Title 11, Title 11 — Cities and Towns

and maintenance of roadways - Building permits. A. A municipality situated in three or more counties which contains large areas of rural land not served by water and sewer facilities by the municipality shall recognize and permit the use of private roadways in either platted or u…

After a city planning commission has control over subdivision as provided in Section 47-114 of this title, the jurisdiction of the commission, as herein conferred over plats shall be exclusive within the territory under its jurisdiction. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-120, eff. July 1, …

After any plan for major streets, or portions thereof, has been prepared and adopted by a city planning commission, the council shall be authorized and empowered to establish, regulate and limit building or setback lines on such major streets by ordinance and to prohibit any new …

adjustment - Appeals. The council shall provide for the method by which its building or setback regulations shall be enforced and shall provide for a board of adjustment with powers to modify or vary the regulations, in specific cases, in order that unwarranted hardships, which c…

In any instance where it is shown that the application of the terms of Sections 47-101 through 47-124 of this title, or any proposed action hereunder, will be in material conflict with any accrued vested right so that it would, if applied to the particular property involved, resu…

A judicial review in the district court in the county in which the situs of the municipality is located may be had of any ruling, regulation, interpretation, order, requirement, refusal, permit, approval, or decision made under the terms of this article when such action is allege…

The governing body of any municipality may provide by ordinance for a retirement fund and system for any or all of its employees and the employees of a duly constituted authority of the municipality which are not otherwise provided for by a pension or retirement system. The gover…

Every municipality or municipal authority establishing a retirement fund and system is authorized and directed to provide for the control and management of the system by ordinance. The ordinance shall provide, in addition to other provisions, for: 1. The qualifications of the per…

from attachment, etc. - Exception of qualified domestic orders. A. Every municipality establishing a retirement fund and system shall provide a fund or contribute to a fund which shall be paid to and received by the municipal treasurer along with funds received from a duly consti…

Any municipality establishing a retirement fund and system may appropriate annually such sums as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the municipal governing body to the retirement fund and for the sole use of the retirement fund. The sums so appropriated shall be paid to the …

If the funds in any retirement system are insufficient to make full payment of the amount of retirement benefits or allowances to any eligible persons under the rules and regulations of the municipality, then the fund shall be prorated among those entitled thereto as the board of…

The municipal governing body may enact any and all ordinances necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 48-106, eff. July 1, 1978.

As used in this article: 1. "System" means the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System and all predecessor municipal firefighters pension and retirement systems; 2. "Article" means Article 49 of this title; 3. "State Board" means the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and …

A. A fiduciary with respect to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and 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 proper…

Warrants and vouchers. A. All employee and employer contributions and dedicated revenues shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Fund in the State Treasury. The State Board shall have the responsibility for the management of the Oklahoma Firefighter…

- Powers and duties. There is created the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System which shall be a body corporate and an instrumentality of this state. The System shall be vested with the powers and duties specified in this article and such other powers as may be nece…

A. There shall be an Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Board which shall be composed of thirteen (13) members as follows: 1. Five members shall be the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Firefighters Association; 2. One member shall be the President of the Professional F…

diem - Expenses. A. The State Board shall hold regular meetings in Oklahoma City at least once each quarter, the dates, time, and place to be fixed by the State Board. The State Board shall hold a regular meeting in July of each year which meeting shall be the annual meeting at w…

statement - Audits. A. The principal office of the System shall be in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Offices shall be assigned to the System by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. Upon the failure or inability of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to provide…

and gratuities - Actuary - Legal services. A. The State Board shall appoint an Executive Director. Subject to the policy direction of the State Board, the Executive Director shall be the managing and administrative officer of the System and as such shall have charge of the office…

Accounts and records - Open meetings - Actuarial tables - Decisions of Board - Actions - Electronic media use. A. The State Board shall be responsible for the policies and rules for the general administration of the System, subject to the provisions of this article. B. The State …

accumulated contributions and other assets of System. The State Board shall certify to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, on or before July 15 of each year, an…

A. The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Board shall discharge their 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 …

A. All retired volunteer firefighters who qualify for retirement shall be entitled to a monthly pension. The monthly pension of a volunteer firefighter shall be in the amount retired volunteer firefighters are receiving at the time the volunteer firefighter begins to receive a pe…

An eligible employer joining the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System on or after July 1, 2000, may purchase up to five (5) years of credited service for each volunteer member of a volunteer fire department at the annual contribution rate in effect as of the date o…

