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Code · Oklahoma · Title 74 — State Government

§74-902v2. Definitions.

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As used in Section 901 et seq. of this title:
(1)"System" means the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as established by Section 901 et seq. of this title and as it may hereafter be amended;
(2)"Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all contributions by a member to the System which shall be credited to the member’s account;
(3)"Act" means Sections 901 to 932, inclusive, of this title;
(4)"Actuarial equivalent" means a deferred income benefit of equal value to the accumulated deposits or benefits when computed upon the basis of the actuarial tables in use by the System;
(5)"Actuarial tables" means the actuarial tables approved and in use by the Board at any given time;
(6)"Actuary" means the actuary or firm of actuaries employed by the Board at any given time;
(7)"Beneficiary" means any person named by a member to receive any benefits as provided for by Section 901 et seq. of this title. If there is no beneficiary living at time of member employee’s death, the member’s estate shall be the beneficiary;
(8)"Board" means the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees;
(9)"Compensation" means all salary and wages, as defined by the Board of Trustees, including amounts deferred under deferred compensation agreements entered into between a member and a participating employer, but exclusive of payment for overtime, payable to a member of the System for personal services performed for a participating employer but shall not include compensation or reimbursement for traveling, or moving expenses, or any compensation in excess of the maximum compensation level, provided:
(a)For compensation for service prior to January 1, 1988,
the maximum compensation level shall be Twenty-five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per annum.
For compensation for service on or after January 1,
1988, through June 30, 1994, the maximum compensation
level shall be Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) per
annum.
For compensation for service on or after July 1, 1994,
through June 30, 1995, the maximum compensation level
shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per
annum; for compensation for service on or after July
1, 1995, through June 30, 1996, the maximum
compensation level shall be Sixty Thousand Dollars
($60,000.00) per annum; for compensation for service
on or after July 1, 1996, through June 30, 1997, the
maximum compensation level shall be Seventy Thousand
Dollars ($70,000.00) per annum; and for compensation
for service on or after July 1, 1997, through June 30,
1998, the maximum compensation level shall be Eighty
Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) per annum. For
compensation for services on or after July 1, 1998,
there shall be no maximum compensation level for
retirement purposes.
(b)Compensation for retirement purposes shall include any
amount of elective salary reduction under Section 457
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any amount of
nonelective salary reduction under Section 414(h) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(c)Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the
compensation taken into account for any employee in
determining the contribution or benefit accruals for
any plan year is limited to the annual compensation
limit under Section 401(a)(17) of the federal Internal
Revenue Code.
(d)Current appointed members of the Oklahoma Tax
Commission whose salary is constitutionally limited
and is less than the highest salary allowed by law for
his or her position shall be allowed, within ninety
(90)days from March 21, 2001, to make an election to
use the highest salary allowed by law for the position
to which the member was appointed for the purposes of
making contributions and determination of retirement
benefits. Such election shall be irrevocable and be
in writing. Reappointment to the same office shall
not permit a new election. Members appointed to the
Oklahoma Tax Commission after the March 21, 2001,
shall make such election, pursuant to this
subparagraph, within ninety
(90)days of taking
office;
(10)"Credited service" means the sum of participating service, prior service and elected service;
(11)"Dependent" means a parent, child, or spouse of a member who is dependent upon the member for at least one-half (1/2) of the member’s support;
(12)"Effective date" means the date upon which the System becomes effective by operation of law;
(13)"Eligible employer" means the state and any county, county hospital, city or town, conservation districts, circuit engineering districts and any public or private trust in which a county, city or town participates and is the primary beneficiary, is to be an eligible employer for the purpose of Section 901 et seq. of this title only, whose employees are covered by Social Security and are not covered by or eligible for another retirement plan authorized under the laws of this state which is in operation on the initial entry date. Emergency medical service districts may join the System upon proper application to the Board. Provided, affiliation by a county hospital shall be in the form of a resolution adopted by the board of control.
