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74 OK Stat § 74-935.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-935.6. Employer payments – Salary deductions – Administration costs.

|A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, employers shall make payment of the required matching amount as provided by Section 5 of this act within five (5) business days of the participating employee's payroll pay date. The System shall ensure the payment is credited to the defined contribution system account or accounts maintained on behalf of the participating employee as soon as possible. |B. All employee contributions to the defined contribution system shall be effected by salary deductions from the salary of the employee and shall be remitted by the participating employer to the System for deposit into the defined contribution system account or accounts maintained on behalf of the employee.C. Participating employers whose salary deductions and employer contributions are not remitted to the System through the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall either:1. Send all such remittances by electronic funds transfer; or2. Place all such remittances in a bank account from which OPERS can debit the amount due,both within five (5) business days of the payroll pay date of the participating employee. Payroll data shall be remitted by the same deadline.D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall cooperate with the Board to ensure that any necessary programming changes are made to the state's payroll system to carry out the requirements of this act.E. Each employer which has employees participating in the defined contribution system shall pay to the System in the same manner and at the same time required for contributions under this section an amount to reimburse the cost of administration of the defined contribution system, as determined by the Board.1. The Board shall certify each year to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and to participating employers whose salary deductions and employer contributions are not remitted to the System through the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the determined amount for the administrative cost of the defined contribution system which will be required to be paid for each participant. The Board shall promulgate such rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection and provide the methodology for the determination.2. Each employer shall pay at least monthly to the System the sum sufficient to satisfy the obligation under this section as certified by the Board.F. The funds held on behalf of each employee participating in the defined contribution system shall consist of the amount in the account or accounts plus credits representing employer and employee contributions, profits, income and other increments attributable to such contributions, and minus debits representing any losses, other decrements, or expenses under the system and any distributions made to the employee under the system.Added by Laws 2014, c. 375, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
74 OK Stat § 74-935.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-935.7. Employee vesting – Investment options.

|A. Participating employees shall at all times be vested at one hundred percent (100%) of their accounts containing solely their employee contributions, and the gains or losses on these contributions. Participating employees will have investment discretion over these accounts within the available options offered by the Board. |B. Participating employees shall be vested with respect to the employer matching amounts, and the gains or losses on these funds, deposited into their defined contribution system account or accounts according to the following schedule based on years of participating service:Year 120%Year 240%Year 360%Year 480%Year 5 and thereafter100%C. Participating employees will have investment discretion over all employer contributions.D. For purposes of determining a participating employee's right to withdraw employer matching contributions and any investment gains upon such employer contribution matching amounts, the vesting percentages apply at the end of each full year of service as described in subsection B of this section.E. For participating employees who do not select any investment options, the OPERS Board will establish default investment options for the contributions received from participating employees and default investment options for matching employer contributions.F. To the extent that participants leave employment and have not vested in all of the employer contributions, the nonvested employer contributions, including any gains or losses, shall be immediately forfeited to the 401(a) plan and may be used to offset costs of administering the plan. Upon reemployment with an employer and satisfying the eligibility requirements to become a participant, the reemployed participant shall receive credit for previous service and be vested at the same percentage the participant was vested when service was previously terminated. However, under no circumstances shall the participant be entitled to any previously forfeited employer contributions.Added by Laws 2014, c. 375, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 303, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
74 OK Stat § 74-935.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-935.8. Picked-up contributions.

|A. Each participating employer shall pick up under the provisions of Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and pay the contribution which the participating employee is required by law to make to the System for all compensation earned after the date as of which an employee begins to participate in the defined contribution system. Although the contributions so picked up are designated as participating employee contributions, such contributions shall be treated as contributions being paid by the employer in lieu of contributions by the participating employee in determining tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and such picked-up contributions shall not be includable in the gross income of the participating employee until such amounts are distributed or made available to the participating employee or the beneficiary of the participating employee. The participating employee, by the terms of this System, shall not have any option to choose to receive the contributions so picked up directly and the picked-up contributions must be paid by the employer to the System. |B. Contributions by the participating employee into a 457(b) plan may not be picked up by the employer but shall be a voluntary deferral of the employee's compensation. Participating employers within OPERS that are not eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan administered by OPERS under subsection B of Section 1701 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and the Oklahoma State Employees Deferred Savings Incentive Plan under Section 1707 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and have established 457(b) plans for their employees, will have the obligation to ensure that their employees do not exceed the maximum annual contributions to a 457(b) plan under the Internal Revenue Code.Added by Laws 2014, c. 375, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
74 OK Stat § 74-935.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-935.9. Investment options – Service providers.

