74-4967. Employer contributions; determination and payment; tax levy, use of proceeds; actuarial cost of new enactments. (1) Upon the basis of an annual actuarial valuation and appraisal of the system conducted in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 74-4908, and amendments thereto, the board shall certify, on or before July 15 of each year to each participating employer an actuarially determined estimate of the rate of contribution which shall be required to be paid by each such participating employer to pay all of the liabilities which shall accrue under the system from and after the entry date as determined by the board, upon recommendation of the actuary. Such rate shall be uniform for all participating employers, and shall be comprised of a rate for benefits accruing after June 30, 1993, and a rate for amortization of the additional liability for benefits provided by this act which is attributable to service rendered before July 1, 1993. Such additional liability shall be amortized as determined by the board. The employer's rate of contribution determined under this section shall not include the costs of administration of the system.

(2) The board shall determine for each employer separately an amount sufficient to amortize all liabilities for past service costs which shall have accrued at the time of entry into the system. On the basis of such determination the board shall annually certify to each participating employer separately an actuarially determined estimate of the rate of contribution which shall be required to be paid by that participating employer to pay all of the liabilities for such past service costs. Such rate shall be termed the employer's prior service contribution. The board may enter into agreements with any participating employer which has employees or retirants under the special pension systems established under K.S.A. 13-14a01 to 13-14a14, inclusive, and amendments thereto or K.S.A. 14-10a01 to 14-10a15, inclusive, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of scheduling the payment of such past service costs in an orderly manner which will tend to stabilize the annual total financial burden on such employers in meeting their present and future obligations under this system and such special systems, but in no event shall the annual prior service contribution be less than the interest cost on the total of such past service liability.

(3) Each participating employer shall appropriate and pay to the system a sum sufficient to satisfy the obligations under this act as certified by the board.

(4) Each participating employer is hereby authorized to pay the employer's contribution from the same fund that the compensation for which such contribution is made is paid from or from any other funds available to it for such purpose. Each employer may levy annually at the time of its levy of taxes, a tax which may be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law for the purpose of making its contributions under this act, and, in the case of cities and counties, to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located in such county which tax, together with any other fund available, shall be sufficient to enable it to make such contribution. In lieu of levying the tax authorized in this subsection, any taxing subdivision may pay such costs from any employee benefits contribution fund established pursuant to K.S.A. 12-16,102, and amendments thereto.

(5) Employer contributions shall in no way be limited by any other act which now or in the future establishes or limits the compensation of any member.

(6) The rate of contribution certified to each participating employer as provided in this section shall apply during the fiscal year of such participating employer which begins in the second calendar year following the year of the actuarial valuation, but the rate of contribution during the first year following the employer's entry date shall be equal to 16% of the amount of compensation on which members contribute during the year.

(7) Each participating employer shall remit quarterly, or as the board may otherwise provide, all employee deductions and required employer contributions to the executive director for credit to the Kansas public employees retirement fund within 20 days after the end of the period covered by the remittance or within 25 days after forms or written instructions from the system were mailed by the system to such employer, whichever is later. Remittances of such deductions and contributions received after such date are delinquent. Delinquent payments due under this subsection (7) shall be subject to interest at the rate established for interest on judgments under subsection (a) of K.S.A. 16-204, and amendments thereto. At the request of the board, delinquent payments which are due or interest owed on such payments, or both, may be deducted from any other moneys payable to such employer by any department or agency of the state.

(8) Except as otherwise provided by law, the actuarial cost of any legislation enacted by the Kansas legislature, except the actuarial cost of K.S.A. 74-49,114a, shall be reflected in the employer contribution rate in the fiscal year immediately following such enactment.

History: L. 1965, ch. 447, § 17; L. 1966, ch. 11, § 2 (Special Session); L. 1978, ch. 67, § 10; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 193; L. 1981, ch. 314, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 319, § 41; L. 1987, ch. 299, § 31; L. 1990, ch. 66, § 49; L. 1991, ch. 237, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 321, § 31; L. 1993, ch. 227, § 46; L. 2000, ch. 112, § 7; L. 2001, ch. 209, § 41; L. 2004, ch. 182, § 7; June 3.