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Oklahoma House Bill HB1969 Compare Versions

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34	29		BILL NO. 1969 By: Newton of the House
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45		-	[ retirement - Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement
46		-	System - retired police officers - effective date -
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	40	+	An Act relating to retirement; amending 11 O.S. 2021,
	41	+	Section 50-112, which relate to the Oklahoma Police
	42	+	Pension and Retirement System; allowing
	43	+	municipalities under certain population to hire
	44	+	certain retired police officers without reentering
	45	+	system; providing an effective date; and declaring an
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53	52		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
54	53		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 50-112, is
55	54		amended to read as follows:
56	55		Section 50-112. A. All persons employed as full-time duly
57	56		appointed or elected officers who are paid for w orking more than
58	57		twenty-five (25) hours per week or any person hired by a
59	58		participating municipality who is undergoing police training to
60	59		become a permanent police officer of the municipality shall
61	60		participate in the System upon initial employment with a p olice
62	61		department of a participating municip ality. All such persons shall
63	62		submit to a physical -medical examination pertaining to sight,
64	63		hearing, agility and other conditions the requirements of which RBH No. 7782
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92	90		shall be established by the State Board. The person sha ll be
93	91		required to complete this physical -medical examination prior to the
94	92		beginning of actual employm ent. This examination shall identify any
95	93		preexisting conditions. Except as otherwise provided in this
96	94		section, a police officer shall be not less than tw enty-one (21) nor
97	95		more than forty-five (45) years of age when accepted for membership
98	96		in the System. However, if a municipality should be found to be in
99	97		noncompliance with the provisions of Article 50 of this title, as
100	98		determined by the State Board, then any current full-time active
101	99		police officer employed by a municipality as of July 1, 2001, shall
102	100		not be denied eligibility to participate in the Oklahoma Police
103	101		Pension and Retirement System solely due to age. The State Board
104	102		shall have authority to deny or revoke membership of any person
105	103		submitting false information in such person 's membership
106	104		application. The State Board shall have final authority in
107	105		determining eligibility for membership in the System , pursuant to
108	106		the provisions of this article.
109	107		B. The police chief of any participating municip ality may be
110	108		exempt from membership in the System or may b ecome a member provided
111	109		the member is not a retired member and the requirements of this
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113	111		C. A member of the Syst em who has attained his or her normal
114	112		retirement date may, if the member so elects, agree to terminat e
115	113		employment and retire as a member of the System and make an election RBH No. 7782
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143	140		to receive distributions from th e System. If a retired member is
144	141		reemployed by a participating municipality in the position of police
145	142		chief or in a position which is not covered by the System,
146	143		retirement shall include receipt by such retired member of in-
147	144		service distributions from the S ystem.
148	145		D. A former member of the System who termina tes from covered
149	146		employment and who has nei ther retired from the System nor entered
150	147		the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan and is later employed in a
151	148		covered position with a participating municipality s hall not be
152	149		denied eligibility to become a member of the System because he or
153	150		she is forty-five (45) years of age or older. If such member has
154	151		withdrawn his or her contributions prior to re-entering the System
155	152		and the member desires to receive credit for such prior service,
156	153		then the member shall pay back s uch contributions and interest
157	154		pursuant to Section 50-111.1 of this title.
158	155		E. Notwithstanding any ot her provision of law to the contrary,
159	156		a municipality that employs two (2) or fewer full-time police
160	157		officers with a population of Four Thousand Five Hundred (4,500) or
161	158		less, according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, may employ a
162	159		police officer retired police officers who is are more than forty-
163	160		five (45) years of age and who has never have participated in the
164	161		Oklahoma Police Pension and Retiremen t System, but such police
165	162		officer and are receiving retirement benefits. Such officers shall
166	163		not be eligible to reenter and participate in the System. Such RBH No. 7782
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194	190		police officer shall be counted in the limitation im posed by this
195	191		subsection. Notwithstanding any othe r provisions of law, the State
196	192		Board shall be granted access to information concerning a list of
197	193		actively working police o fficers within the municipalities and
198	194		agencies under the purview provided by the Co uncil on Law
199	195		Enforcement Education and Training.
200	196		SECTION 2. This act shall be come effective July 1, 2023.
201	197		SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
202	198		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
203	199		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
204	200		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
205		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
206		-	April 12, 2023 - DO PASS AS AMENDED
	201	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2023.
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	211	+	Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023.
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