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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-110. Contributions by members of System - Picked up contributions.

A. Each member in the System shall contribute to the System a minimum of eight percent (8%) of the member's actual paid base salary.
At the option of the participating municipality, the participating municipality may pay all or any part of the member's required contribution. The sums contributed shall be paid online to the System as provided in this article within ten (10) days following the payroll period on which the contributions are based. Amounts deducted from the salary of a member and not paid to the System after thirty (30) days from each ending payroll date shall be subject to a monthly late charge of one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) of the unpaid balance to be paid by the municipality to the System. All funds received by a participating municipality for police retirement purposes shall be forwarded to the State Board for credit to the Fund.
B. Each municipality shall pick up under the provisions of Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and pay the contribution which the member is required by law to make to the System for all compensation earned after December 31, 1988. Although the contributions so picked up are designated as member contributions, such contributions shall be treated as contributions being paid by the municipality in lieu of contributions by the member in determining tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and such picked up contributions shall not be includable in the gross income of the member until such amounts are distributed or made available to the member or the beneficiary of the member. The member, 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 municipality to the System.
Member contributions which are picked up shall be treated in the same manner and to the same extent as member contributions made prior to the date on which member contributions were picked up by the municipality. Member contributions so picked up shall be included in gross salary for purposes of determining benefits and contributions under the System.
The municipality shall pay the member contributions from the same source of funds used in paying salary to the member, by effecting an equal cash reduction in gross salary of the member.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-110, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 356, § 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 1988, c. 267, § 8, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 376, § 2, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2023, c. 53, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-111.2. Transfer of credited service from or to other retirement system.

A. A member of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System may receive up to five (5) years of credited service accumulated by the member while a member of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, the Teacher's Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System or a county retirement system created pursuant to Section 951 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes or an Oklahoma municipal retirement system, if the member is not receiving or eligible to receive retirement credit or benefits from said service in any other public retirement system. The member shall decide the number of years of credited service, not to exceed five (5) years, to purchase. The State Board shall determine the amount for the purchase pursuant to Section 50-111.4 of this title. The amount may be paid through a trustee-to-trustee transfer to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System from another system designated in this section, and/or through payments made by the member. The transferred credited service of the member from another retirement system pursuant to this section shall not alter the member's normal retirement date or vesting requirements. The transferred credited service will be added after the member reaches normal retirement date or vesting date.
B. The Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall transfer credited service to another Oklahoma state retirement system upon request of former members. Upon transfer, the former member shall have forfeited all rights in the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System. Employee and city contributions of the former municipal retirement systems prior to January 1, 1981, are not transferable.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 236, § 155, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 267, § 9, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 340, § 9, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 352, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 183, § 3, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001; Laws 2018, c. 20, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-111.2A. Purchase of service credit for time served with Department of Defense or military.

A. A member of the System who terminates employment for the purpose of performing service as a police officer on a contract basis for the United States Department of Defense or for the State Department of the United States in a war zone may purchase not to exceed one (1) year of service credit for the period of time during which the member performed services for either of such entities, or any branch of the United States military or other entity operating under authority of the Department of Defense or the State Department, by making payment of all required employer and employee contributions for the period of service during which the member was so privately employed.
B. The contributions required by this section shall be paid by the member within one (1) year of becoming reemployed by a participating employer of the System.
C. Service credit purchased according to the provisions of this section shall be counted for purposes of vesting, normal retirement date, eligibility to participate in the Deferred Option Retirement Plan and alternative to the Deferred Option Retirement Plan authorized by Section 50-111.3 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes and for purposes of computing the retirement benefit of the member.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 434, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-113. Purposes of pension fund - Limitation on payments.

All the funds in the System shall be used only for the following purposes:
1. For investments as authorized by law;
2. For the payment of allowances to injured and disabled members of any participating municipality;
3. For the payment of pensions for long service to retired members of any participating municipality;
4. For the payment of a pension to any beneficiary of any member eligible for a pension;
5. For the payment of any professional services deemed necessary by the State Board;
6. For the payment of warrant deductions upon proper authorization given by the member to the Board from which the member or beneficiary is currently receiving retirement benefits for any insurance premium due an insurance organization for life, accident, and health insurance.
The System has no responsibility for the marketing, enrolling or administration of the products for which warrant deductions are authorized under this paragraph.
Approval of a warrant deduction for any insurance organization, line of coverage or policy shall not be construed as an assumption of liability, for the terms of the policy or the performance of the insurance organization by the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System;
7. For the payment of membership dues in a statewide association limited to Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System members with a minimum membership of one thousand dues-paying members upon proper authorization given by the member; and
8. Any other purposes authorized by law.
Such payments in any event shall not exceed the limits provided in this article.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-113, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 356, § 18, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 1988, c. 321, § 17, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1995, c. 162, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1995; Laws 2007, c. 152, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-114.3. Trustee-to-trustee transfer - Treatment of trust - Rules.

