Opinion No. (2005)

Dear Director Nelson,

¶ 0 This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following questions:

1. Attorney General Opinion 99-32 stated that "there is no such thing as a `retired reserve peace officer' for purposes of 21 O.S. Supp. 1998, § 1289.8." Does the passage of H.B. 1747 (2005 Okla. Sess. Laws ch. 169, § 2(A)) (amending 21 O.S. Supp. 2004, § 1289.8(A)) that refers to a "peace officer classified as a reserve who is retired," create a presumption that the Legislature intended to change or alter the law to create a "retired…