(a)If a class or several classes of employees of any
above-defined employers are covered by Social Security
and are not covered by or eligible for and will not
become eligible for another retirement plan authorized
under the laws of this state, which is in operation on
the effective date, such employer shall be deemed an
eligible employer, but only with respect to that class
or those classes of employees as defined in this
section.
(b)A class or several classes of employees who are
covered by Social Security and are not covered by or
eligible for and will not become eligible for another
retirement plan authorized under the laws of this
state, which is in operation on the effective date,
and when the qualifications for employment in such
class or classes are set by state law; and when such
class or classes of employees are employed by a county
or municipal government pursuant to such
qualifications; and when the services provided by such
employees are of such nature that they qualify for
matching by or contributions from state or federal
funds administered by an agency of state government
which qualifies as a participating employer, then the
agency of state government administering the state or
federal funds shall be deemed an eligible employer,
but only with respect to that class or those classes
of employees as defined in this subsection; provided,
that the required contributions to the retirement plan
may be withheld from the contributions of state or
federal funds administered by the state agency and
transmitted to the System on the same basis as the
employee and employer contributions are transmitted
for the direct employees of the state agency. The
retirement or eligibility for retirement under the
provisions of law providing pensions for service as a
volunteer firefighter shall not render any person
ineligible for participation in the benefits provided
for in Section 901 et seq. of this title. An employee
of any public or private trust in which a county, city
or town participates and is the primary beneficiary
shall be deemed to be an eligible employee for the
purpose of Section 901 et seq. of this title only.
(c)All employees of the George Nigh Rehabilitation
Institute who elected to retain membership in the
System, pursuant to Section 913.7 of this title, shall
continue to be eligible employees for the purposes of
Section 901 et seq. of this title. The George Nigh
Rehabilitation Institute shall be considered a
participating employer only for such employees.
(d)All employees of CompSource Mutual Insurance Company
who retain membership in the Oklahoma Public Employees
Retirement System pursuant to Section 913.9 of this
title shall continue to be eligible employees for the
purposes of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement
System. CompSource Mutual Insurance Company shall be
considered a participating employer only for such
employees.
(e)All employees of a successor organization, as defined
by Section 5-60.12 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, who retain membership in the Oklahoma Public
Employees Retirement System pursuant to Section 5-
60.35 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall
continue to be eligible employees for the purposes of
the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. A
successor organization shall be considered a
participating employer only for such employees.
(f)A participating employer of the Teachers’ Retirement
System of Oklahoma, who has one or more employees who
have made an election pursuant to enabling legislation
to retain membership in the System as a result of
change in administration, shall be considered a
participating employer of the Oklahoma Public
Employees Retirement System only for such employees;
(14)"Employee" means any officer or employee of a participating employer, whose employment is not seasonal or temporary and whose employment requires at least one thousand (1,000) hours of work per year and whose salary or wage is equal to the hourly rate of the monthly minimum wage for state employees. For those eligible employers outlined in Section 910 of this title, the rate shall be equal to the hourly rate of the monthly minimum wage for that employer. Each employer, whose minimum wage is less than the state’s minimum wage, shall inform the System of the minimum wage for that employer. This notification shall be by resolution of the governing body.
(a)Any employee of the county extension agents who is not
currently participating in the Teachers’ Retirement
System of Oklahoma shall be a member of this System.
(b)Eligibility shall not include any employee who is a
contributing member of the United States Civil Service
Retirement System.
(c)It shall be mandatory for an officer, appointee or
employee of the office of district attorney to become
a member of this System if he or she is not currently
participating in a county retirement system. Provided
further, that if an officer, appointee or employee of
the office of district attorney is currently
participating in such county retirement system, he or
she is ineligible for this System as long as he or she
is eligible for such county retirement system. Any
eligible officer, appointee or employee of the office
of district attorney shall be given credit for prior
service as defined in this section. The provisions
outlined in Section 917 of this title shall apply to
those employees who have previously withdrawn their
contributions.
