Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-4919d

  • employee: means the same as such term is defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,202
  • member: means any member of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system who is eligible to participate in the DROP and who elects to participate in the DROP as provided in this act;

    (7) "monthly DROP accrual" means the amount equal to the monthly retirement benefit that would have been payable to the member had the member terminated service and retired on the day the member elected; and

    (8) "system" means the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system. See Kansas Statutes 74-4986l

  • Retirement system: means the Kansas public employees retirement system, the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system, the state school retirement system, the Kansas highway patrol pension fund, the Kansas bureau of investigation pension fund, the Kansas retirement fund for judges, or the Kansas retirement fund for official court reporters. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,109
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • system: means the Kansas public employees retirement system. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,302

(1) Any such member, having previously lost credit for periods of prior service because of termination of employment and withdrawal of contributions, and who has elected to contribute at a percentage rate equal to two times or three times the employee‘s rate of contribution as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 74-4919 and amendments thereto for such periods of service or at an additional rate of contribution, in addition to the employee’s rate of contribution as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 74-4919 and amendments thereto, may receive up to three years of prior service credit for each year of participating service credit repurchased, but in no event more than the total of such previously forfeited prior service credit. Any member who repurchases all of such member’s previously forfeited participating service credit shall also receive all of such member’s previously forfeited prior service credit.

(2) If such member, previously a member of the state school retirement system and having contributions on deposit with such system which were transferred to such member’s account with this system on January 1, 1971, and prior service credit granted therefor with this system in accordance with Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 74-4936 and amendments thereto, has forfeited prior service credit with this system by reason of termination of employment and withdrawal of such transferred contributions, subject to the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-49,123 and amendments thereto, such member may reinstate such prior service credit only upon repaying in a lump-sum the full amount of such transferred contributions withdrawn plus interest at a rate specified by the board at the time of electing to repurchase previously forfeited participating credit as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 74-4919c or 74-4919f and amendments thereto.