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11 OK Stat § 11-50-130 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-130. Police Pension and Retirement Fund.

|There is hereby established a fund to be designated as the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Fund. All employee and employer contributions shall be deposited in the Fund and may be invested as provided in this article. |Laws 1980, c. 356, § 36, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-131 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-131. Transfer of assets to State Board.

|Any municipality having a Police Pension and Retirement Fund prior to January 1, 1981, shall transfer all assets of such fund to the State Board on January 1, 1981. Assets shall be transferred in the form of cash, negotiable securities and such other specific assets as permitted by the State Board. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 356, § 37, eff. Jan. 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 221, § 11, emerg. eff. July 8, 1985.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-132 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-132. Assets of Fund - Contents - Right to assets - Valuation.

|The assets of the Fund shall consist of such assets and the income therefrom, including such contributions as shall from time to time be made to the State Board by each municipality, or property for which any of the same shall be exchanged or into which any of the same shall be converted, together with any other assets held from time to time hereunder by the State Board. All legal right, title and interest in and to the assets of the Fund shall at all times be held in trust and vested exclusively in the State Board or its nominee and no municipality shall be deemed to have severable ownership of any asset of the Fund or any right of partition or possession. |The State Board shall appraise and place valuation upon the assets of the Fund held by it as of the last business day of each month. Any assets not held by the State Board shall be appraised and valued by the Executive Director on said date.The valuation of all assets of the Fund shall be both at cost and at the fair market value thereof, as determined by reference to the best available source or sources, in the opinion of the Executive Director and the State Board and both the Executive Director and State Board may rely on figures, or statements appearing in any reputable publication purporting to state sales prices, market quotations, values, bid and asking prices or any facts affecting values and upon the opinion of one or more persons familiar with the reasonable market value of any assets to be valued and shall incur no liability for error in any such valuation made in good faith. The reasonable and equitable decision of the Executive Director and State Board regarding the method used in determining values shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons, natural or legal, having interest, direct or indirect, in the Fund's assets.Upon termination or partial termination of the System, or a permanent discontinuance of contributions, the benefits accrued up to the date of termination by the affected members and their beneficiaries, respectively, shall be nonforfeitable.Added by Laws 1980, c. 356, § 38, eff. Jan. 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 221, § 12, emerg. eff. July 8, 1985; Laws 2000, c. 287, § 11, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 183, § 6, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-133 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-133. Costs and expenses of operation, administration and management of system fund - Equipment and supplies.

|All costs and expenses incurred in the operation, administration and management of the System shall be paid by the State Board from the monies of the fund, including but not limited to commissions or other costs resulting from the purchase, sale or other transfer of assets. |The State Board is authorized to purchase such equipment and supplies as it deems necessary for the efficient operation, administration and management of the System. Payment for such equipment and supplies shall be made from the operating account of the System. Such payments shall be considered an expense of the System and the equipment and supplies so purchased shall be an asset of the System.Amended by Laws 1983, c. 268, § 1, operative July 1, 1983.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-134.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-134.1. Confidentiality of records.

|All information, documents and copies thereof contained in a member's retirement file shall be given confidential treatment and shall not be made public by the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System without the prior written consent of the member to which it pertains, but shall be subject to court order. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 352, § 7, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 287, § 12, eff. July 1, 2000.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-135 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-135. Forfeiture of Motor Fuel Excise Tax revenues.

|Any participating municipality that does not comply with the contribution requirements of this act shall forfeit that proportionate share of the Motor Fuel Excise Tax which is received through the Oklahoma Tax Commission. It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Tax Commission to withhold these funds until such time as the Attorney General shall certify to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, upon proof presented, that the provisions of this act are being complied with by the participating municipality, that the forfeiture of the Motor Fuel Excise Tax is terminated. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of this section. |Laws 1980, c. 356, § 41, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-136 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-136. Increase in pension benefits.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 1989, shall receive a five percent (5%) increase in said benefits on July 1, 1990. |B. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to recover or has received during calendar year 1989 and 1990 pursuant to repealed Section 50-120 of this title, shall be used to offset the increase in benefits provided in subsection A of this section.Added by Laws 1985, c. 221, § 13, emerg. eff. July 8, 1985. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 186, § 1, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 340, § 13, eff. July 1, 1990.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-136.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-136.2. Additional retirement benefit.

