A. An employee transferred pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of this act may elect to remain as a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and if the employee elects to do so, shall file an election on a form prescribed for that purpose with the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System not later than December 31, 1999, or the employee may elect to become a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma and if the employee elects to do so shall file an election on a form prescribed for that purpose with the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma not later than December 31, 1999.
B. If an employee files the election provided for in subsection A of this section to continue membership in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the employer to which the employee is transferred shall pay the required employer contributions applicable to the participating employers in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to Section 920 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the employee shall continue to pay employee contributions as required by Section 919.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Until an employee files an election pursuant to subsection A of this section, the employee shall continue to be a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and the employer to which the employee is transferred shall make required employer contributions pursuant to Section 920 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. If an employee transferred pursuant to Section 3 of this act elects a vested benefit to be paid from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, and if the employee has accumulated sick leave, on June 30, 1999, equal to or in excess of one hundred thirty (130) days then, notwithstanding the actual amount of accumulated sick leave the employee has accrued on the date as of which the vested benefit is elected, the provisions of Section 913 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be applicable to the computation of participating service credit based upon accumulated sick leave for such employee.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 347, § 4, eff. July 1, 1999.
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