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K.S.A. § 74-4903 (2026)

System established; powers and duties

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74-4903. System established; powers and duties. There is hereby created the "Kansas public employees retirement system" which shall be a body corporate and an instrumentality of the state of Kansas. The system shall be vested with the powers and duties specified in this act and such other powers as may be necessary or proper to enable it, its officers, employees and agents to carry out fully and effectively the purposes and intent of this act.

History: L. 1961, ch. 427, § 3; April 22.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1990–2020 · leading case: K.D.F. v. Rex, 878 S.W.2d 589 (Tex. 1994).
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K.D.F. v. Rex, 878 S.W.2d 589 (Tex. 1994). · cites it 2× “Kan.StatAnn. § 74-4903 (1992). Kansas Debt Fund (“K.”
Kansas Pub. Employees Ret. Sys. v. Reimer & Koger Assocs., Inc., 941 P.2d 1321 (Kan. 1997). “” K.S.A. 74-4903. The right to sue and be sued exists in the act pursuant to K.”
Kansas Pub. Employees Ret. Sys. v. BOATMEN'S FIRST NAT. BANK CITY OF KANSAS, 982 F. Supp. 806 (D. Kan. 1997). · cites it 2× “” Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-4903 (1992). The purpose of KPERS is not only to provide a retirement system for public employees, but also to effect “economy and efficiency in the administration of governmental affairs.”
Reiger v. Kansas Pub. Employees Ret. Sys., 755 F. Supp. 360 (D. Kan. 1990). “See K.S.A. 74-4903 (establishing KPERS as an instrumentality of the state of Kansas).”
Sheldon v. Kansas Pub. Employees Ret. Sys., 189 P.3d 554 (Kan. Ct. App. 2008). “” K.S.A. 74-4903. It provides retirement and other benefits, including disability benefits, to participating members.”
Boatmen's First Nat'l Bank of Kansas City v. Kansas Pub. Employees Ret. Sys., 915 F. Supp. 131 (W.D. Mo. 1996). “” K.S.A. § 74-4903. KPERS was established to administer retirement benefits for employees of participating public employers in the State of Kansas.”
Am. Int'l Specialty Lines Ins. Co. v. Reimer & Roger Assoc., Inc., 874 F. Supp. 324 (D. Kan. 1995). “; see also K.S.A. 74-4903 (establishing KPERS as “an instrumentality of the state of Kansas”); Shapiro v.”
Smith v. Kansas Pub. Employees Ret. Sys. (D. Kan. 2020). · cites it 4× “Defendant argues that the answer to the immunity question is simple: K.S.A. § 74-4903 provides that Defendant is “an instrumentality of the State of Kansas.”
Smith v. Kansas Pub. Employees Ret. Sys. (D. Kan. 2019). “§ 74-4903 (establishing KPERS as a body of the State of Kansas).”
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