|A. Except as provided by subsection B of this section, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall pay to its retirees, who retire not later than June 30, 1997, or their beneficiaries, from assets of the retirement system, an additional amount, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, based upon the number of years of credited service upon which the retirement benefit of the member was computed as follows: |1. One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for at least ten (10), but no more than fourteen (14) years of service;2. Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for at least fifteen (15), but no more than nineteen (19) years of service;3. Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) for at least twenty (20), but no more than twenty-four (24) years of service; and4. Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) for twenty-five (25) or more years of service.B. The Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall pay to retirees, who retire not later than June 30, 1997, with a disability retirement benefit and having less than ten (10) years of service, the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00).C. For purposes of subsection A or B of this section, months of credited service in excess of a whole number of years shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the applicable payment amount.D. The payment authorized by this section shall be distributed not later than August 1, 1997.E. The payment authorized by this section shall not be a recurring benefit and shall only be made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, and for no other fiscal year.F. If a retiree has multiple beneficiaries, the amount prescribed by subsection A of this section shall be divided equally among the beneficiaries on a per capita basis.Added by Laws 1997, c. 384, § 20, eff. July 1, 1997.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-136.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-136.3. Benefit adjustment - Restoration of Initial COLA Benefit.

|A. For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: |1. "Initial COLA Benefit Date" means the later of the member's date of benefit commencement or January 1, 1981. This date is used in the definition of Initial COLA Benefit and Target COLA Benefit;2. "Initial COLA Benefit" means the accrued retirement benefit which will be used as the base benefit for determining the Target COLA Benefit. The Initial COLA Benefit equals the benefit in payment status as of the Initial COLA Benefit Date. Furthermore, this benefit will reflect adjustment for military service credits, if any, granted after the Initial COLA Benefit Date;3. "CPI-U" means the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for all goods and services, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. This is used as a measure of price inflation for the development of the Target COLA Benefit defined below; and4. "Target COLA Benefit" is the Initial COLA Benefit adjusted to reflect price inflation as measured by CPI-U. The Target COLA Benefit is calculated for each eligible member to equal the member's Initial COLA Benefit multiplied by a ratio of (A) divided by (B) as follows:(A) is the CPI-U as of July 1, 1997.(B) is the CPI-U as of July 1 of the calendar year of the Initial COLA Benefit Date.B. The Board shall, effective July 1, 1998, implement a benefit adjustment, to increase, if necessary, the retirement benefit for any person receiving benefits from the System as of June 30, 1997. This benefit adjustment is intended to restore one hundred percent (100%) of the loss of the Initial COLA Benefit, if any, due to price inflation, as measured by CPI-U. The benefit adjustment shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the amount by which the Target COLA Benefit is in excess, if any, of the June 1998 retirement benefit.Persons who retired after December 31, 1996 and before July 1, 1997, shall receive a benefit increase based on one-half (1/2) of the CPI-U change for the period beginning January 1, 1997 and before July 1, 1997.C. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to receive pursuant to repealed Section 50-120 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, after June 30, 1998, shall be offset by the increase in benefits, if any, provided by this section.Added by Laws 1998, c. 317, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-136.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-136.4. Benefit increase - Offset.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 1999, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2000, shall receive a four and seven-tenths percent (4.7%) increase in said benefits on July 1, 2000. |B. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to receive pursuant to repealed Section 50-120 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, after June 30, 1998, shall be offset by the increase in benefits, if any, provided by this section.Added by Laws 2000, c. 377, § 3, eff. July 1, 2000.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-136.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-136.5. Increase in benefits – Amount - Offset.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2001, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2002, shall receive a five percent (5%) increase in said benefits on July 1, 2002. |B. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to receive pursuant to repealed Section 50-120 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, after June 30, 2000, shall be offset by the increase in benefits, if any, provided by this section.Added by Laws 2002, c. 394, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-136.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-136.6. Police Pension and Retirement System - Increase in benefits - Offset.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2003, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2004, shall receive a four-percent increase in said benefits beginning in July 2004. |B. