A. Any active member of the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges who served in the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined in paragraph (23) of Section 902 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, prior to membership in the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges shall be granted service credit, not to exceed five (5) years, for those periods of active military service during which the member was a war veteran. Any active member of the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges whose initial membership in the System began on or after July 1, 2000, may receive up to five (5) years of prior military service credit as otherwise provided in this section, only upon payment of the amount determined by the Board pursuant to Section 1103G of this title. For a person becoming a member of the System on or after July 1, 2003, if the military service credit authorized by this section is used to compute the retirement benefit of the member and the member retires from the System, such military service credit shall not be used to compute the retirement benefit in any other retirement system created pursuant to the Oklahoma Statutes and the member may receive credit for such service only in the retirement system from which the member first retires.
B. Effective December 12, 1994, and thereafter, a leave of absence on account of a period of qualified military service in the uniformed services of the United States within the meaning of Section 414(u)(5) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, followed by a return to service as a Justice or judge within ninety (90) days after completion of the period of service may be eligible for service credit under this System. Notwithstanding any provision of this plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be allowed in accordance with Section 414(u) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 236, § 159, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 340, § 16, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 1998, c. 419, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 257, § 10, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 311, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 406, § 14, eff. July 1, 2003.