61.552 Service credit regained or obtained -- Purchase of current service and service credit -- Delinquent contributions -- Interest paid -- Installment payments. (Declared void -- See LRC Note Below) (1) (a) Any employee participating in one (1) of the state-administered retirement systems who has been refunded his accumulated account balance under the provisions of KRS 16.645(21), 61.625, or 78.545(15), thereby losing service credit, may regain the credit by paying to the system from which he received the refund or refunds the amount or amounts refunded with interest at a rate determined by the board of the respective retirement system. (b) Service purchased under this subsection shall not be used in determining a retirement allowance until the member has accrued at least six (6) months of service credit in a state-administered retirement system, excluding the service purchased under this subsection. If the member does not accrue at least six (6) months of service credit in a state-administered retirement system, excluding service purchased under this subsection, then the payment plus interest as provided in KRS 61.575 shall be refunded upon retirement, death, or written request following termination of employment. The service requirement shall be waived if the member dies or becomes disabled as provided for by KRS 16.582, 61.600, or 61.621. (c) Service purchased under this subsection on or after January 1, 2014, shall not be used to determine the member's participation date in the system. Members participating in the 401(a) money purchase plan as provided by KRS 61.5956 shall not be eligible to purchase service under this subsection. (2) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, and who did not elect membership in the County Employees Retirement System, as provided in KRS 78.540(2), may purchase service credit in the County Employees Retirement System for the service he would have received had he elected membership. (3) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, and who did not elect membership in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, as provided in KRS 61.525(2), may purchase service credit in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for the service he would have received had he elected membership. (4) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, may purchase service credit in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for service between July 1, 1956, and the effective date of participation of his department. (5) (a) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, may purchase service credit in the County Employees Retirement System for service between July 1, 1958, and the effective date of participation of his county. (b) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit for the period of his service with an area development district created pursuant to KRS 147A.050 or with a business development corporation created pursuant to KRS 155.001 to 155.230 if that service was not covered by a state-administered retirement system. The employee may obtain credit for employment with a business development corporation only if the Kentucky Retirement Systems receives a favorable private letter ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service or a favorable opinion letter from the United States Department of Labor. (6) The member shall not receive service credit for the same period of time in which the member has service credit in one (1) of the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems or another public defined benefit retirement fund. (7) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months' service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months' service if under age sixty-five (65) in the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, who formerly worked for a state university in a nonteaching position which would have qualified as a regular full-time position had the university been a participating department, and who did not participate in a defined benefit retirement program at the university, may purchase service credit in any of the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems in which the employee is a member for the service he would have received had his period of university employment been covered by the County Employees Retirement System, Kentucky Employees Retirement System, or State Police Retirement System. (8) (a) Effective August 1, 1980, any county participating in the County Employees Retirement System may purchase current service, between July 1, 1958, and participation date of the county, for present employees of the county who have obtained coverage under KRS 78.540(2). (b) Effective July 1, 1973, any department participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System may purchase current service between July 1, 1956, and participation date of the department, for present employees of the department who were employees on the participation date of the department and elected coverage under KRS 61.525(2). (c) Cost of the service credit purchased under this subsection shall be determined by computing the discounted value of the additional service credit based on an actuarial formula recommended by the board's consulting actuary and approved by the board. A department shall make payment for the service credit within the same fiscal year in which the option is elected. The county shall establish a payment schedule subject to approval by the board for payment of the service credit. The maximum period allowed in a payment schedule shall be ten (10) years with interest at the rate actuarially assumed by the board; however, a shorter period is desirable and the board may approve any schedule provided it is not longer than a ten (10) year period. (d) If a county or department elects the provisions of this subsection, any present employee who would be eligible to receive service credit under the provisions of this subsection and has purchased service credit under subsection (4) or (5) of this section shall have his payment for the service credit refunded with interest at the rate paid under KRS 61.575 or 78.640. (e) Any payments made by a county or department under this subsection shall be deposited to the retirement allowance account of the proper retirement system and these funds shall not be considered accumulated contributions of the individual members. (9) Interest paid by a member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, or State Police Retirement System under this section or other similar statutes under KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705, or 78.510 to 78.852 prior to June 19, 1976, shall be credited to the individual member's account in the appropriate retirement system and considered as accumulated contributions of the member. (10) Employees who served as assistants to officers and employees of the General Assembly who have at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems and who were unable to acquire service under KRS 61.510(20) may purchase credit for the service performed after January 1, 1960. (11) (a) Effective August 1, 1988, any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit for interim, seasonal, emergency, temporary, probationary, or part-time employment averaging one hundred (100) or more hours of work per month on a calendar or fiscal year basis. If the average number of hours of work is less than one hundred (100) per month, the member