Title 47, Motor Vehicles

A. Any person charged with the custody and dissemination of confidential and privileged information or in receipt of such information from the statewide law enforcement data communications network provided for in Section 2-124 of this title shall neither divulge nor disclose any …

A. An expense allowance of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per month for maintenance and cleaning of uniforms, continuing law enforcement education, purchase of practice ammunition, and other related expenses shall be paid to all commissioned law enforcement officers of the D…

Subject to the availability of funds, the Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to pay up to an additional Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month to any employee of the Department who works irregular shift hours or who is subject to twenty-four-hour call. Added by Laws 1983, c. 2…

A. There is hereby established in the Department of Public Safety a Division to be known as the Psychological Services Division. The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to appoint a Director of Psychological Services and to employ such clerical, support personnel and inte…

A. The Department of Public Safety shall establish and administer a pilot program to increase the availability of Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) training. The purpose of this program is to increase the number of peace officers qualified to conduct certain …

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Public Safety, to be designated the "Computer Imaging System Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations. All monies accruing to the credit of said…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Public Safety, to be designated the "Department of Public Safety Patrol Vehicle Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations. All monies accruing t…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Public Safety to be designated the Department of Public Safety Revolving Fund. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all money recei…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Public Safety, to be designated the "Department of Public Safety Restricted Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations. All monies accruing to…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Public Safety, to be designated the "Department of Public Safety Patrol Academy Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations. All monies accruin…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated as the “State Public Safety Fund”. The fund shall be subject to legislative appropriation and shall consist of revenues deposited to such fund by Section 1113.2 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and of su…

A. A commissioned officer of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety shall be entitled to receive upon retirement, by reason of length of service or physical disability, the continued custody and possession of the sidearm and badge carried by the r…

As used in Section 2-300 et seq. of this title: 1. "System" means the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; 2. "Act" means Section 2-300 et seq. of this title; 3. "Board" means the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Board of the System; 4. "Executive Director" means the ma…

There is hereby established a System for the payment of retirement benefits and certain medical and hospital expenses of members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. Effective July 1, 2014, the System intends to satisfy Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of…

(1) In the event the System is terminated or partially terminated the right of all participants or in the event of partial termination the rights of the affected participants, whether retired or otherwise, shall become fully vested. (2) In the event of termination of the System, …

A. Any person eligible to become a member of the System shall file a written application therefor with the Board, and shall continue thereafter as a member of the System so long as the employee meets membership requirements. For the purposes of computing contributions, employee c…

A. There shall be an "Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Board" to administer the fund of the System. The Board shall be composed of the Commissioner of Public Safety or his designee, the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or his designee, three members…

A. The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Board shall discharge its duties with respect to the System solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries and: 1. For the exclusive purpose of: a. providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries, and b. defrayin…

A. A fiduciary with respect to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System shall not cause the System to engage in a transaction if the fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: 1. sale or exchange, or leasing of any property from t…

A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, any annuity, benefits, fund, property, or rights created by or accruing to any person pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2-300 through 2-313 of this title shall not be subject to execution, garnishment or attachment, and shall …

A. All employee and employer contributions and dedicated revenues shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Fund in the State Treasury. The Board shallhave the responsibility for the management of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Fund, and may transfer …

The members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Board, the chief administrative officer and the employees of the System shall not accept gifts or gratuities from an individual organization with a value in excesss of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year. The provisions of this s…

A. Participating employers shall contribute to the fund an amount equal to eleven percent (11%) of the actual paid base salary of each member. B. Each member of the System shall make contributions to the fund in an amount equal to eight percent (8%) of the actual paid base salary…

Members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System responding to mobilization for state or national emergencies may not have the employer contribution reduced during their period of service in the Oklahoma National Guard or Reserve. Added by Laws 2002, c. 332, § 1, eff. Ju…

A. Except as otherwise provided in this title, at any time after attaining normal retirement date, any member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System upon application for unreduced retirement benefits made and approved, may retire, and, during the remainder of the membe…

A. On July 1, 1988, a member who retired prior to July 1, 1985, or the surviving spouse of such a member or the surviving spouse of a member who became deceased prior to July 1, 1985, shall receive retirement benefits computed in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-305 of…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement 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 beginni…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement 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 beginni…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement 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 perc…

A. This section applies to distributions made on or after January 1, 2002. Notwithstanding any provision of the System to the contrary that would otherwise limit a Distributee's election hereunder, a Distributee, including a nonspouse designated beneficiary, to the extent permitt…

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 Internal…

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 retirement payment must make a written election in accordance w…

A. In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a service retirement pension pursuant to Section 2-305 of this title, any member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System who has not less than twenty (20) years of participating service and who is eligible to receive a …

Any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement 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. Added by Laws 1990, c. 340, § 21, eff. July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 383, …

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 time and, to the extent applicable, Revenue Ruling 98-1 a…

A. Except as provided by subsection B of this section, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement 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 ending…

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. "Initial …

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System as of June 30, 1999, who continues to receive benefits on or after July 1, 2000, shall receive a three percent (3%) increase in said benefits o…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement 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 on…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement 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 said benefits beginni…

A. Upon the death of a retired member or upon the death of any member prior to retirement or other termination of covered employment, a monthly pension shall be paid which shall be in an amount as provided below: 1. If the member was not retired and death occurred as the direct r…

In the event the total retirement payments made to the member and his joint annuitant, if any, are less than the member's accumulated contributions, the difference shall be paid to the member's designated beneficiary or if no designated beneficiary survives, then to the member's …

Upon the death of an active or retired member, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System shall pay to the designated beneficiary of the member as defined in paragraph 17 of Section 2- 300 of this title or if there is no such designated beneficiary or if such designated benef…

(a) In the event a member of the System obtains a leave of absence, of not to exceed ninety (90) days at any one time, because of injury or illness or for any personal reason other than the acceptance of other employment, the member's membership in the System shall not terminate …

A. A member may receive service credit for not to exceed five (5) years of participating service accumulated by the member while an employee of a state agency if the member is not receiving or eligible to receive retirement benefits or credit for said service from the Oklahoma Pu…

A. The total service credit of a member who retires, elects a Deferred Option Plan or terminates employment and elects a vested benefit shall include not to exceed one hundred thirty (130) days of unused sick leave accumulated while a member of the System. Effective July 1, 2008,…