Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-17-122: Participation in retired teachers' organization

When a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma

makes an application to retire, the System shall provide to such

member an application to participate in a retired teachers’

organization along with a form allowing the member to elect to have

annual membership dues in a retired teachers’ organization prorated

and authorizing the System to withhold such dues monthly from the

member’s retirement benefits. Any retired teachers’ organization

which wants to participate, pursuant to this section, or to

participate in a general mailing to all retired educators, with the

approval of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Retirement

System, shall provide to the System and pay for the cost, including

postage costs if required by the Teachers’ Retirement System, of

printed materials and of the applications to be a member of the

organization and the forms authorizing the System to withhold

membership dues of the organization. The Board of Trustees shall

approve the format and content of the authorization to make sure it

complies with all relevant legal requirements. The System shall not

be held responsible or liable for not providing the application to

be a member of a participating retired teachers’ organization or the

authorization form if such organization does not timely provide to

the System such materials and applications and approved

authorization forms in sufficient quantities to meet the retirement

application demands of the retiring members.