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29		-	ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 1188 By: Taylor, Jett, Coleman,
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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	35	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
	36	+	FOR ENGROSSED
	37	+	SENATE BILL NO. 1188 By: Taylor, Jett, Coleman,
30	38		Kidd, and Bergstrom of the
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35	43		Newton and Roberts (Dustin)
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41		-	An Act relating to state pensions; amending 11 O.S.
42		-	2021, Section 50-112, which relates to eligibility
43		-	for membership in system; allowing municipalities
44		-	under certain population to hire certain retired
45		-	police officers without reentering system; allowing
46		-	for retired persons to be hired as police officers
47		-	under certain circumstances without entrance into
48		-	system; providing for codification; and providing an
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	51	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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53		-	AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill
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59		-	"An Act relating to state pensions; amending 11 O.S.
	53	+	An Act relating to state pensions; amending 11 O.S.
60	54		2021, Sections 50-111.3 and 50-112, which relate to
61	55		the Oklahoma Police Pen sion and Retirement System ;
62	56		modifying provision related to assumed rate of
63	57		return; allowing municipalities u nder certain
64	58		population to hire certain retired police officers
65	59		without reentering system; allowing for retired
66	60		persons to be hired as police officers under certain
67		-	circumstances without entrance into s ystem;
68		-	requiring payment of certain contribution amount;
69		-	providing for codification; providing an effective
70		-	date; and declaring an emergency .
	61	+	circumstances without entrance into s ystem; providing
	62	+	for codification; and providing an ef fective date.
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	67	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
	68	+	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 50 -111.3, is
	69	+	amended to read as follows:
	70	+	Section 50-111.3 A. In lieu of terminating emp loyment and
	71	+	accepting a service retirement pension pursuant to Section 50 -114 of RBH No. 11250
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99		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
100		-	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 50 -111.3, is
101		-	amended to read as follows:
102		-	Section 50-111.3 A. In lieu of terminating emp loyment and
103		-	accepting a service retirement pension pursuant to Section 50 -114 of
104	99		this title, any member of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement
105	100		System who has not less than twenty ( 20) years of creditable service
106	101		and who is eligible to receive a serv ice retirement pension ma y make
107	102		an irrevocable election to participate in the Oklahoma Police
108	103		Deferred Option Plan and defer the receipts of benefits in
109	104		accordance with the provisions of this section.
110	105		B. For purposes of this section, creditable service sh all
111	106		include service credi t reciprocally recognized pursuant to Section
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113	108		C. The duration of participation in the Oklahoma Po lice
114	109		Deferred Option Plan for a member shall not exceed five (5) year s.
115	110		Participation in the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan must begin
116	111		the first day of a month and end on the last day of a month. At the
117	112		conclusion of a member's participation in the Oklahoma Police
118	113		Deferred Option Plan, the member shall terminate emp loyment with all
119	114		participating municipalities as an officer, and shall start
120	115		receiving the member 's accrued monthly retirement benefit from the
121	116		System. Such a member may receive in -service distributions of such
122		-	member's accrued monthly retirement benefit from the System if such RBH No. 11250
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	117	+	member's accrued monthly retirement benefit from the System if such
	118	+	member is reemployed by a participating municipality only if such
	119	+	reemployment is as a police chief or in a position not covered under
	120	+	the System.
	121	+	D. When a member begins participation in the Oklahoma Police
	122	+	Deferred Option Plan, t he contribution of the em ployee shall cease. RBH No. 11250
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148		-	member is reemployed by a participating municipality only if such
149		-	reemployment is as a police chief or in a position not covered under
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151		-	D. When a member begins participation in the Oklahoma Police
152		-	Deferred Option Plan, t he contribution of the em ployee shall cease.
153	150		The employer contributions shall continue to be pai d in accordance
154	151		with Section 50-109 of this title. Municipal contributions for
155	152		employees who elect the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan shall
156	153		be credited equally to the Oklahoma P olice Pension and Retirement
157	154		System and to the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan. The monthly
158	155		retirement benefits that would have been payable had the member
159	156		elected to cease employment and receive a service retirement shall
160	157		be paid into the Oklahoma P olice Deferred Option Plan account.
