RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) SENATE BILL 102 By: Garvin AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; amending 11 O.S . 2021, Sections 50-101, as amended by Section 2, Ch apter 306, O.S.L. 2022 (11 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 50 -101), 50-110, and 50-111.1, which relate to definitions, employee contributions, and termination of employment; modifying definition; increasing minimum employee contribution for certain members of System; increasing computation of certain monthly benefits ; and updating statutory language. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 50 -101, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 306, O.S.L. 2022 (11 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 50-101), is amended to read as follows: Section 50-101. As used in this article: 1. “System” means the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System and all predecessor muni cipal Police Pension and Retirement Systems; 2. “Article” means Article 50 of this title; RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3. “State Board” means the Oklahoma Police P ension and Retirement Board; 4. “Fund” means the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Fund; 5. “Officer” means any duly appointed and sworn full-time officer of the regular police depa rtment of a municipality whose duties are to preserve the public pea ce, protect life and property, prevent crime, serve warrants, enforce all laws and municipal ordinances of this state, a nd any political subdivision thereof, and who is authorized to bear arms in the execution of such duties; 6. “Member” means all eligible officers of a participating municipality and any person hired by a participating municipality who is undergoing police training to become a permanent police officer of the municipality. Effective July 1, 1987, a member does not include a “leased employee” as defined under Section 414(n)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Effective July 1, 1999, any individual who agrees with the participating municipality that the individual’s services are to be performed as a leased employee or an independent contractor shall not be a member regardless of any classification as a common law employee by the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental agency, or any court of competent jurisdiction. A member shall include eligible commissioned officers of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 and the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission who elect to participate in the System pursuant to Sect ion 50-111.5 of this title; 7. “Normal retirement date” means the date at which the member is eligible to receive the unreduced payments of the m ember’s accrued retirement benefit. Such date shall be the first da y of the month coinciding with or followin g the date the member comp letes twenty (20) years of credited service. If the member’s employment continues past the normal retirement date of th e member, the actual retirement date of the member shall be the firs t day of the month after the member termin ates employment with more than twenty (20) years of credited service; 8. “Credited service” means the period of service used to determine the eligibility for and the amount of benefits payable to a member. Credited service shall consist of the period dur ing which the member participated in the System or the predecessor munic ipal systems as an active employee in an eligible membership classification, plus any service prior to the establishment of the predecessor municipal systems which was credited under t he predecessor municipal s ystems or credited service granted by the State Board; 9. “Participating municipality” means a municipality which is making contributions to the System on behalf of its officers. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Danger ous Drugs Control, the RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the A lcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission shall be treated in the same manner as a participating municipality only regarding those members who elect to participate in the System pu rsuant to Section 50-111.5 of this title; 10. “Permanent total disabili ty” means incapacity due to accidental injury or occupational disease, to earn any wages in the employment for which the member is physically suited and reasonably fitted through educa tion, training or experien ce. Further, the member must be declared one hundred percent (100%) impaired as defined by the “American Medical Associ ation’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment” on the basis of a physical medical examination by a physician licensed to prac tice medicine in this state, as selected by th e State Board; 11. “Permanent partial disability” means permanent disability which is less than permanent total disability as defined in this section. The member must be declared no greater than ninety-nine percent (99%) impaired as defined by the “American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment” on the basis of a physical medical examination by a physician lice nsed to practice medicine in this state, a s selected by the State Bo ard; 12. “Permanent in-line disability” means when a police officer serving in any capacity at a regular police department of a participating municipality becomes so physically or mentally RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 disabled, as determined by an independent medical examiner, psychiatrist, or psychologist selected by the State Board, while in, and in consequence of, the performance of authorizing activities while on duty as an officer that he or she is unable to perform the required duties of a police officer; 13. “Beneficiary” means a member’s surviving spouse or any surviving children, including biological and adopted c hildren, at the time of the member’s death. The surviving spouse must have been married to the member for the thirty (30) continuous months immediately preceding th e member’s death, provided a survivin g spouse of a member who died while in, and as a conse quence of, the performance of the member’s duty for a participating municipality, shall