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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1182 By: Hardin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public retirement systems;
amending 62 O.S. 2021, Section 3103, as last amended
by Section 127, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 20 24 (62 O.S.
Supp. 2024, Section 3103), which relates to the
Oklahoma Pension Actuarial Analysis Act; modifying
definition; amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -300, as
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 361, O.S.L. 2024
(47 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 2 -300), which relates to
the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System;
modifying definition; authorizing membership in the
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System for
certain new employees of the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Training; providing for
codification; providing effective dates; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 62 O.S. 2021, Section 3103, as
last amended by Section 127, Chapter 452, O .S.L. 2024 (62 O.S. Supp.
2024, Section 3103), is amended to read as follows:
Section 3103. As used in the Oklahoma Pension Legislation
Actuarial Analysis Act:
1. "Amendment" means any amendment including a substitute bill,
made to a retirement bill by a ny committee of the House or Senate, RBH No. 10057
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any conference committee of the House or Senate or by the House or
Senate;
2. "RB number" means that number preceded by the letters "RB"
assigned to a retirement bill by the respective staffs of the
Oklahoma State Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives when
the respective staff office prepares a retirement bill for a member
of the Legislature;
3. "Legislative Actuary" means the firm or entity that enters
into a contract with the Legislative Service Bureau pur suant to
Section 452.15 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes to provide the
actuarial services and other duties provided for in the Oklahoma
Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act;
4. "Nonfiscal amendment" means an amendment to a retirement
bill having a fiscal impact, which amendment does not change any
factor of an actuarial investigation specified in subsection A of
Section 3109 of this title;
5. "Nonfiscal retirement bill " means a retirement bill:
a. which does not affect the cost or funding facto rs of a
retirement system,
b. which affects such factors only in a manner which does
not:
(1) grant a benefit increase under the retirement
system affected by the bill, RBH No. 10057
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(2) create an actuarial accrued liability for or
increase the actuarial accrued liabili ty of the
retirement system affected by the bill, or
(3) increase the normal c ost of the retirement system
affected by the bill,
c. which authorizes the purchase by an active member of
the retirement system, at the actuarial cost for the
purchase as computed pursuant to the statute in effect
on the effective date of the measure allowing such
purchase, of years of service for purposes of reaching
a normal retirement date in the applicable retirement
system, but which cannot be used in order to compute
the number of years of service for purposes of
computing the retirement benefit for the member,
d. which provides for the computation of a service -
connected disability retirement benefit for members of
the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System
pursuant to Section 2-305 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
Statutes if the members were unable to complete twenty
(20) years of service as a result of the disability,
e. which requires membership in the defined benefit plan
authorized by Section 901 et seq. of Title 74 of t he
Oklahoma Statutes for persons whose first elected or
appointed service occu rs on or after November 1, 2018, RBH No. 10057
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if such persons had any prior service in the Oklahoma
Public Employees Retirement System prior to November
1, 2015,
f. which provides for a one -time increase in retirement
benefits if the increase in retirement benefits is not
a permanent increase in the gross annual retirement
benefit payable to a member or beneficiary, occurs
only once pursuant to a single statutory authorization
and does not exceed:
(1) the lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross
annual retirement benefit of the member or One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and requires that
the benefit may only be provided if the funded
ratio of the affected retirement system would not
be less than sixty percent (60%) but not greater
than eighty percent (80%) after the benefit
increase is paid,
(2) the lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross
annual retirement benefit of the member or One
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) and
requires that the benefit may only be provided if
the funded ratio of the affected retirement
system would be greater than eighty percent (80%) RBH No. 10057
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but not greater than one hundred percent (100%)
after the benefit increase is paid,
(3) the lesser of two percent (2%) of the gro ss
annual retirement benefit of the member or One
Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($1,400.00) and
requires that the benefit may only be provided if
the funded ratio of the affected retirement
system would be greater than one hundred percent
(100%) after the benefit increase is paid, or
(4) the greater of two percent (2%) of the gross
annual retirement benefit of the volunteer
firefighter or One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for
persons who retired from the Oklahoma
Firefighters Pension and Retirement System as
volunteer firefighters and who did not retire
from the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and
Retirement System as a paid firefighter.
