System – Employer contributions – Accumulated annual leave and sick leave.
A.If a statutory commodity producers board becomes a successor organization, all persons employed by a statutory commodity producers board prior to the date of approval by the Commissioner shall remain members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System until retirement or termination, at the election of the employee.
B.For all employees who remain members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to subsection A of this section, the successor organization 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 pa
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System – Employer contributions – Accumulated annual leave and sick leave. A. If a statutory commodity producers board becomes a successor organization, all persons employed by a statutory commodity producers board prior to the date of approval by the Commissioner shall remain members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System until retirement or termination, at the election of the employee. B. For all employees who remain members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to subsection A of this section, the successor organization 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. All employees of a statutory commodity producers board who remain members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to subsection A of this section shall continue to be eligible employees for purposes of Sections 901 through 932 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The successor organization shall be considered a participating employer, as defined by paragraph (25) of Section 902 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes only for such employees. D. No person initially employed by the successor organization after the date of approval by the Commissioner shall be allowed to participate in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System during the term of their employment with the successor organization, regardless of whether that employee was previously employed by a participating employer in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. E. 1. All annual leave and sick leave accumulated prior to the date of approval by the Commissioner, by an employee who remains a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System pursuant to subsection A of this section will be recognized by the successor organization, subject to all accrual limitations in the Oklahoma Statutes. 2. Beginning on the date of approval by the Commissioner, employees of the successor organization shall not accrue annual leave and sick leave pursuant to Section 840-2.20 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, but may accrue annual leave and sick leave according to a policy established by the successor organization at a rate not to exceed that of state employees under Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. 3. The total participating service credit of a member who retires or terminates employment and elects a vested benefit shall include unused sick leave not to exceed the limitation imposed by paragraph 7 of subsection B of Section 913 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If unused sick leave entitles a member to an additional year of service credit, the successor organization shall reimburse the System for the cost of funding the additional reserve. The successor organization shall provide the System with adequate and timely information necessary to determine additional benefits and its cost under this paragraph.