not be subject to the thirty-month marriage requirement for survivor benefits. A surviving child of a member shal l be a beneficiary until reach ing eighteen (18) years of age or twenty-two (22) years of age if the child is enrolled full time and regularly attending a public or private school or any institution of higher education. Any child adopted by a member after the member’s retirement shall be a beneficiary only if the child is adopted by the member for the thirty (30) continuous months preceding the member’s death. Any child who is adopted by a member after the member’s retirement and such member dies accidenta lly or as a consequence of the performance of the memb er’s duty as a police officer shall not be subject to the thirty-month adoption RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 requirement. This definition of beneficiary shall be in addition to any other requirement set forth in this article; 14. “Executive Director” means the managing officer of th e System employed by the State Board; 15. “Eligible employer” means any municipality with a municipal police department; 16. “Entry date” means the date as of whic h an eligible employer joins the Syst em. The first entry date purs uant to this article shall be January 1, 1981; 17. “Final average salary” means the average paid base salary of the member for normally scheduled hours over the highest salaried thirty (30) consecutive months of the last sixt y (60) months of credited service. Effective July 1, 2016, the following shall apply in computing final average salary: a. only paid base salary on which required contributions have been made shall be used in computing a member’s final average salary, b. for purposes of determining th e normal disability benefit only, final average salary shall be based on the member’s total service if less than thirty (30) months, c. in addition to other applicable limitations, and notwithstanding any other provision to th e contrary, for plan years beginning on or after July 1, 2002, the RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 annual compensation of each “Noneligible Member” taken into account under the System shall not exceed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) annual compensat ion limit. The EGTRRA annual compensation limit is Tw o Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00), as adjusted by the Commissioner for increases in the cost of living in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Interna l Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The annual compensation limit in effect for a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding twelve (12) months, over which compensation is determined (“determination period”) beginning in such calendar year. If a determination period consists of fewer than twelve (12) months, the EGTRRA annual compensation limit will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the determination period, and the denominator of which is twelve (12). For purposes of this section, a “Noneligible Member” is any member who first became a member during a plan year commencing on or after July 1, 1996, d. for plan years beginning on or after July 1, 2002, any reference in the System to the annual compensati on limit under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Code of 1986, as amended, shall m ean the EGTRRA annual compensation limit set forth in this provision, and e. effective January 1, 2008, back pay, within the meaning of Section 1.415(c)-2(g)(8) of the Income Tax Regulations, shall be t reated as paid base salary for the limitation year to which the back pay relates to the extent the back pay represents wages and compensation that would otherwise be included in this definition; 18. “Accrued retirement benefit” means, for benefits computed prior to the effective date of this act , two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the member’s final average salary multiplied b y the member’s years of credited service not to exceed thirty (30) years. For a member who retires on or after the effective date of this act , “accrued retirement benefit ” shall mean three percent (3%) of the member’s final average salary multiplied by the member’s years of credited service not to exceed thirty (30) years ; 19. “Normal disability benefit” means: a. for benefits computed prior to the effective date of this act, the greater of: a. (1) two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the member’s final average salary multiplied by twenty (20) years, notwithstanding the years of actual credited service, or RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 b. (2) two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the member’s final average salary multiplied by the years of credited service of the member, not to exceed thirty (30) years, if the officer has mor e than twenty (20) years of credited service, b. for benefits computed on or after the effective date of this act, the greater of: (1) three percent (3%) of the member’s final average salary multiplied by twenty (20) years, notwithstanding the years of ac tual credited service, or (2) three percent (3%) of the member ’s final average salary multiplied by the years of credited service of the member, not to exceed thirty (30) years, if the officer has more than twenty (20) years of credited service; 20. “Limitation year” means the year used in applying the limitations of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code o f 1986, as amended, which year shall be the calendar year; 21. “Paid base salary” means, effective July 1, 2016, any compensation described in subparagraph a of this paragraph that is not described in subparagraph b of this paragraph. a. Paid base salary shall include only: RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (1) normal compensation paid on a regularly scheduled pay period including, but not limited to, regular pay for holidays, paid time off, vacation or annual leave, sick leave or compensatory time in lieu of overtime, any lump sum payment paid in lieu of a normal wage increase, provided such lump sum payment is retroactively applied over the prior twelve-month period ending with the payment date, compensation