Oklahoma § 20-1102B - Benefits for surviving spouse of certain Justices or

§ 20-1102B. Benefits for surviving spouse of certain Justices or

judges.

A. Any retired Justice or judge who, on the effective date of

this act, is receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Judicial

Retirement System, may bring his spouse under the survivor benefit

provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act by filing a written

statement with the director of the System within thirty (30) days

from the effective date of this act declaring himself willing to

accept a ten percent (10%) reduction of the retirement benefits to

which he is entitled.

B. Any retired Justice or judge who was a member of the

Oklahoma Judicial Retirement System on January 14, 1969, and who

died while in active service before June 22, 1974, or died in

retirement status between January 14, 1969, and the effective date

of this act shall be considered to have brought his spouse under the

survivor benefit provisions of the Oklahoma Judicial Retirement

System. The surviving spouse of such Justice or judge, when

otherwise eligible, shall be entitled, from and after the effective

date of this act, to survivor benefits upon payment to the Oklahoma

Judicial Retirement System of that amount of additional

contributions which the deceased Justice or judge would have been

required to make had the law permitted him to elect on January 13,

1969, to bring his spouse under the survivor benefit provisions of

the Judicial Retirement System. If the contributions made to the

System by such deceased Justice or judge while alive were refunded

to his surviving spouse upon his death, the surviving spouse must

also repay the amount thereof to the System when applying for

benefits under the provisions hereof.

Added by Laws 1975, c. 120, §1.