(d)Eligibility shall also not include any officer or
employee of the Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission, except for those officers and employees of
the Commission electing to transfer to this System
pursuant to the provisions of Section 910.1 of this
title or any other class of officers or employees
specifically exempted by the laws of this state,
unless there be a consolidation as provided by Section
912 of this title. Employees of the Oklahoma
Employment Security Commission who are ineligible for
enrollment in the Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission Retirement Plan, that was in effect on
January 1, 1964, shall become members of this System.
(e)Any employee employed by the Legislative Service
Bureau, Senate or House of Representatives for the
full duration of a regular legislative session shall
be eligible for membership in the System regardless of
classification as a temporary employee and may
participate in the System during the regular
legislative session at the option of the employee.
For purposes of this subparagraph, the determination
of whether an employee is employed for the full
duration of a regular legislative session shall be
made by the Legislative Service Bureau if such
employee is employed by the Legislative Service
Bureau, the Senate if such employee is employed by the
Senate, or by the House of Representatives if such
employee is employed by the House of Representatives.
Each regular legislative session during which the
legislative employee or an employee of the Legislative
Service Bureau participates full time shall be counted
as six
(6)months of full-time participating service.
(i)Except as otherwise provided by this
subparagraph, once a temporary session employee
makes a choice to participate or not, the choice
shall be binding for all future legislative
sessions during which the employee is employed.
(ii)Notwithstanding the provisions of division
(i)of
this subparagraph, any employee, who is eligible
for membership in the System because of the
provisions of this subparagraph and who was
employed by the Senate or House of
Representatives after January 1, 1989, may file
an election, in a manner specified by the Board,
to participate as a member of the System prior to
September 1, 1989.
(iii)Notwithstanding the provisions of division
(i)of
this subparagraph, a temporary legislative
session employee who elected to become a member
of the System may withdraw from the System
effective the day such employee elected to
participate in the System upon written request to
the Board. Any such request must be received by
the Board prior to October 1, 1990. All employee
contributions made by the temporary legislative
session employee shall be returned to the
employee without interest within four
(4)months
of receipt of the written request.
(iv)A member of the System who did not initially
elect to participate as a member of the System
pursuant to this subparagraph shall be able to
acquire service performed as a temporary
legislative session employee for periods of
service performed prior to the date upon which
the person became a member of the System if:
a. the member files an election with the System
not later than December 31, 2000, to
purchase the prior service; and
b. the member makes payment to the System of
the actuarial cost of the service credit
pursuant to subsection A of Section 913.5 of
this title. The provisions of Section 913.5
of this title shall be applicable to the
purchase of the service credit, including
the provisions for determining service
credit in the event of incomplete payment
due to cessation of payments, death,
termination of employment or retirement, but
the payment may extend for a period not to
exceed ninety-six
(96)months;
(15)"Entry date" means the date on which an eligible employer joins the System. The first entry date pursuant to Section 901 et seq. of this title shall be January 1, 1964;
(16)"Executive Director" means the managing officer of the System employed by the Board under Section 901 et seq. of this title;
(17)"Federal Internal Revenue Code" means the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or 1986, as amended and as applicable to a governmental plan as in effect on July 1, 1999;
(18)"Final average compensation" means the average annual compensation, including amounts deferred under deferred compensation agreements entered into between a member and a participating employer, up to, but not exceeding the maximum compensation levels as provided in paragraph
(9)of this section received during the highest three
(3)of the last ten
(10)years of participating service immediately preceding retirement or termination of employment and with respect to members whose first participating service occurs on or after July 1, 2013, the compensation received during the highest five
(5)of the last ten
(10)years of participating service immediately preceding retirement or termination of employment. Provided, no member shall retire with a final average compensation unless the member has made the required contributions on such compensation, as defined by the Board of Trustees;
(19)"Fiscal year" means the period commencing July 1 of any year and ending June 30 of the next year. The fiscal year is the plan year for purposes of the federal Internal Revenue Code; however, the calendar year is the limitation year for purposes of Section 415 of the federal Internal Revenue Code;
(20)"Fund" means the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement Fund as created by Section 901 et seq. of this title;