shall be allowed credit only for those months he receives creditable compensation for one hundred (100) or more hours of work. (b) Any noncertified employee of a school board who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit in the County Employees Retirement System for part-time employment prior to the 1990-91 school year which averaged eighty (80) or more hours of work per month on a calendar or fiscal year basis. If the average number of hours of work is less than eighty (80) per month, the noncertified employee of a school board shall be allowed to purchase service credit only for those months he received creditable compensation for eighty (80) or more hours of work. (12) Any employee participating in one (1) of the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty- five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit for any period of approved educational leave, or for agency-approved leave to work for a work-related labor organization if the agency subsequently participated in the County Employees Retirement System. The employee may also purchase service credit for agency-approved leave to work for a work-related labor organization if the agency subsequently participated in the County Employees Retirement System, but only if the Kentucky Retirement Systems receives a favorable private letter ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service or a favorable opinion letter from the United States Department of Labor. (13) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit for any period of authorized maternity leave, unpaid leave authorized under the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act, or for any period of authorized sick leave without pay. (14) (a) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit under any of the provisions of KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705, or 78.510 to 78.852, or as otherwise required by 38 U.S.C. ch. 43, by: 1. Making a lump-sum payment on a before-tax basis as provided in subparagraph 3. of this paragraph, or on an after-tax basis if the employee is purchasing service credit under subsection (1) or (20) of this section, service available pursuant to 38 U.S.C. ch. 43 not otherwise provided for in this section, or grandfathered service as defined in paragraph (b) of this subsection; 2. Entering into an agreement to purchase service credit through an installment purchase of service agreement with the systems as provided by paragraph (c) of this subsection: a. On a before-tax basis in which the service is purchased pursuant to the employer pick-up provisions in 26 U.S.C. sec. 414(h)(2); or b. On an after-tax basis if the employee is purchasing service credit under subsection (1) or (20) of this section, service available pursuant to 38 U.S.C. ch. 43 not otherwise provided for in this 3. section, or grandfathered service as defined in paragraph (b) of this subsection; or Transferring funds to the systems through a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer as permitted under the applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code and any regulations or rulings issued thereunder, through a direct rollover as contemplated by and permitted under 26 U.S.C. sec. 401(a)(31) and any regulations or rulings issued thereunder, or through a rollover of funds pursuant to and permitted under the rules specified in 26 U.S.C. secs. 402(c) and 408(d)(3). The Kentucky Retirement Systems shall accept the transfer or rollover to the extent permitted under the rules specified in the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and any regulations and rulings issued thereunder. (b) For purposes of this subsection, "grandfathered service" means service purchases for which a member, whose membership date in the system is prior to July 1, 1999, is eligible to purchase under KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705, or 78.510 to 78.852, that were available for all members of the system to purchase on August 5, 1997. (c) 1. For service purchased under a before-tax or after-tax installment purchase of service agreement as provided by paragraph (a)2. of this subsection, the cost of the service shall be computed in the same manner as for a lump-sum payment which shall be the principal, except that interest compounded annually at the actuarial rate in effect at the time the member elects to make the purchase shall be added for the period that the installments are to be made. 2. Multiple service purchases may be combined under a single installment agreement, except that no employee may make more than one (1) installment purchase at the same time. 3. For after-tax installment purchase of service agreements, the employee may elect to stop the installment payments by notifying the retirement system; may have the installment purchase recalculated to add one (1) or more additional service purchases; or may pay by lump sum the remaining principal or a portion of the remaining principal. 4. Before-tax installment purchase of service agreements shall be irrevocable, and the employee shall not be able to stop installment payments or to pay off the remaining balance of the purchase of service agreement, except upon termination of employment or death. 5. One (1) year of installment payments shall be made for each one thousand dollars ($1,000) or any part thereof of the total cost, except that the total period allowed for installments shall not be less than one (1) year and shall not exceed five (5) years. 6. The employee shall pay the installments by payroll deduction for after- tax purchase of service agreements, and the employer shall pick up installments for before-tax purchase of service agreements. Upon notification by the retirement system, the employer shall report the 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. installment payments either monthly or semimonthly continuously over each twelve (12) month period at the same time as, but separate from, regular employee contributions on the forms or by the computer format specified by the board. The retirement system shall determine how much of the total cost represents payment for one (1) month of the service to be purchased and shall credit one (1) month of service to the member's account each time this amount has been paid. The first service credited shall represent the first calendar month of the service to be purchased and each succeeding month of service credit shall represent the succeeding months of that service. If the employee utilizing an installment purchase of service agreement dies, retires, does not continue employment in a position required to participate in the retirement system, or elects to stop an after-tax installment purchase of service agreement, the member, or in the case of death, the beneficiary, shall have sixty (60) days to pay the remaining principal or a portion of the remaining principal of the installment purchase of service agreement by lump sum, subject to the restrictions of paragraph (a)1. of this subsection, or by transfer of funds under paragraph (a)3. of this subsection, except that payment by the member shall be filed with the system prior to the member's effective retirement date. If the member or beneficiary does not pay the remaining cost, the retirement system shall refund to the member or the beneficiary the payment, payments, or portion of a payment that does not represent a full month of service purchased, except as provided by subsection (22) of