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§47-2-309.6.


§47-2-309.6.
   
   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.
   

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