(21)"Leave of absence" means a period of absence from employment without pay, authorized and approved by the employer and acknowledged to the Board, and which after the effective date does not exceed two
(2)years;
(22)"Member" means an eligible employee or elected official who is in the System and is making the required employee or elected official contributions, or any former employee or elected official who shall have made the required contributions to the System and shall have not received a refund or withdrawal;
(23)"Military service" means service in the Armed Forces of the United States by an honorably discharged person during the following time periods, as reflected on such person’s Defense Department Form 214, not to exceed five
(5)years for combined participating and/or prior service, as follows:
(a)during the following periods, including the beginning
and ending dates, and only for the periods served,
from:
(i)April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918, commonly
referred to as World War I,
(ii)September 16, 1940, to December 7, 1941, as a
member of the 45th Division,
(iii)December 7, 1941, to December 31, 1946, commonly
referred to as World War II,
(iv)June 27, 1950, to January 31, 1955, commonly
referred to as the Korean Conflict or the Korean
War,
(v)February 28, 1961, to May 7, 1975, commonly
referred to as the Vietnam era, except that:
a. for the period from February 28, 1961, to
August 4, 1964, military service shall only
include service in the Republic of Vietnam
during that period, and
b. for purposes of determining eligibility for
education and training benefits, such period
shall end on December 31, 1976, or
(vi)August 1, 1990, to December 31, 1991, commonly
referred to as the Gulf War, the Persian Gulf
War, or Operation Desert Storm, but excluding any
person who served on active duty for training
only, unless discharged from such active duty for
a service-connected disability;
(b)during a period of war or combat military operation
other than a conflict, war or era listed in
subparagraph
(a)of this paragraph, beginning on the
date of Congressional authorization, Congressional
resolution, or Executive Order of the President of the
United States, for the use of the Armed Forces of the
United States in a war or combat military operation,
if such war or combat military operation lasted for a
period of ninety
(90)days or more, for a person who
served, and only for the period served, in the area of
responsibility of the war or combat military
operation, but excluding a person who served on active
duty for training only, unless discharged from such
active duty for a service-connected disability, and
provided that the burden of proof of military service
during this period shall be with the member, who must
present appropriate documentation establishing such
service. An eligible member under this paragraph shall include only those persons who shall have served during the times or in the areas prescribed in this paragraph, and only if such person provides appropriate documentation in such time and manner as required by the System to establish such military service prescribed in this paragraph, or for service pursuant to subdivision a of division
(v)of subparagraph
(a)of this paragraph those persons who were awarded service medals, as authorized by the United States Department of Defense as reflected in the veteran’s Defense Department Form 214, related to the Vietnam Conflict for service prior to August 5, 1964;
(24)"Normal retirement date" means the date on which a member may retire with full retirement benefits as provided in Section 901 et seq. of this title, such date being whichever occurs first:
(a)the first day of the month coinciding with or
following a member’s:
(1)sixty-second birthday with respect to members
whose first participating service occurs prior to
November 1, 2011, or
(2)sixty-fifth birthday with respect to members
whose first participating service occurs on or
after November 1, 2011, or with respect to
members whose first participating service occurs
on or after November 1, 2011, who reach a minimum
age of sixty
(60)years and who also reach a
normal retirement date pursuant to subparagraph c
of this paragraph,
(b)for any person who initially became a member prior to
July 1, 1992, and who does not reach a normal
retirement date pursuant to division
(1)of
subparagraph
(a)of this paragraph, the first day of
the month coinciding with or following the date at
which the sum of a member’s age and number of years of
credited service total eighty (80); such a normal
retirement date will also apply to any person who
became a member of the sending system as defined in
Section 901 et seq. of this title, prior to July 1,
1992, regardless of whether there were breaks in
service after July 1, 1992,
(c)for any person who became a member after June 30,
1992, but prior to November 1, 2011, and who does not
reach a normal retirement date pursuant to division
(1)of subparagraph
(a)of this paragraph, the first
day of the month coinciding with or following the date
at which the sum of a member’s age and number of years
of credited service total ninety (90),
(d)in addition to subparagraphs (a),
(b)and
(c)of this
paragraph, the first day of the month coinciding with
or following a member’s completion of at least twenty
(20)years of full-time-equivalent employment as:
(i)a correctional or probation and parole officer
with the Department of Corrections and at the
time of retirement, the member was a correctional
or probation and parole officer with the
Department of Corrections,
