§ 78.400 Definitions for KRS 78.400 to 78.480 and KRS 78.990
§ 78.405 Powers of counties to create police force merit system — Appropriations
§ 78.410 County police force merit boards
§ 78.415 Meetings — Minutes — Secretary
§ 78.420 Chairman, vice chairman — Administrative regulations — Voting, quorum
§ 78.425 Personnel included in merit system
§ 78.428 Police officers excluded from classified service
§ 78.430 County judge/executive to certify information concerning personnel
§ 78.435 Political activities forbidden
§ 78.440 Board to promulgate rules governing certain subjects — Publications — Qualifications — Requirements for promotion
§ 78.445 Disciplinary action by chief
§ 78.450 Disciplinary action by board
§ 78.455 Action of chief or board final — Exceptions — Appeals to courts
§ 78.460 Board hearings to conform to due process of law — Board may issue subpoenas, compel attendance of witnesses, and compel production of documents
§ 78.470 Collective bargaining authorized — Strikes prohibited
§ 78.480 Proper subjects for bargaining
§ 78.510 Definitions for KRS 78.510 to 78.852
§ 78.520 Retirement system established — Fund created
§ 78.530 Participation by political subdivisions — Payment — Closing of participation in local government systems — Hazardous duty coverage option
§ 78.5302 Duties of county attorney as employer
§ 78.531 Optional participation by members of retirement system in cities, counties, or urban-county governments
§ 78.535 Voluntary and involuntary cessation of participation — Rights and benefits of employees and members after cessation — Administrative regulations — Commonwealth held harmless — Actions to ensure compliance
§ 78.540 Membership — Cessation
§ 78.545 Matters administered for County Employees Retirement System in same manner as for Kentucky Employees Retirement System — References to Kentucky Retirement Systems to include County Employees Retirement System
§ 78.550 Nonelection of membership
§ 78.5510 Members of County Employees Retirement System who began participating before January 1, 2014, with service in nonhazardous positions — Eligibility for retirement allowance
§ 78.5512 Hybrid cash balance plan for members in nonhazardous positions who began participating on or after January 1, 2014, and for members who make election under KRS 61.5955
§ 78.5514 Members of County Employees Retirement System who began participating before January 1, 2014, with service in hazardous positions — Eligibility for retirement allowance
§ 78.5516 Hybrid cash balance plan for members in hazardous positions who began participating on or after January 1, 2014, and for members who make election under KRS 61.5955
§ 78.5518 Increase of benefits
§ 78.5520 Retirement of persons working in hazardous positions
§ 78.5522 Disability retirement for person whose last date of employment was in nonhazardous position
§ 78.5524 Disability retirement for person whose last date of employment was in hazardous position
§ 78.5526 Employment and medical review after disability retirement — Filing of review forms — Duty of Authority to assist in obtaining records — Investigation of fraud
§ 78.5528 Disability retirement allowance — Reduction — Discontinuance — Medical examiners — Hearings and appeals — Early retirement upon discontinuance of disability allowance for member who began participating before January 1, 2014
§ 78.5530 Maximum disability benefit — Determination — Information to be filed by disability recipient
§ 78.5532 Death before retirement — Beneficiary’s options — Taxable distributions — Injuries connected with performance of duty
§ 78.5534 Death in the line of duty of member in hazardous position — Payments to surviving spouse, dependent children, and designated beneficiaries — Election — Receipt of benefits under KRS 78.5532 pending final determination
§ 78.5536 Group hospital and medical insurance plan — Medicare eligibility — Reimbursement plan — Employer contributions — Payment of premiums — Contribution rates — Exemption from premium tax — Administrative regulation
§ 78.5538 Death benefit — Designation of beneficiary — Debt owed at death — Assignment of benefit
§ 78.5540 Retired member who returns to work with participating employer — Combination of accounts — Employment within 12 months of retirement date — Independent contractors and leased employees — Reemployment on or after September 1, 2008 — Voided retir
§ 78.5542 KRS 61.680 to be followed in computing benefits of member who has account with another system
§ 78.606 Service credit earned upon retirement of noncertified employee — Recalculation of benefits
§ 78.610 Employee’s contribution — Rate — Deduction — Picked-up employee contributions
§ 78.615 Deduction of employee contributions — Service credit — Employer’s report — Picked-up employee contributions
§ 78.616 Purchase of service credit for unused sick leave — Employer’s election to participate — Accumulated sick leave added to employee’s service credit — Payments by employer and employee — Alternative compensation — City of first class — Statute no
§ 78.625 Information furnished by employer — Filing of contributions, reimbursements, and reports — Penalties for delinquency — Audit of employer
§ 78.630 System’s assets
§ 78.635 Employer’s annual contribution to system — Computation — Limitation on annual increase of employer contribution rate — Notification of rate change
§ 78.640 Members’ account — Interest — Transfer of account balance to retirement allowance account
§ 78.650 Retirement allowance account
§ 78.652 Excess benefit plan — Purpose — Excess benefit fund
§ 78.782 County Employees Retirement System board of trustees — Appointed and elected membership, vacancies, compensation, duties, and meetings — Board granted powers and privileges of corporation — Chief executive officer and general counsel — Annual Co
§ 78.784 Board’s administration of actuarial processes
§ 78.790 Board trustee of funds — Investment committee — Standards of conduct — Unitized managed custodial account — Cap on amount of assets managed by any one investment manager — Investment procurement policy — Proxy voting guidelines
§ 78.852 Benefits not to be reduced or impaired for members who began participating before January 1, 2014 — Exceptions — Amendment of benefits and rights — Employers’ funding responsibility — Authority of board when employer fails to meet funding requir
§ 78.990 Penalties

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 78 - County Employees' Civil Service and Retirement

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  • Proxy voting: The practice of allowing a legislator to cast a vote in committee for an absent legislator.
  • public funds: means sums actually received in cash or negotiable instruments from all sources unless otherwise described by any state agency, state- owned corporation, university, department, cabinet, fiduciary for the benefit of any form of state organization, authority, board, bureau, interstate compact, commission, committee, conference, council, office, or any other form of organization whether or not the money has ever been paid into the Treasury and whether or not the money is still in the Treasury if the money is controlled by any form of state organization, except for those funds the management of which is to be reported to the Legislative Research Commission pursuant to KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.