this section. If the employer does not report installment payments on an employee for sixty (60) days for an after-tax installment purchase of service agreement, except in the case of employees on military leave or sick leave without pay, the installment purchase shall cease and the retirement system shall refund to the employee the payment, payments, or portion of a payment that does not represent a full month of service purchased. Installment payments of employees on military leave or sick leave without pay shall be suspended during the period of leave and shall resume without recalculation upon the employee's return from leave. If payments have ceased under subparagraph 8. or 9. of this paragraph and the member later becomes a participating employee in one (1) of the three (3) systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, the employee may complete the adjusted original installment purchase by lump sum or installment payments, subject to the restrictions of this subsection. If the employee elects to renew the installment purchase, the cost of the remaining service shall be recalculated in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection. (d) Except as provided by paragraph (a)2.a. of this subsection, the cost of purchasing service shall not be picked up, as described in KRS 16.545(4), 61.560(4), or 78.610(4), by the employer. (e) The cost of purchasing service credit under any provision of this section, except as provided by subsections (1) and (20) of this section, shall be determined by the delayed contribution method as provided by KRS 61.5525. (f) Member payments, including interest, properly received pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited to the member's account and considered as accumulated contributions of the individual member. (15) After August 1, 1998, any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who is age sixty-five (65) or older and has forty-eight (48) months of service credit or, if younger, who has sixty (60) months of service credit in systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit in the system in which the employee has the service credit for up to ten (10) years service in a regular full-time position that was credited to a state or local government-administered public defined benefit plan in another state other than a defined benefit plan for teachers. The employee shall provide proof that he is not eligible for a retirement benefit for the period of service from the other state's plan. (16) After August 1, 1998, any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has sixty (60) or more months of service in the State Police Retirement System or in a hazardous position in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the County Employees Retirement System, may purchase service credit in the system in which the employee has the sixty (60) months of service credit for up to ten (10) years of service in a regular full-time position that was credited to a defined benefit retirement plan administered by a state or local government in another state, if the service could be certified as hazardous pursuant to KRS 61.592. The employee shall provide proof that he is not eligible for a retirement benefit for the period of service from the other unit of government's plan. (17) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems and who has completed service as a volunteer in the Kentucky Peace Corps, created by KRS 154.1-720, may purchase service credit for the time served in the corps. (18) An employee participating in any retirement system administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty- five (65), or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, and who was formerly employed in a regional community services program for mental health and individuals with an intellectual disability, organized and operated under the provisions of KRS 210.370 to 210.480, which does not participate in a state- administered retirement system may purchase service credit for the period of his service in the regional community program for mental health and individuals with an intellectual disability. (19) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, who was employed by a vocational technical school in a noncertified part-time position averaging eighty (80) or more hours per month, determined by using the number of months actually worked within a calendar or fiscal year, may purchase service credit in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System. (20) (a) Any person who is entitled to service credit for employment which was not reported in accordance with KRS 16.543, 61.543, or 78.615 may obtain credit for the service by paying the employee contributions due within six (6) months of notification by the system. No interest shall be added to the contributions. The service credit shall not be credited to the member's account until the employer contributions are received. If a retired member makes the payment within six (6) months, the retired member's retirement allowance shall be adjusted to reflect the added service after the employer contributions and any interest or penalties on the delinquent employer contributions are received by the retirement system. (b) Any employee participating in one (1) of the state-administered retirement systems who is entitled to service credit under paragraph (a) of this subsection and who has not repaid the employee contributions due within six (6) months of notification by the system may regain the credit after the six (6) months by paying to the system the employee contributions plus interest at the actuarially assumed rate from the date of initial notification under paragraph (a) of this subsection. Service credit shall not be credited to the member's account until the employer contributions and any interest or penalties on the delinquent employer contributions are received by the retirement system. (c) Service purchased under this subsection by employees who begin participating on or after September 1, 2008, shall be considered service credited under KRS 16.543(1), 61.543(1), or 78.615(1) for purposes of determining eligibility for retirement benefits under KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705, and 78.510 to 78.852. (d) Employees who begin participating on or after January 1, 2014, in the hybrid cash balance plan provided by KRS 16.583 and 61.597 shall, upon payment of the employee and employer contributions due under this subsection, have their accumulated account balance increased by the employee contributions, employer pay credits, and interest credits that would have been credited to their member's account if the contributions had been paid on time. (e) An employee participating in the 401(a) money purchase plan as provided by the employee and employer KRS 61.5956 shall, upon payment of contributions due under this subsection, have his or her accumulated account balance increased by the employee contributions and employer contributions that would have been credited to his or her member account if the contributions had been paid on time. (f) Employer contributions payable under this subsection shall be considered delinquent and the employer shall be required to pay interest and any other penalties on in accordance with KRS 61.675(3)(b) and 78.625(2)(a) from the date the employee should have been reported and received service credit in accordance with KRS 16.543, 61.543, and 78.615. the delinquent