An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2457 By: Dobrinski and Lepak of the
House
and
Quinn of the Senate
An Act relating to public retirement systems;
amending 11 O.S. 2011, Section 50 -114, as amended by
Section 5, Chapter 346, O.S.L. 2019 (11 O.S. Supp.
2020, Section 50-114), which relates to the Oklahoma
Police Pension and Retirement System; modifying
distribution requirements; and declaring an
emergency.
SUBJECT: Public retirement systems
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2011, Section 50 -114, as
amended by Section 5, Chapter 346, O.S.L. 2019 (11 O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 50-114), is amended to read as follows:
Section 50-114. A. The State Board is hereby authorized to pay
out of funds in the System a monthly service pension to any member
eligible as hereinafter provided, not exceeding in any event the
amount of money in such funds and not exceeding in any event the
accrued retirement benefit for such member, except as provided for
herein. In order for a member to be eligible for such service
pension the following requirements must be complied with:
1. The member's service with the police department for any
participating municipality must have ceased; however, a member may
be subsequently reemployed in the position of police chief pursuant
to subsection C of Section 50 -112 of this title;
2. The member must have reached the member 's normal retirement
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3. The member must have complied with any agreement as to
contributions by the member and other members to any funds of the
System where said agreement has been made as provided by this
article; provided, that should a retired member receive disability
benefits as provided in this and other sections of this article, the
time the retired member is receiving said disability benefits shall
count as time on active service if the retired member should be
recalled by the Chief of Police from said disability retirement. It
shall be necessary before said time shall be counted t oward
retirement that the retired member make the same contribution as the
member would have otherwise made if on active service for the time
the retired member was disabled.
B. Any member complying with all requirements of this article,
who reaches normal retirement date, upon application, shall be
retired at the accrued retirement benefit. When a member has served
for the necessary number of years and is otherwise eligible, as
provided in this article, if such member is discharged without cause
by the participating municipality, the member shall be eligible for
a pension.
C. Effective July 1, 1989, in no event shall commencement of
distribution of the accrued retirement benefit of a member be
delayed beyond April 1 of the calendar year following the l ater of:
1. The calendar year in which the member reaches seventy and
one-half (70 1/2) years of age for a member who attains age seventy
and one-half (70 1/2) before January 1, 2020, or effective for
distributions required to be made after December 31, 2019, the
calendar year in which the member reaches seventy -two (72) years of
age for an individual who attains age seventy and one -half (70 1/2)
after December 31, 2019 ; or
2. The actual retirement date of the member.
For distributions made for calenda r years beginning on or after
January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2004, the System shall apply
the minimum distribution requirements and incidental benefit
requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, in accordance with the regulations under Section
401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which
were proposed on January 17, 2001, notwithstanding any provision of
the System to the contrary. For distributions made for calendar
years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, the System shall apply
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benefit requirements, and minimum distribution requirements of
Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
in accordance with the final regulations under Section 401(a)(9) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which were issued in
April 2002 and June 2004 including Treasury Regulations Sections
1.401(a)(9)-1 through 1.401(a)(9) -9; provided, however, that for
distributions required to be made after December 31, 2019, for
individuals who attain seventy and one -half (70 1/2) years of age
after December 31, 2019, such distributions shall take into account
that age 70 1/2 was stricken and age 72 was inserted in Sec tion
401(a)(9)(B)(iv)(I), Section 401(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) and Section
401(a)(9)(C)(ii)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, notwithstanding any provision of the System to the
contrary. Effective January 1, 2009, with respect to the Oklahoma
Police Deferred Option Plan, to the extent applicable, no minimum
distribution is required for 2009 in accordance with Section
401(a)(9)(H) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Effective September 8, 2009, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary of the System, the System, which is a governmental plan
(within the meaning of Section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended) is treated as having complied with Section
401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for all
years to which Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, applies to the System if the System complies with
a reasonable and good -faith interpretation of Section 401(a)(9) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
D. In the event of the death of any member who has been awarded
a retirement benefit or is eligible therefor as provided in this
section, such member 's beneficiaries shall be paid such retirement
benefit. The remaining portion of the member 's retirement benefit
shall be distributed to the beneficiaries at least as rapidly as
under the method of distribution to the member. Effective March 1,
1997, if a member to whom a retirement benefit has been awarded or
who is eligible therefor dies prior to the date as of w hich the
total amount of retirement benefit paid equals the total amount of
the employee contributions paid by or on behalf of the member and
the member does not have a surviving beneficiary, the total benefits
paid as of the date of the member 's death shall be subtracted from
the accumulated employee contribution amount and the balance, if
greater than zero (0), shall be paid to the member 's estate.
E. The State Board may review and affirm a member 's request for
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provided that no retirement benefits are paid prior to the normal
retirement date.
F. A member retired under the provisions of this article may
apply to the State Board to have the member 's retirement benefits
set aside and may mak e application for disability benefits. Upon
approval of the disability benefits, the member would become subject
to all provisions of this article pertaining to disability
retirement.
G. Upon the death of a retired member or a beneficiary, the
benefit payment for the month in which the retired member or
beneficiary died, if not previously paid, shall be made to the
beneficiary of the member, which shall include a successor in
interest for whom an affidavit is provided to the System in
accordance with Section 393 of Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or
to the member's or beneficiary's estate if there is no beneficiary.
Such benefit payment shall be made in an amount equal to a full
monthly benefit payment regardless of the day of the month in which
the retired member or beneficiary died.
H. If the requirements of Section 50 -114.4 of this title are
satisfied, a member who, by reason of attainment of normal
retirement date or age, is separated from service as a public safety
officer with the member 's participating municipality, may elect to
have payment made directly to the provider for qualified health
insurance premiums by deduction from his or her monthly pension
payment, after December 31, 2006, in accordance with Section 402(l)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 2nd day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 21st day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
THOMAS E. CUMMINS CONSULTING ACTUARY, INC.
2512 E. 71
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Street , Suite D ∙ Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136 (918) 492-9658 ∙ (918) 492- 9659
January 20, 2021
Representative Mark Lapak
Room 453.2
Re: RBH No. 7158
RBH No. 7158 conforms the distribution rules of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System
to those rules found in the CARES act.
RBH No. 7158 a nonfiscal bill as defined by OPLAAA.
I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Qualification Standards of the
American Academy of Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion herein.
Thomas E. Cummins
Thomas E. Cummins, MAAA