Title 11, Title 11 — Cities and Towns

contributions. A. Each member in the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System prior to the effective date of this act shall contribute to the System a minimum of eight percent (8%) of the member’s actual paid base salary. On or after the effective date of this act, each memb…

- Refund of accumulated contributions - Election of vested benefit - Monthly retirement annuity - Rejoining System - Death without named beneficiary. A. A member who terminates service before normal retirement date, other than by death or disability, shall, upon application filed…

retirement system. A. A member of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System may receive up to five (5) years of credited service accumulated by the member while a member of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Sy…

Department of Defense or military. A. A member of the System who terminates employment for the purpose of performing service as a police officer on a contract basis for the United States Department of Defense or for the State Department of the United States in a war zone may purc…

A. In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a service retirement pension pursuant to Section 50-114 of this title, any member of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System who has not less than twenty (20) years of creditable service and who is eligible to receive a…

contributions and accrued earnings - Service. 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 …

A. All persons employed as full-time duly appointed or elected officers who are paid for working more than twenty-five (25) hours per week or any person hired by a participating municipality who is undergoing police training to become a permanent police officer of the municipalit…

All the funds in the System shall be used only for the following purposes: 1. For investments as authorized by law; 2. For the payment of allowances to injured and disabled members of any participating municipality; 3. For the payment of pensions for long service to retired membe…

Eligibility - Delay of distribution - Death of member - Review of requests - Disability benefits in lieu of pensions - Health insurance payments. A. The State Board is hereby authorized to pay out of funds in the System a monthly service pension to any member eligible as hereinaf…

qualified plans of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. A. For limitation years prior to July 1, 2007, the limitations of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be computed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the System in effect at that tim…

A. This section applies to distributions made on or after January 1, 2002. Notwithstanding any provision of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System to the contrary that would otherwise limit a Distributee's election hereunder, a Distributee, including a nonspouse design…

Rules. A. An individual who has been designated, pursuant to Section 401(a)(9)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as the beneficiary of a deceased member and who is not the surviving spouse of the member, may elect, in accordance with Section 402(c)(11) of the I…

premiums - Definitions - Rules. A. A member who is an eligible retired public safety officer and who wishes to have direct payments made toward the member’s qualified health insurance premiums from the member’s monthly disability benefit or monthly pension payment must make a wri…

disability - Continuance of salary - Exposure to hazardous substances - Health insurance payments. A. The State Board is authorized to pay a disability benefit to a member of the System or a pension to the beneficiaries of such member eligible as hereinafter provided, not exceedi…

Upon the death of an active or retired member, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall pay to the beneficiary of the member under paragraph 13 of Section 50-101 of this title or if there is no such beneficiary or if such beneficiary predeceases the member, to the …

salary. Whenever any member of the police department of any municipality is unable to perform the member's duties because of sickness or temporary disability caused or sustained while in the discharge of the member's duty as such member, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections…

Eligibility - Limitations - Commencement and cessation of benefits. A. The State Board is authorized to pay a pension to the beneficiary of any member where requirements for eligibility for such pension are met as provided in this subsection. The pension shall be in an amount as …

Emergency duty. Any member retired for disability as authorized in this article may be summoned before the State Board at any time to submit himself or herself to the State Board or some physician licensed by this state and selected by the State Board, to be examined as to the me…

When any person who shall receive any benefits from any funds of the System as authorized by this article shall fail to report to duty as required by this article, unless excused by the State Board, or shall disobey the requirements of the State Board made under this article, in …

The governing body of any participating municipality is authorized to pass any ordinances specifically mentioned in this article, and such other ordinances as shall be necessary to accomplish the purposes provided in this article, provided that no ordinance shall conflict with th…

leaves of absence or credits for military service exempted. A. All pensions shall be computed on a monthly basis with a majority of the month counting as a full month. B. Authorized leaves of absence may be granted by a participating municipality to a member. These authorized lea…

Appeal. A. The governing body of every participating municipality, except municipalities which have provided for a civil service board of review or merit board, or have negotiated a contract covering discharge with their members to hear such appeals, shall establish a board of re…

Assignment or transfer void - Exception of qualified domestic orders - Offset for offenses involving the System. A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, no portion of any of the funds of the System shall, either before or after any order made by the State Board for payme…