161	158		E. 1. A member who participates in this plan shall be eligible
162	159		to receive cost of living increases.
163	160		2. A member who partici pates in this plan shall earn interest
164	161		at a rate of two percentage po ints below the rate of re turn of the
165	162		investment portfolio of the System, but no less than the actuarial
166	163		assumed interest rate as certified by the actuary in the yearly
167	164		evaluation report of the actuary seven and one-half percent (7.5%)
168	165		interest effective Ju ly 1, 2022. The interest shall be credited to
169	166		the individual account balance of the member on an annual basis.
170	167		F. A participant in the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan
171		-	shall receive, at the option of the participant: RBH No. 11250
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	168	+	shall receive, at the option of the participant:
	169	+	1. A lump sum payment from th e account equal to the optio n
	170	+	account balance of the participant, payable to the participant;
	171	+	2. A lump sum payment from th e account equal to the option
	172	+	account balance of the participant, payable to the annuity provider RBH No. 11250
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197		-	1. A lump sum payment from th e account equal to the optio n
198		-	account balance of the participant, payable to the participant;
199		-	2. A lump sum payment from th e account equal to the option
200		-	account balance of the participant, payable to the annuity provider
201	200		which shall be selected by the par ticipant as a result of the
202	201		research and investigation of the participant; or
203	202		3. Any other method of payment if approved by the State Board.
204	203		Notwithstanding any other provis ion contained herein to the
205	204		contrary, commencement of distributions under the Okla homa Police
206	205		Deferred Option Plan shall be no later than the time as set forth in
207	206		subsection C of Section 50-114 of this title.
208	207		G. If the participant dies during the period of participation
209	208		in the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan, a lump sum payment
210	209		equal to the account balance o f the participant shall be paid to the
211	210		recipients, which may include a t rust, properly designated in
212	211		writing by the participant or, if none, to t he surviving spouse who
213	212		was married to the participant for the thirty (30) continuo us months
214	213		immediately preceding the death of the participant; provided, a
215	214		surviving spouse of a part icipant who died in, and as a consequence
216	215		of, the performance of the part icipant's duty for a participating
217	216		municipality shall not be subject to the thirty -month marriage
218	217		requirement for survivor benefits or, if no surviving spouse, to the
219		-	estate of the participant. RBH No. 11250
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	218	+	estate of the participant.
	219	+	H. In lieu of participating in the Oklahoma Police Deferred
	220	+	Option Plan pursuant to subsections A, B, C, D, E , and F of this
	221	+	section, a member ma y make an irrevocable elect ion to participate in
	222	+	the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan pursuant t o this subsection
	223	+	as follows: RBH No. 11250
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245		-	H. In lieu of participating in the Oklahoma Police Deferred
246		-	Option Plan pursuant to subsections A, B, C, D, E , and F of this
247		-	section, a member ma y make an irrevocable elect ion to participate in
248		-	the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan pursuant t o this subsection
249		-	as follows:
250	251		1. For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions
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252	253		a. "back drop date" means the date selected by the
253	254		member, which is up to fiv e (5) years before the
254	255		member elects to participate in the Oklahoma Polic e
255	256		Deferred Option Plan, but not before the date at which
256	257		the member completes twenty (20) years of credited
257	258		service,
258	259		b. "termination date" means the date th e member elects to
259	260		participate in the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option
260	261		Plan pursuant to this subsecti on, and the date the
261	262		member terminates employment with all participat ing
262	263		municipalities as an active police officer, such
263	264		termination has at all times inclu ded reemployment of
264	265		a member by a participating municipality only if such
265	266		reemployment is as a polic e chief or in a positio n not
266	267		covered under the System,
267	268		c. "earlier attained credited service" means the credited
268		-	service earned by a member as of the back d rop date, RBH No. 11250
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	269	+	service earned by a member as of the back d rop date,
	270	+	and earlier attained credited service cannot be
	271	+	reduced to less than twenty (20) years of credited
	272	+	service, and
	273	+	d. "deferred benefit balance" means all month ly
	274	+	retirement benefits that would have been payable had RBH No. 11250
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294		-	and earlier attained credited service cannot be
295		-	reduced to less than twenty (20) years of credited
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297		-	d. "deferred benefit balance" means all month ly
298		-	retirement benefits that would have been payable had
299	302		the member elected to cease emplo yment on the back
300	303		drop date and receive a service retirement from the