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to receive pursuant to repealed Section 50-120 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, after June 30, 2002, shall be offset by the increase in benefits, if any, provided by this section.Added by Laws 2004, c. 536, § 5, eff. July 1, 2004.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-136.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-136.7. Increase in benefits - July 1, 2006 - Offset.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2005, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2006, shall receive a four-percent increase in said benefits beginning in July 2006. |B. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to receive pursuant to repealed Section 50-120 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, after June 30, 2004, shall be offset by the increase in benefits, if any, provided by this section.Added by Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 46, § 6, eff. July 1, 2006.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-136.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-136.8. Increase in benefits - July 1, 2008 - Offset.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2007, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2008, shall receive a four-percent increase in said benefits on July 1, 2008. |B. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to receive pursuant to repealed Section 50-120 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, after June 30, 2006, shall be offset by the increase in benefits, if any, provided by this section.Added by Laws 2008, c. 415, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008.
11 OK Stat § 11-50-136.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-50-136.9. Increase in benefits – July 1, 2020 - Offset.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2019, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2020, shall receive an increase in benefits as follows: |1. Zero percent (0%) if the person has been retired for less than two (2) years as of July 1, 2020;2. Two percent (2%) if the person has been retired for at least two (2) years but less than five (5) years as of July 1, 2020; and3. Four percent (4%) if the person has been retired for five (5) years or more as of July 1, 2020.B. Any increase in benefits a person is eligible to receive pursuant to repealed Section 50-120 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, after June 30, 2008, shall be offset by the increase in benefits, if any, provided by this section.Added by Laws 2020, c. 121, § 3, eff. July 1, 2020.
11 OK Stat § 11-51-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-51-103. Collective bargaining rights – Bargaining agents.

|A. Firefighters and police officers in any municipality shall have the separate right to bargain collectively with their municipality and to be represented by a bargaining agent in such collective bargaining with respect to wages, salaries, hours, rates of pay, grievances, working conditions and all other terms and conditions of employment. |B. A municipal employer shall recognize a bargaining agent selected by a majority of the firefighters of the fire department or police officers of the police department of that municipality as the exclusive bargaining agent for the firefighters or police officers of that municipality until a majority of the firefighters or police officers withdraw the recognition. Bargaining agents recognized by municipalities and having bargained with municipalities, prior to the effective date of this act, shall continue to be so recognized without a new selection by the majority of the firefighters or police officers.1. The bargaining agent representing the department as the exclusive bargaining agent shall be determined by a majority vote of the police or firefighters of the department.2. A question of whether a bargaining agent is the exclusive bargaining agent of the respective police or firefighters of a department shall be resolved by a fair election paid for by the bargaining agent or employees and conducted according to procedures agreed on by the parties. Such question arises where no bargaining agent is currently recognized as a bargaining agent or where a bargaining agent is recognized and another bargaining agent presents proof they represent at least forty percent (40%) of the respective police or firefighters of a department.Any vote or ballot authorized by the agreed procedures shall be accompanied by a copy of the voter's driver license or other state-authorized identification card, and any vote or ballot submitted in person shall only be received by providing the same. The bargaining agent seeking to represent the members of the department and the municipality shall each be entitled to select one person to observe the counting and tabulating of ballots cast in the election.3. If the parties are unable to agree on election procedures under paragraph 2 of this subsection, either party may request the American Arbitration Association to conduct the election and certify the results. Certification of the results of an election under this paragraph shall resolve the question regarding representation. Any expenses of the election imposed by the American Arbitration Association shall be borne in equal shares by both parties, except that, if any fraudulent activity occurs in the election procedures or in tabulating the votes, the offending party shall solely bear the expense.4. No election shall be conducted in any bargaining unit which, in the preceding twelve-month period, a valid election has been held.Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 51-103, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 414, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
11 OK Stat § 11-51-104a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-51-104a. Employees - Duties and compensation - Operating expenditures.

