RBS No. 385
1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 453 By: Montgomery
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension
7 and Retirement System; amending 11 O.S. 2021, Section
8 49-101.2, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 232,
8 O.S.L. 2022 (11 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 49-101.2),
9 which relates to volunteer firefighters considered to
9 be paid firefighters; modifying compensation
10 determination; increasing monthly benefit to be
10 received by retirees; and providing for codification.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 49-101.2, as
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15 amended by Section 4, Chapter 232, O.S.L. 2022 (11 O.S. Supp. 2022,
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16 Section 49-101.2), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 49-101.2. Any member serving as an active volunteer
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18 firefighter who receives annual compensation from the fire
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19 department the firefighter is enrolled in as a member of the System
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20 for services related to firefighting, other than reimbursement of
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21 expenses in excess of five and one-half (5 1/2) times the annual
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22 pension benefit paid by the System to a retired volunteer
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23 firefighter with twenty (20) years credited service Nine Thousand
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24 Nine Hundred Thirty-nine Dollars and sixty-nine cents ($9,939.69),
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1 shall be considered a paid firefighter and must meet the physical
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2 and agility requirements pursuant to Section 49-116 of this title to
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3 continue as an active member of the System. Credited service earned
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4 as a paid firefighter pursuant to this section shall not be
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5 considered actual experience as a paid firefighter for purposes of
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6 meeting the qualifications of a paid fire chief as provided in
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7 Section 29-102 of this title. No fire department of a participating
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8 municipality shall employ a volunteer firefighter from another fire
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9 department to perform services relating to firefighting for any
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10 compensation of any kind.
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11 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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12 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 49-143.8 of Title 11, unless
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13 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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14 Any member of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement
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15 System receiving benefits as of June 30, 2024, who continues to
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16 receive benefits on or after July 1, 2024, shall receive a benefit
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17 equal to Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each year of credited service not
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18 to exceed thirty (30) years of service.
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Statutes affected:
Committee Substitute: 62-3103
Floor (House): 62-3103
Floor (Senate): 62-3103
Engrossed: 62-3103
Amended And Engrossed: 62-3103
Enrolled (final version): 62-3103