Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-122
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Participation in retired teachers' organization
Official statutory text
When a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma
makes an application to retire, the System shall provide to such
member an application to participate in a retired teachers’
organization along with a form allowing the member to elect to have
annual membership dues in a retired teachers’ organization prorated
and authorizing the System to withhold such dues monthly from the
member’s retirement benefits. Any retired teachers’ organization
which wants to participate, pursuant to this section, or to
participate in a general mailing to all retired educators, with the
approval of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Retirement
System, shall provide to the System and pay for the cost, including
postage costs if required by the Teachers’ Retirement System, of
printed materials and of the applications to be a member of the
organization and the forms authorizing the System to withhold
membership dues of the organization. The Board of Trustees shall
approve the format and content of the authorization to make sure it
complies with all relevant legal requirements. The System shall not
be held responsible or liable for not providing the application to
be a member of a participating retired teachers’ organization or the
authorization form if such organization does not timely provide to
the System such materials and applications and approved
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 802
authorization forms in sufficient quantities to meet the retirement
application demands of the retiring members.
makes an application to retire, the System shall provide to such
member an application to participate in a retired teachers’
organization along with a form allowing the member to elect to have
annual membership dues in a retired teachers’ organization prorated
and authorizing the System to withhold such dues monthly from the
member’s retirement benefits. Any retired teachers’ organization
which wants to participate, pursuant to this section, or to
participate in a general mailing to all retired educators, with the
approval of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Retirement
System, shall provide to the System and pay for the cost, including
postage costs if required by the Teachers’ Retirement System, of
printed materials and of the applications to be a member of the
organization and the forms authorizing the System to withhold
membership dues of the organization. The Board of Trustees shall
approve the format and content of the authorization to make sure it
complies with all relevant legal requirements. The System shall not
be held responsible or liable for not providing the application to
be a member of a participating retired teachers’ organization or the
authorization form if such organization does not timely provide to
the System such materials and applications and approved
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 802
authorization forms in sufficient quantities to meet the retirement
application demands of the retiring members.
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