Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-3501
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Distributions to certain retired members
Official statutory text
A. As used in this section, "public retirement system" means:
1. The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System;
2. The Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System;
3. The Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges;
4. The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System;
5. The Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; and
6. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.
B. As used in this section, "funded ratio" means the figure
derived by dividing the actuarial value of retirement system assets
by the actuarial accrued liability of the retirement system. For
purposes of this section, the rate of return on public retirement
system assets for the computation of the funded ratio shall not
exceed seven and one-half percent (7.5%) but shall be computed using
any assumed rate of return utilized by the applicable retirement
system if such rate of return does not exceed seven and one-half
percent (7.5%). The provisions of this subsection shall only be
applicable to the computation of the funded ratio for purposes of
implementing the provisions of this section and shall not be used
for any other computation or any other purpose with respect to the
actuarial assumptions used by any of the public retirement systems.
C. Effective October 1, 2018, a public retirement system shall
make a one-time distribution to its retired members if the member
has been retired for a period of five (5) or more years as of
October 1, 2018, in the amount of:
1. The lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross annual
retirement benefit of the member or One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
if the funded ratio of the public retirement system would be not
less than sixty percent (60%), but not greater than eighty percent
(80%) after the distribution is made;
2. The lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross annual
retirement benefit of the member or One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars
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($1,200.00) if the funded ratio of the public retirement system
would be greater than eighty percent (80%), but not greater than one
hundred percent (100%) after the distribution is made; or
3. The lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross annual
retirement benefit of the member or One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($1,400.00) if the funded ratio of the public retirement
system would be greater than one hundred percent (100%) after the
distribution is made.
D. The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System
shall make a distribution to persons who retired from the Oklahoma
Firefighters Pension and Retirement System as a volunteer
firefighter, if the member has been retired for a period of five (5)
or more years as of October 1, 2018, in the amount of the greater of
two percent (2%) of the gross annual retirement benefit of the
volunteer firefighter or One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The
provisions of this subsection shall only be applicable to persons
who retired from the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement
System as volunteer firefighters and not as paid firefighters.
E. Increases in retirement benefits may only be provided
pursuant to a specific authorization by law.
F. Effective October 1, 2018, increases in retirement benefits
shall not be authorized to occur more frequently than once each two
(2) years pursuant to the specific authorization required by
subsection E of this section. Increases in retirement benefits
provided to members of a public retirement system who have been a
member of that system for at least twenty (20) years shall not be
less than Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00), except as set forth
in subsection D of this section.
1. The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System;
2. The Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System;
3. The Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges;
4. The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System;
5. The Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; and
6. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.
B. As used in this section, "funded ratio" means the figure
derived by dividing the actuarial value of retirement system assets
by the actuarial accrued liability of the retirement system. For
purposes of this section, the rate of return on public retirement
system assets for the computation of the funded ratio shall not
exceed seven and one-half percent (7.5%) but shall be computed using
any assumed rate of return utilized by the applicable retirement
system if such rate of return does not exceed seven and one-half
percent (7.5%). The provisions of this subsection shall only be
applicable to the computation of the funded ratio for purposes of
implementing the provisions of this section and shall not be used
for any other computation or any other purpose with respect to the
actuarial assumptions used by any of the public retirement systems.
C. Effective October 1, 2018, a public retirement system shall
make a one-time distribution to its retired members if the member
has been retired for a period of five (5) or more years as of
October 1, 2018, in the amount of:
1. The lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross annual
retirement benefit of the member or One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
if the funded ratio of the public retirement system would be not
less than sixty percent (60%), but not greater than eighty percent
(80%) after the distribution is made;
2. The lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross annual
retirement benefit of the member or One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars
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($1,200.00) if the funded ratio of the public retirement system
would be greater than eighty percent (80%), but not greater than one
hundred percent (100%) after the distribution is made; or
3. The lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross annual
retirement benefit of the member or One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($1,400.00) if the funded ratio of the public retirement
system would be greater than one hundred percent (100%) after the
distribution is made.
D. The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System
shall make a distribution to persons who retired from the Oklahoma
Firefighters Pension and Retirement System as a volunteer
firefighter, if the member has been retired for a period of five (5)
or more years as of October 1, 2018, in the amount of the greater of
two percent (2%) of the gross annual retirement benefit of the
volunteer firefighter or One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The
provisions of this subsection shall only be applicable to persons
who retired from the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement
System as volunteer firefighters and not as paid firefighters.
E. Increases in retirement benefits may only be provided
pursuant to a specific authorization by law.
F. Effective October 1, 2018, increases in retirement benefits
shall not be authorized to occur more frequently than once each two
(2) years pursuant to the specific authorization required by
subsection E of this section. Increases in retirement benefits
provided to members of a public retirement system who have been a
member of that system for at least twenty (20) years shall not be
less than Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00), except as set forth
in subsection D of this section.
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