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47 OK Stat § 47-2-305.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-305.12. Increase in benefits – July 1, 2020 - Offset.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement 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 subsection B, C or D of Section 2-305 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes after July 1, 2020, shall be offset by the increase in benefits, if any, provided by this section.Added by Laws 2020, c. 121, § 5, eff. July 1, 2020.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-306.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-306.2. Unpaid accumulated contributions - Payment to beneficiary or next of kin.

|In the event the total retirement payments made to the member and his joint annuitant, if any, are less than the member's accumulated contributions, the difference shall be paid to the member's designated beneficiary or if no designated beneficiary survives, then to the member's nearest surviving next of kin as determined by law. |Laws 1980, c. 357, § 12, eff. July 1, 1980.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-306.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-306.3. Death benefit.

|Upon the death of an active or retired member, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System shall pay to the designated beneficiary of the member as defined in paragraph 17 of Section 2-300 of this title or if there is no such designated beneficiary or if such designated beneficiary predeceases the member, to the estate of the member, the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) as a death benefit for those active or retired members who died prior to July 1, 1999. For those active or retired members who die on or after July 1, 1999, the sum shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). |Added by Laws 1987, c. 236, § 162, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 167, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 352, § 4, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 542, § 5, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2014, c. 37, § 3, emerg. eff. April 9, 2014.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-307.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-307.1. Service credit for membership in Public Employees Retirement System - Time of application.

|A. A member may receive service credit for not to exceed five (5) years of participating service accumulated by the member while an employee of a state agency if the member is not receiving or eligible to receive retirement benefits or credit for said service from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. To receive credit for said service prior to January 1, 1991, the employee and employer contributions for those years of service and interest of not to exceed five percent (5%) as determined by the Board shall be paid to the Board. Effective January 1, 1991, to receive credit for said service, the member shall pay the amount determined by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Section 19 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 810 of the 2nd Session of the 42nd Oklahoma Legislature. Such service credit shall not be used in determining the eligibility of the member for retirement based upon length of service. |B. To receive credit for such service:1. A member who became a member of the system prior to July 1, 1988, shall make application to the Board for such service prior to January 1, 1989; and2. A member who becomes a member of the system after June 30, 1988, shall make application to the Board for such service within two (2) years of the date the member became a member of the system.C. Such service credit may be paid by:1. A cash lump-sum payment;2. A trustee-to-trustee transfer of non-Roth funds from a Section 403(b) annuity or custodial account, an eligible deferred compensation plan described in Section 457(b) which is maintained by an eligible employer described in Code Section 457(e)(1)(A), and/or a Code Section 401(a) qualified plan;3. A direct rollover of tax-deferred funds from a Code Section 403(b) annuity or custodial account, an eligible deferred compensation plan described in Code Section 457(b) which is maintained by an eligible employer described in Code Section 457(3)(1)(A), a Code Section 401(a) qualified plan, and/or a Code Section 408(a) or 408(b) traditional or conduit Individual Retirement Account or Annuity (IRA). Roth accounts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and after-tax contributions shall not be used to purchase such service credit; or4. Any combination of the above methods of payment.Added by Laws 1986, c. 253, § 5, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 236, § 163, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 267, § 24, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 334, § 4, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2003, c. 406, § 9, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 46, § 23, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2016, c. 8, § 2, emerg. eff. April 5, 2016.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-308 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-308. Payments on termination of membership - Reemployment.

|A. A member who terminates his service before normal retirement date, other than by death or disability, shall, upon application filed with the Board, be entitled to be refunded from the fund an amount equal to the accumulated contributions the member has made to the fund, but excluding any interest or any amount contributed by the state. If such member has completed ten (10) years of credited service at the date of termination, the member may elect a vested benefit in lieu of receiving his accumulated contributions. |If the member who has completed ten (10) or more years of credited service elects the vested benefit, the member shall be entitled to a monthly retirement annuity commencing on the member's normal retirement date to be determined as if the member's employment continued uninterrupted. The annual amount of such retirement annuity shall be equal to two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of final average salary multiplied by the number of years of credited service. The death benefits provided for under Section 2-306 of this title shall apply to any member retiring under the provisions of this subsection.B. A member who terminated service before the normal retirement date of such member and elected a vested benefit in lieu of receiving accumulated contributions may upon reemployment be allowed full credit toward retirement for all credited service accrued for the vested benefit. This subsection shall apply to employees of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Department of Public Safety and the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board whose benefits had vested in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System prior to the establishment of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. Upon reemployment of said employee by an agency whose employees are now members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System all funds contributed by the individual member being reemployed and all funds contributed by the state for such member.Added by Laws 1961, p. 335, § 2-308, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 365, § 6, operative July 1, 1975; Laws 1978, c. 310, § 2, emerg. eff. May 11, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 357, § 14, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1982, c. 328, § 6, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 2002, c. 399, § 6, eff. July 1, 2002.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-308.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-308.1. Election to defer commencement of retirement benefits.

