SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB434 SFLR Page 1 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SENATE FLOOR VERSION February 25, 2025 AS AMENDED SENATE BILL NO. 434 By: Rader of the Senate and Tedford of the House [ retirement systems - maximum contributions - effective date - emergency ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 954, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 25, O.S.L. 2022 (19 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 954), is amended to read as follows: Section 954. It shall be the mandatory duty of the b oard of county commissioners of any county establishing a retirement fund and system to appropriate annually, for the sole use of the retirement fund within its general fund and subject to the approval of the county excise board, a sum which shall be equal to or exceed the contributions made to the retirement fund by the employees. Such appropriation shall not exceed the sum of the current annual salaries of all employees to be covered in the following percentages: SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB434 SFLR Page 2 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 13 1/2% July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009 14 1/2% July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 15 1/2% July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2019 16 1/2% July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020 and each year thereafter June 30, 2025 18 1/2% July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 and each year thereafter 22% Beginning July 1, 2019 July 1, 2025, the total employer and employee contributions shall not exceed eighteen and one-half percent (18.5%) twenty-two percent (22%) of the monthly compensation of each member. The governing body of the participating employers listed in this section may vary the percentage contribution of the employer and employee, provided the total percentage contributed by the employer and employee equals the total percentage contribution required by this section. Payment of such shall be paid to the fu nd upon verified claims by the treasurer of the fund approved by the board of trustees and attested by its clerk. For any contribution made on or after July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, of less than eighteen and one-half percent (18.5%), an employer may ret roactively make a one-time lump sum contribution of an amount equal to the difference between the actual total contribution that was made and SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB434 SFLR Page 3 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the total contribution amount equal to eighteen and one -half percent (18.5%). SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025. SECTION 3. 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. COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES February 25, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED