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§47-2-307.4.


§47-2-307.4.
   
   Any member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System with
   military service prior to membership in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
   Retirement System 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. Such military service credit shall not
   apply to any person receiving military retirement benefits other than
   those persons that have been rated as having twenty percent (20%) or
   greater service-connected disability by the Veterans Administration or
   the Armed Forces of the United States and receiving service-connected
   disability benefits established by either the Veterans Administration
   or the Armed Forces of the United States.
   
   B. As used in this section, "military service" means service in the
   Armed Forces of the United States in time of war or national emergency
   by honorably discharged persons who served as follows:
   
   1. In the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the
   period from April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918, both dates inclusive;
   
   2. In the Armed Forces of the United States as members of the 45th
   Division at any time during the period from September 16, 1940, to
   December 7, 1941, both dates inclusive;
   
   3. In the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the
   period from December 7, 1941, to December 31, 1946, both dates
   inclusive;
   
   4. In the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the
   period from June 27, 1950, to January 31, 1955, both dates inclusive;
   
   5. For a period of ninety (90) days or more, unless discharged from
   active duty for a service-connected disability, in the Armed Forces of
   the United States during the period of time in which the United States
   participated in a war, campaign or battle, but excluding any person
   who shall have served on active duty for training only, unless
   discharged from active duty for service-connected disability;
   
   6. In the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the
   period which began on:
   
   a. February 28, 1961, and ended on May 7, 1975, in the case of a
   veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period, and
   
   b. August 5, 1964, and ended on May 7, 1975, in all other cases,
   
   except that such period shall be deemed to have ended on December 31,
   1976, when determining eligibility for education and training
   benefits; or
   
   7. In the Armed Forces of the United States on or after August 1,
   1990, and ended on December 31, 1991, excluding any person who shall
   have served on active duty for training only, unless discharged from
   active duty for service-connected disability.
   
   C. An eligible member pursuant to this section shall include only
   those persons who shall have served during the times or in the areas
   prescribed in this section, and those persons who were awarded service
   medals, as authorized by the United States Department of Defense as
   reflected in the veteran's Defense Department Form 214, related to the
   Vietnam Conflict who served prior to August 5, 1964.
   
   D. Service credit received pursuant to this section shall be used in
   determining the member's retirement benefit but shall not be used in
   determining years of service for retirement or vesting purposes.
   

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