|Any member retiring under the provisions of the System shall have the opportunity to elect to defer the commencement of retirement benefits by one-year periods by an election in writing submitted to the Board not later than thirty (30) days prior to the member's normal retirement date or the member's actual retirement date, whichever is later. Such elections may be made successively but may not be deferred later than age sixty-five (65). Retirement benefits payable to members electing to defer the commencement of payments shall be increased by five percent (5%) of the amount that would otherwise be paid for each year payments are deferred. |Laws 1978, c. 310, § 3, emerg. eff. May 11, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 357, § 15, eff. July 1, 1980.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-308.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-308.2. Actuarial investigation - Establishment of tables and rates - Actuarial valuation of assets and liabilities – Determination of employer contributions.

|(1) At least once each five (5) years the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation of the experience of the System, including the mortality, service and compensation experience of members and beneficiaries. Based on the results of such investigation the actuary shall recommend for adoption by the Board such tables and rates as are required for the operation of the System and for the preparation of annual actuarial valuations. |(2) On the basis of such tables and rates as the Board shall adopt, the actuary shall prepare an annual actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the System and certify the rates of contribution payable by the state under the provisions of law concerning the System.(3) Subject to the funds available to the System, the employer contributions to the System shall be determined on the basis of the most recent actuarial valuation, which amount shall be calculated as the sum of the normal cost for the fiscal year plus the payment required to amortize the unfunded accrued liability by level dollar payments over fifteen (15) years from July 1, 2014.Added by Laws 1978, c. 310, § 4, emerg. eff. May 11, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 357, § 16, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 2014, c. 116, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-309.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-309.1. Officers of State Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control - Transfer to System.

|Officers of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control who become members of the System on July 1, 1980, shall cease accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as of that date and shall commence accruing benefits under this System. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement System all funds contributed by the individual members being transferred and all funds contributed by the state for such members, no later than October 1980. Also, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall give to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement System a certified statement of credited service accrued by such transferred members. Service accrued by officers of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control under the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as credited service under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. |Laws 1980, c. 357, § 18, eff. July 1, 1980.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-309.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-309.2. Employees of Communications Division and Waterways Patrol Division of Department of Public Safety - Transfer to System.

|Employees of the Communications Division and Waterways Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety who are members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall cease accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and shall commence accruing benefits under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System on July 1, 1981. On January 1, 1982, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System the actual amount contributed to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System by the state and by each Communications Division and Waterways Patrol Division employee transferring to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement RetirementSystem and the retirement records of those transferring employees. Service accrued by employees of the Communications Division and Waterways Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety under the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as credited service under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. Provided, however, that the cumulative total of credited service for such transferring employee shall not exceed the total time said employee could have accrued if his entire employment with the State of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the Department of Public Safety. |Laws 1981, c. 227, § 6, operative July 1, 1981.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-309.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-309.3. Law enforcement officers of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board - Transfer to System.

|Law enforcement officers of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board who are members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall cease accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and shall commence accruing benefits under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System on July 1, 1982. On January 1, 1983, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System the actual amount contributed to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System by the state and by each law enforcement officer of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board transferring to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System and the retirement records of those transferring employees. Service accrued by said law enforcement officers of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board under the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as credited service under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. Provided however, that the cumulative total of credited service for such transferring employee shall not exceed the total time said employee could have accrued if his entire employment with the State of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 328, § 7, operative July 1, 1982.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-309.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-309.4. Park rangers - Transfer to System.