As used in this subparagraph, "funded ratio" means the
figure derived by dividing the actuarial value of
assets of the applicabl e retirement system by the
actuarial accrued liability of the applicable
retirement system,
g. which modifies the disability pension standard for
police officers who are members of the Oklahoma Police RBH No. 10057
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Pension and Retirement System as provided by Section
50-115 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
h. which provides a cost -of-living benefit increase
pursuant to the provisions of:
(1) Section 49-143.7 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma
Statutes,
(2) Section 50-136.9 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma
Statutes,
(3) Section 1104K of Title 20 of the Oklahoma
Statutes,
(4) Section 2-305.12 of Title 47 o f the Oklahoma
Statutes,
(5) Section 17-116.22 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, or
(6) Section 930.11 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes,
i. which provides for the reinsta tement of retirement
benefits for members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
Retirement System pursuant to Section 2 -305 of Title
47 of the Oklahoma Statutes for those who were hired
on or after November 1, 2012, or May 24, 2013,
j. which authorizes the purch ase of military service
credit as provided in Section 50 -128 of Title 11,
Section 1102.2 of Title 20, Section 2 -307.4 of Title RBH No. 10057
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47, and Section 913.8 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes,
k. which restores benefits pursuant to Sections 49 -100.1,
49-101, 49-101.2, 49-106.1, 49-108, 49-117.1, and 49-
135 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
l. which modifies the computation of the line -of-duty
disability benefit pursuant to the provisions of this
act, or
m. which authorizes membership in the Oklahoma Law
Enforcement Retirement System for active commissioned
or CLEET-certified agents of the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Training pursuant to Section
3 of this act.
A nonfiscal retirement bill shall include any retirement bill that
has as its sole purpos e the appropriation or distribution or
redistribution of monies in some manner to a retirement system for
purposes of reducing the unfunded liability of such system or the
earmarking of a portion of the revenue from a tax to a retirement
system or increasing the percentage of the revenue earmarked from a
tax to a retirement system;
6. "Reduction-in-cost amendment" means an amendment to a
retirement bill having a fiscal impact which reduces the cost of the
bill as such cost is determined by the actuarial in vestigation for
the bill prepared pursuant to Section 3109 of this title; RBH No. 10057
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7. "Retirement bill" means any bill or joint resolution
introduced or any bill or joint resolution amended by a member of
the Oklahoma Legislature which creates or amends any law di rectly
affecting a retirement system. A retirement bill shall not mean a
bill or resolution that impacts the revenue of any state tax in
which a portion of the revenue generated from such tax is earmarked
for the benefit of a retirement system;
8. "Retirement bill having a fiscal impact " means any
retirement bill creating or establishing a retirement system and any
other retirement bill other than a nonfiscal retirement bill; and
9. "Retirement system" means the Teachers' Retirement System of
Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the
Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma
Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police
Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
Retirement System, or a retirement system established after January
1, 2006.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -300, as
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 361, O.S.L. 2024 (47 O.S. Supp.
2024, Section 2-300), is amended to read as foll ows:
Section 2-300. As used in Section 2 -300 et seq. of this title:
1. "System" means the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement
System;
2. "Act" means Section 2-300 et seq. of this title; RBH No. 10057
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3. "Board" means the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Board
of the System;
4. "Executive Director" means the managing officer of the
System employed by the Board;
5. "Fund" means the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement Fund;
6. "Participating employer " means any Oklahoma entity with one
or more employees who are me mbers of the System;
7. a. "Member" means:
(1) all commissioned law enforcemen t officers of the
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the
Department of Public Safety who have obtained
certification from the Council on Law Enforcement
Education and Training, and all cadets of a
Patrol Academy of the Department of Public
Safety,
(2) law enforcement officers and criminalists of the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,
(3) law enforcement officers of the Oklahoma State
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs C ontrol
designated to perform duties in the investigation
and prevention of cri me and the enforcement of
the criminal laws of this state,
(4) law enforcement officers of the Alcoholic
Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission designated RBH No. 10057
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to perform duties in the investigation and
prevention of crime and the enforcement of the
criminal laws of this state,
(5) employees of the Communications Section of the
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division, radio
technicians and tower technicians of the
Department of Public Safety, w ho are employed in
any such capacity as of June 30, 2008, and who
remain employed on or after July 1, 2008, until a
termination of service, or until a termination of
service with an election of a vested benefit from
the System, or until retirement. Effect ive July
1, 2008, a person employed for the first time as
an employee of the Department of Public Safety in
the Communications Division as an information
systems telecommunication technician of the
Department of Public Safety shall not be a member
of the System,
(6) park rangers of the Oklahoma Tourism and
Recreation Department and any park manager or
park supervisor of the Oklahoma Tourism and
Recreation Department, who was employed in such a
position prior to July 1, 1985, and who elects on RBH No. 10057
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or before September 1, 1996, to participate in
the System,
(7) inspectors of the State Board of Pharmacy, and
(8) active commissioned or CLEET -certified agents
hired by the Office of the Attorney General or
the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma
on or after the effective date of this act July
1, 2024, and
(9) active commissioned or CLEE T-certified agents
hired by the Council on Law Enforcement Education
and Training on or after the effective date of
this act.
