Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-49-108
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Volunteer fire fighters with less than 10 years'
Official statutory text
service - Pension rights.
A. Any volunteer firefighter who is appointed as a paid
firefighter and serves less than ten (10) years as a paid
firefighter shall be entitled to receive one-twentieth (1/20) of a
volunteer pension earned over twenty (20) years for each full year
served as a volunteer firefighter and one-twentieth of one-half
(1/20 of 1/2) of the average salary received for each full year the
firefighter served as a paid firefighter.
B. Any volunteer firefighter who is appointed as a paid
firefighter after May 15, 1992, and serves ten (10) or more years as
a paid firefighter, shall be entitled to credit no more than five
(5) years of volunteer time to complete a twenty-year paid service
pension with remaining volunteer time computed at one-twentieth
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 562
(1/20) of a volunteer pension earned over twenty (20) years for each
additional volunteer year.
C. For purposes of determining benefits pursuant to this
section, total credited service for paid and volunteer service shall
not exceed thirty (30) years; provided, the most recent years of
service shall be used in determining total credited service for paid
and volunteer service.
D. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to
create an eligibility for pension which is not otherwise provided by
law.
A. Any volunteer firefighter who is appointed as a paid
firefighter and serves less than ten (10) years as a paid
firefighter shall be entitled to receive one-twentieth (1/20) of a
volunteer pension earned over twenty (20) years for each full year
served as a volunteer firefighter and one-twentieth of one-half
(1/20 of 1/2) of the average salary received for each full year the
firefighter served as a paid firefighter.
B. Any volunteer firefighter who is appointed as a paid
firefighter after May 15, 1992, and serves ten (10) or more years as
a paid firefighter, shall be entitled to credit no more than five
(5) years of volunteer time to complete a twenty-year paid service
pension with remaining volunteer time computed at one-twentieth
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 562
(1/20) of a volunteer pension earned over twenty (20) years for each
additional volunteer year.
C. For purposes of determining benefits pursuant to this
section, total credited service for paid and volunteer service shall
not exceed thirty (30) years; provided, the most recent years of
service shall be used in determining total credited service for paid
and volunteer service.
D. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to
create an eligibility for pension which is not otherwise provided by
law.
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