Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-2-309.2
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Employees of Communications Division and Waterways
Official statutory text
Patrol Division of Department of Public Safety - Transfer to System.
Employees of the Communications Division and Waterways Patrol
Division of the Department of Public Safety who are members of the
Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall cease accruing
benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and
shall commence accruing benefits under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
Retirement System on July 1, 1981. On January 1, 1982, the Oklahoma
Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer to the Oklahoma
Law Enforcement Retirement System the actual amount contributed to
the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System by the state and by
each Communications Division and Waterways Patrol Division employee
transferring to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement RetirementSystem and
the retirement records of those transferring employees. Service
accrued by employees of the Communications Division and Waterways
Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety under the
Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as
credited service under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement
System. Provided, however, that the cumulative total of credited
service for such transferring employee shall not exceed the total
time said employee could have accrued if his entire employment with
the State of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the Department of
Public Safety.
Employees of the Communications Division and Waterways Patrol
Division of the Department of Public Safety who are members of the
Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall cease accruing
benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and
shall commence accruing benefits under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
Retirement System on July 1, 1981. On January 1, 1982, the Oklahoma
Public Employees Retirement System shall transfer to the Oklahoma
Law Enforcement Retirement System the actual amount contributed to
the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System by the state and by
each Communications Division and Waterways Patrol Division employee
transferring to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement RetirementSystem and
the retirement records of those transferring employees. Service
accrued by employees of the Communications Division and Waterways
Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety under the
Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be treated as
credited service under the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement
System. Provided, however, that the cumulative total of credited
service for such transferring employee shall not exceed the total
time said employee could have accrued if his entire employment with
the State of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the Department of
Public Safety.
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