|The Board of Trustees shall contract with one or more business entities in order to create a range of choices regarding investment of funds deposited into defined contribution system accounts. The investment options shall be substantially similar to the options provided to members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System that maintain a Deferred Savings Incentive Plan account as offered by the System pursuant to the provisions of the Deferred Savings Incentive Plan. In selecting investment options for participants in the plan, the Board shall give due consideration to offering investment options provided by business entities that provide guaranteed lifetime income in retirement such as annuities, guaranteed investment contracts, or similar products. The Board may amend any of its existing contracts with its current service providers to perform substantially the same type of service the provider is currently performing for the Board, in order to facilitate the timely introduction of the new defined contribution system created by this act. Thereafter, the contracting process for the selection of service providers carrying out duties related to the administration of the plan shall be the same as the selection process for other providers selected by the Board under subsection D of Section 909.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 375, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
74 OK Stat § 74-935.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-935.10. Deposit of remitted funds.

|A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the statutes governing the System to the contrary, each participating employer shall remit to the System the difference between the amount of money which would be remitted to the System using the employer contribution rate required by Section 920 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the amount of money required for the participating employer to make the required matching contribution amount on behalf of a participating employee who participates in the defined contribution system authorized pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of this act. |B. The System shall deposit the monies remitted to it by employers having participating employees in the defined contribution system created by this act, as described by subsection A of this section, into the existing defined benefit pension plan authorized pursuant to Section 901 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes in order to reduce the liabilities of the defined benefit pension plan.Added by Laws 2014, c. 375, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
74 OK Stat § 74-941 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-941. Oklahoma State Pension Commission - Members - Meetings - Apportionment of administrative costs.

|A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State Pension Commission. The Commission shall consist of seven (7) members as follows: |1. The State Auditor and Inspector or that person's designee;2. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or that person's designee;3. The State Treasurer or that person's designee;4. One member who shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and who shall have demonstrated experience in the investment of private or public funds;5. One member who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and who shall have demonstrated experience in the investment of private or public funds;6. One person to be appointed by the Governor who shall have at least ten (10) years of demonstrated experience in the financial services industry; and7. One person to be appointed by the Governor who shall have at least ten (10) years of experience in retirement planning, including demonstrated experience with retirement plan designs.No member of the governing body of a state retirement system shall be eligible to be appointed to the Commission.B. The Commission shall hold regular meetings at least once each quarter, the dates, time and place to be set by the Commission. The Commission shall hold its first meeting prior to September 30, 1988.C. The Office of the State Auditor and Inspector shall provide the administrative support required by the Commission.D. The cost of providing the administrative support shall be apportioned by the State Auditor and Inspector among the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System, the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and the Department of Wildlife Conservation on behalf of the retirement plan adopted by the Wildlife Conservation Commission in proportion to the percentage that the assets of each system at the end of the preceding fiscal year were to the combined total of the assets of the systems.Added by Laws 1988, c. 321, § 38, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 322, § 29, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 29, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2002, c. 391, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 930; Laws 2015, c. 301, § 1; Laws 2017, c. 180, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
74 OK Stat § 74-943 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-943. Oklahoma State Pension Commission Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund to be designated the "Oklahoma State Pension Commission Revolving Fund" which shall consist of all monies received by the Commission as provided by law. The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations. Monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be expended by the Oklahoma State Pension Commission for implementing its duties. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims submitted by the Commission to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for audit and payment. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 321, § 40, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 931.
74 OK Stat § 74-951 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-951. State policy.

|In furtherance of its obligation to advance the general welfare of the state, the Legislature is cognizant of its duty to give all citizens the opportunity to reach their full potential. Therefore, the Legislature declares that any inhibiting condition caused by racial, ethnic, or religious factors are matters of concern to the state government, threaten the rights and privileges of its citizens, and the institutions of a free and democratic society. |Laws 1963, c. 322, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 1963.
74 OK Stat § 74-954 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-954. Discrimination in state employment.

|It is hereby prohibited for any department or agency of the State of Oklahoma, or any official or employee of the same for and on behalf of the State of Oklahoma: to refuse to employ or to discharge any person, otherwise qualified, on account of race, color, creed, national origin, age, handicap, or ancestry; to discriminate for the same reasons in regard to tenure, terms, or conditions of employment; to deny promotion or increase in compensation solely for these reasons; to publish an offer of employment based on such discrimination; to adopt or enforce any rule or employment policy which so discriminates as to any employee; or to seek such information as to any applicant or employee or to discriminate in the selection of personnel for training solely on such basis. These provisions shall be cumulative and in addition to existing laws relating to discrimination in the classified service. |It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission to investigate, upon its own initiative, upon complaint filed by any aggrieved person, or upon complaint filed by the Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement, any violation of this section and to enforce compliance with the same, both in the classified and the nonclassified service. The Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement shall investigate, upon its own initiative or on complaint filed with it, any such violation and may file a formal complaint with the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission. When any complaint is filed by the Attorney General with the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission, the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission shall set a hearing on the same, at which hearing the Attorney General, or his or her representative, may appear and present the finding of the Attorney General in regard to such violation. In the enforcement of this section, the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission shall follow the provisions of existing laws relating to hearings, procedures, and notices, and shall have power to enforce its orders pertaining to violations of this section as is provided by law in regard to the classified service.Added by Laws 1963, c. 322, § 4, emerg. eff. June 21, 1963. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 52, eff. July 1, 1982; Laws 1985, c. 165, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 158, § 26, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 2013, c. 214, § 31, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.
74 OK Stat § 74-1001 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-1001. Purpose.