(ii)a correctional officer, probation and parole
officer or fugitive apprehension agent with the
Department of Corrections who is in such position
on June 30, 2004, or who is hired after June 30,
2004, and who receives a promotion or change in
job classification after June 30, 2004, to
another position in the Department of
Corrections, so long as such officer or agent has
at least five
(5)years of service as a
correctional officer, probation and parole
officer or fugitive apprehension agent with the
Department, has twenty
(20)years of full-time-
equivalent employment with the Department and was
employed by the Department at the time of
retirement,
(iii)a firefighter with the Military Department of the
State of Oklahoma either employed for the first
time on or after July 1, 2002, or who was
employed prior to July 1, 2002, in such position
and who makes the election authorized by division
(2)of subparagraph b of paragraph
(9)of
subsection A of Section 915 of this title and at
the time of retirement, the member was a
firefighter with the Military Department of the
State of Oklahoma, and such member has at least
twenty
(20)years of credited service upon which
the two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) multiplier
will be used in calculating the retirement
benefit,
(iv)a public safety officer employed by the Grand
River Dam Authority for the first time on or
after July 1, 2016,
(v)a deputy sheriff or jailer employed by any county
that is a participating employer in the System
for the first time as a deputy sheriff or jailer
on or after November 1, 2020, or
(vi)beginning November 1, 2024, a deputy sheriff or
jailer employed by any county that is a
participating employer in the System for the
first time as a deputy sheriff or jailer before
November 1, 2020, including those who make the
election authorized by division
(2)of
subparagraph b of paragraph
(10)of subsection A
of Section 915 of this title, and at the time of
retirement, if the member was a deputy sheriff or
jailer employed by the participating county, and
such member has at least twenty
(20)years of
credited service upon which the two and one-half
percent (2 1/2%) multiplier will be used in
calculating the retirement benefit,
(e)for those fugitive apprehension agents who retire on
or after July 1, 2002, the first day of the month
coinciding with or following a member’s completion of
at least twenty
(20)years of full-time-equivalent
employment as a fugitive apprehension agent with the
Department of Corrections and at the time of
retirement, the member was a fugitive apprehension
agent with the Department of Corrections, or
(f)for any member who was continuously employed by an
entity or institution within The Oklahoma State System
of Higher Education and whose initial employment with
such entity or institution was prior to July 1, 1992,
and who without a break in service of more than thirty
(30)days became employed by an employer participating
in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System,
the first day of the month coinciding with or
following the date at which the sum of the member’s
age and number of years of credited service total
eighty (80);
(25)"Participating employer" means an eligible employer who has agreed to make contributions to the System on behalf of its employees;
(26)"Participating service" means the period of employment after the entry date for which credit is granted a member. Provided, on or after the effective date of this act, military service credit purchased under Section 913.8 of this title shall only be considered "participating service" if such service is immediately preceded by a period of employment with a participating employer and followed by a return to service as an employee with the same or another participating employer within ninety
(90)days immediately following discharge from such military service;
(27)"Prior service" means the period of employment of a member by an eligible employer prior to the member’s entry date for which credit is granted a member under Section 901 et seq. of this title. Provided, on or after the effective date of this act, "prior service" shall also include service purchased under Section 913.8 of this title which does not meet the requirements of paragraph 26 of this section;
(28)"Retirant" or "retiree" means a member who has retired under the System;
(29)"Retirement benefit" means a monthly income with benefits accruing from the first day of the month coinciding with or following retirement and ending on the last day of the month in which death occurs or the actuarial equivalent thereof paid in such manner as specified by the member pursuant to Section 901 et seq. of this title or as otherwise allowed to be paid at the discretion of the Board;
(30)"Retirement coordinator" means the individual designated by each participating employer through whom System transactions and communication shall be directed;
(31)"Social Security" means the old-age survivors and disability section of the federal Social Security Act;
(32)"Total disability" means a physical or mental disability accepted for disability benefits by the federal Social Security System;
(33)"Service-connected disability benefits" means military service benefits which are for a service-connected disability rated at twenty percent (20%) or more by the Veterans Administration or the Armed Forces of the United States;
(34)"Elected official" means a person elected to a state office in the legislative or executive branch of state government or a person elected to a county office for a definite number of years and shall include an individual who is appointed to fill the unexpired term of an elected state official;
