Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-2-309.6

supervisors - Transfer to Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System

from Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.

A. For purposes of this section, "capitol patrol members" means

law enforcement officers of the State Capitol Division of the

Department of Public Safety employed on July 1, 1993, who, pursuant

to the provisions of this act, transfer membership from the Oklahoma

Public Employees Retirement System to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Retirement System.

B. Capitol patrol members are hereby transferred from the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to the Oklahoma Law

Enforcement Retirement System subject to the following:

1. Effective July 1, 1993, capitol patrol members 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 in the Oklahoma Law

Enforcement Retirement System;

2. Before January 1, 1994, 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 from time to time by the capitol

patrol members while members of the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System and the contributions by the participating

employer or employers on behalf of each capitol patrol member to the

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System along with the retirement

records of said transferring capitol patrol members;

3. Service credit accrued by a capitol patrol member while a

member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall be

treated as credited service for such transferring capitol patrol

member in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System if the

capitol patrol member is not receiving or eligible to receive

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service credit or benefits from said service in any other public

retirement system and the member has not received service credit for

the same years of service pursuant to Sections 2-307.1, 2-307.3 and

2-307.4 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided, however,

that the total of credited service for each transferring employee

shall not exceed the credited service said employee could have

accrued if his or her entire employment with an agency of the State

of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the Department of Public

Safety. Provided further, that only transferred credited service

related to actual law enforcement service with the State Capitol

Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety will be included

in the determination of a capitol patrol member's normal retirement

date or vesting date; and

4. All service credit with the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System which is ineligible for transfer to the Law

Enforcement Retirement System shall be canceled.

C. 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 or before September 1, 1996, to

participate in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System is

hereby transferred from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System subject to

the following:

1. Effective July 1, 1996, park managers and park supervisors

who are members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

and who elect on or before September 1, 1996, to participate in the

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System shall cease accruing

benefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and

shall commence accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Retirement System;

2. Before January 1, 1997, 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 park manager or park
nefits in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and

shall commence accruing benefits in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Retirement System;

2. Before January 1, 1997, 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 park manager or park

supervisor while he or she was a member of the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System and the contributions by the

participating employer or employers on behalf of each park manager

or park supervisor who elects to become a member of the Oklahoma Law

Enforcement Retirement System along with the retirement records of

said transferring park manager or park supervisor;

3. To receive service credit accrued by such park manager or

park supervisor prior to July 1, 1996, or prior to the date as of

which the person making the election ceases to be a member of the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, whichever date occurs

last, the member shall pay the difference between the amount

transferred by the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to

the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System in paragraph 2 of

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this subsection and the amount determined by the Board of Trustees

pursuant to Section 2-307.5 of this title. The park manager or park

supervisor shall elect to either pay any difference to receive full

credit for the years sought to be transferred or receive prorated

service credit for only the amount received from the Oklahoma Public

Employees Retirement System pursuant to this subsection. Such an

election shall be made in writing, filed with the System prior to

receiving the credit provided for in paragraph 10 of Section 2-300

of this title, and shall be irrevocable. Payments made by park

managers or park supervisors pursuant to this paragraph shall be

made on or before January 1, 1997;

4. Service credit accrued by a park manager or park supervisor

while a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System

shall be treated as credited service for such transferring park

managers or park supervisors in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Retirement System if the park manager or park supervisor is not

receiving or eligible to receive service credit or benefits from

said service in any other public retirement system and the member

has not received service credit for the same years of service

pursuant to Sections 2-307.1, 2-307.3 and 2-307.4 of this title.

Provided, however, that the total of credited service for each

transferring employee shall not exceed the credited service the

employee could have accrued if his or her entire employment with an

agency of the State of Oklahoma had been as an employee of the

Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. Provided further, that

only transferred credited service related to park ranger, park

manager or park supervisor service with the Oklahoma Tourism and

Recreation Department will be included in the determination of a

park manager or park supervisor's normal retirement date or vesting

date; and

5. All service credit with the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System which is ineligible for transfer to the Oklahoma

Law Enforcement Retirement System shall be canceled.