{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-65.154","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 65.154","heading":"\"Employer\", \"employee\" defined -- Spouse to acknowledge action in","body":"writing if not named as beneficiary by employee.\n(1) KRS 344.030 notwithstanding, for the purposes of this section, \"employer\" shall\nmean the sponsor of and \"employee\" shall mean a membe r of a pension plan\ngoverned by the federal \"Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,\" and\nany member of a state pension plan or a pension plan of any unit of local\ngovernment.\n(2) For any employee who elects not to take a joint and survivor annuit y or who selects\na beneficiary other than the spouse if living, the employer shall provide forms which\nprovide for the spouse of the employee to acknowledge by signature such action.","path":["KRS Chapter 65"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23344","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:20Z","sha256":"532d2eef16a3e09e11545d96ee0d202659e8e0a9feac5dc1749e765838e020de","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-65.150","next":"us-ky/krs-65.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}