{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-78.545","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 78.545","heading":"Matters administered for County  Employees  Retirement System  in","body":"same  manner  as  for Kentucky  Employees  Retirement  System  --\nReferences  to  Kentucky  Retirement  Systems  to  include  County\nEmployees  Retirement System.\nThe  following matters shall be administered for the County Employees Retirement\nSystem  in the same  manner subject to the same  limitations and requirements as\nprovided for the Kentucky Employees Retirement System as follows:\n(1) Statement of member  and employer, as provided for by KRS 61.540;\n(2) Beneficiary to be designated by member, change, rights, as provided for by\nKRS  61.542;\n(3) Service credit determination, as provided for by KRS 61.545;\n(4) Retirement application procedure, effective retirement date, as provided for by\nKRS  61.590;\n(5) Refund of contributions, conditions, as provided for by KRS 61.625;\n(6) Refund of contributions, death after retirement, as provided for by KRS 61.630;\n(7) Recontribution and delayed contribution payments, purchase of service credit,\ninterest, and installment payments, as provided for by KRS 61.552;\n(8) Optional retirement plans, as provided for by KRS 61.635;\n(9) Board of trustees, conflict of interest, as provided for by KRS 61.655;\n(10) Custodian of funds, payments made, when, as provided for by KRS 61.660;\n(11) Medical examiners and hearing procedures, as provided for by KRS 61.665;\n(12) Correction of errors in records, as provided for by KRS 61.685;\n(13) Exemptions of retirement allowances, and qualified domestic relations orders,\nas provided for by KRS 61.690;\n(14) Credit for service prior to membership date, as provided for by KRS 61.526;\n(15) Members' account, confidential, as provided for by KRS 61.661;\n(16) Consent  of employees to deductions and reciprocal arrangement between\nsystems, as provided for by KRS 61.680;\n(17) Reinstated employee, contributions on creditable compensation, as provided\nfor by KRS 61.569;\n(18) Statement to be made under oath, good faith reliance, as provided for in KRS\n61.699;\n(19) Direct deposit of recipient's retirement allowance as provided for in KRS\n61.623;\n(20) Death or disability from a duty-related injury as provided in KRS 61.621;\n(21) Payment  of small accounts upon death of member, retiree, or recipient without\nformal administration of the estate as provided in KRS 61.703;\n(22) Employer payment of increases in creditable compensation and adjustments to\ncreditable compensation during the last five (5) years of employment  as\nprovided by KRS 61.598;\n(23) Calculation of retirement allowance, as provided by KRS 61.599; and\n(24) Benefit election for members  of the Kentucky Retirement Systems as provided\nby KRS 61.5955.\nEffective April 1, 2021, as it relates to KRS  61.590, 61.598, 61.655, 61.665, and\n61.703, references to \"Kentucky Retirement Systems\" or \"systems administered by\nKentucky Retirement Systems\" as it relates to benefit eligibility shall include the\nCounty  Employees  Retirement System  and references to \"Kentucky Retirement\nSystems\" or the \"Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees\" as it relates to\nadministrative decisions, duties, requirements, or conflict of interest provisions shall\nfor purposes of the County Employees  Retirement System  mean  the County\nEmployees  Retirement System or County Employees Retirement System board of\ntrustees, as applicable.","path":["KRS Chapter 78"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50792","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:38Z","sha256":"dad4f8c99174358d626b93b02b1f4c629ba8e66cdf2db7e52591b6e97b1953e1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-78.542","next":"us-ky/krs-78.550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}