Oklahoma § 74-904 - Suits - Service of process - Persons aggrieved - Hearings

§ 74-904. Suits - Service of process - Persons aggrieved - Hearings

A. The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System may sue and

be sued in its official name, but its officers, employees, and

agents shall not be personally liable for acts of the System. The

service of all legal process and of all notices which may be

required to be in writing, whether legal proceedings or otherwise,

shall be had on the executive director at his or her office. All

actions or proceedings directly or indirectly against the System

shall be brought in Oklahoma County, including petitions for

judicial review of individual proceedings under the Administrative

Procedures Act despite any other provision to the contrary.

B. 1. Any member or participating employer, or in the case of

a deceased member, a joint annuitant or beneficiary, aggrieved by

any order or decision of the System made without a hearing may,

within thirty (30) days after notice of the order or decision of the

System, make written request to the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System Board of Trustees for a hearing thereon. The

Board may refer any such request to a hearing examiner to conduct

the hearing and make recommended findings of fact and conclusions of

law to the Board. The Board shall enter final orders in all such

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matters which shall be considered by the Board under the provisions

of the Administrative Procedures Act.

2. Nothing contained in Section 901 et seq. of this title shall

require the observance at any hearing of the Board or a hearing

examiner designated by the Board of formal rules of pleading or

evidence.

3. The Board shall have jurisdiction under the Administrative

Procedures Act relating to any disputes arising from the

administration of the retirement or savings plans administered by

the Board, including disputes involving a member, joint annuitant,

beneficiary or participating employer of the System.

4. Upon written request reasonably made by a person affected by

the hearing at such person's expense, the Board shall cause a full

stenographic record of the proceedings to be made by a competent

court reporter. If transcribed, such record shall be a part of the

Board's record of the hearing, and a copy of such stenographic

record shall be furnished to any other party having a direct

interest therein at the request and expense of such party.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 50, § 4, emerg. eff. May 6, 1963. Amended by

Laws 1967, c. 25, § 1, emerg. eff. March 13, 1967; Laws 1969, c.

349, § 2, emerg. eff. May 13, 1969; Laws 1979, c. 285, § 2, eff.

July 1, 1979; Laws 2011, c. 75, § 1.