- Physical and agility requirements - Fire chief qualifications. Any member serving as an active volunteer firefighter who receives annual compensation from the fire department the firefighter is enrolled in as a member of the System for services related to firefighting, other th…

Whenever two or more adjacent municipalities participating in the System shall be made one, either by consolidation or annexation, those funds and those persons receiving benefits under the System shall be transferred to the new or surviving participating municipality and those p…

A. The mayor, the clerk and the treasurer of every incorporated municipality are, in addition to the duties now required of them, hereby created and constituted, together with three members from the fire department of such municipality, a local firefighters pension and retirement…

offices. The mayor shall be an ex officio member and chairman of the local board, the municipal clerk shall be ex officio secretary, and the municipal treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer of the local board. The mayor shall have a casting vote with the members only when necess…

Quorum. The local board shall hold meetings upon the call of its chairman at such times as the chairman deems necessary. The local board shall keep a record of its proceedings, which record shall be public record. A majority of all the regular voting members of the local board sh…

applications. It shall be the responsibility of the local board to review applications for retirement benefits and disability benefits. Each local board shall recommend approval, disapproval or modification of each application and the secretary shall forward such recommendations …

Consolidation of systems. A. An eligible employer may join the System on the first day of any month. Application for affiliation shall be in the form of a resolution approved by the governing body of the eligible employer or by any other body or officer authorized by law or recog…

provide fire protection. Any participating municipality that contracts with private organizations, corporations or companies to provide fire protection in this state shall meet the requirements of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System and the fire fighters of th…

payment to insurer. A. Any firefighter who reaches the firefighter's normal retirement date shall be entitled, upon written request, to retire from such service and be paid from the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System a monthly pension equal to the member's accrue…

A. In lieu of terminating employment and accepting a service retirement pension pursuant to Sections 49-101 and 49-106 of this title, any member of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System serving as an active firefighter in a fire department of a participating mun…

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 time and, to the extent ap…

A. For distributions made on or after January 1, 2002, and 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 permitted under paragra…

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…

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 written election in accordan…

service - Pension rights. A. Any volunteer firefighter who is appointed as a paid firefighter and serves less than ten (10) years as a paid firefighter shall be entitled to receive one-twentieth (1/20) of a volunteer pension earned over twenty (20) years for each full year served…

Disability not in line of duty. A. Whenever any firefighter serving in any capacity in a regularly constituted fire department of a municipality shall become so physically or mentally disabled while in, or in consequence of, the performance of the firefighter’s duty as to prevent…

evidence and records. A. No firefighter shall be retired, as provided in Section 49- 109 of this title, or receive any pension from the System, unless there shall be filed with the State Board certificates of the firefighter's disability. Any member of the fire department of any …

A. Whenever any member of the fire department of any municipality, on account of sickness or temporary disability, other than a burn injury, caused or sustained while in the discharge of the member's duty as such member, is unable to perform the member's duties, notwithstanding t…

A. Whenever any member of the fire department shall lose his or her life by reason of any injury or sickness sustained by him or her while in, or in consequence of, the performance of his or her duty or while on active duty in the National Guard and Reserves called to active duty…

benefits to beneficiaries. A. 1. In the event of the death of a firefighter who at the time of the firefighter's death was drawing a pension, other than a disability pension, or who at the time of the firefighter's death (whether death occurred while on duty, but not in or in con…

A. Upon the death of an active or retired member, the System shall pay to the surviving spouse of the member if the surviving spouse has been married to the firefighter for thirty (30) continuous months preceding the member's death provided a surviving spouse of a member who died…

life. Any member serving in any capacity in a regularly constituted fire department of a municipality of this state who shall become physically or mentally disabled as provided in Section 49-109 of this title, or shall lose his life as provided in Section 49-112 of this title, wh…

Retired disabled persons. A. All candidates being considered for a position of a paid firefighter shall pass the required pre-employment offer physical performance/agility test based on standards established by the State Board; provided that the time between the administration of…

When any person who shall have received any benefits from the System shall fail to report himself for examination for duty as required herein, unless excused by the State Board, or shall disobey the requirements of said State Board under this article, in respect to said examinati…

- Refunds - Vested benefits - Retirement annuity - Rejoining System. A. A member who terminates service before normal retirement date, other than by death or disability shall, upon application filed with the State Board, be refunded from the Fund an amount equal to the sum of: 1.…