Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-49,310

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • 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

(a) Any time after termination of service or death, a member who is not vested or the beneficiary of such a member may terminate plan membership by filing a written application with the board and taking a distribution of the member’s annuity savings account from the plan through any combination of the following payout options, each of which is subject to the applicable provisions of the federal internal revenue code and the applicable regulations of the internal revenue service:

(1) A direct rollover to an eligible retirement plan; or

(2) a lump-sum distribution.

(b) The board by official action may specify minimum account balances for purposes of allowing benefit payment options and rollovers in accordance with federal law.