Section 920 - Employer's contribution(1) Effective July 1, 1994, every state agency which is a participating employer shall contribute to the System an amount equal to eleven and one-half percent (11 1/2%) of the monthly compensation of each member, but not in excess of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00).(2) Effective July 1, 1995, every state agency which is a participating employer shall contribute to the System an amount equal to eleven and one-half percent (11 1/2%) of the monthly compensation of each member, not to exceed the allowable annual compensation as defined in paragraph (9) of Section 902 of this title.(3) Effective July 1, 1996, every state agency which is a participating employer shall contribute to the System an amount equal to twelve percent (12%) of the monthly compensation of each member, not to exceed the allowable annual compensation defined in paragraph (9) of Section 902 of this title.(4) Effective July 1, 1999, and through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, every state agency which is a participating employer shall contribute to the System an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the monthly compensation of each member, not to exceed the allowable annual compensation defined in paragraph (9) of Section 902 of this title.(5) Effective July 1, 2005, except as otherwise provided by subsection (11) of this section, every state agency which is a participating employer shall contribute an amount to the System equal to a percentage of monthly compensation of each member, not to exceed the allowable annual compensation defined in paragraph (9) of Section 902 of this title as follows: July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006 | 11 1/2% |
July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007 | 12 1/2% |
July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008 | 13 1/2% |
July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009 | 14 1/2% |
July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011 | 15 1/2% |
July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 and each year thereafter | 16 1/2% |
(6) The Board shall certify, on or before November 1 of each year, to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services an actuarially determined estimate of the rate of contribution which will be required, together with all accumulated contributions and other assets of the System, to be paid by each participating employer to pay all liabilities which shall exist or accrue under the System, including amortization of the past service cost over a period of not to exceed forty (40) years from June 30, 1987, and the cost of administration of the System, as determined by the Board, upon recommendation of the actuary.(7) The Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Governor shall include in the budget and in the budget request for appropriations the sum required to satisfy the state's obligation under this section as certified by the Board and shall present the same to the Legislature for allowance and appropriation.(8) Each other participating employer shall appropriate and pay to the System a sum sufficient to satisfy the obligation under this section as certified by the Board.(9) Each participating employer is hereby authorized to pay the employer's contribution from the same fund that the compensation for which said contribution is paid from or from any other funds available to it for such purpose.(10) Forfeitures arising from severance of employment, death or for any other reason may not be applied to increase the benefits any member would otherwise receive under the System's law. However, forfeitures may be used to reduce an employer's contribution.(11) Effective November 1, 2015, an employer shall be required to make payment to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System of the amount described by subsection A of Section 10 of this act with respect to any employee who is a participant in the defined contribution system created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1 through 11 of this act. The employer shall be required to make the required matching contribution amount for all employees that participate in the defined contribution system and to remit the difference between such amount and the amount the employer would otherwise have paid pursuant to the provisions of this section to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 920
Amended by Laws 2014 , c. 375, s. 13, eff. 11/1/2014.Laws 1963, SB 62, c. 50, §20, emerg. eff. 5/6/1963; Amended by Laws 1965, HB 731, c. 432, §8, emerg. eff. 7/9/1965; Amended by Laws 1970, HB 1542, c. 296, §8, emerg. eff. 4/28/1970; Amended by Laws 1972, HB 1649, c. 57, §4, emerg. eff. 7/1/1972; Amended by Laws 1975, HB 1299, c. 267, §8, emerg. eff. 6/5/1975; Amended by Laws 1977, SJR 6, p. 1001, §6, emerg. eff. 7/1/1977; Amended by Laws 1979, HB 1353, c. 285, §12, emerg. eff. 7/1/1979; Amended by Laws 1980, HB 1603, c. 317, §8, emerg. eff. 7/1/1980; Amended by Laws 1987, HB 1135, c. 206, § 93, emerg. eff. 7/1/1987 (vetoed); Amended by Laws 1987, HB 1473, c. 236, § 189, emerg. eff. 7/20/1987; Amended by Laws 1989, HB 1555, c. 251, §2, eff. 9/1/1989; Amended by Laws 1990, SB 877, c. 204, §8, emerg. eff. 5/10/1990; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1681, c. 239, §4, emerg. eff. 7/1/1991; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2097, c. 381, § 6 (repealed by Laws 1995, HB 1012, c. 1, § 40, emerg. eff. 3/2/1995); Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2228, c. 383, §12, emerg. eff. 7/1/1994; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1012, c. 1, §37, emerg. eff. 3/2/1995; Amended by Laws 1999 , HB 1814, c. 257, §43, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999; Amended by Laws 1999 , SB 183, c. 378, §3, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999; Amended by Laws 2000 , HB 2711, c. 6, §27, emerg. eff. 3/20/2000; Amended by Laws 2003 , SB 643, c. 486, §9, eff. 1/1/2004; Amended by Laws 2004 , SB 1134, c. 536, §26, emerg. eff. 7/1/2004; Amended by Law 2008, HB 3112, c. 415, §10, emerg. eff. 7/1/2008; Amended by Laws 2010 , SB 1580, c. 472, §1, emerg. eff. 7/1/2010; Amended by Laws 2012 , HB 3079, c. 304, §929.