|It is the purpose of Section 1001 et seq. of this title to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities. The cooperating governmental units can, if they deem it necessary, create an entity to carry out the cooperative functions. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 189, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 312, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1994.
74 OK Stat § 74-1002 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-1002. Citation.

|This act may be cited as the Interlocal Cooperation Act. |Laws 1965, c. 189, § 2, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965.
74 OK Stat § 74-1003 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-1003. Definitions.

|A. For the purposes of Section 1001 et seq. of this title, the term "public agency" shall mean: |1. Any political subdivision of this state;2. Any agency of the state government or of the United States;3. Each and every public trust of this state regardless of whether the beneficiary of such trust is a municipality, a county, or the State of Oklahoma, except the Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority;4. Any corporation organized not for profit pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, Section 1001 et seq. of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the primary purpose of developing and providing rural water supply and sewage disposal facilities to serve rural residents or to provide community-based services or assistance to clients of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services as provided in Section 2-106 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes;5. Any political subdivision of another state; and6. Any city-county health department created pursuant to Section 1-210 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.B. The term "state" shall mean a state of the United States and the District of Columbia.Added by Laws 1965, c. 189, § 3, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 276, § 18, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1988, c. 49, § 1, emerg. eff. March 22, 1988; Laws 1995, c. 85, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2015, c. 36, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
74 OK Stat § 74-1005 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-1005. Filing of agreements - Status - Actions.

|Prior to its entry into force, an agreement made pursuant to this act shall be filed with the county clerk and with the Secretary of State. In the event that an agreement entered into pursuant to this act is between or among one or more public agencies of this state and one or more public agencies of another state or of the United States, said agreement shall have the status of an interstate compact, but in any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation thereof or liability thereunder, the public agencies party thereto shall be real parties in interest and the state may maintain an action to recoup or otherwise make itself whole for any damages or liability which it may incur by reason of being joined as a party therein. Such action shall be maintainable against any public agency or agencies whose default, failure of performance, or other conduct caused or contributed to the incurring of damage or liability by the state. |Laws 1965, c. 189, § 5, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965.
74 OK Stat § 74-1006 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-1006. Approval of agreements.

|In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this act shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved by him or it as to all matters within his or its jurisdiction in the same manner and subject to the same requirements governing the action of the Attorney General pursuant to Section 4(f) of this act. This requirement of submission and approval shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the requirement of submission to and approval by the Attorney General. . |Laws 1965, c. 189, § 6, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965.
74 OK Stat § 74-1007 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-1007. Appropriation of funds - Personnel or services.

|Any public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to the act may appropriate funds and may sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply the administrative joint board or other legal or administrative entity created to operate the joint or cooperative undertaking by providing such personnel or services therefor as may be within its legal power to furnish. |Laws 1965, c. 189, § 7, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965.
74 OK Stat § 74-1008 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-1008. Contracts for governmental services.

|A. Any one or more public agencies may contract with any one or more other public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity, or undertaking which any of the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that such contract shall be authorized by the governing body of each party to the contract. Such contract shall set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, objectives and responsibilities of the contracting parties. |B. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the acquisition of food items or food products by a state public agency from a public trust created pursuant to Sections 176 through 180.56 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall comply with competitive bidding procedures pursuant to Section 85.7 of this title.Laws 1965, c. 189, § 8, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965; Laws 1994, c. 223, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
74 OK Stat § 74-1052 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-1052. Governor as ex officio member - Assistant.

|The Governor shall be, ex officio, this state's member of the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board as established by Article II of the Compact. Provided, that whenever the Governor shall deem it advisable to do so he may appoint an assistant in the Governor's office or the executive head of any state department, agency or institution as this state's member of the Board, and thereafter such appointed member shall serve on the Board at the pleasure of the Governor. An executed counterpart of each letter of appointment by the Governor shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 255, § 2, emerg. eff. June 21, 1965.