1. A. Any member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System with military service prior to membership in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System shall be granted service credit, not to exceed five (5) years, for those periods of active military service during which the member was a war veteran. Such military service credit shall not apply to any person receiving military retirement benefits other than those persons that have been rated as having twenty percent (20%) or greater service-connected disabilityby the Veterans Administration or the Armed Forces of the United States and receiving service-connected disability benefits established by either the Veterans Administration or the Armed Forces of the United States. .

2. B. As used in this section, "military service" means service in the Armed Forces of the United States in time of war or national emergency by honorably discharged persons who served as follows:

   1. 1. In the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the period from April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918, both dates inclusive;
   2. 2. In the Armed Forces of the United States as members of the 45th Division at any time during the period from September 16, 1940, to December 7, 1941, both dates inclusive;
   3. 3. In the Armed forces of the United States at any time during the period from December 7, 1941, to December 7, 1941, both dates inclusive;
   4. 4. In the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the period from June 27, 1950, to January 31, 1955, both dates inclusive;
   5. 5. For a period of ninety (90) days or more, unless discharged from active duty for a service-connected disability, in the Armed Forces of the United States during the period of time in which the United States participated in a war, campaign or battle, but excluding any person who shall have served on active duty for training only, unless discharged from active duty for service-connected disability;

   6. 6. In the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the period which began on:

      1. a. February 28, 1961, and ended on May 7, 1975, in the case of a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period, and

      2. b. August 5, 1964, and ended on May 7, 1975, in all other cases,

         except that such period shall be deemed to have ended on December 31, 1976, when determining eligibility for education and training benefits; or

   7. 7. In the Armed Forces of the United States on or after August 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1991, excluding any person who shall have served on active duty for training only, unless discharged form active duty for service connected disability.
3. C. An eligible member pursuant to this section shall include only those persons who shall have served during the times or in the areas prescribed in this section, and those persons who were awarded service medals, as authorized by the United States Department of Defense as reflected in the veteran's Defense Department form 214, related to the Vietnam Conflict who served prior to August 5, 1964.
4. D. Service credit received pursuant to this section shall be used in determining the member's retirement benefit but shall not be used in determining years of service for retirement or vesting purposes.

Laws 1987, HB 1473, c. 236, § 165, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987; Amended by Laws 1990, HB 1880, c. 334, § 6, emerg. eff. July 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1998, SB 788, c. 192, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1998 (superseded document available).