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An act relating to the Oklahoma Public Employees 7 Retirement System, the official text

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1                           STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                  2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

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3 SENATE BILL 1870               By: Murdock
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to the Oklahoma Public Employees

7   Retirement System; amending 62 O.S. 2021, Section

8   3103, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 357,

8   O.S.L. 2024 (62 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 3103), which

9   relates to the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial

9   Analysis Act; modifying term; updating statutory

10  language; updating statutory reference; allowing

10  participating employers to enter into certain

11  agreement for certain purpose; providing for

11  codification; providing effective dates; and

12  declaring an emergency.

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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15  SECTION 1.       AMENDATORY  62 O.S. 2021, Section 3103, as

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16 last amended by Section 1, Chapter 357, O.S.L. 2024 (62 O.S. Supp.
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17 2025, Section 3103), is amended to read as follows:
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18  Section 3103. As used in the Oklahoma Pension Legislation

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19 Actuarial Analysis Act:
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20  1. "Amendment" means any amendment, including a substitute

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21 bill, made to a retirement bill by any committee of the House or
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22 Senate, any conference committee of the House or Senate, or by the
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23 House or Senate;
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1   2. "RB number" means that number preceded by the letters "RB"

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2 assigned to a retirement bill by the respective staffs of the
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3 Oklahoma State Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives when
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4 the respective staff office prepares a retirement bill for a member
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5 of the Legislature;
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6   3. "Legislative Actuary" means the firm or entity that enters

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7 into a contract with the Legislative Service Bureau pursuant to
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8 Section 452.15 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes to provide the
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9 actuarial services and other duties provided for in the Oklahoma
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10 Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act;
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11  4. "Nonfiscal amendment" means an amendment to a retirement

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12 bill having a fiscal impact, which amendment does not change any
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13 factor of an actuarial investigation specified in subsection A of
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14 Section 3109 of this title;
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15  5. "Nonfiscal retirement bill" means a retirement bill:

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16  a. which does not affect the cost or funding factors of a

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17                 retirement system,

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18  b. which affects such factors only in a manner which does

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19                 not:

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20                 (1) grant a benefit increase under the retirement

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21                       system affected by the bill,

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22                 (2) create an actuarial accrued liability for or

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23                       increase the actuarial accrued liability of the

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24                       retirement system affected by the bill, or

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1                  (3) increase the normal cost of the retirement system

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2                  affected by the bill,

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3   c. which authorizes the purchase by an active member of

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4                  the retirement system, at the actuarial cost for the

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5                  purchase as computed pursuant to the statute in effect

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6                  on the effective date of the measure allowing such

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7                  purchase, of years of service for purposes of reaching

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8                  a normal retirement date in the applicable retirement

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9                  system, but which cannot be used in order to compute

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10                 the number of years of service for purposes of

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11                 computing the retirement benefit for the member,

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12  d. which provides for the computation of a service-

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13                 connected disability retirement benefit for members of

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14                 the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System

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15                 pursuant to Section 2-305 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma

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16                 Statutes if the members were unable to complete twenty

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17                 (20) years of service as a result of the disability,

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18  e. which requires membership in the defined benefit plan

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19                 authorized by Section 901 et seq. of Title 74 of the

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20                 Oklahoma Statutes for persons whose first elected or

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21                 appointed service occurs on or after November 1, 2018,

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22                 if such persons had any prior service in the Oklahoma

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23                 Public Employees Retirement System prior to November

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24                 1, 2015,

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1   f. which provides for a one-time increase in retirement

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2                  benefits if the increase in retirement benefits is not

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3                  a permanent increase in the gross annual retirement

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4                  benefit payable to a member or beneficiary, occurs

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5                  only once pursuant to a single statutory

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6                  authorization, and does not exceed:

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7                  (1) the lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross

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8                  annual retirement benefit of the member or One

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9                  Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and requires that

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10                 the benefit may only be provided if the funded

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11                 ratio of the affected retirement system would not

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12                 be less than sixty percent (60%) but not greater

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13                 than eighty percent (80%) after the benefit

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14                 increase is paid,

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15                 (2) the lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross

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16                 annual retirement benefit of the member or One

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17                 Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) and

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18                 requires that the benefit may only be provided if

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19                 the funded ratio of the affected retirement

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20                 system would be greater than eighty percent (80%)

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21                 but not greater than one hundred percent (100%)

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22                 after the benefit increase is paid,

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23                 (3) the lesser of two percent (2%) of the gross

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24                 annual retirement benefit of the member or One

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1                  Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($1,400.00) and

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2                  requires that the benefit may only be provided if

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3                  the funded ratio of the affected retirement

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4                  system would be greater than one hundred percent

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5                  (100%) after the benefit increase is paid, or

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6                  (4) the greater of two percent (2%) of the gross

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7                  annual retirement benefit of the volunteer

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8                  firefighter or One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for

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9                  persons who retired from the Oklahoma

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10                 Firefighters Pension and Retirement System as

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11                 volunteer firefighters and who did not retire

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12                 from the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and

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13                 Retirement System as a paid firefighter.