b. 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 employer that the individual 's
services are to be performed as a leased empl oyee or
an independent contractor shall not be a member
regardless of any clas sification as a common -law
employee by the Internal Revenue Service or any other
governmental agency, or any court of competent
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c. All persons offered a position de scribed in
subparagraph a of this paragraph shall participate in
the System only upon meeting the requisite post -offer-
pre-employment examination standards which shall be
subject to the following requirements:
(1) all such persons shall be of good moral
character, free from deformities, mental or
physical conditions, or disease and alcohol or
drug addiction which would prohibit the person
from performing the duties of a law enforcement
officer,
(2) the physical-medical examination shall pertain to
age, sight, hearing, agility and other conditions
the requirements of which shall be established by
the Board,
(3) the person shall be required to meet the
conditions of this subsection prior to the
beginning of actual employment but after an offer
of employment has been tendered by a
participating employer,
(4) the Board shall have authorit y to deny or revoke
membership of any person submitting false
information in such person 's membership
application, and RBH No. 10057
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(5) the Board shall have final authority in
determining eligibility for membership in the
System, pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection;
8. "Normal retirement date " means the date at which the member
is eligible to receive the unreduced payments of the member 's
accrued retirement benefit. Such date shall be the first day of the
month coinciding with or following the date the membe r:
a. completes twenty (20) years of vesting service, or
b. attains sixty-two (62) years of age with ten (10)
years of vesting service, or
c. attains sixty-two (62) years of age, if:
(1) the member has been transferred to this System
from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement
System on or after July 1, 1981, and
(2) the member would have been vested had the member
continued to be a member of the Oklahoma Public
Employees Retirement System.
With respect to distributions under the System made for calendar
years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, the System shall apply
the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirements, incidental
benefit requirements, and minimum distrib ution requirements of
Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
in accordance with the final regulations under Section 401(a)(9) of RBH No. 10057
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the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including Treasury
Regulations Sections 1.401(a)(9) -1 through 1.401(a)(9) -9; provided,
that for individuals who attain seventy an d one-half (70 1/2) years
of age after December 31, 2019, but before January 1, 2023, such
distributions shall take into account that "age 70 1/2" was stricken
and "age 72" was inserted in Sections 401(a)(9)(B)(iv)(I),
401(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) and 401(a)(9)(C)(ii)(I) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and, provided further, that for
individuals who attain seventy -two (72) years of age after December
31, 2022, such distrib utions shall take into account that "age 72"
was stricken and "the applicable age", as defined in Section
401(a)(9)(C)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
was inserted in Section 401(a)(9)(B)(iv)(I), Section
401(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) and Section 401(a)(9)(C)(ii)(I) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in all cases notwithstanding any
provision of the System to the contrary. With respect to
distributions under the System made for calendar years beginning on
or after January 1, 2001, t hrough December 31, 2004, the System
shall apply the minimum distribution requ irements and incidental
benefit requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, in accordance with the regulations under
Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
which were proposed in January 2001, notwithstanding any provision
of the System to the contrary. RBH No. 10057
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Effective July 1, 1989, notwithstanding any other provision
contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall commencement of
distribution of the accrued retirement benefit of a member be
delayed beyond April 1 of the calendar year following the later of:
(1) the calendar year in which the member reaches seventy and one -
half (70 1/2) years of age for a member wh o attains this age before
January 1, 2020, or, for a member who attains this age on or after
January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2023, the calendar year in
which the member reaches seventy -two (72) years of age, or effective
for distributions required t o be made after December 31, 2022, the
calendar year in which the member reach es seventy-three (73) years
of age for an individual who attains age seventy -two (72) after
December 31, 2022, or "the applicable age", as defined in Section
401(a)(9)(C)(v) of t he Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if
later; or (2) the actual retirement date of the member. A member
electing to defer the commencement of retirement benefits pursuant
to Section 2-308.1 of this title may not defer the benefit
commencement beyond the age of sixty -five (65).
