Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-2-302: Application for membership - Assistant Commissioner as

member of System - Make-up contributions by certain employees.

A. Any person eligible to become a member of the System shall

file a written application therefor with the Board, and shall

continue thereafter as a member of the System so long as the

employee meets membership requirements. For the purposes of

computing contributions, employee contributions, pensions and

annuities, the Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Public

Safety shall be classified and categorized as a member of the

System.

B. The Board may, after a hearing held for such purpose, allow

employees of the Department of Public Safety who were hired by the

Department after September 30, 1939, and prior to July 1, 1981, to

pay to the System an amount equal to what the employee would have

paid to the System if the employee had been enrolled in the System

from the time of first employment. The Board shall determine any

interest due on the amount paid pursuant to this subsection. Any

payments allowed pursuant to this subsection shall be made prior to

January 1, 1982.