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14                 As used in this subparagraph, "funded ratio" means the

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15                 figure derived by dividing the actuarial value of

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16                 assets of the applicable retirement system by the

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17                 actuarial accrued liability of the applicable

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18                 retirement system,

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19  g. which modifies the disability pension standard for

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20                 police officers who are members of the Oklahoma Police

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21                 Pension and Retirement System as provided by Section

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22                 50-115 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

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23  h. which provides a cost-of-living benefit increase

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24                 pursuant to the provisions of:

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1                  (1) Section 49-143.7 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma

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2                  Statutes,

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3                  (2) Section 50-136.9 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma

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4                  Statutes,

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5                  (3) Section 1104K of Title 20 of the Oklahoma

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6                  Statutes,

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7                  (4) Section 2-305.12 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma

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8                  Statutes,

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9                  (5) Section 17-116.22 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

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10                 Statutes, or

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11                 (6) Section 930.11 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

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12                 Statutes,

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13  i. which modifies the computation of the line-of-duty

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14                 disability benefit pursuant to Sections 50-101 and 50-

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15                 115 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

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16  j. which allows the purchase of military prior service

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17                 credit pursuant to the provisions of this act section

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18                 and Section 49-138 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma

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19                 Statutes,

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20  k. which increases the computation factor used to

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21                 calculate the accrued retirement benefit and normal

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22                 disability benefit pursuant to Section 50-101 of Title

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23                 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

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1   l. which increases the municipal contribution, employee

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2                  contribution, or both for members of the Oklahoma

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3                  Police Pension and Retirement System pursuant to

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4                  Sections 50-109 and 50-110 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma

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5                  Statutes, or

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6   m. which modifies the computation of a retirement annuity

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7                  pursuant to Section 50-111.1 of Title 11 of the

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8                  Oklahoma Statutes, or

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9   n. which allows a municipality currently participating in

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10                 the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to

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11                 enter into a trust agreement, as provided for in

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12                 Section 2 of this act.

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13 A nonfiscal retirement bill shall include any retirement bill that
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14 has as its sole purpose the appropriation or distribution or
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15 redistribution of monies in some manner to a retirement system for
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16 purposes of reducing the unfunded liability of such system or the
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17 earmarking of a portion of the revenue from a tax to a retirement
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18 system or increasing the percentage of the revenue earmarked from a
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19 tax to a retirement system;
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20  6. "Reduction-in-cost amendment" means an amendment to a

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21 retirement bill having a fiscal impact which reduces the cost of the
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22 bill as such cost is determined by the actuarial investigation for
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23 the bill prepared pursuant to Section 3109 of this title;
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1   7. "Retirement bill" means any bill or joint resolution

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2 introduced or any bill or joint resolution amended by a member of
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3 the Legislature which creates or amends any law directly affecting a
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4 retirement system. A retirement bill shall not mean a bill or
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5 resolution that impacts the revenue of any state tax in which a
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6 portion of the revenue generated from such tax is earmarked for the
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7 benefit of a retirement system;
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8   8. "Retirement bill having a fiscal impact" means any

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9 retirement bill creating or establishing a retirement system and any
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10 other retirement bill other than a nonfiscal retirement bill; and
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11  9. "Retirement system" means the Teachers' Retirement System of

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12 Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the
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13 Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma
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14 Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police
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15 Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
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16 Retirement System, or a retirement system established after January
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17 1, 2006.
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18  SECTION 2.     NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 910.6 of Title 74, unless there
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20 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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21  On or before December 31, 2026, participating employers of the

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22 Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System that are municipalities
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23 with a population of two thousand (2,000) people or fewer, according
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1 municipalities, may choose to enter into a trust agreement, as
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2 provided for in the Interlocal Cooperation Act, to provide
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3 retirement benefits for employees, as defined in Section 902 of
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4 Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, who commence employment on or
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5 after the effective date of such trust agreement.
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6   SECTION 3. Section 1 of this act shall become effective June 1,

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8   SECTION 4. Section 2 of this act shall become effective July 1,

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10  SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

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11 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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12 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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13 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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