Oklahoma 2024 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1443 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/15/2023

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) 
 
SENATE BILL 1443 	By: Rader 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to state fiscal affairs; creating the 
Oklahoma Pension Legacy Fund; providing sources of 
funds; requiring the State Treasurer to appoint 
investment managers; establishing investment 
guidelines; authorizing realization of losses under 
certain circumstance; requiring income and returns to 
accrue to the balance of the fund; prov iding for 
appropriations of funds for certain purp ose; 
providing for transfer amount upon insufficient 
liquidity; requiring manag ers to maintain certain 
proportion of liquidit y in the fund; requiring 
appropriation of monies transferred from the fund to 
certain state retirement syst ems; providing for 
calculation of appropriation; making appropriation to 
the Office of the State Treasurer; requiring deposit 
in certain fund; providing for codification; 
providing an effective date; and declaring an 
emergency. 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law t o be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.601 of Title 62, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, rea ds as follows: 
A.  There is hereby created in the St ate Treasury a fund to be 
known and designated as the “Oklahoma Pension Legacy Fund”.  The 
fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year   
 
 
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limitations, and shall consist of surplus monies and savings 
appropriated by the Legislature. 
B.  The State Treasurer shall appoint qualified investment 
managers to provide for the inv estment of the monies of the fund.  
The investments shall be consistent with the manner in which state 
retirement funds are invested.  The risk of large losses shall be 
minimized by diversifying the investments in the fund, unless, under 
the circumstances, it is clearly p rudent not to do so, which shall 
include the length of time of the investment.  The investment 
managers may sell investments and realize losses if such action is 
considered advantageous to lon ger-term return maximization. 
C.  The fund principal shall consist of monies which are 
deposited to the fund.  Notwithstanding any other provisi ons of law, 
income and investment return on fund principal shall accru e to the 
fund. 
D.  For each fiscal year, the Treasurer shall make available a 
report on its website detailing the present value of the investments 
and assets in the Oklahoma Pension Legacy Fund and the increase in 
value from the previous fiscal year . 
E.  Except as provided for in subsections F and G of this 
section, upon a determination by the Treasurer, through the report 
provided pursuant to subsection D of this section , that the increase 
in the value of the Oklahoma Pension Legacy Fund, from the previous 
fiscal year, exceeds One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00)   
 
 
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or any additional whole increment s of One Hundred Million Dollars 
($100,000,000.00), a transfer to the General Revenue fund , solely 
for the purpose of funding pensions in this state, as provided for 
in subsection H of this section, shall be made on January 1 of each 
subsequent calendar year in an amount equal to the high est whole 
one-hundred-million-dollar increment, as determined by the 
Treasurer. 
F. Except as provided for in subsection G of this se ction, upon 
a subsequent determination by the Treasurer, through the report 
provided pursuant to subsection D of this section , that the Oklahoma 
Pension Legacy Fund increased in value by any whole increments of 
One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) greater than the most 
recent January 1 transfer to the General Revenue Fund made pursuant 
to the provisions of this section, each subsequent January 1 
transfer shall be made in an amount equal to the highest whole one-
hundred-million-dollar increment that the Oklahoma Pension Legacy 
Fund increased in value, as determined by the Treasurer. 
G.  Investment managers appointed pursuant to subsection B of 
this section shall maintain a reasonable proportion of liquid assets 
in the Oklahoma Pension Legacy Fund in order to facilitate any 
expected transfers required pursuant to subsections E a nd F of this 
section. If the balance of the Oklahoma Pension Legacy Fund is 
insufficient or the cash available in the fund is insufficient due 
to lack of liquid assets to make the transfers required pursuant to   
 
 
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subsections E and F of this section, the entire balance availabl e 
for transfer shall be transferred to the fund. 
H.  The Legislature shall appropriate monies transferred from 
this fund to state retirement systems that have actuarial value 
funded ratios of less than one hundred percent (100%). 
Appropriations to each of those state retirement systems that have 
actuarial value funded ratios of less than one hundred percent 
(100%) shall be in a proportion equal to the ratio that the state 
retirement system’s dollar difference between its actuarial value of 
assets and actuarial accr ued liabilities bears to those combined 
state retirement system s’ dollar difference between its actuarial 
value of assets and actuarial accrued liab ilities. 
SECTION 2.  There is hereby appropriated to the Office of the 
State Treasurer for deposit in the Oklahoma Pension Legacy Fund, 
from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Genera l Revenue 
Fund of the State Treasury for the f iscal year ending June 30, 202 1, 
the sum of One Hundred Forty-five Million Eight Hundred Eighteen 
Thousand Six Hundred One Dollars ( $145,818,601.00). 
SECTION 3.  There is hereby appropriated to the Office of the 
State Treasurer for deposit in the Oklahoma Pension Legacy Fund, 
from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue 
Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 202 2, 
the sum of Sixty-four Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Two Hundred 
Ninety-nine Dollars ($64,250,299.00).   
 
 
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SECTION 4.  There is hereby appropriated to the Office of the 
State Treasurer for deposit in the Oklahoma Pension Legacy Fund, 
from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Ge neral Revenue 
Fund of the State Tr easury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, 
the sum of One Billion Eight Hundred Forty-five Million Two Hundred 
Fifty-three Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars 
($1,845,253,713.00). 
SECTION 5.  This act shall become effective July 1 , 2024. 
SECTION 6.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation 
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby 
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its pa ssage and approval. 
 
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