Oklahoma § 74-913.8 - Military service credit - payment
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 74-913.8 — Military service credit - payment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 74-913.8. Military service credit - payment
A. Any active member of the Oklahoma Public Employees
Retirement System who served in any branch of the United States
Armed Forces or any component thereof, who was honorably discharged,
and whose initial membership in the System began on or after July 1,
2000, may receive up to five (5) years of military service credit as
otherwise provided in Section 901 et seq. of this title, only upon
payment of the actuarial cost of the service credit as determined by
the Board pursuant to Section 913.5 of this title. Any active
member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System who served
in any branch of the United States Armed Forces or any component
thereof, who was honorably discharged, and whose initial membership
in the System began prior to July 1, 2000, and whose military
service does not qualify as service which can be granted to a member
under Section 913 of this title, shall be eligible to purchase
service credit pursuant to this subsection. For purposes of this
subsection, “military service” means service in the Armed Forces of
the United States by honorably discharged persons.
B. The combined amount of service granted under subsection B of
Section 913 of this title, and service purchased pursuant to
subsection A of this section, shall not exceed five (5) years.
C. For a member of the System hired on or after July 1, 2003,
if the military service credit authorized by this section is used to
compute the retirement benefit of the member and the member retires
from the System, such military service credit shall not be used to
compute the retirement benefit in any other retirement system
created pursuant to the Oklahoma Statutes and the member may receive
credit for such service only in the retirement system from which the
member first retires.
Added by Laws 2000, c. 311, § 4, eff. July 1, 2000. Amended by Laws
2003, c. 406, § 18, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2022, c. 96, § 5, eff.
Nov. 1, 2022; Laws 2023, c. 146, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 74-913.8 ("Military service credit - payment") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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