A. Any individual who was a member with a vested benefit with the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System on or after July 1, 1987, and who becomes appointed to a position in the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, or the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission may, at the time the individual accepts such position, elect in writing to remain a member of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as long as the individual has not begun receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System or the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System and shall not become a member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. The agency shall send a copy of the written election to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System within five (5) business days from its signing. If such eligible individual does not elect to remain in the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System pursuant to this subsection, then the individual may elect to transfer at a later date pursuant to subsection B of this section.
B. Any individual who was a member with a vested benefit with the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System on or after July 1, 1987, and who subsequently entered the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System because he or she was appointed to a position in the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, or the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission or, effective July 1, 2013, through July 31, 2013, an individual who made an election under subsection A that had been accepted by the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System who did not have a vested benefit may, at any time the member is an active employee of such agency and has not begun receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System or the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, elect in writing to reenter the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System. Such written election shall be provided to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System. For purposes of this section, constructive receipt of the written election shall be the first day of the month following actual receipt.
1. A person who elects to transfer pursuant to this subsection shall have all of his or her employer and employee contributions made to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System transferred to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System along with accrued earnings based upon the actuarial rate of return of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. Upon receiving the transfer of the employer and employee contributions and earnings, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 50-111.4 of this title, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall treat the service that the member accrued in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System as service in the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; and
2. Upon actual receipt of the written election pursuant to this subsection, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall notify the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System of the transfer election and shall send to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System a copy of the election within five (5) business days. The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System shall transfer the employer and employee contributions and earnings of the transferring member to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System on or before the first day of the month following constructive receipt of the election. The transferring member shall then reenter the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System beginning on the first day of the month following the month in which constructive receipt of the written election was made to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System. Any member who transfers to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System pursuant to this subsection shall have all service credit in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System canceled.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2-300 et seq. of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission shall make employer contributions to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System in the same manner as participating municipalities of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System for all members who either elect to remain in or elect to transfer to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System pursuant to this section. The electing member shall make employee contributions to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as other participating members of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System.
Added by Laws 2000, c. 307, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 199, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2013, c. 241, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 2013.