|Park rangers of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department who are certified peace officers pursuant to the provisions of Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and who are members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall cease accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and shall commence accruing benefits under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System on July 1, 1985. On January 1, 1986, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System the actual amount contributed to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System by the state and by each park ranger of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department transferring to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System and the retirement records of those transferring employees. Service accrued by said park rangers of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department under the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as credited service under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. Provided however, that the cumulative total of credited service for each such transferring employee shall not exceed the total time said employee could have accrued if his entire employment with the State of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 296, § 7, emerg. eff. July 24, 1985.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-309.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-309.5. Pharmacy board inspectors - Transfer to System.

|Inspectors of the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy who are certified peace officers pursuant to the provisions of Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and who are members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall cease accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and shall commence accruing benefits under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System on July 1, 1986. On January 1, 1987, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System the actual amount contributed to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System by the state and by each inspector of the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy transferring to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System and the retirement records of those transferring employees. Service accrued by said inspectors of the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy under the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as credited service under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. Provided however, that the cumulative total of credited service for each such transferring employee shall not exceed the total time said employee could have accrued if his entire employment with the State of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 253, § 6, operative July 1, 1986.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-309.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-309.8. Service credit.

|A. Any state employee who is employed in a commissioned officer position of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, a Parks Ranger of the Tourism and Recreation Department, and a Pharmacy Inspector of the Pharmacy Board shall be eligible for service credit for employment prior to July 1, 1993, if the employee was in a commissioned officer position in the former Oklahoma Capitol Patrol Division, the former Mansion Security, and the former Training Center Security of the Department of Public Safety and the employee was a full-time, active employee eligible for all state employee benefits. |B. An eligible member of the System shall receive credit for all prior service as provided in subsection A of this section, provided the member is not receiving or eligible to receive retirement credit or benefits for such service in any other public retirement system. Service credit received pursuant to this section shall be used in determining the years of service for retirement and vesting purposes.C. To receive credit for such service, an eligible member, as provided in this section, who became a member of the System prior to July 1, 1993, shall make application to the Board in writing for such service prior to July 1, 2002.Added by Laws 2000, c. 378, § 3, eff. July 1, 2000. Renumbered from § 309.8 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 131, § 18, eff. July 1, 2001. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 435, § 5, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2008, c. 177, § 13, eff. July 1, 2008.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-310.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-310.2. Law Enforcement Retirement System members - Inability to perform duties - Administrative leave with pay - Transfer of temporary disability benefits.

|Whenever any member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System currently working in a position identified by paragraph 6 of Section 2-300 of this title who is enrolled in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System is unable to perform the member’s duties because of sickness or temporary disability caused or sustained while in the discharge of the member’s duty as such member, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 840-2.21 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes or the provisions of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes, the member may be placed on administrative leave with pay by the employing agency for a period of ninety (90) days with the employing agency having the option of extending the leave period for up to an additional ninety (90) days, not to exceed a total of one hundred eighty (180) days. The member’s salary and benefits shall continue to be paid by the employing agency without any decrease or disruption of the salary and benefits. If the recovery period is longer than one hundred eighty (180) days, the member shall use sick leave, annual leave or other authorized leave. Should a member receiving a salary under this section be eligible to receive and should the salary of the member under this section exceed any temporary disability benefit paid to the member under Section 1 et seq. of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes, the member shall transfer such temporary disability benefits under Section 1 et seq. of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes to the employing agency while the member is sick or temporarily disabled. |Added by Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 46, § 30, eff. July 1, 2006. Renumbered from § 840-2.21A of Title 74 by Laws 2007, c. 62, § 29, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 96, § 2.
47 OK Stat § 47-2-312 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-2-312. Fraud - Penalties.

|(a) No person shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of the System, in any attempt to defraud such System. |(b) Should any such change in records fraudulently made, or any mistake in records inadvertently made, result in any member or beneficiary of said System receiving or paying more or less than he would have been entitled to had the records been correct, then, on the discovery of such error, the Board shall correct such error and shall adjust payments which he should have paid or received.(c) Any person violating any provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.Laws 1961, p. 336, § 2-312; Laws 1980, c. 357, § 21, eff. July 1, 1980.