Ky. Rev. Stat. § 18A.228
For purposes of KRS 18A.228 to 18A.2286, the term "state employee" shall mean a person, including an elected public official, who is regularly employed by any department, board, agency, or branch of state, municipal, urban-county, charter county, or county government, and who is a contributing member of any of the retirement systems administered by the state and including any federally-funded time-limited employee. It shall also include a person who must fulfill the requirements established by the State Board of Education for eligibility and a person who is a present or future recipient of a retirement allowance from any of the Kentucky Retirement Systems who either satisfies the requirements of KRS 61.559 or who is board-authorized under KRS 61.702(1), including a beneficiary of a retired employee as defined in KRS 61.542 who is receiving a retirement allowance from any of the Kentucky Retirement Systems and shall include a member of the Legislators' Retirement Plan as provided in KRS 18A.2287.
KRS 18A.228
Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 3, effective7/15/1994. - Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 4, effective 7/14/1992. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1988.