301	304		back drop date to the terminat ion date, all of the
302	305		member's contributions and one -half (1/2) of the
303	306		employer contributions from the back drop date to the
304	307		termination date, with interest based on how the
305	308		benefit would have accumulated as if the member had
306	309		participated in the Oklahoma Po lice Deferred Option
307		-	Plan pursuant to subsections A, B, C, D , and E of this
	310	+	Plan pursuant to subsections A, B, C, D and E of this
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311	314		be determined based on earlier attained credited service and on the
312	315		final average salary as of the back drop date . The member's
313	316		individual deferred option account shall be credited with an amount
314	317		equal to the deferre d benefit balance; the memb er shall terminate
315	318		employment with all participating municipalities as a police officer
316	319		and shall start receiving the member's accrued mont hly retirement
317		-	benefit from the System . The provisions of subsections B, C, E, F , RBH No. 11250
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	320	+	benefit from the System . The provisions of subsections B, C, E, F ,
	321	+	and G of this section shall apply to this subsection. A member
	322	+	shall not participate in the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan
	323	+	pursuant to this subsection if the member ha s elected to participate
	324	+	in the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan pursuant to subsectio ns
	325	+	A, B, C, D, E, and F of this section; and RBH No. 11250
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343		-	and G of this section shall apply to this subsection. A member
344		-	shall not participate in the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan
345		-	pursuant to this subsection if the member ha s elected to participate
346		-	in the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan pursuant to subsectio ns
347		-	A, B, C, D, E, and F of this section; and
348	353		3. If a member who has not less than twenty (20) years of
349	354		creditable service and who is eligible to receive a service
350	355		retirement pension dies prior to terminating employment, the
351	356		surviving spouse shall be eligib le to elect to receive a benefit
352	357		determined as if the member had elected to participate in the
353	358		Oklahoma Police Deferred O ption Plan in accordance with this
354	359		subsection on the day immediately preceding the death . The
355	360		surviving spouse must have been married to the member for the thi rty
356	361		(30) continuous months preceding the member's death; provided, the
357	362		surviving spouse of a mem ber who died while in, and as a consequence
358	363		of, the performance of the member's duty for a participating
359	364		municipality shall not be subj ect to the thirty-month marriage
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361	366		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2 021, Section 50-112, is
362	367		amended to read as follows:
363	368		Section 50-112. A. All persons employed as full-time duly
364	369		appointed or elected of ficers who are paid for w orking more than
365	370		twenty-five (25) hours per week or any person hired by a
366		-	participating municipa lity who is undergoing police training to RBH No. 11250
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392		-	become a permanent police officer of the municipality shall
393		-	participate in the System upon in itial employment with a p olice
394		-	department of a participating municipality. All such persons shall
395		-	submit to a physical -medical examination pertaining to sight,
396		-	hearing, agility and other conditions the requirements of which
397		-	shall be established by the Sta te Board. The person sha ll be
398		-	required to complete this physical-medical examination prior to the
399		-	beginning of actual em ployment. This examination shall identify any
400		-	preexisting conditions. Except as otherwise provided in this
401		-	section, a police officer shall be not less than tw enty-one (21) nor
402		-	more than forty-five (45) years of age when accepted for membership
403		-	in the System. However, if a municipality should be found to be in
404		-	noncompliance with the provisions of Article 50 of this title, as
405		-	determined by the State Board, then any current full-time active
406		-	police officer employed by a municipality as of July 1, 2001, shall
407		-	not be denied eligibility to participate in the Oklahoma Police
408		-	Pension and Retirement System solely due to age. The State Board
409		-	shall have authority to deny or revoke membership of any person
410		-	submitting false information in such person ’s membership
411		-	application. The State Board shall have final authority in
412		-	determining eligibility for membership in the System , pursuant to
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414		-	B. The police chief of any participating municipality may be
415		-	exempt from membership in the System or may become a member provided RBH No. 11250
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443		-	C. A member of the Syst em who has attained his or her normal
444		-	retirement date may, if the member so elects, agree to ter minate
445		-	employment and retire as a member of the System and make an election
446		-	to receive distributions from th e System. If a retired mem ber is
447		-	reemployed by a participating municipality in the position of police
448		-	chief or in a position which is not covered b y the System,
449		-	retirement shall include receipt by such retired member of in-
450		-	service distributions from the S ystem.