|The Office of Management and Enterprise Services, in cooperation with the Chairman of the Public Employees Relations Board, is authorized to appoint and fix the duties and compensation of employees necessary to perform the responsibilities imposed upon the Public Employees Relations Board by law. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to initiate or accept and process claims for personal services, consulting services, supplies, equipment, and other operating expenditures essential to the accomplishment of the duties imposed upon the Public Employees Relations Board by law. |Added by Laws 1983, c. 306, § 6, operative July 1, 1983. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 51.
11 OK Stat § 11-51-104b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-51-104b. Unfair Labor practices - Prevention.

|A. The Public Employees Relations Board is empowered, as hereinafter provided, to prevent any person, including bargaining agent and corporate authorities, from engaging in any unfair labor practice as defined herein. |B. Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in or is engaging in any such unfair labor practice, the Board shall have the power to issue and cause to be served upon such person a complaint stating the charges in that respect, and containing a notice of hearing before the Board, at a place therein fixed, not less than five (5) days after the serving of said complaint. The person so complained of shall have the right to file an answer and to appear and give testimony at the time and place fixed in the complaint. In the discretion of the Board, any other person may be allowed to intervene in such proceeding.C. If upon the preponderance of the testimony taken the Board shall be of the opinion that the person named in the complaint has engaged in or is engaging in any such unfair labor practice, then the Board shall state its findings of fact and shall issue and cause to be served on such person an order requiring such person to cease and desist from such unfair labor practice. Such order may further require such person to make reports from time to time showing the extent to which it has complied with the order. If upon the preponderance of the testimony taken the Board shall not be of the opinion that the person served in the complaint has engaged in or is engaging in any such unfair labor practice, then the Board shall state its findings of fact and shall issue an order dismissing the complaint.D. The Board, or any interested party, shall have the power to petition the district court, wherein the unfair labor practice in question occurred, for the enforcement of such order and for appropriate temporary relief of restraining order.Added by Laws 1985, c. 148, § 1.
11 OK Stat § 11-51-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-51-105. Meet and confer - Agreements.

|It shall be the obligation of the municipality, acting through its corporate authorities, to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with the representatives of the fire fighters or police officers within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from said bargaining agent requesting a meeting for collective bargaining purposes. The obligation shall include the duty to cause any collective bargaining agreement resulting from negotiations to be reduced to a written agreement, the term of which shall not exceed one (1) year; provided, any such agreement shall continue from year to year and be automatically extended for one-year terms unless written notice of request for bargaining is given by either the municipal authorities or the bargaining agent of the fire fighters or police officers at least thirty (30) days before the anniversary date of such negotiated agreement. Within ten (10) days of receipt of such notice by the other party, a conference shall be scheduled for the purposes of collective bargaining, and until a new agreement is reached, the currently existing written agreement shall not expire and shall continue in full force and effect. |Amended by Laws 1985, c. 148, § 2.
11 OK Stat § 11-51-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 11. Cities and Towns|§11-51-106. Arbitration.

|In the event that the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities are unable, within thirty (30) days from and including the date of the first meeting, to reach an agreement on a contract, any and all unresolved issues shall be submitted to arbitration, upon request of either party. |Laws 1977, c. 256, § 51-106, eff. July 1, 1978.