KRS 61.575: Members' account -- Interest -- Transfer of account balance to

retirement allowance account.

(1) The members' account shall be the account to which:

(a) All members' contributions, or contributions picked up by the employer

after August 1, 1982, and interest allowances as provided in KRS 61.510

to 61.692 shall be credited, except as provided by KRS 61.702(3)(b); and

(b) For members who begin participating in the system on or after January 1,

2014, the employer pay credit and interest credited on such amounts as

provided by KRS 16.583 and 61.597 shall be credited.

Only funds from this account shall be used to return the accumulated

contributions or accumulated account balances of a member when required by

reason of any provision of KRS 61.510 to 61.705. Prior to the member's

retirement, death, or refund in accordance with KRS 61.625, no funds shall be

made available from the member account.

(2) Each member's contribution or contribution picked up by the employer shall be

credited to the individual account of the contributing member, except as

provided by KRS 61.702(3)(b).

(3) (a) Each member shall have his or her individual account credited with

interest on June 30 of each fiscal year.

(b) For a member who begins participating before September 1, 2008,

interest shall be credited to his or her individual account at a rate

determined by the board but not less than two percent (2%) per annum on

the accumulated account balance of the member on June 30 of the

preceding fiscal year.

(c) For a member who begins participating on or after September 1, 2008,

but prior to January 1, 2014, interest shall be credited to his or her

individual account at a rate of two and one-half percent (2.5%) per annum

on the accumulated account balance of the member on June 30 of the

preceding fiscal year.

(d) For a member who begins participating on or after January 1, 2014, in the

hybrid cash balance plan, interest shall be credited in accordance with

KRS 16.583 and 61.597.

(e) The amounts of interest credited to a member's account under this

subsection shall be transferred from the retirement allowance account.

(4) (a) Upon the retirement of a member who began participating in the system

prior to January 1, 2014, his or her accumulated account balance shall be

transferred from the members' account to the retirement allowance

account.

(b) Upon the retirement of a member who began participating in the system

on or after January 1, 2014, who elects to annuitize his or her

accumulated account balance as prescribed by KRS 16.583(7)(a) or

61.597(7)(a) or (b), the member's accumulated account balance shall be

transferred to the retirement allowance account.