451		-	D. A former member of the System who termina tes from covered
452		-	employment and who has neither retired from the System nor entered
453		-	the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan and is later employed in a
454		-	covered position with a participating municipality s hall not be
455		-	denied eligibility to become a member of the System because he or
456		-	she is forty-five (45) years of age or older. If such member has
457		-	withdrawn his or her contributions prior to re-entering the System
458		-	and the member desires to receive credit for such prior service,
459		-	then the member shall pay back s uch contributions and interest
460		-	pursuant to Section 50 -111.1 of this title.
461		-	E. Notwithstanding a ny other provision of law to the contrary,
462		-	a municipality that employs two (2) or fewer full-time police
463		-	officers with a population of four thousand five hundre d (4,500) or
464		-	less, according to the latest Federal Decennial Cens us, may employ a RBH No. 11250
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490		-	police officer retired police officers who is are more than forty-
491		-	five (45) years of age and who has never have participated in the
492		-	Oklahoma Police Pension and Retiremen t System, but such police
493		-	officer and are receiving retirement benefits. Such officers shall
494		-	not be eligible to reenter and participate in the System. Such
495		-	police officer shall be counted in the limitation im posed by this
496		-	subsection. Notwithstanding any othe r provisions of law, the State
497		-	Board shall be granted access to information concerning a list of
498		-	actively working police o fficers within the municipalities and
499		-	agencies under the purview provided by the Co uncil on Law
500		-	Enforcement Education and Training.
501		-	SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
502		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 50-112.1 of Title 11, unless
503		-	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
504		-	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who is
505		-	receiving retirement benefits from a st ate pension system may be
506		-	hired by a municipality with a population of four thousand five
507		-	hundred (4,500) or less, according to the latest Federal Decennia l
508		-	Census, to fulfill the duties and obligations of a police officer.
509		-	Such persons shall not be subject to the requirements and
510		-	obligations of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System and
511		-	shall not be eligible to enter into the System. A municipality, as
512		-	described by the provisions of this section , shall be required to
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539		-	Police Pension and Retirement System , as prescribed by Section 50-
540		-	110 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes , with respect to the
541		-	compensation paid only to retirees who retired from the Okl ahoma
542		-	Police Pension and Retirement System.
543		-	SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
544		-	SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
545		-	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is her eby
546		-	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
547		-	be in full force from and after its passage an d approval."
548		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of April, 2022.
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592		-	ENGROSSED SENATE
593		-	BILL NO. 1188 By: Taylor, Jett, Coleman,
594		-	Kidd, and Bergstrom of the
595		-	Senate
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599		-	Newton and Roberts (Dustin)
600		-	of the House
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604		-	An Act relating to state pensions; amending 11 O.S.
605		-	2021, Section 50-112, which relates to eligibility
606		-	for membership in system; allowing municipalities
607		-	under certain population to hire certain retired
608		-	police officers without reentering system; allowing
609		-	for retired persons to be hired as police officers
610		-	under certain circumstances without entrance into
611		-	system; providing for codification; and providing an
612		-	effective date.
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616		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
617		-	SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 1 1 O.S. 2021, Section 50 -112, is
618		-	amended to read as follows:
619		-	Section 50-112. A. All persons employed as full-time duly
620		-	appointed or elected officers who are paid for working more than
621		-	twenty-five (25) hours per week or any person hired by a
622	371		participating municipa lity who is undergoing police training to
623	372		become a permanent police officer of the municipality shall
624	373		participate in the System upon in itial employment with a p olice
625	374		department of a participating municipality. All such persons shall
626	375		submit to a physical -medical examination pertaining to sight,
627		-	hearing, agility and other conditions the requirements of which ~~RBS~~ No. ~~3619~~
	376	+	hearing, agility and other conditions the requirements of which RBH No. 11250
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655	405		required to complete this physical -medical examination prior to the
656	406		beginning of actual em ployment. This examination shall identify any
657	407		preexisting conditions. Except as otherwise provided in this
658	408		section, a police officer shall be not less than tw enty-one (21) nor
659	409		more than forty-five (45) years of age when accepted for membership
660	410		in the System. However, if a municipality should be found to be in
661	411		noncompliance with the provisions of Article 50 of this title, as
662	412		determined by the State Board, then any current full-time active
663	413		police officer employed by a municipality as of July 1, 2001, shall
664	414		not be denied eligibility to participate in the Oklahoma Police
665	415		Pension and Retirement System solely due to age. The State Board
666	416		shall have authority to deny or revoke membership of any person
667	417		submitting false information in such person ’s membership
668	418		application. The State Board shall have final authority in
669	419		determining eligibility for membership in the System , pursuant to
670	420		the provisions of this article.