(35)"Elected service" means the period of service as an elected official;
(36)"Limitation year" means the year used in applying the limitations of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which year shall be the calendar year; and
(37)"Public safety officers of the Grand River Dam Authority" means those persons hired by the Grand River Dam Authority on or after March 21, 2001, who are certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training or an equivalent certifying entity for law enforcement personnel training and who perform law enforcement functions as part of their regularly assigned duties and responsibilities on a full-time basis. With respect to any public safety officer hired by the Grand River Dam Authority on or after March 21, 2001, any earned benefits or credits toward retirement benefits from previous participation within the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System or the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System shall remain within that system. Added by Laws 1963, c. 50, § 2, emerg. eff. May 6, 1963. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 432, §§ 1, 2, 9, emerg. eff. July 9, 1965; Laws 1968, c. 400, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968; Laws 1969, c. 349, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 1969; Laws 1970, c. 296, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970; Laws 1973, c. 279, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1973; Laws 1975, c. 267, § 2, eff. July 1, 1976; Laws 1976, c. 207, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1976; Laws 1979, c. 285, § 1, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1980, c. 317, § 1, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1982, c. 319, § 1, operative July 1, 1982; Laws 1984, c. 267, § 1, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 300, § 1, emerg. eff. July 24, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 81, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 238, § 1, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 180, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 267, § 28, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1988, c. 284, § 7, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 327, § 3, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 340, § 32, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 335, § 32, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 49, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1992; Laws 1992, c. 376, § 12, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 53, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 360, § 15, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 2, § 31, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994; Laws 1994, c. 383, § 8, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 1, § 35, emerg. eff. March 2, 1995; Laws 1995, c. 302, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 192, § 5, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1998, c. 419, § 10, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 1, § 39, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 257, § 30, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 379, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 5, § 55, emerg. eff. March 21, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 438, § 5, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 3, § 93, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 302, § 5, emerg. eff. May 13, 2004; Laws 2004, c. 539, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 1, § 134, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005; Laws 2010, c. 435, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 206, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2013, c. 159, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2013, c. 254, § 33; Laws 2014, c. 1, § 28, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 20, eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2020, c. 112, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; Laws 2023, c. 146, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2023; Laws 2024, c. 280, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.
NOTE: Laws 1975, c. 253, § 1 repealed by Laws 1976, c. 207, § 9, emerg. eff. June 7, 1976. Laws 1990, c. 324, § 1 repealed by Laws 1991, c. 335, § 37, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991. Laws 1993, c. 200, § 1 repealed by Laws 1993, c. 360, § 18, eff. July 1, 1993, and by Laws 1994, c. 2, § 34, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994. Laws 1993, c. 356, § 1 repealed by Laws 1994, c. 2, § 34, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994. Laws 1994, c. 370, § 3 and Laws 1994, c. 381, § 1 repealed by Laws 1995, c. 1, § 40, emerg. eff.
March 2, 1995. Laws 1998, c. 317, § 10 and Laws 1998, c. 360, § 3 repealed by Laws 1999, c. 1, § 45, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1999. Laws 2000, c. 220, § 1, Laws 2000, c. 313, § 1 and Laws 2000, c. 377, § 12 repealed by Laws 2001, c. 5, § 56, emerg. eff. March 21, 2001. Laws 2002, c. 354, § 2 repealed by Laws 2003, c. 3, § 94, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003. Laws 2002, c. 376, § 1 repealed by Laws 2003, c. 3, § 95, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003. Laws 2004, c. 325, § 1 repealed by Laws 2005, c. 1, § 135, emerg. eff.
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