KRS 95.550: Benefits for disability or death from pension fund established under KRS

95.520 -- Beneficiaries -- Amounts.

(1) The pensions or benefits paid for disability or death from the policemen's and

firefighters' pension fund established under KRS 95.520 shall be as follows:

(a) If any member of the police or fire department becomes temporarily totally

disabled, physically or mentally, while in the performance of duty and by

reason of service in the department, the board of trustees of the pension fund

shall order paid to him monthly, during his disability but not longer than one

(1) year, a sum of not more than sixty dollars ($60) per month, the amount to

be determined by the board. This provision shall not apply if a salary is paid

during the same period. P rovided, however, that the provisions of this

paragraph shall not apply unless the disabled firefighter or policeman has

served from one (1) day to ten (10) years consecutively in his department,

such period of service to be fixed by the board of trustees;

(b) If any member of the police or fire department becomes permanently disabled,

physically or mentally, while in the performance of duty and by reason of

service in the department, so as to render necessary his retirement from

service in the department, the board of trustees shall retire him from service

and order paid to him monthly fifty percent (50%) of his monthly salary at the

time of his retirement. Provided, however, that the provisions of this

paragraph shall not apply unless the disabled firefigh ter or policeman has

served from one (1) day to ten (10) years consecutively in his department,

such period of service to be fixed by the board; and

(c) If any member of the police or fire department is killed or dies as the result of

an injury received in the performance of duty, or dies of any disease

contracted by reason of his occupation, or dies while in the service from any

cause as a result of his service in the department, or dies in service or while on

the retired list from any cause after fifteen (15) consecutive years of service in

the department, and leaves a widow, widower, or a child under eighteen (18)

years of age, the board of trustees shall order a pension paid to the widow,

widower, or child. There shall be paid monthly to the widow or wid ower,

while unmarried, a pension of not less than thirty dollars ($30), or not more

than fifty percent (50%) of the deceased's monthly salary at the time of

retirement or death and for each child until it reaches the age of eighteen (18)

years, not less than six dollars ($6) or not more than ten percent (10%) of the

deceased's monthly salary, such amount to be determined by the board of

trustees. The board may provide a minimum benefit of no more than four

hundred dollars ($400) per month, initially, to the surviving spouse if the

benefit can be supported on an actuarially -sound basis by the pension fund.

The board may increase the minimum benefit pursuant to the provisions of

KRS 95.560. If the deceased member was unmarried and childless, a pension

shall be paid to his dependent father and mother of not less than thirty dollars

($30) or not more than twenty percent (20%) of the deceased's monthly salary.

If one (1) parent is dead, the other shall receive the entire amount, and if both

are living, each shall receive one -half (1/2) the amount, such amount to be

determined by the board of trustees.

(2) No person shall receive a pension from the policemen's and firefighters' pension

fund except as provided in this section.