KRS 95.784: Conditions of pensions for voluntary retirement.

No policeman or firefighter shall be entitled to the benefits herein provided incidental to

voluntary retirement from either of said departments on account of service, unless he

shall have been employed continuously for a period of at least five (5) years from and

after the date of the passage of the adoption ordinance by the legislative body, and the

amount of such sum paid to such member shall be fixed by the board of trustees payable

monthly, not to exceed one -half (1/2) of the salary such member was in receipt of at the

time of voluntary retirement. The payments fixed by said trustees to such member shall

not exceed one (1) year.