Kansas Statutes Chapter 74. State Boards, Commissions and Authorities § 74-4946. Postretirement benefit increase for certain retirants; schedule; minimum and maximum; past service cost

(1) “Member” means (A) any person who is a member of a retirement system and who retired before January 1, 1977, (B) any person who is a special member of a retirement system, who became a special member of such retirement system before January 1, 1977, and who retired before January 1, 1977, and (C) any person who is a joint annuitant or beneficiary of any member described in (A) or of any special member described in (B).

(2) “Retirement system” means the Kansas public employees retirement system, the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system, the Kansas highway patrol pension fund, the Kansas bureau of investigation pension fund, the Kansas retirement fund for judges, or the Kansas retirement fund for official court reporters, but shall not mean the state school retirement system.

(b)(1) Each member of a retirement system who is receiving a benefit, pension or annuity from such retirement system, shall have the benefit, pension or annuity increased permanently in accordance with the following schedule:

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection (b), each member of a retirement system receiving a permanent increase in the member's benefit, pension or annuity under paragraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, of this subsection (b), shall receive a permanent increase in the amount of that member's benefit, pension or annuity from that retirement system under this subsection (b) of not less than twenty-four dollars ($24) per year and of not more than two hundred forty dollars ($240) per year.