SECTION 590:25-9-20. Federal qualified military service

(a)   Notwithstanding any provisions of this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits, and service credit with respect to qualified military service shall be provided in accordance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 ("USERRA"), the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 ("HEART"), and Section 414(u) of the Code.

(b)   A Qualified Participant whose employment is interrupted by qualified military service under Section 414(u) of the Code or who is on a leave of absence for qualified military service under Section 414(u) may elect to make additional deferrals to the Plan upon resumption of employment with the Employer equal to the maximum annual deferrals that the Participant could have elected during that period if the Participant's employment with the Employer had continued (at the same level of Compensation) without the interruption or leave, reduced by the annual deferrals, if any, actually made for the Participant during the period of the interruption or leave. This right applies to five (5) years following the resumption of employment, if sooner, for a period equal to three times the period of the interruption or leave. The Employer, in accordance with 74 O.S. §1701, will make the Employer Contribution for such Qualified Participant for the equivalent period.

(c)   Beginning January 1, 2009, to the extent required by Sections 3401(h) and 414(u)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code, an individual receiving differential wage payments (while the individual is performing qualified military service as defined in Chapter 43 of Title 38, United States Code) from an employer shall be treated as employed by that employer and the differential wage payment shall be treated as earned compensation. This provision shall be applied to all similarly situated individuals in a reasonable equivalent manner.

(d)   Effective January 1, 2007, death benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid in accordance with Section 401(a)(37) of the Code, which provides that in the case of a Participant who dies while performing qualified military service (as defined in Section 414(u) of the Code), the survivors of the Participant are entitled to any additional benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified military service) that the Plan would otherwise provide had had the Participant resumed and then terminated employment with the Employer on account of death.

[Source: Added at 27 Ok Reg 1047, eff 5-13-10; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 505, eff 5-11-12]