A member shall not be permitted to withdraw from the System while employed as an officer or while undergoing police training in a participating municipality. Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 50-127, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 356, § 33, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 1985,…

A. Any member who has heretofore left the Police Department qualifying under this article to enter the military service of the United States during World War II and who returned to said department on or before July 1, 1947, or the Korean conflict and who returned to said departme…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any aggrieved party may appeal the decision of the State Board in granting, denying or adjusting a pension or retirement benefit, and such appeal shall be made in the district court of Oklahoma County. The appeal shall be commenced with…

There is hereby established a fund to be designated as the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Fund. All employee and employer contributions shall be deposited in the Fund and may be invested as provided in this article. Laws 1980, c. 356, § 36, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.

Any municipality having a Police Pension and Retirement Fund prior to January 1, 1981, shall transfer all assets of such fund to the State Board on January 1, 1981. Assets shall be transferred in the form of cash, negotiable securities and such other specific assets as permitted …

Valuation. The assets of the Fund shall consist of such assets and the income therefrom, including such contributions as shall from time to time be made to the State Board by each municipality, or property for which any of the same shall be exchanged or into which any of the same…

management of system fund - Equipment and supplies. All costs and expenses incurred in the operation, administration and management of the System shall be paid by the State Board from the monies of the fund, including but not limited to commissions or other costs resulting from t…

Responsibilities. A. The State Board shall be responsible for the operation, administration and management of the System. 1. In order to carry out the responsibilities imposed upon them by law, the State Board shall appoint such advisors, consultants, agents and employees, each o…

All information, documents and copies thereof contained in a member's retirement file shall be given confidential treatment and shall not be made public by the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System without the prior written consent of the member to which it pertains, but …

Any participating municipality that does not comply with the contribution requirements of this act shall forfeit that proportionate share of the Motor Fuel Excise Tax which is received through the Oklahoma Tax Commission. It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Tax Commission to wit…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 1989, shall receive a five percent (5%) increase in said benefits on July 1, 1990. B. Any increase in benefits a person is el…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 1993, shall receive a two and one- half percent (2 1/2%) increase in said benefits on July 1, 1994. B. Notwithstanding the pr…

A. Except as provided by subsection B of this section, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System shall pay to its retirees, who retire not later than June 30, 1997, or their beneficiaries, from assets of the retirement system, an additional amount, for the fiscal year end…

Benefit. A. For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: 1. "Initial COLA Benefit Date" means the later of the member's date of benefit commencement or January 1, 1981. This date is used in the definition of Initial COLA Benefit and Target COLA Benefit; 2. …

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 1999, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2000, shall receive a four and seven- tenths percent (4.7%) incre…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2001, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2002, shall receive a five percent (5%) increase in said benefits…

benefits - Offset. A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2003, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2004, shall receive a four-percent increase in…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2005, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2006, shall receive a four-percent increase in said benefits begi…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2007, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2008, shall receive a four-percent increase in said benefits on J…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as of June 30, 2019, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2020, shall receive an increase in benefits as follows: 1. Zero p…

A. The protection of the public health, safety and welfare demands that the permanent members of any paid fire department or police department in any municipality not be accorded the right to strike or engage in any work stoppage or slowdown. This necessary prohibition does not, …

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different interpretation: 1. "Fire fighters and police officers" shall mean the permanent paid members of any fire department or police department in any municipality within the State of Oklahoma but shall not include the chi…

A. Firefighters and police officers in any municipality shall have the separate right to bargain collectively with their municipality and to be represented by a bargaining agent in such collective bargaining with respect to wages, salaries, hours, rates of pay, grievances, workin…

A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2016, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Public Employees Relations Board, which shall be composed of five (5) members to be appointed or selected as follows: 1. One appointed by the Governor …

expenditures. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services, in cooperation with the Chairman of the Public Employees Relations Board, is authorized to appoint and fix the duties and compensation of employees necessary to perform the responsibilities imposed upon the Public Em…

A. The Public Employees Relations Board is empowered, as hereinafter provided, to prevent any person, including bargaining agent and corporate authorities, from engaging in any unfair labor practice as defined herein. B. Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in or is…

It shall be the obligation of the municipality, acting through its corporate authorities, to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with the representatives of the fire fighters or police officers within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from said bargainin…