirement allowance payable monthly or less frequently, as determined

by the board, which shall be determined by multiplying his accumulated

contributions by two (2) and converting this amount to an annual retirement

allowance based on an annuity rate adopted by the board which would pay the

actuarial equivalent of twice his accumulated contributions over the lifetime of

the retired member.

(2) A member who begins participating before September 1, 2008, who is

sixty-five (65) years of age or older is eligible for a retirement allowance

determined under KRS 61.595 provided such member has forty-eight (48)

months of service, at least twelve (12) of which are current service, or a

retirement allowance determined under KRS 61.595 prior to age sixty-five (65)

provided:

(a) The member has attained age fifty-five (55) and has service of sixty (60)

months at least twelve (12) of which are current service; or

(b) The member is a retired member of the State Police Retirement System,

has attained age fifty-five (55), and has service of forty-eight (48) months

at least twelve (12) of which are current service; or

(c) The member is less than age fifty-five (55) and has twenty-five (25) or

more years of service, at least fifteen (15) of which are current service; or

(d) The member has thirty (30) or more years of service at least fifteen (15)

of which are current service, or the member of the Kentucky Employees

Retirement System has twenty-seven (27) or more years of service, at

least fifteen (15) of which are current service; or

(e) The member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System has, at

least, twenty-six (26) years of service credit, at least sixteen (16) of which

are current consecutive years of service as a cabinet secretary or

administrative head of one (1) of the three (3) branches of government; or

(f) The member has attained age fifty-five (55) and was an employee of a

parted employer at the time his employer became ineligible to continue

participation in the system, and his service in the system when added to

his service with the parted employer subsequent to his separation from

state government equals the early retirement service eligibility

requirement of the system on the date his employer became ineligible to

continue participation in the system.

(3) A member who begins participating on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to

January 1, 2014, is eligible for a retirement allowance determined under KRS

61.595 if:

(a) The member is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and has at least five

(5) years of service credited under KRS 16.543(1), 61.543(1), or another

state-administered retirement system;

(b) The member is fifty-seven (57) years of age or older and has an age and

years of service total of at least eighty-seven (87) years. The years of

service used to determine eligibility for a retirement allowance under this

paragraph shall only include years of service credited under KRS

16.543(1), 61.543(1), or another state-administered retirement system; or

(c) The member is sixty (60) years of age or older and has at least ten (10)

years of service credited under KRS 16.543(1), 61.543(1), or another

state-administered retirement system.

(4) Subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall not apply to members who begin

participating in the system on or after January 1, 2014. Members who begin

participating in the system on or after January 1, 2014, shall receive the

retirement benefits prescribed by KRS 61.597.