{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-65.280","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 65.280","heading":"Effect of civil service laws and regulations upon transferred employees.","body":"(1) In the event that a public agency or agencies determine to transfer any of its\nemployees to the joint or cooperative action, which employees are subject to any\ncivil service laws or regulations, such employees shall not lose any rights or benefits\nwhich have accrued prior to such transfer. Such employees, when transferred, to the\njoint or cooperative action from a public agency or agencies that are subject to any\ncivil service laws or regulations, and who have completed probationary\nappointments with t he public agency or agencies prior to the date of transfer, shall\nbe considered as having satisfied all of the qualifications of the joint or cooperative\naction and shall be given full and regular appointments as defined in such laws or\nregulations as of the date they are transferred to the joint or cooperative action.\n(2) In the event that the joint or cooperative action is such that its employees would be\nafforded civil service rights or benefits if they were employees of a county or city,\nsuch employees shall be afforded the protection of civil service laws or regulations;\nprovided, however, that such protection is available under the laws of this state.\n(3) In the event the joint or cooperative action employs a person employed immediately\nprior thereto by a component city or county, or by a special district, such employee\nshall be deemed to remain an employee of such city, county or special district for\nthe purposes of any pension plan of such city, county, or special district, and shall\ncontinue to be entitled to all rights and benefits thereunder as if he had remained as\nan employee of the city, county, or special district, until the joint or cooperative\naction has provided a pension plan to which such employee is eligible and such\nemployee has elected, in writing, to participate therein. Until such election, the joint\nor cooperative action shall deduct from the remuneration of such employee the\namount which such employee is or may be required to pay in accordance with the\nprovisions of the plan of such c ity, county, or special district and the joint or\ncooperative action shall pay to the city, county, or special district any amounts\nrequired to be paid under the provisions of such plan by employer and employee,\nunless an agreement, not adversely affecting  the employee's interest, or expectancy,\nhas been made pursuant to KRS 65.250(1)(c) for the payment of the employer's\npension obligation.","path":["KRS Chapter 65"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50387","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:21Z","sha256":"407bc97a94f7e4a65d15f439992acc2f50f2bfc02b1a627d8bcc002491d36a54","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-65.270","next":"us-ky/krs-65.290"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}