{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-40.050","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 40.050","heading":"Computation of bonus.","body":"(1) Every person determined by the administrator to be a qualified veteran shall be paid\nthe sum of nine dollars ($9) for each month and major fraction of a month of active\nduty, in the Armed Forces in the continental United States, not to exceed in all the\nsum of three hundred dollars ($300), and the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) for each\nmonth and major fraction of a month of such service outside the continental United\nStates, subject to an aggregate limit for all service in the sum of five hundred dollars\n($500). A veteran who served in one or more of the conflict periods defined in\nsubsections (15), (16), (17), and (18) of KRS 40.010 shall be limited to a maximum\npayment of three hundred dollars ($300) if no part of his total service during the\nperiods specified was served outside the continental United States, or five hundred\ndollars ($500) if a part of his total service during the periods specified was served\noutside the continental United States.\n(2) If a person determined to have been a qualified veteran shall be deceased at the time\npayment of the veterans' bonus would otherwise be made to him, the amount of his\nbonus shall be paid to the first surviving beneficiary, if any, according to the order\nof priority defined in subsection (8) of KRS 40.010 and if there be no surviving\nbeneficiary, the bonus of such veteran shall lapse, and no payment thereof shall be\nmade.\n(3) A beneficiary (as defined in subsections (8), (9), (10), (11), and (12) of KRS\n40.010) of a person killed in the line of duty while on activ e duty in the Armed\nForces during the periods defined in subsections (15), (16), (17), and (18) of KRS\n40.010 or person who died of service -connected injury sustained while on active\nduty in the Armed Forces during the conflict periods defined above shall be paid\nthree hundred dollars ($300) if no part of his total service during these periods was\nserved outside the continental United States or five hundred dollars ($500) if any\npart of his total service during these periods was served outside the continent al\nUnited States. The provisions of subsection (1) and the minimum period of service\nfor entitlement to a bonus as established by subsection (2) of KRS 40.010 shall not\napply to these beneficiaries. However, this exception does not waive the respective\nmaximums of three hundred dollars ($300) or five hundred dollars ($500) for each\nveteran, person killed in the line of duty while on active duty in the Armed Forces,\nor person who died as a result of service -connected injury sustained while on active\nduty in the Armed Forces.","path":["KRS Chapter 40"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=21825","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:59Z","sha256":"048b30aa1c19446474a8be9bf28053e6ebb5fe112dfdda3daf3589d8c46b6e31","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-40.040","next":"us-ky/krs-40.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}