74-4939. Employee and employer contributions; certification of employer rate and information. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4919 and 74-4920, and amendments thereto, shall apply to employee and employer contributions and obligations.

(2) The employer contribution rate for participating employers who are eligible employers as specified in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of K.S.A. 74-4931 and amendments thereto shall be as certified by the board. Participating employers shall certify to the state board of education before September 15 of each year the anticipated total compensation to be paid during the next fiscal year to employees who are or are to become members. The state board of education shall transmit the information necessary to the division of the budget and the governor who shall include in the budget and budget document each year thereafter provisions for the transfer from the state general fund of sufficient sums to satisfy the participating employer's obligation under this act. The director of accounts and reports shall make a transfer therefor to the system quarterly, at the same time such employee contributions are remitted by such participating employers. Such transfer from the general fund of sufficient sums to satisfy the participating employer's obligation shall not include any adjustments for individual employee's service in prior periods and any required payment by a participating employer pursuant to K.S.A. 74-4990 and amendments thereto and K.S.A. 74-49,126 and amendments thereto. The employer's obligation for such adjustments shall be paid by the participating employer. Transfers required by this subsection shall be provided for annually by act of the legislature.

(3) Participating employers who are eligible employers as specified in subsection (4) of K.S.A. 74-4931 and amendments thereto shall pay to the system employer contributions at a rate of contribution as certified by the board.

(4) Upon the effective date of this act, the transfers for the employer's obligation pursuant to subsection (2) for the quarter commencing on January 1, 1987, shall be made on July 1, 1987, together with interest thereon at the rate of 6.72% per annum from the date the payment would have been made as provided in this section immediately prior to this amendment until the date paid.

History: L. 1970, ch. 326, § 9; L. 1983, ch. 254, § 16; L. 1987, ch. 303, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 293, § 18; L. 1998, ch. 201, § 32; July 1.