A. An individual who has been designated, pursuant to Section 401(a)(9)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as the beneficiary of a deceased member and who is not the surviving spouse of the member, may elect, in accordance with Section 402(c)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to have a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer of any portion of such beneficiary's distribution from the System made only to an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity (other than an endowment contract) described in Section 408(a) or (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (IRA) (including, effective for distributions after December 18, 2015, a SIMPLE IRA but only if such contribution occurs after the two-year period described in Section 72(t)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and is made in accordance with the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015), or, effective for distributions after December 31, 2007, to a Roth individual retirement account or annuity described in Section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Roth IRA), that is established on behalf of such designated individual for the purpose of receiving the distribution. If such transfer is made, then:
1. For distributions made after December 31, 2006, but prior to July 1, 2010, the transfer is treated as an eligible rollover distribution for purposes of Section 402(c)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. For plan years beginning after December 31, 2009, the transfer is treated as an eligible rollover distribution;
2. The transferee IRA is treated as an inherited individual retirement account or an inherited individual retirement annuity (within the meaning of Section 408(d)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), and must be titled in the name of the deceased member, for the benefit of the beneficiary; and
3. The required minimum distribution rules of Section 401(a)(9)(B) (other than clause iv thereof) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, apply to the transferee IRA.
B. A trust maintained for the benefit of one or more designated beneficiaries shall be treated in the same manner as a designated beneficiary.
C. The State Board shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 152, § 4, eff. July 1, 2007. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 169, § 4, emerg. eff. May 11, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 437, § 6, emerg. eff. June 9, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 140, § 4, emerg. eff. April 29, 2011; Laws 2012, c. 53, § 5, emerg. eff. April 16, 2012; Laws 2017, c. 132, § 2, emerg. eff. May 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 20, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-114.4. Direct payments for qualified health insurance premiums - Definitions - Rules.

A. A member who is an eligible retired public safety officer and who wishes to have direct payments made toward the member’s qualified health insurance premiums from the member’s monthly disability benefit or monthly pension payment must make a written election in accordance with Section 402(l) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, on the form provided by the System, as follows:
1. The election must be made after the member separates from service as a public safety officer with the member’s participating municipality;
2. The election shall only apply to distributions from the System after December 31, 2006, and to amounts not yet distributed to the eligible retired public safety officer;
3. Payments from the System for an eligible retired public safety officer’s qualified health insurance premiums made directly to the provider of such coverage can only be made from the member’s monthly disability benefit or monthly pension payment from the System and cannot be made from the Deferred Option Plan; and
4. The aggregate amount of the exclusion from an eligible retired public safety officer’s gross income is Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) per calendar year.
B. As used in this section:
1. A “public safety officer” is a member serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, chaplain, or as a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew;
2. An “eligible retired public safety officer” is a member who, by reason of disability or attainment of normal retirement date or age, is separated from service as a public safety officer with the member’s participating municipality; and
3. “Qualified health insurance premiums” are for coverage for the eligible retired public safety officer, the eligible retired public safety officer’s spouse, and dependents, as defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, by an accident or health plan or a qualified long-term care insurance contract, as defined in Section 7702B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The health plan does not have to be sponsored by the eligible retired public safety officer’s former participating municipality.
C. The State Board may promulgate such rules or procedures as are necessary to implement the provisions of this section or to facilitate a member’s election under Section 402(l) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 152, § 5, eff. July 1, 2007. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 241, § 3, emerg. eff. May 13, 2013; Laws 2023, c. 151, § 6, emerg. eff. May 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-115.2. Death benefit.

Upon the death of an active or retired member, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall pay to the beneficiary of the member under paragraph 13 of Section 50-101 of this title or if there is no such beneficiary or if such beneficiary predeceases the member, to the member's estate or, if properly designated by the member, to a trust, 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, § 156, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 167, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 352, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2014, c. 44, § 4, emerg. eff. April 15, 2014; Laws 2021, c. 329, § 4, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-116.1. Sickness or temporary disability - Continuance of salary.

Whenever any member of the police department of any municipality 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 Sections 11 and 12 of Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the salary shall be paid by the municipality to the member and shall continue while the member is sick or temporarily disabled for a period of not more than six (6) months with the municipality having the option of extending the period for up to an additional six (6) months, not to exceed a total of twelve (12) months, after which said period the provisions for permanent total or permanent partial disability benefits of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall apply. 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 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the member shall transfer said temporary disability benefits under Section 1 et seq. of Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes to the municipality while the member is sick or temporarily disabled.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 267, § 13, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 352, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-118. Member retired for disability - Physical examination - Emergency duty.

Any member retired for disability as authorized in this article may be summoned before the State Board at any time to submit himself or herself to the State Board or some physician licensed by this state and selected by the State Board, to be examined as to the member's fitness for duty, and if found to be able to return to duty by the State Board, the member shall not be entitled to any further money from the funds of the System. All such members so retired as authorized under this article shall report, upon order of the State Board, to some physician licensed by this state and designated by the State Board, for an examination as to the member's fitness for duty, and if at such time the member be found fit for duty by the State Board, the member shall not be entitled to any further money from the System. In case of great public emergency any such member retired for disability may be assigned to and shall perform such duty as the Chief of the Police Department of the municipality may direct and such member shall not be entitled to any pay from the municipality for the duty so performed.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-118, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 356, § 24, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-119. Forfeiture of benefits - Grounds.

