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Ohio Rev Code § 145.351 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.351 | 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 public employees retirement board 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 public employees retirement system. 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 § 145.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.36 | Benefits Upon Disability Retirement.

Effective: January 7, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly|A member who has elected disability coverage under this section, has not attained the applicable age, and is determined by the public employees retirement board under section 145.35 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall be retired on disability under this section. The applicable age is sixty if the member is described in division (A) or (B) of section 145.32 or division (A), (B), or (E)(1), (3), or (4) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code. It is sixty-two if the member is described in division (C) of section 145.32 or division (E)(2) or (5) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code.Upon disability retirement, a member shall receive an annual amount that shall consist of:(A) An annuity having a reserve equal to the amount of the retirant's accumulated contributions;(B) A pension that shall be the difference between the member's annuity and an annual amount determined by multiplying the total service credit of the retirant, and in addition thereto the projected number of years and fractions thereof between the effective date of the member's disability retirement and attainment of the applicable age, assuming continuous service, by two and two-tenths per cent of the member's final average salary.Where the recipient is not receiving a disability benefit under section 145.37 of the Revised Code and is receiving a disability benefit from either the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system, the recipient shall not be eligible for service credit based upon the number of years and fractions thereof between the date of disability and attained age sixty as provided for in this division.In no case shall disability retirement be less than thirty per cent or more than seventy-five per cent of the member's final average salary, except that it shall not exceed any limit to which the retirement system is subject under section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended.A year of service for the purpose of disability retirement is a complete year of full-time employment, or the equivalent thereof. The public employees retirement board is the final authority in determining the eligibility of a member for disability retirement.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.361 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.361 | Annual Amount of Disability Allowance.

Effective: January 7, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly|(A) A member with disability coverage under this section who is determined by the public employees retirement board under section 145.35 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall receive a disability allowance under this section. The allowance shall be an annual amount equal to the greater of the following: (1) Forty-five per cent of the member's final average salary; (2) The member's total service credit multiplied by two and two-tenths per cent of the member's final average salary, not exceeding sixty per cent of the member's final average salary. (B) Sufficient reserves for payment of the disability allowance shall be transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund from the employers' contribution fund. The accumulated contributions of the member shall remain in the employees' savings fund. No part of the allowance paid under this section shall be charged against the member's accumulated contributions. (C) A disability allowance paid under this section shall terminate at the earliest of the following: (1) The effective date of age and service retirement under sections 145.32, 145.33, and 145.332, or section 145.37 or former section 145.34 of the Revised Code; (2) The date the allowance is terminated under section 145.362 of the Revised Code; (3) The later of the last day of the month in which the recipient attains the applicable age, or the last day of the month in which the benefit period ends as follows:Attained Age at Effective Date of Disability AllowanceBenefit Period60 or 6160 months62 or 6348 months64 or 6536 months66, 67, or 6824 months69 or older12 months The applicable age is sixty-five if the member is described in division (A) of section 145.32 or division (A) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code. It is sixty-six if the member is described in division (B) of section 145.32 or division (B) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code. It is sixty-seven if the member is described in division (C) of section 145.32 or division (C) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.381 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.381 | Re-Employing Retirant.

Effective: September 26, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly|(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.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.382 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.382 | Employment of Certain Retirants Notwithstanding Restrictions.

Effective: July 29, 1992|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 346 - 119th General Assembly|(A) A former member receiving an age and service retirement allowance from the public employees retirement system, and hereafter referred to as a retirant, may be employed, notwithstanding sections 145.38 and 145.46 of the Revised Code, if his later employment has been in a position described in any of the following categories:(1) A position authorized by section 101.31, 121.03, or 121.04 of the Revised Code;(2) A position to which appointment is made by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate;(3) The head of a division of a state department.A retirant employed in such a category is entitled to a retirement allowance based on his total contributions and service credit accrued during all service as a public employee.(B) Upon his later retirement, the retirant may elect to receive retirement benefits based upon his original service and his service after re-entering public service by selecting any of the optional benefit plans specified in section 145.46 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.385 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.385 | Reemployed Retirant Electing to Resume Retirement Allowance.

