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Ohio Rev Code § 742.3717 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.3717 | Annual Cost of Living Increase.

Effective: October 27, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 125th General Assembly|(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, as used in this section, "eligible person" means a person who meets both of the following conditions:(a) The person is receiving an annual pension or benefit under division (A), (B), or (C) of section 742.37 or division (C)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code based on an award made prior to July 24, 1986.(b) The person has not elected under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code to receive a retirement allowance under an optional benefit plan.(2) A person is not an eligible person if the person is receiving a pension or benefit in accordance with rules in force on April 1, 1947, that govern the granting of pensions and benefits and that provide an increase in the original pension or benefit from time to time pursuant to changes in the salaries of active members.(B)(1) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall annually increase all benefits payable to eligible persons by three hundred sixty dollars, except that no benefit shall exceed the limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended.(2) The first increase is payable to all eligible persons on July 1, 1988. The increase is payable for the ensuing twelve-month period or until the next increase is granted under this section, whichever is later.The date of the first increase payable under this section shall be the anniversary date for future increases.(3) If payment of a portion of a benefit is made to an alternate payee under section 742.462 of the Revised Code, increases under this section granted while the order is in effect shall be apportioned between the alternate payee and the eligible person in the same proportion that the amount being paid to the alternate payee bears to the amount paid to the eligible person.If payment of a portion of a retirement allowance is made to one or more beneficiaries under "option 4" under division (A)(4) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code, each increase under this section granted while the plan of payment is in effect shall be divided among the designated beneficiaries in accordance with the portion each beneficiary has been allocated.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.3719 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.3719 | Increase in Benefit or Allowance When Irc 415 Limits Increased.

Effective: November 2, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly|Whenever the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, are raised, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall increase the amount of the pension, benefit, or allowance of any person whose pension, benefit, or allowance payable under section 742.37, 742.3716, 742.3717, or 742.39 of the Revised Code was limited by the application of section 415. The amount of the increased pension, benefit, or allowance shall not exceed the lesser of the amount the person would have received if the limits established by section 415 had not been applied or the amount the person is eligible to receive subject to the new limits established by section 415.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.3721 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.3721 | Qualified Governmental Excess Benefit Arrangement Maintained and Established.

Effective: July 13, 2000|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly|The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund may establish and maintain a qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement that meets the requirements of division (m) of section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, and any regulations adopted thereunder. If established, the arrangement shall be a separate portion of the fund and be maintained solely for the purpose of providing to retired members that part of a benefit otherwise payable under this chapter that exceeds the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," as amended.Members participating in an arrangement established under this section shall not be permitted to elect to defer compensation to the arrangement. Contributions to and benefits paid under an arrangement shall not be payable from a trust that is part of the fund unless the trust is maintained solely for the purpose of providing such benefits.The board shall adopt rules to administer an arrangement established under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.381 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.381 | Annual Report Disability Retirement Experience of Each Employer.

Effective: April 6, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly|Not later than March 1, 2000, and each first day of March thereafter, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall make and submit a report for the preceding fiscal year of the disability retirement experience of each employer. The report shall specify the total number of disability applications submitted, the status of each application as of the last day of the fiscal year, total applications granted or denied, and the percentage of disability benefit recipients to the total number of the employer's employees who are members of the fund. The report shall be submitted to the governor, the Ohio retirement study council, and the chairpersons of the standing committees and subcommittees of the senate and house of representatives with primary responsibility for retirement legislation.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.42 | Maintenance of Individual Account.

Effective: November 2, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly|The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall provide for the maintenance of an individual account with each member of the fund and other system retirant showing the amount of the member's or retirant's contributions.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.43 | Deferred Retirement Option Plan Established.

Effective: July 23, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 134 - 124th General Assembly|The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall establish and administer a deferred retirement option plan. In establishing and administering the plan, the board shall comply with sections 742.44 to 742.446 of the Revised Code and may do all things necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," as amended, applicable to governmental plans.The board shall adopt rules to implement this section and sections 742.44 to 742.446 of the Revised Code. The rules shall specify the date of initial implementation of the plan established under this section. The rules may also specify a period during which an election made under section 742.44 of the Revised Code may be rescinded.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.44 | Electing to Participate in Deferred Retirement Option Plan.

