Lawson v. Kentucky Retirement Systems

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

Appellant Bob Lawson challenges a denial of his request to change his retirement benefits payment option. The deadline for such a change is controlled by KRS 61.590, which limits changes to the time before “the first retirement allowance payment has been issued by the State Treasurer.” Appellant raises three issues on appeal regarding this statute: that employees of the Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems (KERS) misled him about the time-frame within which he could change his selection of a benefits payment option; that KRS 61.590 is void for vagueness;…