20-2601. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 20-2601 et seq., and amendments thereto, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Fund” means the Kansas public employees retirement fund created by K.S.A. 74-4921, and amendments thereto; (b) “retirement system for judges” means the system provided for in the acts contained in article 26 of chapter 20 of the […]
20-2601a. Abolition of Kansas judges retirement board; transfer of powers, duties and functions to board of trustees of Kansas public employees retirement system; preservation of decisions, determinations and rules and regulations; adoption of new rules and regulations. (a) On and after July 1, 1975, the Kansas judges retirement board established pursuant to K.S.A. 20-2604, and […]
20-2601b. Abolition of Kansas retirement fund for judges; transfer of assets to Kansas public employees retirement fund; credit of contributions; authorizing transfer endorsements. (a) On July 1, 1975, the Kansas retirement fund for judges created by K.S.A. 20-2602 is hereby abolished and the state treasurer shall transfer all moneys and other assets in said Kansas […]
20-2601c. Preservation of entitlement to receive retirement annuity or other benefit or return of contributions from Kansas retirement fund for judges. (a) On and after July 1, 1975, any person receiving or entitled to receive a retirement annuity or any other benefit from the Kansas retirement fund for judges as it existed on June 30, […]
20-2603. Judges’ member contributions; payroll deductions; disposition; interest; employer pickup of member contributions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each judge shall contribute 6% of the judge’s salary for each payroll period to the fund. Commencing with the first payroll period after 20 years of service by the judge and after the judge […]
20-2605. Employment of actuary, duties; employer contribution rate; request for appropriation; actuarial cost of new enactments. (a) The board shall select and employ or retain a qualified actuary who shall serve at its pleasure as its technical advisor on matters regarding operation of the retirement system for judges. The actuary shall: (1) As soon after […]
20-2606. Refund of accumulated contributions, when; reinstatement to original membership status, return of withdrawn contributions; purchase of previously forfeited service credit. (a) Any judge whose service is terminated prior to retirement, for any cause other than death, upon written request to the board and after 30 days after such termination, may have returned the total […]
20-2607. Death prior to or subsequent to retirement; refund to beneficiary, when. Except as provided in K.S.A. 20-2610a, and amendments thereto, in the event of a judge’s death prior to retirement, the judge’s accumulated contributions shall be paid to the judge’s beneficiary. Whenever a judge dies after retirement, without electing an option under K.S.A. 20-2610a, […]
20-2608. Retirement ages; exceptions; early retirement benefit reduction. (a) Any judge may retire upon reaching age 65 or age 62 with the completion of 10 years of credited service or the first day of the month coinciding with or following the date that the total of the number of years of credited service and the […]
20-2609. Retirement annuity for permanently disabled; application; examination; finding by supreme court; eligibility for retirement under 20-2608; final average salary adjustment. (a) Any judge who has become permanently physically or mentally disabled and who is not entitled to retire under K.S.A. 20-2608, and amendments thereto, may, upon being found so disabled by the supreme court, […]
20-2610. Retirement annuity; computation; maximum; final average salary. (a) (1) A judge who retires under K.S.A. 20-2608, and amendments thereto, shall be entitled to receive an annual annuity payable in monthly amounts subject to subsection (b), each such annual annuity of which shall be in an amount equal to the total of 5% of the […]
20-2610a. Retirement annuity options; elections of judge and spouse; joint annuitants. (a) A judge may elect to have such judge’s retirement annuity paid under one of the options provided in this section in lieu of having it paid in the form stated in K.S.A. 20-2610, and amendments thereto. Such election shall be made before the […]
20-2610d. Application of act. K.S.A. 20-2607 and 20-2610a to 20-2610d shall not apply to any judge who has retired prior to July 1, 1968. History: L. 1968, ch. 41, § 6; July 1.
20-2611. Statement of facts upon retirement; determination of amount of annuity. Any judge or conservator of a judge who retires under K.S.A. 20-2608 or 20-2609, and any amendments thereto, shall give to the board a statement of facts which shall include an accurate record of all service claimed by such judge, his salary when he […]
20-2612. Annuity payments; re-examination of permanently disabled, when; discontinuance of payments, when. Annuity payments to a judge who has retired under K.S.A. 20-2608 shall continue until the end of the month in which such judge shall die. The last annuity payment and any other payments to which such judge shall be entitled and which have […]
20-2614. Appointment of successor upon retirement of justice or judge. When a justice of the supreme court, or judge of the district court, becomes retired under the provisions of this act said judge shall be relieved of further active duties on the court, and the governor may appoint a justice or judge to succeed said […]
20-2616. Designation and assignment of retired justices and judges to perform judicial service and duties; revocation; powers; compensation and expense allowances, limitation. (a) Any retired justice of the supreme court, retired judge of the court of appeals, retired district judge or retired associate district judge may be designated and assigned to perform such judicial service […]
20-2618. Benefits exempt from state and local taxes and legal process and nonassignable, exceptions for decrees for support and maintenance and qualified domestic relations orders and lump-sum death benefit assigned to a funeral establishment. Every annuity or other benefit received by any judge or other person pursuant to the retirement system for judges under the […]
20-2620. District magistrate judges to become members of retirement system for judges; transfer of contributions; purchase of service credit. (a) Except as otherwise provided, each district magistrate judge holding such position on the effective date of this act may become a member of the retirement system for judges on the first day of the payroll […]
20-2621. Purchase of additional benefits for service credit by certain judges. (1) Any judge, who first became a member of the retirement system for judges after attaining age 60 years, may elect to purchase additional benefits for service credit under the retirement system for judges. In no case shall a judge be entitled to purchase […]
