OHIO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM ... - OPERS

the amount of such commuted reserve divided by the age and service annuity rate for the attained
age at retirement.
(D) The commuted value calculated as provided in division (C) of this section of a basic
annual pension of one hundred eighty dollars, provided the member has ten or more years of
total service credit as of October 1, 1956.
(E) When a member retires on commuted age and service retirement, the member's single
lifetime allowance shall not be less than that provided by divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of this
section and division (A)(5) of section 145.33 of the Revised Code and shall not exceed the limits
established by division (A)(6) of that section.
A year of service for the purpose of commuted age and service retirement and of
applying the minimum retirement allowance as provided in this section is defined as a complete
year of full-time employment, or the equivalent thereof. The board is the final authority in
determining the eligibility of an employee for such form of retirement and for such minimum
allowance.
In determining eligibility only for retirement under this section the board shall include in
“total service” the years of prior service credit granted members of the public employees
retirement system by a publicly owned utility as provided for in section 145.48 of the Revised
Code under a pension plan adopted by the publicly owned utility.
(F) Retirement allowances determined under this section shall be paid as provided in
section 145.46 of the Revised Code.
(HB 744, Eff. 6/29/55; SB 386, Eff. 9/16/57; SB 160, Eff. 8/1/59; HB 957, Eff. 10/27/61; HB 590, Eff. 10/14/63; HB
225, Eff. 11/13/65; HB 430, Eff. 11/20/73; HB 268, Eff. 8/20/76; HB 1, Eff. 8/26/77; SB 240, Eff. 7/24/90; HB 382,
Eff. 6/30/91; HB 628, Eff. 9/21/00)
Sec. 145.35 Application and medical examination for disability retirement
(A) As used in this section, “on-duty illness or injury” means an illness or injury that
occurred during or resulted from performance of duties under the direct supervision of a
member's appointing authority.
(B) The public employees retirement system shall provide disability coverage to each
member who has at least five years of total service credit and disability coverage for on-duty
illness or injury to each member who is a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety
officer, regardless of length of service.
Not later than October 16, 1992, the public employees retirement board shall give each
person who is a member on July 29, 1992, the opportunity to elect disability coverage either
under section 145.36 of the Revised Code or under section 145.361 of the Revised Code. The
board shall mail notice of the election, accompanied by an explanation of the coverage under
each of the Revised Code sections and a form on which the election is to be made, to each
member at the member's last known address. The board shall also provide the explanation and
form to any member on request.
Regardless of whether the member actually receives notice of the right to make an
election, a member who fails to file a valid election under this section shall be considered to have
elected disability coverage under section 145.36 of the Revised Code. To be valid, an election
must be made on the form provided by the retirement board, signed by the member, and filed
with the board not later than one hundred eighty days after the date the notice was mailed, or, in
the case of a form provided at the request of a member, a date specified by rule of the retirement
board. Once made, an election is irrevocable, but if the member ceases to be a member of the
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