There is created the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System which shall be a body corporate and an instrumentality of this state. The System shall be vested with the powers and duties specified in this article and such other powers as may be necessary to enable it and its officers and employees to carry out fully and effectively the purposes and intent of this article. All assets of the System shall be held in trust for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits for the members and beneficiaries of the System or defraying reasonable expenses of administering the System, and shall not be encumbered for or diverted to any other purpose or purposes. This System shall be the responsibility of the state and not that of the participating municipalities. The System is a qualified governmental retirement plan under Sections 401(a) and 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C.A. §§ 401, 414) and Section 3(32) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.A. §1002(32)). The Board shall administer the System in order to comply with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 352, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 327, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 398, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002.
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