74-8768. Expanded lottery act revenues fund; authorized uses. (a) There is hereby created the expanded lottery act revenues fund in the state treasury. All expenditures and transfers from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts. All moneys credited to such fund shall be expended or transferred only for the purposes of reduction of state debt, state infrastructure improvements, the university engineering initiative act and reduction of the unfunded actuarial liability of the system attributable to the state of Kansas and participating employers under K.S.A. 74-4931, and amendments thereto, by the Kansas public employees retirement system.

(b) On July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024, July 1, 2025, July 1, 2026, July 1, 2027, July 1, 2028, July 1, 2029, July 1, 2030, and July 1, 2031, or as soon thereafter such date as moneys are available, the first $10,500,000 credited to the expanded lottery act revenues fund shall be transferred by the director of accounts and reports from the expanded lottery act revenues fund in one or more substantially equal amounts, to each of the following: The Kan-grow engineering fund – KU, Kan-grow engineering fund – KSU and Kan-grow engineering fund – WSU. Each such special revenue fund shall receive $3,500,000 annually in each of such years. Commencing in fiscal year 2014, after such transfer has been made, 50% of the remaining moneys credited to the fund shall be transferred on a quarterly basis by the director of accounts and reports from the fund to the Kansas public employees retirement system fund to be applied to reduce the unfunded actuarial liability of the system attributable to the state of Kansas and participating employers under K.S.A. 74-4931 et seq., and amendments thereto, until the system as a whole attains an 80% funding ratio as certified by the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system.

History: L. 2007, ch. 110, § 37; L. 2011, ch. 109, § 9; L. 2012, ch. 171, § 30; L. 2021, ch. 52, § 1; L. 2024, ch. 1, § 7 (Special Session); June 27.