Okla. Stat. tit. 47 § 2-309.6

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 2-309.6 - Capitol patrol members and park managers and supervisors - Transfer to Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System from Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

A. For purposes of this section, "capitol patrol members" means law enforcement officers of the State Capitol Division of the Department of Public Safety employed on July 1, 1993, who, pursuant to the provisions of this act, transfer membership from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System.

B. Capitol patrol members are hereby transferred from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System subject to the following:

1. Effective July 1, 1993, capitol patrol members 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 in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System;

2. Before January 1, 1994, 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 from time to time by the capitol patrol members while members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and the contributions by the participating employer or employers on behalf of each capitol patrol member to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System along with the retirement records of said transferring capitol patrol members;

3. Service credit accrued by a capitol patrol member while a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as credited service for such transferring capitol patrol member in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System if the capitol patrol member is not receiving or eligible to receive service credit or benefits from said service in any other public retirement system and the member has not received service credit for the same years of service pursuant to Sections 2-307.1, 2-307.3 and 2-307.4 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided, however, that the total of credited service for each transferring employee shall not exceed the credited service said employee could have accrued if his or her entire employment with an agency of the State of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the Department of Public Safety. Provided further, that only transferred credited service related to actual law enforcement service with the State Capitol Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety will be included in the determination of a capitol patrol member's normal retirement date or vesting date; and

4. All service credit with the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System which is ineligible for transfer to the Law Enforcement Retirement System shall be canceled.

C. Any park manager or park supervisor of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department who was employed in such a position prior to July 1, 1985, and who elects on or before September 1, 1996, to participate in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System is hereby transferred from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System subject to the following:

1. Effective July 1, 1996, park managers and park supervisors who are members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and who elect on or before September 1, 1996, to participate in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System shall cease accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and shall commence accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System;

2. Before January 1, 1997, 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 park manager or park supervisor while he or she was a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and the contributions by the participating employer or employers on behalf of each park manager or park supervisor who elects to become a member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System along with the retirement records of said transferring park manager or park supervisor;

3. To receive service credit accrued by such park manager or park supervisor prior to July 1, 1996, or prior to the date as of which the person making the election ceases to be a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, whichever date occurs last, the member shall pay the difference between the amount transferred by the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System in paragraph 2 of this subsection and the amount determined by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Section 2-307.5 of this title. The park manager or park supervisor shall elect to either pay any difference to receive full credit for the years sought to be transferred or receive prorated service credit for only the amount received from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to this subsection. Such an election shall be made in writing, filed with the System prior to receiving the credit provided for in paragraph 10 of Section 2-300 of this title, and shall be irrevocable. Payments made by park managers or park supervisors pursuant to this paragraph shall be made on or before January 1, 1997;

4. Service credit accrued by a park manager or park supervisor while a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as credited service for such transferring park managers or park supervisors in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System if the park manager or park supervisor is not receiving or eligible to receive service credit or benefits from said service in any other public retirement system and the member has not received service credit for the same years of service pursuant to Sections 2-307.1, 2-307.3 and 2-307.4 of this title. Provided, however, that the total of credited service for each transferring employee shall not exceed the credited service the employee could have accrued if his or her entire employment with an agency of the State of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. Provided further, that only transferred credited service related to park ranger, park manager or park supervisor service with the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department will be included in the determination of a park manager or park supervisor's normal retirement date or vesting date; and

5. All service credit with the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System which is ineligible for transfer to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System shall be canceled.

Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 2-309.6

Added by Laws 1993, SB 491, c. 277, § 2, emerg. eff. 7/1/1993; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2072, c. 60, § 2, emerg. eff. 7/1/1996.