Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1102B
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Benefits for surviving spouse of certain Justices or
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judges.
A. Any retired Justice or judge who, on the effective date of
this act, is receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Judicial
Retirement System, may bring his spouse under the survivor benefit
provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act by filing a written
statement with the director of the System within thirty (30) days
from the effective date of this act declaring himself willing to
accept a ten percent (10%) reduction of the retirement benefits to
which he is entitled.
B. Any retired Justice or judge who was a member of the
Oklahoma Judicial Retirement System on January 14, 1969, and who
died while in active service before June 22, 1974, or died in
retirement status between January 14, 1969, and the effective date
of this act shall be considered to have brought his spouse under the
survivor benefit provisions of the Oklahoma Judicial Retirement
System. The surviving spouse of such Justice or judge, when
otherwise eligible, shall be entitled, from and after the effective
date of this act, to survivor benefits upon payment to the Oklahoma
Judicial Retirement System of that amount of additional
contributions which the deceased Justice or judge would have been
required to make had the law permitted him to elect on January 13,
1969, to bring his spouse under the survivor benefit provisions of
the Judicial Retirement System. If the contributions made to the
System by such deceased Justice or judge while alive were refunded
to his surviving spouse upon his death, the surviving spouse must
also repay the amount thereof to the System when applying for
benefits under the provisions hereof.
A. Any retired Justice or judge who, on the effective date of
this act, is receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Judicial
Retirement System, may bring his spouse under the survivor benefit
provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act by filing a written
statement with the director of the System within thirty (30) days
from the effective date of this act declaring himself willing to
accept a ten percent (10%) reduction of the retirement benefits to
which he is entitled.
B. Any retired Justice or judge who was a member of the
Oklahoma Judicial Retirement System on January 14, 1969, and who
died while in active service before June 22, 1974, or died in
retirement status between January 14, 1969, and the effective date
of this act shall be considered to have brought his spouse under the
survivor benefit provisions of the Oklahoma Judicial Retirement
System. The surviving spouse of such Justice or judge, when
otherwise eligible, shall be entitled, from and after the effective
date of this act, to survivor benefits upon payment to the Oklahoma
Judicial Retirement System of that amount of additional
contributions which the deceased Justice or judge would have been
required to make had the law permitted him to elect on January 13,
1969, to bring his spouse under the survivor benefit provisions of
the Judicial Retirement System. If the contributions made to the
System by such deceased Justice or judge while alive were refunded
to his surviving spouse upon his death, the surviving spouse must
also repay the amount thereof to the System when applying for
benefits under the provisions hereof.
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