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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 453 By: Montgomery
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension
and Retirement System ; amending 11 O.S. 2021, Section
49-101.2, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 232,
O.S.L. 2022 (11 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 49 -101.2),
which relates to volunteer firefighters considered to
be paid firefighters; modifying compensation
determination; increasing monthly benefit to be
received by retirees; and providing for codification.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 49-101.2, as
amended by Section 4, Chapter 232, O. S.L. 2022 (11 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 49-101.2), is amended to read as follows:
Section 49-101.2. Any member serving as an active volunteer
firefighter who receives annual compensation fr om the fire
department the firefighter is enrolled in as a member of the System
for services related to firefighting, other than reimbursement of
expenses in excess of five and one-half (5 1/2) times the annual
pension benefit paid by the System to a retired volunteer
firefighter with twenty (20) years credited service Nine Thousand
Nine Hundred Thirty-nine Dollars and sixty-nine cents ($9,939.69),
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shall be considered a paid firefighter and must meet the physical
and agility requirements pursuant to Section 49-116 of this title to
continue as an active member of the System . Credited service earned
as a paid firefighter pursuant to this section shall not be
considered actual experience as a paid firefighter for purpo ses of
meeting the qualifications of a paid fire chief as provi ded in
Section 29-102 of this title. No fire department of a participating
municipality shall employ a volunteer firefighter from another fire
department to perform services relating to firefi ghting for any
compensation of any kind.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 49-143.8 of Title 11, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
Any member of the Oklah oma Firefighters Pension and Retirement
System receiving benefits as of June 30, 20 24, who continues to
receive benefits on or after July 1, 2024, shall receive a benefit
equal to Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each year of credited service not
to exceed thirty (30) years of service.
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