OHIO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM ... - OPERS

waive the employer's coverage, except that the PERS retirant may waive the employer's coverage
if the retirant has coverage comparable to that provided by the employer from a source other than
the employer or the public employees retirement system. If a claim is made, the employer's
coverage shall be the primary coverage and shall pay first. The benefits provided under section
145.58 of the Revised Code shall pay only those medical expenses not paid through the
employer's coverage or coverage the PERS retirant receives through a source other than the
retirement system.
(E) If the disability benefit of an other system retirant employed under this section is
terminated, the retirant shall become a member of the public employees retirement system,
effective on the first day of the month next following the termination with all the rights,
privileges, and obligations of membership. If such person, after the termination of the disability
benefit, earns two years of service credit under this system or under the Ohio police and fire
pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state
highway patrol retirement system, the person's prior contributions as an other system retirant
under this section shall be included in the person's total service credit as a public employees
retirement system member, and the person shall forfeit all rights and benefits of this section. Not
more than one year of credit may be given for any period of twelve months.
(F) This section does not affect the receipt of benefits by or eligibility for benefits of any
person who on August 20, 1976, was receiving a disability benefit or service retirement pension
or allowance from a state or municipal retirement system in Ohio and was a member of any other
state or municipal retirement system of this state.
(G) The public employees retirement board may adopt rules to carry out this section.
(HB 382, Eff. 6/30/91; SB 346, Eff. 7/29/92; HB 151, Eff. 2/9/94; SB 82, Eff. 12/6/96; HB 222, Eff. 11/2/99; SB 190,
Eff. 7/13/00; SB 144, Eff. 9/14/00; HB 628, Eff. 9/21/00; HB 535, Eff. 4/1/01; HB 84, Eff. 7/31/01; SB 247, Eff.
10/1/02; HB95, Eff. 9/25/03; HB3, Eff. 5/2/06)
Sec. 145.381 Special notice and hearing requirements for certain re-employed retirants
(A) This section applies in the case of a person who is or most recently has been
employed by a public employer in a position that is customarily filled by a vote of members of a
board or commission or by the legislative authority of a county, municipal corporation, or
township.
(B) A board, commission, or legislative authority that proposes to continue the
employment as a reemployed retirant or rehire as a reemployed retirant to the same position an
individual described in division (A) of this section shall do both of the following in accordance
with rules adopted under division (C) of this section:
(1) Not less than sixty days before the employment as a reemployed retirant is to begin,
give public notice that the person is or will be retired and is seeking employment with the public
employer;
(2) Between fifteen and thirty days before the employment as a reemployed retirant is to
begin and after complying with division (B)(1) of this section, hold a public meeting on the issue
of the person being employed by the public employer. The notice regarding division (B)(1) of
this section shall include the time, date, and location at which the public meeting is to take place.
(C) The public employees retirement board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement
this section.
(ENACTED: HB95, Eff. 9/25/03)
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