Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 590 - Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System
Chapter 35 - Deferred Savings Incentive Plan
Subchapter 7 - Contributions
Section 590:35-7-1 - Employer contributions

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 590:35-7-1

Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024

(a) The Employer shall contribute to the Trust Fund an amount referred to as an Employer Contribution. Such contribution shall be calculated as follows: in accordance with 74 O.S. § 1707, a contribution in the amount of or equivalent to Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) per month shall be made to the Plan on behalf of each Qualified Participant, as soon as practicable after receipt.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 ("USERRA"), the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 ("HEART"), and Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2009, to the extent required by Sections 3401(h) and 414(u)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code, an individual receiving differential wage payments (while the individual is performing qualified military service as defined in Chapter 43 of Title 38, United States Code) from an employer shall be treated as employed by that employer and the differential wage payment shall be treated as earned compensation. This provision shall be applied to all similarly situated individuals in a reasonably equivalent manner.

(2) Effective January 1, 2007, death benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid in accordance with Section 401(a)(37) of the Internal Revenue Code, which provides that in the case of a Participant who dies while performing qualified military service (as defined in Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code), the survivors of the Participant are entitled to any additional benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified military service) that the Plan would otherwise provide had the Participant resumed and then terminated employment with the Employer on account of death.

Added at 15 Ok Reg 793, eff 11-12-97 (emergency); Added at 15 Ok Reg 3282, eff 7-13-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 617, eff 12-2-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2019, eff 6-11-99; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1049, eff 5-13-10; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 507, eff 5-11-12

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