Section 2-309.8 - Service creditA. Any state employee who is employed in a commissioned officer position of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, a Parks Ranger of the Tourism and Recreation Department, and a Pharmacy Inspector of the Pharmacy Board shall be eligible for service credit for employment prior to July 1, 1993, if the employee was in a commissioned officer position in the former Oklahoma Capitol Patrol Division, the former Mansion Security, and the former Training Center Security of the Department of Public Safety and the employee was a full-time, active employee eligible for all state employee benefits.B. An eligible member of the System shall receive credit for all prior service as provided in subsection A of this section, provided the member is not receiving or eligible to receive retirement credit or benefits for such service in any other public retirement system. Service credit received pursuant to this section shall be used in determining the years of service for retirement and vesting purposes.C. To receive credit for such service, an eligible member, as provided in this section, who became a member of the System prior to July 1, 1993, shall make application to the Board in writing for such service prior to July 1, 2002.Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 2-309.8
Added by Laws 2000 , SB 1026, c. 378, § 3, emerg. eff. 7/1/2000; Renumbered from 47 O.S. § 309.8 by Laws 2001 , SB 539, c. 131, § 18, emerg. eff. 7/1/2001; Amended by Laws 2001 , HB 1692, c. 435, § 5, emerg. eff. 7/1/2001; Amended by Laws 2008 , SB 1421, c. 177, § 13, emerg. eff. 7/1/2008.