contributions (21) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems may purchase service credit for employment with a public agency that would have been eligible to participate under KRS 61.520 but which did not participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or a political subdivision that would have been eligible to participate under KRS 78.530 but which did not participate in the County Employees Retirement System if the former public agency or political subdivision has merged with or been taken over by a participating department or county. (22) Any employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems prior to July 15, 2002, who has accrued at least forty- eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems and who has total service in all state-administered retirement systems of at least one hundred eighty (180) months of service credit may purchase a combined maximum total of five (5) years of retirement service credit which is not otherwise purchasable under any of the provisions of KRS 16.505 to 16.652, 61.510 to 61.705, and 78.510 to 78.852. The purchase shall be made in any of the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems in which the employee is a member. The service purchased under this subsection shall not be used in determining a retirement allowance until the member has accrued at least two hundred forty (240) months of service, excluding service purchased under this subsection. If the member does not accrue at least two hundred forty (240) months of service, excluding service purchased under this subsection, upon retirement, death, or written request following termination, the payment, plus interest as provided in KRS 61.575, shall be refunded. (23) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65), or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65), in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems, may obtain credit in the County Employees Retirement System for the period of that employee's service with a community action agency created under KRS 273.405 to 273.453 if that service was not covered by a state-administered retirement system. (24) An employee may obtain credit for regular full-time service with an agency prior to August 1, 1998, for which the employee did not receive credit due to KRS 61.637(1). Service credit obtained under this subsection shall not be used in determining benefits under KRS 61.702. The employee may purchase credit for service prior to August 1, 1998, if: (a) The employee retired from one (1) of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems and was reemployed prior to August 1, 1998, earning less than the maximum permissible earnings under the Federal Social Security Act; (b) The employee elected to participate in a second retirement account effective August 1, 1998, in accordance with KRS 61.637(7); and (c) The employee has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65), or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65), in a second account in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems. (25) An employee participating in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty-eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, may obtain credit for the service in a regular full-time position otherwise creditable under the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, or the State Police Retirement System for service in the United States government, other than service in the Armed Forces, for which service is not otherwise given. (26) An employee participating in a hazardous position in one (1) of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, who has at least forty- eight (48) months of service if age sixty-five (65) or at least sixty (60) months of service if under age sixty-five (65) in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, may obtain credit for service in a regular full-time position in an urban-county government that would qualify for hazardous duty coverage under KRS 61.592. (27) Subsections (2) to (5), (7) to (13), (15) to (19), and (21) to (26) of this section shall not apply to members who begin participating in the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems on or after January 1, 2014, or to members who make an election as provided by KRS 21.374, 61.5955, or 61.5956. (28) Service purchases made pursuant to subsections (2) to (5), (7), (10) to (13), (15) to (19), (21) to (23), (25), and (26) of this section shall be purchased by the entire amount of service available pursuant to that subsection or by increments. Service purchases made pursuant to subsections (1), (20), and (24) of this section shall be purchased by the entire amount of service available. Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 25, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 9, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 50, effective July 1, 2013. -- Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 8, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2008 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 12, effective June 27, 2008. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 11, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 9, effective March 31, 2003. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2002; ch. 210, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002; and ch. 270, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 14, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 105, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996; ch. 70, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996; ch. 167, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 346, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 2, effective April 11, 1994; and ch. 485, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 12, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 240, sec. 21, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990; ch. 346, secs. 2 and 3, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 489, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988; ch. 349, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1988; ch. 351, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1988; and ch. 404, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1986; ch. 293, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1986; and ch. 490, secs. 2 and 3, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 329, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 18, effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 423, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 322, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980; and ch. 404, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 321, sec. 16. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 15. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 31. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 4. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 2. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 2. Legislative Research Commission Note (12/13/2018). On December 13, 2018, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the passage of 2018 SB 151 (2018 Ky. Acts ch. 107), did not comply with the three-readings rule of Kentucky Constitution Section 46 and that the legislation is, therefore, constitutionally invalid and declared void. That ruling applies to changes made to this statute in that Act.