Effective September 8, 2009, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary of the System, the System, which as a governmental plan
(within the meaning of Section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended), is treat ed as having complied with Section
401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for all
years to which Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of RBH No. 10057
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1986, as amended, applies to the System if the System complies with
a reasonable and goo d faith interpretation of Section 401(a)(9) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 19 86, as amended.
A member who was required to join the System effective July 1,
1980, because of the transfer of the employing agency from the
Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to the System, and was
not a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System on
the date of such transfer shall be allowed to receive credit for
prior law enforcement service rendered to this state, if the member
is not receiving or eligi ble to receive retirement credit or
benefits for such service in any other pub lic retirement system,
upon payment to the System of the employee contribution the member
would have been subject to had the member been a member of the
System at the time, plus five percent (5%) interest. Service credit
received pursuant to this paragraph shall be used in determining the
member's retirement benefit, and shall be used in determining years
of service for retirement or vesting purposes;
9. "Actual paid base salary " means the salary received by a
member, excluding payment for any accumulated leave or uniform
allowance. Salary shall include any amount of nonelective salary
reduction under Section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
10. "Final average salary" means the average of the highest
thirty (30) consecutive complete months of actual paid gross salary.
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under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and any amount of nonelective salary reduction under Section 414(h)
of the Internal Revenue C ode of 1986, as amended. Effective July 1,
1992, gross salary shall include any amount of elective salary
reduction under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. Effective July 1, 1998, gross salary shall include 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. Effective July 1, 1998, for purpo ses of
determining a member 's compensation, any contribution by the member
to reduce his or her regular cash remuneration under Section
132(f)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be
treated as if the member did not make such an elect ion. Only salary
on which required contributions have been made may be used in
computing the final average salary. Gross salary shall not include
severance pay.
In addition to other applicable limitations, and notwithstanding
any other provision to the c ontrary, for plan years beginning on or
after July 1, 2002, the annual gross s alary 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 salary limit. The EGTRRA annual salary limit is Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00), as adjusted by the Commissioner for
increases in the cost of living in accordance with Section RBH No. 10057
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401(a)(17)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The
annual salary limit in effect for a calendar year applies to any
period, not exceeding twelve (12) months, over which salary is
determined ("determination period ") beginning in such calendar year.
If a determination period consists of fewer than twelve (12) months ,
the EGTRRA salary 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 fir st
became a member during a plan year commencing on or after July 1,
1996.
For plan years beginning on or after July 1, 2002, any reference
in the System to the annual salary limit under Section 401(a)(17) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall mean the EGTRRA
salary limit set forth in this provision.
Effective January 1, 2008, gross salary for a plan year shall
also include gross salary, as described above, 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 member continued in employment with the
employer. RBH No. 10057
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Effective January 1, 2008, any payments not described above
shall not be considered gross 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 or the
end of the calendar year that includes the date of seve rance from
employment, except payments to an individual who does not currently
perform services for the employer by reason of qualified military
service within the meaning of Sec tion 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 employer rather
than entering qualified m ilitary service.
Effective January 1, 2008, back pay, within the meaning of
Section 1.415(c)-2(g)(8) of the Income Tax Regulations, shall be
treated as gross 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.
Effective for years beginning after December 31, 2008, gross
salary shall also include differential wage payments under Section
414(u)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
11. "Credited service" means the period of service used to
determine the amount of benefits payable to a member. Credited
service shall consist of the period during which the member
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employee in an eligible membership classification, plus any service
prior to the establishment of the predecessor Plan which was
credited under the predecessor Plan and for law enforcement officers
and criminalists of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investi gation and
the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control
who became members of the System on July 1, 1980, any service
credited under the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as of
June 30, 1980, and for members of the Communica tions and Lake Patrol
Divisions of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, who became
members of the System on July 1, 1981, any service credited under
the predecessor Plan or the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement
System as of June 30, 1981, and for l aw enforcement officers of the
Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission who became members of
the System on July 1, 1982, any service credited under the Oklahoma
Public Employees Retirement System as of June 30, 1982, and for park
rangers of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department who became
members of the System on July 1, 1985, any service credited under
the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as of June 30, 1985,
and for inspectors of the State Board of Pharmacy who became members
of the System on July 1, 1986, any service credited under the
Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as of June 30, 1986, for
law enforcement officers of the Oklahoma Capitol Patrol Division of
the Department of Public Safety who became members of the S ystem
effective July 1, 1993, any service credited under the Oklahoma RBH No. 10057
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Public Employees Retirement System as of June 30, 1993, and for all
commissioned officers in the Gunsmith/Ammunition Reloader Division
of the Department of Public Safety who became membe rs of the System
effective July 1, 1994, any service credited under the Oklaho ma
Public Employees Retirement System as of June 30, 1994, and for the
park managers or park supervisors of the Oklahoma Tourism and
Recreation Department who were employed in su ch a position prior to
July 1, 1985, and who elect to become members of the System
effective September 1, 1996, any service transferred pursuant to
subsection C of Section 2 -309.6 of this title and any service
purchased pursuant to subsection B of Section 2-307.2 of this title.
