Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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36	29		BILL NO. 318 By: Taylor of the Senate
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45	38		An Act relating to police retirement; amending 11
46	39		O.S. 2021, Section 50-112, which relates to
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48	41		age range for eligibility of certain members in the
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53	46		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
54	47		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 50-112, is
55	48		amended to read as follows:
56	49		Section 50-112. A. All persons employe d as full-time duly
57	50		appointed or elected officers who are paid for working more than
58	51		twenty-five (25) hours per week or any person hired by a
59	52		participating municipality who is undergoing police training to
60	53		become a permanent police officer of the municipal ity shall
61	54		participate in the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System
62	55		upon initial employment with a police department of a participating
63	56		municipality. All such persons shall submit to a physical -medical
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	57	+	examination pertaining to sight, hearing, agil ity and other
	58	+	conditions the requirements of which shall be established by the
	59	+	State Board Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Board . The
	60	+	person shall be required to compl ete this physical-medical RBS No. 327
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92		-	conditions the requirements of which shall be established by the
93		-	State Board Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Board. The
94		-	person shall be required to compl ete this physical-medical
95	87		examination prior to the beginning of actual employmen t. This
96	88		examination shall identify any preexi sting conditions. Except as
97	89		otherwise provided in this section, a police officer shall be not
98	90		less than twenty-one (21) nor more than forty-five (45) fifty (50)
99	91		years of age when accepted for membership in the System. However,
100	92		if a municipality should be found to be in noncompliance with the
101	93		provisions of Article 50 of this title, as determined by the State
102	94		Board, then any current full-time active police off icer employed by
103	95		a municipality as of July 1, 2001, sh all not be denied eligibility
104	96		to participate in the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System
105	97		solely due to age. The State Board shall have authority to deny or
106	98		revoke membership of any person subm itting false information in such
107	99		person's membership application. The State Board shall have final
108	100		authority in determining eligibility for membership in the System,
109	101		pursuant to the provisions of this article.
110	102		B. The police chief of any participating mun icipality may be
111	103		exempt from membership in the System or may become a member provided
112	104		the member is not a retired member and the requirements of this
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114	106		C. A member of the System who has a ttained his or her normal
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	107	+	retirement date may, if the member so elects, agree to terminate
	108	+	employment and retire as a member o f the System and make an election
	109	+	to receive distributions from the System. If a retired member is
	110	+	reemployed by a participating municipality in the positio n of police RBS No. 327
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143		-	employment and retire as a member o f the System and make an election
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145		-	reemployed by a participating municipality in the positio n of police
146	137		chief or in a position which is not covere d by the System,
147	138		retirement shall include rec eipt by such retired member of in -
148	139		service distributions from the System.
149	140		D. A former member of the System who terminates from cov ered
150	141		employment and who has neither retired from the System nor entered
151	142		the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan and is later employed in a
152	143		covered position with a participating municipality shall not be
153	144		denied eligibility to become a member of the System because he or
154	145		she is forty-five (45) fifty (50) years of age or older. If such
155	146		member has withdrawn his or her contributions prior to re-entering
156	147		the System and the member desires to receive credit for such prior
157	148		service, then the member shall pay back su ch contributions and
158	149		interest pursuant to Section 50-111.1 of this title.
159	150		E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to th e contrary,
160	151		a municipality that employs two (2) or fewer full -time police
161	152		officers may employ a police officer who is more than forty-five
162	153		(45) fifty (50) years of age and who has never participated in the
163	154		Oklahoma Police Pension and Retire ment System, but such police
164	155		officer shall not be eligible to participate in the System. Such
165	156		police officer shall be counted in the limitation i mposed by this
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	157	+	subsection. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Stat e
	158	+	Board shall be granted acce ss to information concerning a list of
	159	+	actively working police officers within the municipalities and RBS No. 327
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196	186		agencies under the purview provided by the C ouncil on Law
197	187		Enforcement Education and Training.
198	188		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective September 1, 2022.
	189	+	Passed the Senate the 8th day of March, 2022.
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200		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON BANKING, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND
201		-	PENSIONS, dated 04/04/2022 - DO PASS.
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	193	+	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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	196	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	201	+	Presiding Officer of the House
	202	+	of Representatives
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