671	421		B. The police chief of any participating municipality may be
672	422		exempt from membership in the System or may become a member provided
673	423		the member is not a retired member and the requirements of this
674	424		section are met at the time of employment.
675	425		C. A member of the Syst em who has attained his or her normal
676	426		retirement date may, if the member so elects, agree to ter minate
677		-	employment and retire as a member of the System and make an election ~~RBS~~ No. ~~3619~~
	427	+	employment and retire as a member of the System and make an election RBH No. 11250
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704	455		to receive distributions from th e System. If a retired mem ber is
705	456		reemployed by a participating municipality in the position of police
706	457		chief or in a position which is not covered b y the System,
707	458		retirement shall include receipt by such retired member of in-
708	459		service distributions from the S ystem.
709	460		D. A former member of the System who termina tes from covered
710	461		employment and who has neither retired from the System nor entered
711	462		the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan and is later employed in a
712	463		covered position with a participating municipality s hall not be
713	464		denied eligibility to become a member of the System because he or
714	465		she is forty-five (45) years of age or older. If such member has
715	466		withdrawn his or her contributions prior to re-entering the System
716	467		and the member desires to receive credit for such prior service,
717	468		then the member shall pay back s uch contributions and interest
718	469		pursuant to Section 50 -111.1 of this title.
719	470		E. Notwithstanding a ny other provision of law to the contrary,
720	471		a municipality that employs two (2) or fewer full-time police
721	472		officers with a population of four thousand five hundre d (4,500) or
722	473		less, according to the latest Federal Decennial Cens us, may employ a
723	474		police officer retired police officers who is are more than forty-
724	475		five (45) years of age and who has never have participated in the
725		-	Oklahoma Police Pension and Retiremen t System, ~~and are receiving~~
726		-	retirement benefits. ~~but such police officer~~ Such officers shall
727		-	not be eligible to reenter and participate in the System. Such ~~RBS~~ No. ~~3619~~
	476	+	Oklahoma Police Pension and Retiremen t System, but such police
	477	+	officer and are receiving retirement benefits. Such officers shall
	478	+	not be eligible to reenter and participate in the System. Such RBH No. 11250
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754	506		police officer shall be counted in the limitation im posed by this
755	507		subsection. Notwithstanding any othe r provisions of law, the State
756	508		Board shall be granted access to information concerning a list of
757	509		actively working police o fficers within the municipalities and
758	510		agencies under the purview provided by the Co uncil on Law
759	511		Enforcement Education and Training.
760		-	SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
761		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 112.1 of Title 11, unless ~~there~~
762		-	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
	512	+	SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
	513	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 50-112.1 of Title 11, unless
	514	+	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
763	515		Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who is
764	516		receiving retirement benefits from a st ate pension system may be
765	517		hired by a municipality with a population of four thousand five
766	518		hundred (4,500) or less, according to the latest Federal Decennia l
767	519		Census, to fulfill the duties and obligations of a police officer.
768	520		Such persons shall not be subject to the requirements and
769		-	obligations of the Oklahoma Police Pension Retirement System and
	521	+	obligations of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System and
770	522		shall not be eligible to enter into the System.
771		-	SECTION 8. This act shall become effective ~~November~~ 1, 2022. ~~RBS No. 3619~~
	523	+	SECTION 4. This act shall become effective No vember 1, 2022.
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805		-	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	525	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT,
	526	+	dated 04/05/2022 - DO PASS, As Amended.