Effective: January 7, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly|Except as provided in section 742.14 of the Revised Code, at any time prior to filing an application for retirement under division (C)(1) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, a member who has attained the requisite age and is eligible to retire under that division may elect to participate in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code. To make an election, an eligible member shall complete and submit to the Ohio police and fire pension fund a form prescribed by the fund. At this time the member may, but is not required to, elect under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code to have the member's monthly pension calculated as a retirement allowance payable throughout the member's life or a retirement allowance under option 2 in division (A) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code. Unless rescinded during a period specified in rules adopted under section 742.43 of the Revised Code, the election is irrevocable from the date it is received by the fund until the employee ceases to participate in the plan as provided in section 742.444 of the Revised Code.A member is not required to specify the number of years or portion of a year the member will participate in the plan but must agree to terminate active service in a police or fire department and begin receiving the member's pension not later than the date that is eight years after the effective date of the election to participate in the plan or be subject to the forfeiture provisions of division (C) of section 742.444 of the Revised Code.The effective date of an election made under this section is the first day of the employer's first payroll period immediately following the board's receipt of the notice of election.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.441 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.441 | Effect of Electing to Participate in Deferred Retirement Option Plan.

Effective: July 23, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 134 - 124th General Assembly|A member who makes an election under section 742.44 of the Revised Code shall continue in the active service of a police or fire department but shall not earn service credit under this chapter for employment after the election's effective date. While the member is in the active service of a police or fire department, the member shall contribute to the Ohio police and fire pension fund in accordance with section 742.31 of the Revised Code and the employer shall contribute and report in accordance with either section 742.33 or 742.34 of the Revised Code.Neither the member nor the member's spouse and dependents are eligible for benefits under section 742.45 of the Revised Code while the member is participating in the deferred retirement option plan.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.442 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.442 | Determining Pension Amount if Electing to Participate in Deferred Retirement Option Plan.

Effective: January 7, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly|For each member who elects to participate in the deferred retirement option plan, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall determine under division (C)(1) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code the monthly pension amount that would be payable to the member had the member elected to receive a pension under that division. In determining the pension amount, the fund shall use the member's total service credit and average annual salary as of the last day of the employer's payroll period immediately prior to the effective date of the member's election to participate in the plan. The pension amount shall be calculated as a retirement allowance payable for the member's life, except that, if at the time of electing to participate in the plan the member selected the plan of payment in option 2 of division (A) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code, the pension shall be calculated using that plan of payment. A member who participates in the plan is not eligible to make an election under division (D) of section 742.3716 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.445 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.445 | Termination of Participation in Deferred Retirement Option Plan Because of Acceptance of Disability Benefit.

Effective: July 23, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 134 - 124th General Assembly|If a member ceases participation in the deferred retirement option plan due to acceptance by the member of a disability benefit awarded by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, both of the following apply:(A) The member shall forfeit all amounts that have accrued under section 742.443 of the Revised Code to the member's benefit under the deferred retirement option plan, and those amounts shall be treated as if the member had continued in the active service of a police or fire department and not participated in the plan.(B) The member shall be granted service credit for the period the member was participating in the plan.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.446 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.446 | Death Benefit if Electing to Participate in Deferred Retirement Option Plan.

Effective: July 23, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 134 - 124th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "killed in the line of duty" has the same meaning as in section 742.63 of the Revised Code.(B) If a member dies while participating in the deferred retirement option plan, all of the following apply:(1) The amounts accrued to the member's benefit shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, the beneficiary designated by the member on a form provided by the Ohio police and fire pension fund. If there is no surviving spouse or designated beneficiary, the amounts accrued to the member's benefit shall be paid to the member's estate. A surviving spouse or designated beneficiary may select a method of distribution described in division (B)(3) of section 742.444 of the Revised Code. Any amount payable to the member's estate shall be paid in a single payment.(2) The surviving spouse shall receive a pension or benefit determined under division (D) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code and, if the member was killed in the line of duty, division (F) of section 742.63 of the Revised Code.(3) If eligible, each surviving child shall receive a pension or benefit determined under division (E) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code and, if the member was killed in the line of duty, division (G) of section 742.63 of the Revised Code.(4) If the member has no surviving spouse or surviving children, but has a parent or parents dependent on the member for support, the parent or parents shall receive a pension or benefit determined under division (F) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code and, if the member was killed in the line of duty, division (E) of section 742.63 of the Revised Code.(5) The member's surviving spouse or contingent dependent beneficiary shall receive the greater of a retirement allowance under section 742.3714 of the Revised Code or the retirement allowance resulting from an election made by the member under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code.(C) A pension, benefit, or allowance described in division (B) of this section is effective on the first day of the month after the member's date of death. Payments shall not commence until the board receives any documentation it requires pursuant to rules adopted by the board.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.447 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.447 | Verifying Termination of Active Service.