for bomb squad pay, education pay, incentive pay, K-9 pay, negotiation pay, shift differential, sniper pay, SWAT team pay, emergency response team pay, any other special unit pay, and any incremental increase in compensation which is not included by the employer in a member’s regular base pay for salary increase purposes but is paid by the employer to the member for group health benefits based on an arrangement with a par ticipating municipality that was in place on December 31, 2015, so long as the arrangement continues uninterrupted for a member employed by a participating municipality on June 30, 2016, who has not since terminated employment and been rehired by such part icipating municipality, RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (2) any amount of elective salary reduction under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that would have been treated as paid base salary but for the salary deferral reduction agreement, (3) any amount of elective salary reduction not includable in the gross income of the member under Section 132(f)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that would have been treated as paid base salary but for the salary deferral reduction agreement, (4) any amount of elective salary reduction under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that would have been treated as paid base salary but for the salary d eferral reduction agreement, (5) any amount of elective salary reduction under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that would have been treated as paid base salary but for the salary deferral reduction agreement, (6) any amount of nonelective salary reduction under Section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (7) educational allowances paid to obtain training certification or pursue an advanced degree, (8) longevity payments made to members based upon a standardized plan which recognizes length of service to the participating municipality, (9) paid base salary shall also include base salary, as described in divisions (1) through (8) of this subparagraph, for services, but paid by the later of two and one-half (2 1/2) months after a member’s severance from employment or the end of the calendar year that includes the date the member terminated employment, if it is a payment that, absent a severance from employment, would have been paid to the member while the mem ber continued in employment with the participating municipality, (10) any payments not described in divisions (1) through (9) of this subparagraph shall not be considered paid base salary if paid after severance from employment, even if they are paid by the later of two and one-half (2 1/2) months after the date of severance from employment o r the end of the calendar year that includes the date of severance from employment, except RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 payments to an individual who does not currently perform services for the par ticipating municipality by reason of qualified military service within the meaning of Se ction 414(u)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to the extent these payments do not exceed the amounts the individual would have received if the individual had continued to perform services for the participating municipality rather than entering qualified military service, (11) back pay, within the meaning of Section 1.415(c)- 2(g)(8) of the Income Tax Regulations, shall be treated as paid base salary fo r the limitation year to which the back pay relates to the extent the back pay represent s wages and compensation that would otherwise be included in this definition, and (12) paid base salary shall also include differential wage payments under Section 414( u)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, paid base salary shall not include any: (1) fringe benefits, reimbursements, or increases in compensation due to reimbursements to the ext ent RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 not specifically included above in subparagraph a of this paragraph, (2) incremental increase in compensation which is not included by the employer in a member’s regular base pay for salary increase purposes but is paid by the employer to the member fo r group health benefits not otherwise included above in division (1) of subparagraph a o f this paragraph, (3) insurance benefits, including any reimbursements thereof, or insurance proceeds of any type not otherwise included above in division (1) of subparagraph a of this paragraph, (4) bonuses, including signing bonuses, lump -sum payments or stipends made to the member not otherwise included above in division (1) of subparagraph a of this paragraph, (5) overtime compensation, (6) payments whether prior to or upon termination of employment for accumulated unused vacation or unused annual leave, accumulated unused sick leave, or accumulated unused paid time off or other unused leave, (7) payments made in error to a member, RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (8) payments made by the participati ng municipality for services rendered by the member, which services are not part of the member’s job duties and responsibilities of his or her job position with the participating m unicipality, (9) severance pay, (10) unemployment payments, and (11) uniform and equipment allowances; and 22. “Actuarial equivalent” means equality in value of th e aggregate amounts expected to be received based on interest rate and mortality assumption s set by the State Board, in a manner that precludes employer discretion, and based upon recommendations from independent professional advisors, and which shall be p ublished annually in the actuarial report. SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 50 -110, is amended to read as follows: Section 50-110. A. Each member in the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System prior to the effecti ve date of this act shall contribute to the System a minimum of eight percent (8%) of the member’s actual paid base salary . On or after the effective date of this act, each member shall contribute to the System a minimum of nine percent (9%). At the option of the participatin g municipality, the participating