61.525 Membership.
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61.525 Membership.
Membership in the system shall consist of the following: <br>(1) All persons who become employees of a participating department after the date such
department first participates in the system, except a person who did not elect <br>membership pursuant to KRS 61.545(3);
(2) (a) All persons who are employees of a department on the date the department
first participates in the system, either in service or on authorized leave from <br>service, and who elect within thirty (30) days following the department's <br>participation, or in the case of persons on authorized leave, within thirty (30) <br>days of their return to active service, to become members and thereby agree to <br>make contributions as provided in KRS 61.515 to 61.705;
(b) All persons who are employees of a department who did not elect to
participate within thirty (30) days of the date the department first participated <br>in the system or within thirty (30) days of their return to active service and <br>who subsequently elect to participate the first day of a month after the <br>department's date of participation;
(3) All persons who are employees of any credit union whose membership was initially
limited to employees of state government and their families and which subsequently <br>may have been extended to local government employees and their families;
(4) All persons who were professional staff employees of the Council on Postsecondary
Education or the Higher Education Assistance Authority and were contributing to <br>the system on the effective date of Executive Order 74-762 or 75-964, respectively, <br>and file a written election of their desire to continue in the system and all <br>administrative and professional staff employees of the Higher Education Assistance <br>Authority who, on or after January 1, 1993, are not participating in another <br>retirement plan sponsored by the Higher Education Assistance Authority;
(5) All persons who were professional staff employees of the Kentucky Authority for
Educational Television on and after July 1, 1974;
(6) All persons who are employees of the Teachers' Retirement System except
employees who are required to participate under the Teachers' Retirement System <br>under KRS 161.220(4)(d);
(7) Membership in the system shall not include those employees who are
simultaneously participating in another state-administered defined benefit plan <br>within Kentucky other than those administered by the Kentucky Retirement <br>Systems, except for employees who have ceased to contribute to one (1) of the <br>state-administered retirement plans as provided in KRS 21.360; and
(8) Effective January 1, 1998, employees of the Kentucky Community and Technical
College System who were previously contributing members and are not required to <br>participate in the Teachers' Retirement System as a member; employees who were <br>previously contributing members transferred from the former Cabinet for <br>Workforce Development as provided in KRS 164.5805(1)(a) and who have not <br>exercised the option to participate in the new Kentucky Community and Technical <br>College personnel system as provided in KRS 164.5805(1)(e); and new employees
as of July 1, 1997, who are not eligible under the Teachers' Retirement System or <br>who are not contributing to an optional retirement plan established by the board of <br>regents for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 13, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 105, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts <br>ch. 1, sec. 37, effective May 30, 1997. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 485, sec. 8, <br>effective July 15, 1994. </p>
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