{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-123","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-123","heading":"Agreements with federal agencies and agencies of other","body":"states.\n\n(a) Federal-State Agreement. The state agency, with the\n\napproval of the Governor, is hereby authorized, upon enactment of\n\napplicable federal law, to enter on behalf of the state into an\n\nagreement, or a modification or modifications thereof, with the\n\nfederal agency, consistent with the terms and provisions of this\n\nact, for the purpose of extending the benefits of the federal old-\n\nage and survivors insurance system to employees of the state or any\n\npolitical subdivision thereof, or of any instrumentality of any one\n\nor more of the foregoing, with respect to services specified in such\n\nagreement, which constitute \"employment\" as defined in Section 122\n\nof this title. Such agreement may contain such provisions relating\n\nto coverage, benefits, contributions, effective date, modification\n\nand termination of the agreement, administration, and other\n\nappropriate provisions as the state agency and federal agency shall\n\nagree upon, but, except as may be otherwise required by or under\n\napplicable federal law as to the services to be covered, such\n\nagreement or modification thereof shall provide in effect that:\n\n(1) Benefits will be provided for employees whose services are\n\ncovered by the agreement or modification thereof (and their\n\ndependents and survivors) on the same basis as though such services\n\nconstituted employment within the meaning of Title II of the Social\n\nSecurity Act.\n\n(2) The state will pay to the federal agency, at such time or\n\ntimes as may be prescribed by the applicable federal law or by\n\nregulations of the federal agency, contributions with respect to\n\nwages (as defined in Section 122 of this title), equal to the sum of\n\nthe taxes which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance\n\nContributions Act if the services covered by the agreement or\n\nmodification thereof constituted employment within the meaning of\n\nthat Act.\n\n(3) Such agreement or modification thereof shall be effective\n\nwith respect to services performed after a date specified therein\n\nbut shall in no event cover (A), in the case of state employees, any\n\nservice performed prior to the beginning of the first calendar month\n\nafter the date on which such agreement or modification thereof is\n\nentered into, or (B), in the case of employees of a political\n\nsubdivision or of an instrumentality of either the state or a\n\npolitical subdivision, any service performed prior to the beginning\n\nof the first calendar month after the approval of the plan submitted\n\nunder Section 125, except that a modification entered into after\n\nDecember 31, 1954, may be effective with respect to services\n\nperformed after December 31, 1954, or after a later date specified\n\nin such modification.\n\n(4) All services which constitute employment as defined in\n\nSection 122 and are performed in the employ of the state by\n\nemployees of the state shall be covered by the agreement or\n\nmodification thereof.\n\n(5) All services which (A) constitute employment as defined in\n\nSection 122, (B) are performed in the employ of a political\n\nsubdivision or in the employ of an instrumentality of either the\n\nstate or a political subdivision, and (C) are covered by a plan\n\nwhich is in conformity with the terms of the agreement or\n\nmodification thereof and has been approved by the state agency under\n\nSection 125 shall be covered by the agreement or modification\n\nthereof.\n\n(6) As modified, the agreement shall include all services\n\ndescribed in either paragraph (4) or paragraph (5) of this\n\nsubsection and performed by individuals to whom Section 218(d) (3)\n\n(C) of the Social Security Act is applicable, and shall provide that\n\nthe service of any such individual shall continue to be covered by\n\nthe agreement in case he thereafter becomes eligible to be a member\n\nof a retirement system.\nbed in either paragraph (4) or paragraph (5) of this\n\nsubsection and performed by individuals to whom Section 218(d) (3)\n\n(C) of the Social Security Act is applicable, and shall provide that\n\nthe service of any such individual shall continue to be covered by\n\nthe agreement in case he thereafter becomes eligible to be a member\n\nof a retirement system.\n\n(b) Interstate Agreements. The state agency is hereby\n\nauthorized to enter on behalf of the state into an agreement,\n\nconsistent to the extent practicable with the terms and provisions\n\nof subsection (a) and other provisions of this act, with the\n\nappropriate agency or agencies of any other state or states and with\n\nthe federal agency, whereby the benefits of the federal old-age and\n\nsurvivors insurance system shall be extended to employees of any\n\ninstrumentality jointly created by this state and such other state\n\nor states.\n\n(c) Retirement System as Separate Systems. Pursuant to Section\n\n218(d)(6) of the Social Security Act, the Teachers' Retirement\n\nSystem shall, for the purposes of this act, be deemed to constitute\n\na separate retirement system with respect to the state and a\n\nseparate retirement system with respect to each political\n\nsubdivision having positions covered thereby.","path":["OK Code","Title 51"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os51.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0c71942683d5a874703f4d151bba9d6b136585eea7a87c28cc5cdbc99e5045c5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-122","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}