Kansas Statutes 74-4978g. Preservation of entitlement to receive pension or other benefit from state highway patrol pension fund; benefits for minor children of certain deceased members; conditions for payments; termination of payments; exemption of …
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-4978g
- Act: means the Kansas deferred retirement option program act;
(2) "board" means the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system;
(3) "DROP" means the deferred retirement option program established by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-4986l
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- 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
- Minor: means any person defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- 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
Any person receiving or entitled to receive a pension or any other benefit, or who will become entitled to receive a pension or any other benefit, from the state highway patrol pension fund as it existed prior to April 1, 1972, shall be entitled to receive from the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system such pension or any other benefit to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as existed on April 1, 1972. Any minor child of a member of the state highway patrol pension system or special member of the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system who died by reason of injuries received or disease contracted by such member while in the performance of such member’s duties as a member of the highway patrol and whose spouse’s pension was terminated because of such spouse’s remarriage shall receive a monthly amount equal to the pension which was terminated due to such remarriage. Such benefits shall accrue from April 1, 1973, or the date of the spouse’s remarriage, whichever is later and shall be terminated on the first day of the month in which the child dies, marries or attains the age of 18 years or in which the child attains the age of 23 years, if such child is a full-time student as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-49,117. All pensions and benefits received by any person under this act are hereby made and declared exempt from any tax of the state of Kansas or any political subdivision or taxing body thereof, and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, or attachment, or any other process or claim whatsoever.