Effective: July 23, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 134 - 124th General Assembly|On receipt of written notice under division (B) of section 742.444 of the Revised Code of a member's termination of active service, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall request from the employer verification of the member's termination date and any other information the fund determines necessary to calculate and pay a pension under that division. The verification of termination shall be filed in accordance with section 742.351 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.451 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.451 | Additional Deposits to Fund Medical Expenses.

Effective: April 6, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly|The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund may establish a program under which a member or a member's employer is permitted to make additional deposits for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of health, medical, hospital, surgical, dental, or vision care expenses, including insurance premiums, deductible amounts, or copayments. The program may be a voluntary employees' beneficiary association, as described in section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(9), as amended; an account described in section 401(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 401(h), as amended; a medical savings account; or a similar type of program under which an individual may accumulate funds for the purpose of paying such expenses. To implement the program, the board may enter into agreements with insurance companies or other entities authorized to conduct business in this state.If the board establishes a program under this section, it shall adopt rules to administer the program.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.46 | Vested Right to Pension or Benefit.

Effective: July 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 123 - 129th General Assembly|Except as provided in section 742.464 of the Revised Code, the granting of a benefit or pension to any person under sections 742.01 to 742.61 of the Revised Code, other than a person participating in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code, vests a right in such person to obtain and receive the amount of such benefit or pension granted to the person subject to sections 742.01 to 742.61 of the Revised Code. Subject to sections 742.444 and 742.464 of the Revised Code, a person participating in the deferred retirement option plan vests in the right to obtain and receive the amount accrued to the benefit of the person when the person ceases participating in the plan. Such right may be enforced by an action in mandamus instituted in the court of common pleas in the county in which the person granted such benefit or pension resides.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.461 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.461 | Restitution Order Based on Theft in Office or Certain Sex Offenses.

Effective: November 2, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension or other type of benefit, other than a survivorship benefit, that has been granted to a person under this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter, and any payment of any other amounts to be paid to a person under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any withholding order issued pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, and the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall comply with that withholding order in making the payment.(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the board receives notice pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code that a person who has accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is charged with a violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, or 2921.41 of the Revised Code, no payment of those accumulated contributions or of any other amounts to be paid under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be made prior to whichever of the following is applicable:(1) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and no motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, thirty days after the day on which final disposition of the charge is made;(2) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and a motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, the day on which the court decides the motion;(3) If the charge is dismissed or the person is found not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity of the charge, the day on which final disposition of the charge is made.
Ohio Rev Code § 742.463 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund|Section 742.463 | Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits Under Rc 2929.192.

Effective: May 13, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 127th General Assembly|(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any forfeiture ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall comply with that order in making the payment. Upon payment of the person's accumulated contributions and cancellation of the corresponding service credit, a person who is subject to the forfeiture described in this division may not restore the canceled service credit under this chapter or under Chapter 145., 3305., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the fund receives notice pursuant to section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that a person who has accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is charged with any offense or violation listed or described in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code that is a felony in the circumstances specified in the particular division, all of the following apply:(1) No payment of those accumulated contributions or of any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be made prior to whichever of the following is applicable:(a) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and forfeiture is ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code, the day on which the fund receives from the court a copy of the journal entry of the offender's sentence under that section;(b) If the charge against the person is dismissed, the person is found not guilty of the charge, or the person is found not guilty by reason of insanity of the charge, the day on which the fund receives notice of the final disposition of the charge.(2) The fund shall not process any application for payment under this chapter from the person prior to the final disposition of the charge.