Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 715 - Teachers' Retirement System
Chapter 10 - General Operations
Subchapter 1 - Membership Provisions
Section 715:10-1-6 - Date of Membership

Date of membership is the date the initial contribution is made to TRS under the current membership account. Any former member of TRS who has previously withdrawn contributions and who redeposits said withdrawn contributions as permitted by law shall have his or her initial date of membership reinstated. Any person who transfers service from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System in accordance with 70 O.S., Section 17-116.2(L), shall be eligible to use his or her initial entry date into the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as his or her date of membership in TRS for all purposes except the member shall not be considered an ''eligible participant'' under OAC 715:10-15-27 unless the member first joined TRS prior to July 1, 1996. If a current member purchases non-contributory service for those years of qualified employment prior to the current date of membership, the official date of membership will remain the date the member's current membership account was opened. If a member purchases adjunct service that was performed prior to current date of membership, such purchased service shall be considered contributing service for purposes of vesting and membership date.

Amended at 10 Ok Reg 3879, eff 7-12-93; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 295, eff 10-14-94 through 7-14-95 (emergency)1; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 3285, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2598, eff 7-11-08; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 854, eff 8-1-12

1This emergency action expired before being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency amendatory action, the last prior permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on 7-15-95 (after the 7-14-95 expiration of the emergency action), the text of section 715:10-1-6 reverted back to the permanent text that became effective 7-12-93, and remained as such until amended again by permanent action on 7-27-95.