municipality may pay all or any part of the member ’s RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 required contribution. The sums contributed shall be paid to th e System as provided in this article within ten (10) days f ollowing the payroll period on which the contr ibutions are based. Amounts deducted from the salary of a member and not paid to the System after thirty (30) days from each ending payroll date shall be subject to a monthly late charge of one and one-half percent (1 1/2%) of the unpaid balance to be pai d by the municipality to the System. All funds received by a participating municipality for police retirement purposes shall be forwarded to the State Board for credit to the Fund. B. Each municipality shall pick up under the provisi ons of Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and pay the contribution which the member is required by law to make to the System for all compensation earned after December 31, 1988. Although the contributions so pi cked up are designated as member contributions, such contributions shall be treated as contributions being paid by the municipality in lieu of contributions by the member in determining tax treatme nt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and such picked up contributions shall no t be includable in the gross income of the member until such amounts are distributed or made available to the member or the beneficiary of the member. The member, by the terms of this System, shall not have any option to choose to receive the contribution s so picked up direct ly and the RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 picked up contributions must be paid by the municipality to the System. Member contributions which are picked up shall be treated in the same manner and to the same extent as member contributions mad e prior to the date on wh ich member contributi ons were picked up by the municipality. Member contributions so picked up shall be included in gross salary for purposes of determining benefits and contributions under the System. The municipality shall pay t he member contributions f rom the same source of funds used in paying salary to the member, by effecting an equal cash reduction in gross salary of the member. SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 50-111.1, is amended to read as follows: Section 50-111.1. A. A member who terminates service b efore 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 accumulated contribut ions the member has made to the Fund, but excluding any interest or an y amount contributed by the municipality or state . If a member withdraws the member’s accumulated contributions, such member s hall not have any recourse against the System for any type of additional benefits including, but not limited to, disability benef its. If a member has completed ten (10) years of credited service at the date of RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 termination, the member may elect a vested be nefit in lieu of receiving the member’s accumulated contrib utions. If the member who has completed ten (10) or more years of credited service elects the vest ed benefit, the member shall be entitled to a monthly retirement annuity commencing on the date the member reaches fifty (50) years of age or the date the mem ber would have had twenty (20) years of credited service had the membe r’s employment continued uni nterrupted, whichever is later . The annual amount of such retirement annuity shall be equal to two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the annualized final aver age salary multiplied by the number of years of credited service. For a monthly retirement annuity commencing on or after the effective date of this act, the annual amount of such retirement annui ty shall be equal to three percent (3%) of the annualized fi nal average salary multi plied by the number of years of credited service. If a terminated member has elected a vested benefit and subsequently returns to work as a police officer of a participatin g municipality, their vested benefit will be set aside and p rior credited service will be reinstated. B. If a member who terminates emplo yment and elects a vested benefit dies prior to being eligible to receive benefits, the member’s beneficiary shall be entitled to the member’s normal monthly accrued retirement b enefits on the date the deceased member would have been eligible to receive th e benefit. RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 C. Whenever a member has terminated or hereafter terminates covered employment and has withdrawn or hereaf ter withdraws the member’s accumulated contributions and has rejoined or hereafter rejoins the System, the member, upon proper application and approval by the Board, may pay to the System the sum of the accumulated contributions the member has withdrawn or hereafter withdraws plus ten percent (10%) annual interest from the date of withdra wal and shall receive the same benefits as if the memb er had never withdrawn the contributions. A lump-sum payment for repayment of any amounts received because of a membe r’s prior termination may be repaid by trustee-to-trustee transfers of non-Roth funds from a Section 403(b) annuity, an eligible Section 4 57(b) plan, and/or a Section 401(a) qualified plan. Those members who at the time of termination of employment could not withdraw any of their accumulated contributions shall receive credited service f or the time employed as an officer prior to any such termination upon proper application and approval by the Board. To receive credit for such service, all required contributions and interest shall be paid within ninety (90) days o f Board approval of the application. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any member who is receiving benefits from the System as of July 1, 1987. D. If an active member dies and does not leave a surviving beneficiary under paragraph 13 o f Section 50-101 of this title, the accumulated contributions made to the Syst em by the member shall be RBS No. 382 Req. No. 382 Page 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 paid to the member’s estate or, if properly designated by the member, a trust. 59-1-382 RD 1/3/2023 9:13:31 AM