Session of 1999
         
HOUSE BILL No. 2546
         
By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
         
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  9             AN  ACT concerning retirement; relating to the Kansas police and fire-
10             men's retirement system; affiliation; membership; employee and em-
11             ployer contributions.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14             Section  1. (a)  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4971
15       and amendments thereto, on or after the effective date of this act, the
16       Kansas highway patrol may affiliate with the Kansas police and firemen's
17       retirement system established under the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4951 et
18       seq. and amendments thereto pursuant to the provisions of this act for
19       membership in the system of members of the capitol area security patrol.
20       For purposes of such affiliation for membership in the system of members
21       of the capitol area security patrol, the Kansas highway patrol shall be
22       considered a new participating employer. The Kansas highway patrol shall
23       make application for affiliation with such system in the manner provided
24       by K.S.A. 74-4954 and amendments thereto, to be effective on July 1 next
25       following application. The Kansas highway patrol shall affiliate for mem-
26       bership in the system of members of the capitol area security patrol for
27       prior and participating service credit.
28             (2) The Kansas highway patrol shall appropriate and pay a sum suf-
29       ficient to satisfy any obligations as certified by the board of trustees of
30       the retirement system and the employer contributions of the Kansas high-
31       way patrol shall be as provided in K.S.A. 74-4967 and amendments
32       thereto.
33             (b)  (1) Each member of the capitol area security patrol employed by
34       the Kansas highway patrol on the date of affiliation, may become a mem-
35       ber of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system on the first day
36       of the payroll period of such member, coinciding with or following the
37       entry date of the Kansas highway patrol as provided in this section, only
38       by filing with the board of trustees of the system, on or before the entry
39       date of the Kansas highway patrol as provided in this section, a written
40       election to become a member of the system. Failure to file such written
41       election shall be presumed to be an election not to become a member of
42       the system. Such election, whether to become or not to become a mem-
43       ber, shall be irrevocable.

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  1             (2) Each member of the capitol area security patrol who is on an
  2       authorized leave of absence or is in the military service on the entry date
  3       of the Kansas highway patrol as provided in this section may become a
  4       member of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system on the first
  5       day of the first payroll period of such member, coinciding with such mem-
  6       ber's return to active employment and payroll of the Kansas highway
  7       patrol, only by filing with the board of trustees of the system within 10
  8       days after such return to active employment a written election to become
  9       a member of the system. Failure to file such written election shall be
10       presumed to be an election not to become a member of the system. Such
11       election, whether to become a member or not to become a member, shall
12       be irrevocable.
13             (c) Every person who is employed as a member of the capitol area
14       security patrol on or after the entry date of the Kansas Highway patrol
15       into the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system as provided in
16       this section shall become a member of the Kansas police and firemen's
17       retirement system on the first day of such employment.
18             (d) If the Kansas highway patrol affiliates as provided in this act and
19       each member of the capitol area security patrol who elects to become a
20       member as provided in this act, the Kansas highway patrol and each such
21       member shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4951 et seq. and
22       amendments thereto as applicable.
23             (e) The division of the budget and the governor shall include in the
24       budget and in the budget request for appropriations for personnel serv-
25       ices the amount required to satisfy the employer's obligation under this
26       act as certified by the board of trustees of the system, and shall present
27       the same to the legislature for allowance and appropriations. 
28        Sec.  2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
29       publication in the statute book.