As Amended by House Committee          

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Session of 2000
          HOUSE BILL No. 2372           By Committee on Judiciary           2-10          

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11             AN  ACT concerning the retirement system for justices and judges; re-
12             tirement age; amending K.S.A. 20-2608 and repealing the existing
13             section.
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15       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
16             Section  1. K.S.A. 20-2608 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-
17       2608. (a) Any judge of the supreme court or court of appeals may
18       retire upon reaching age 65 or commencing July 1, 1993, age 65 or age
19       62 with the completion of 10 years of credited service or the first day of
20       the month coinciding with or following the date that the total of the
21       number of years of credited service and the number of years of attained
22       age of the judge is equal to or more than 85 and upon making application
23       to the board, and any such judge upon reaching age 70 75 shall retire,
24       and upon retiring, each such judge shall receive retirement annuities as
25       provided in K.S.A. 20-2610 and amendments thereto, except, that when
26       any incumbent judge attains the age of 70, such judge may, if such judge
27       desires, finish serving the term during which said judge attains the age of
28       70.
29             (b) Any district judge or district magistrate judge may retire
30       upon reaching age 65 or age 62 with the completion of 10 years
31       of credited service or the first day of the month coinciding with or
32       following the date that the total of the number of years of credited
33       service and the number of years of attained age of the judge is
34       equal to or more than 85 and upon making application to the
35       board, and such judge upon reaching age 70 shall retire, and upon
36       retiring, each such judge shall receive retirement annuities as pro-
37       vided in K.S.A. 20-2610 and amendments thereto, except, that
38       when any incumbent judge attains the age of 70, such judge, if
39       such judge desires, may finish serving the term during which such
40       judge attains the age of 70.
41             (b) (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) or (b), any
42       judge who is otherwise eligible to retire may retire upon reaching age 60
43       and, having total years of service of not less than 10 years, and upon

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  1       making application to the board. Any such judge who retires on and after
  2       July 1, 1993, and prior to attaining the age of 62 shall receive a retirement
  3       annuity pursuant to K.S.A. 20-2610 and amendments thereto based upon
  4       the normal retirement age of 62 reduced by an amount equal to the
  5       product of (1) such annual retirement annuity payable had the judge
  6       retired on the normal retirement date, multiplied by (2) the product of
  7       .2% multiplied by the number of months' difference, to the nearest whole
  8       month, between the judge's attained age at the time of retirement and
  9       age 62.
10             (c) (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) or (b), on or
11       after July 1, 1993, any judge who is otherwise eligible to retire may retire
12       upon reaching age 55 with the completion of 10 years of service, and
13       upon making application to the board. Any such judge who retires prior
14       to attaining the age of 62 pursuant to this subsection shall receive a re-
15       tirement annuity pursuant to K.S.A. 20-2610 and amendments thereto
16       based upon the normal retirement age of 62 reduced by an amount equal
17       to the total of: (1) (A) The product of such annual retirement annuity
18       payable had the judge retired on the normal retirement date, multiplied
19       by (B) the product of .6% multiplied by the number of months' differ-
20       ence, to the nearest whole month, between the member's attained age at
21       the time of retirement and age 60; and
22             (2) for any judge who retired on or after July 1, 1993, the product of
23       such annual retirement annuity payable had the judge retired on the
24       normal retirement date, multiplied by 4.8%.
25             The provisions of this subsection apply to any judge who retires before
26       the age of 62 and has attained age 55 but has not attained age 60, with
27       the completion of 10 years of service. 
28       Sec.  2. K.S.A. 20-2608 is hereby repealed.
29        Sec.  3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
30       publication in the statute book.