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(c) Any firefighter who has elected under section 742.516 of the Revised Code to transfer from the Ohio police and fire pension fund to the public employees retirement system. (7) Who is a member of the board of health of a city or general health district, which pursuant to sections 3709.051 and 3709.07 of the Revised Code includes a combined health district, and whose compensation for attendance at meetings of the board is set forth in division (B) of section 3709.02 or division (B) of section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, as appropriate; (8) Who participates in an alternative retirement plan established under Chapter 3305. of the Revised Code; (9) Who is a member of the board of directors of a sanitary district established under Chapter 6115. of the Revised Code. (10) Who is a member of the unemployment compensation advisory council. (B) No inmate of a correctional institution operated by the department of rehabilitation and correction, no patient in a hospital for the mentally ill or criminally insane operated by the department of mental health, no resident in an institution for the mentally retarded operated by the department of developmental disabilities, no resident admitted as a patient of a veterans' home operated under Chapter 5907. of the Revised Code, and no resident of a county home shall be considered as a public employee for the purpose of establishing membership or calculating service credit or benefits under this chapter. Nothing in this division shall be construed to affect any service credit attained by any person who was a public employee before becoming an inmate, patient, or resident at any institution listed in this division, or the payment of any benefit for which such a person or such a person's beneficiaries otherwise would be eligible. (ENACTED: HB 144, Eff. 11/24/67; HB 268, Eff. 8/20/76; HB 38, Eff. 8/29/79; HB 900, Eff. 7/1/80; HB 178, Eff. 6/24/87; HB 382, Eff. 6/30/91; SB 218, Eff. 10/11/91; HB 123, Eff. 11/20/91; HB 383, Eff. 8/3/92; HB 571, Eff. 10/6/94; HB 117, Eff. 9/29/95; HB 405, Eff. 10/1/96; HB 586, Eff. 3/31/97; HB 26, Eff. 5/6/98; HB 648, Eff. 9/16/98; HB 222, Eff. 11/2/99; HB 675, Eff. 3/14/03; SB79, Eff. 10/6/09; HB 1, Eff. 10/16/09) Sec. 145.013 Election of firefighter to remain contributing member A member of the public employees retirement system who on the effective date of this section is employed as a fireman in a position requiring satisfactory completion of a fire fighter training course approved under section 3303.07 of the Revised Code or conducted under section 3737.33 of the Revised Code may elect to remain a contributing member of the retirement system by giving notice to the system not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section. The election once made is irrevocable. (ENACTED: HB 383, Eff. 5/4/92) Sec. 145.014 Employer excluded from public employer status (A) “Employer” or “public employer,” as defined in division (D) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, does not include a regional council created under Chapter 167. of the Revised Code that meets all of the following criteria: (1) Membership in the council consists of political subdivisions of Ohio and at least two other states; (2) The primary purpose of the council is regional transportation planning; (3) The council was not contributing to the public employees retirement system on July 31, 1997. (B) If, prior to the effective date of this section, the public employees retirement system determined that a regional council described in division (A) of this section was not a public 12
employer, the system shall not require the council to submit employer and employee contributions for the time period following the date of the determination. (C) An employee of a regional council described in division (A) of this section shall forever be barred from claiming or purchasing membership rights or service credit under the public employees retirement system for the period of that employee's employment with the regional council. (ENACTED: HB 648, Eff. 9/16/98) Sec. 145.015 County historical society option As used in this section, “county historical society” means a private, non-profit organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(a) and (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. 501(a) and (c)(3), as amended, that collects, preserves, and interprets the historical physical and intellectual resources of a county. An administrative employee of a county historical society who is a contributor on the effective date of this section may elect to remain a contributing member of the public employees retirement system by giving notice to the system not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section. The election once made is irrevocable. (ENACTED: HB 640, Eff. 6/15/00) Sec. 145.02 Exclusions from membership; payment required to acquire service credit in PERS (A) A public employee who, prior to August 20, 1976, was excluded from membership in the public employees retirement system because the employee was receiving benefits from a municipal retirement system established prior to June 30, 1938, may acquire credit for service rendered by paying into the employees' savings fund an amount determined by applying the member contribution rate in effect at the time of payment to the earnable salary of the member during such period, plus interest on such amount, compounded annually at a rate to be determined by the board, and by paying an equal amount into the employers' accumulation fund. The member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rule. A public employee who acquires service credit in the manner prescribed in this division shall receive benefits retroactive to the earliest date of the employee's eligibility for retirement or disability retirement benefits under section 145.33, 145.34, 145.36, or 145.46 of the Revised Code in a single payment. (B) A public employee who, prior to November 21, 1969, was excluded from membership in the public employees retirement system because the employee was receiving benefits from a police relief and pension fund, a firemen's relief and pension fund, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, or the state highway patrol pension fund may acquire service credit for service rendered during such period by paying into the employees' savings fund an amount equal to the amount the employee would have paid into such fund during such period of service if deductions had been taken on the employee's earnable salary at the member contribution rate in effect during such period, plus interest compounded annually on such amount at a rate determined by the board and by paying an equal amount into the employers' accumulation fund. The employee may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. (C) In the event of death or withdrawal from service, the payment to the employees' 13
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742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201,
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(B) Upon reemployment in the public
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(G) A member who, on March 17, 2000
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Sec. 145.31 Restoration of membersh
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(B) The attainment of minimum age o
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1959 14.3 1960 12.5 1961 11.3 1962
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(B) The board need not make the hos
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includes any amount paid pursuant t
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1977 20.5 1978 13.5 1979 4.0 (C) An
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may apply for an age and service re
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(j) Any person who is originally em
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the amount of such commuted reserve
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(G) In the event an employer files
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ecipient's disability benefit shall
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or 3307.563 of the Revised Code. If
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(7) As used in this division, “em
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Sec. 145.382 Retirant’s allowance
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(2) A benefit under this section sh
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(b) Three months have elapsed since
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(B) This division applies to any me
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145.01 of the Revised Code, or was
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member was domiciled at the time of
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(1)(a) Number Annual Benefit as Or
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(C)(1) Regardless of whether the me
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in a lesser amount payable for life
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(C) If the retirement allowances, a
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in division (B) of this section for
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(B) Except as provided in division
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next succeeding the amount, with in
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Payment less the deductions shall b
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withholding order for purposes of r
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(b) If the charge against the perso
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insurance under division (C) of thi
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(2) "Plan B" means a plan of paymen
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(H) Receipt of the first month's an
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The board may administer the plans,
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purchase of service credit by a mem
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Consent is valid only if it is evid
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Appendix A Long Term Care Program S
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Sec. 2907.15 Other restitution orde
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(C) Service of a notice required by
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a member, electing employee, partic
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Sec. 3305.01 Definitions Appendix C
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(D) Notwithstanding sections 125.01
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starting date of employment, the pe
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etirement system pursuant to divisi
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division (D) of section 3305.06 of
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division, all of the following appl
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Appendix D Tax Sec. 5747.071 Retire
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furnishing the auditor of state wit
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not to retain an order that provide
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(B) If the participant has applied
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accordance with section 111.15 of t
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members. The council shall organize
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The council is not subject to Chapt
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(e) The person's interest in the po
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prescribed by the "Fair Labor Stand
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Sec. 2901.43 Duty to notify (A)(1)
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(2) A violation of an existing or f
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Section Accounts Annual statement o
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Section Inequality of employers ...
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Section Former Cincinnati Correctio
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