When any person who shall receive any benefits from any funds of the System as authorized by this article shall fail to report to duty as required by this article, unless excused by the State Board, or shall disobey the requirements of the State Board made under this article, in respect to said examination for duty or otherwise, then the State Board shall order that such benefits as may have been granted to such member shall immediately cease and such member shall receive no further benefits as authorized to be paid under this article unless or until, if possible, such member shall have met the requirements made by the State Board.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-119, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 356, § 25, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-121. Ordinances to accomplish purpose of article.

The governing body of any participating municipality is authorized to pass any ordinances specifically mentioned in this article, and such other ordinances as shall be necessary to accomplish the purposes provided in this article, provided that no ordinance shall conflict with the provisions of this article.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-121, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 356, § 27, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-122. Computation of pensions - Leaves of absence - Military leaves of absence or credits for military service exempted.

A. All pensions shall be computed on a monthly basis with a majority of the month counting as a full month.
B. Authorized leaves of absence may be granted by a participating municipality to a member. These authorized leaves of absence shall not constitute a deprivation of pension rights and service accumulations up to the point of the leave. Accrual time may continue when the member returns to work if that absence is not longer than three hundred sixty-five (365) days. In no case shall a member on authorized leave of absence withdraw any funds from the System. Effective August 5, 1993, an authorized leave of absence shall include a period of absence pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
C. Nothing in subsection B of this section shall be construed as affecting any provision for military leaves of absence or credits for military service in the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-122, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 356, § 28, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 1985, c. 221, § 9, emerg. eff. July 8, 1985; Laws 1999, c. 257, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-123. Discharge of member - Board of review - Grounds - Appeal.

A. The governing body of every participating municipality, except municipalities which have provided for a civil service board of review or merit board, or have negotiated a contract covering discharge with their members to hear such appeals, shall establish a board of review to hear appeals concerning the discharge of members. The board of review shall consist of the mayor, ex officio, who shall be a voting member, and four members to be appointed by the governing body of the participating municipality, as follows:
1. Two police officers retired or active from the police department of the municipality; and
2. One attorney and one licensed physician residing in the municipality.
Whenever persons meeting the qualifications of this subsection are unavailable for appointments, the mayor shall in lieu thereof make the appointments from the governing body of the municipality, except that neither the Chief of Police nor any person having direct appointive authority for police personnel shall be eligible for appointment to said board. Appointive members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing official.
B. No member may be discharged except for cause. Any member who is discharged may appeal to the board of review herein provided. Appeals from decisions of said board of review may be taken in the manner provided for in this article, provided the provisions of this section relating to the board of review and discharge shall not apply to any municipality which has heretofore or hereinafter established by its charter civil service or merit system pertaining to the appointment and discharge of members and an independent board or commission having authority to hear actions involving the discharge of members.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-123, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 356, § 29, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-127. Limitation on withdrawal from System.

A member shall not be permitted to withdraw from the System while employed as an officer or while undergoing police training in a participating municipality.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-127, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 356, § 33, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 1985, c. 221, § 10, emerg. eff. July 8, 1985; Laws 1995, c. 173, § 6, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-50-129. Appeals.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any aggrieved party may appeal the decision of the State Board in granting, denying or adjusting a pension or retirement benefit, and such appeal shall be made in the district court of Oklahoma County. The appeal shall be commenced within thirty (30) days after the date of the State Board's decision. Notice of the intent to appeal shall be given by the aggrieved party to the State Board within ten (10) days after the date of the State Board's decision. The proceedings, practice, and standards of review in the district court shall be governed by the Administrative Procedures Act except as otherwise provided in this section. The district court may affirm, reverse or modify the decision of the State Board. The court may also remand the cause with specific instructions to the State Board. The court costs and expense of preparation of any transcript shall be paid by the losing party. All other legal actions or proceedings against the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Board, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System or its employees or agents shall be brought in the district court of Oklahoma County.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-129, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 356, § 35, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 2003, c. 51, § 8, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
4. 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.
2023 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; and
4. "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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
3. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-51-107. Arbitrators - Selection.

Within five (5) days from the date of the request for arbitration referred to in Section 51-106 of this title, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall each select and name one arbitrator and shall immediately thereafter notify each other in writing of the name and address of the person so selected. The two arbitrators so selected and named shall, within five (5) days from and after the expiration of the five-day period hereinabove mentioned, agree upon and select a third arbitrator. If, on the expiration of the period allowed therefor, the arbitrators are unable to agree upon the selection of a third arbitrator, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to provide a list of five arbitrators. Within five (5) days after receipt of the list of arbitrators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the two arbitrators already selected shall alternately strike the name of one arbitrator from the list of five until one name remains, with the employer making the first strike from said list. The third arbitrator, whether selected as a result of an agreement between the two arbitrators previously selected or selected from the list provided by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, shall act as chairman of the arbitration board.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 51-107, eff. July 1, 1978.