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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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