Effective August 5, 1993, an authorized leave of absen ce shall
include a period of absence pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993;
12. "Disability" means a physical or mental condition which, in
the judgment of the Bo ard, totally and presumably permanently
prevents the member from engaging in the usual and customary duties
of the occupation of the member and thereafter prevents the member
from performing the duties of any occupation or service for which
the member is qualified by reason of training, education or
experience. A person is not unde r a disability when capable of
performing a service to the employer, regardless of occupation,
providing the salary of the employee is not diminished thereby; RBH No. 10057
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13. "Limitation year" means the year used in applying the
limitations of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
which year shall be the calendar year;
14. "Line of duty" means any action which a member whose
primary function is crime control or reduction or enfo rcement of the
criminal law is obligated or authorized by rule, regulations,
condition of employment or service, or law to perform including
those social, ceremonial or athletic functions to which the member
is assigned, or for which the member is compensa ted, by the agency
the member serves;
15. "Personal injury" or "injury" means any traumatic injury as
well as diseases which are caused by or result from such an injury,
but not occupational diseases;
16. "Catastrophic nature" means consequences of an in jury that
permanently prevent an individual from performing any gainful work;
17. "Traumatic injury" means a wound or a condition of the body
caused by external force including injuries inflicted by bullets,
explosives, sharp instruments, blunt objects or other physical
blows, chemicals, electricity, climatic conditions, infectious
diseases, radiation and bacteria, but excluding stress and strain;
and
18. "Beneficiary" means the individual designated by the member
on a beneficiary designation form supplie d by the Oklahoma Law
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beneficiary or if the designated beneficiary predeceases the member,
the estate of the member. If the member 's spouse is not designated
as the sole primary beneficiary, the member's spouse must sign a
consent.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2 -309.11 of Title 47, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Commissioned or CLEET-certified agents of the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Tr aining who are hired on or after July 1,
2025, shall participate in and make contributions to the Oklahoma
Law Enforcement Retirement System as other participating employers
and members of the System. Such employees shall not make
contributions to any plan offered by the Oklahoma Public Employees
Retirement System, other than the Oklahoma State Employees Deferred
Compensation Plan and the Oklahoma State Employees Deferred Savin gs
Incentive Plan. The Department shall be a participating employer in
the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System for all Council on
Law Enforcement Education and Training commissioned or CLEET -
certified agents who participate in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of this section.
SECTION 4. If the emergency clause is not approved pursuant to
the requirements of the Oklahoma Constitution as part of this
measure, the effective date of Section 1 of this act shall be
October 1, 2025. RBH No. 10057
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SECTION 5. If the emergency clause is not approved pursuant to
the requirements of the Oklahoma Constitution as part of this
measure, the effective date of Sections 2 and 3 of this act shall be
November 1, 2025.
SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by Section 4 of this
act, Section 1 of this act shall be come effective immediately upon
signature by the Governor or as otherwise provided by Section 58 of
Article V of the Oklahoma Consti tution.
SECTION 7. Except as otherwise provided by Section 5 of this
act, Sections 2 and 3 of this act shall become effective July 1,
2025.
SECTION 8. 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 passage and approval.
60-1-10057 CMA 12/04/24
THOMAS E. CUMMINS CONSULTING ACTUARY, INC.
2512 E. 71
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Street , Suite D ∙ Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
(918) 492-9658 ∙ (918) 492- 9659
January 13, 2025
Representative Hardin
Room 250S
Re: RBH No. 10057
RBH No. 10057 would make new CLEET active commissioned agents and
CLEET certified agents of Council on Law Enforcement Education and
Training participants of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement
System.
This act also amends OPLAAA definition of non fiscal to include the
above change.
RBH No. 10057 is a non fiscal bill as d efined by OPLAAA.
I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the
Qualification Standards of the American Academy of Actuaries to
render the actuarial opinion herein.
Thomas E. Cummins
Thomas E. Cummins, MAAA