Effective: April 11, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 449 - 125th General Assembly|(A) A PERS retirant who made an election under former section 145.381 of the Revised Code under which the annuity portion of the retirant's retirement allowance was suspended and the pension portion forfeited may have the entire retirement allowance resume by giving notice to the public employees retirement system. The notice must be given not later than ninety days after October 1, 2002.(B) The retirement allowance shall resume on the first day of the month following receipt of notice by the retirement system.(C) The annuity portion of the retirement allowance that has accumulated to the retirant's credit shall be paid as a single payment on the first day of the month following receipt of notice by the retirement system.(D) Contributions made by the retirant and employer during the period of forfeiture and contributions made after the retirement allowance resumes shall be left on deposit with the system and, except in the case of a retirant who elects, under division (H) of section 145.384 of the Revised Code, to receive a payment of the retirant contributions, shall be used in the calculation of a benefit under section 145.384 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.39 | Increasing Pension, Benefit, or Allowance When Limits of 26 Usc 415 Are Raised.

Effective: January 7, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 343 - 129th 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 public employees retirement board shall increase the amount of the pension, benefit, or allowance of any person whose pension, benefit, or allowance payable under section 145.323, 145.33, 145.331, 145.332, 145.36, or 145.361 or former section 145.34 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 § 145.391 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.391 | Establishing and Maintaining Qualified Governmental Excess Benefit Arrangement.

Effective: March 23, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly|The public employees retirement board 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 public employees retirement system 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. If established, the amounts required to fund the arrangement shall be included in the employer's contribution required by sections 145.48 and 145.51 of the Revised Code.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 system 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 § 145.401 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.401 | Making Additional Payment Upon Death of Member or Withdrawal of Contributions.

Effective: January 7, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "service credit" means service credit earned for periods for which contributions were made under section 145.47 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, periods for which service credit was purchased or restored under section 145.302 or 145.31 of the Revised Code. (B) If a member has, or at the time of death had, at least five years of service credit, the public employees retirement board shall include the amount specified in rules adopted by the board in the amount payable under section 145.40 of the Revised Code to the member, or under division (B) of section 145.43 of the Revised Code to a beneficiary or beneficiaries of the member, unless at the time of death the member was a disability benefit recipient. The amount specified in rules shall be paid from the employers' accumulation fund.(C) The public employees retirement board shall adopt rules under section 145.09 of the Revised Code specifying the additional amounts that may be provided a member under section 145.40 of the Revised Code or a beneficiary or beneficiaries under division (B) of section 145.43 of the Revised Code. The additional amounts may vary depending on the amount of service credit the member has accrued.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.402 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.402 | Payments to Members Who Are Members of Another State Retirement System.

Effective: March 23, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "other retirement system" means the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system.(B) Except as provided in this section, on application, a member of the public employees retirement system who is also a member of one or both of the other retirement systems and has ceased to be a public employee for the purposes of this chapter may be paid, in accordance with section 145.40 of the Revised Code, the member's accumulated contributions to the public employees retirement system, plus any applicable amount calculated under section 145.401 of the Revised Code. This payment does not affect the member's membership in the other retirement systems or any right the member may have to a benefit or return of contributions under those systems.(C) This section does not apply to a member of one of the other retirement systems whose employment under that system is with the public employer that was the employer under the public employees retirement system at the time the member's service subject to this chapter terminated.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.41 | Termination of Membership - Leave of Absence.

Effective: January 7, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly|Membership shall cease upon refund of accumulated contributions, death, or retirement except as provided in section 145.362 of the Revised Code. A member who separates from service for any reason other than death or retirement or who otherwise ceases to be a public employee for any reason other than death or retirement may leave the member's accumulated contributions on deposit with the public employees retirement board and, for the purposes of the public employees retirement system, be considered on a membership leave of absence. The member's membership rights shall continue until the member has withdrawn the member's accumulated contributions, retired on a retirement allowance as provided in section 145.33, 145.331, or 145.332 of the Revised Code, or died. The account of such a member shall remain in the employees' savings fund, except that the account of a member who has less than five calendar years of contributing service credit or is a member of the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system may be transferred to the income fund if by the end of the fifth calendar year following the calendar year in which the last contribution was received the member has not died, claimed a refund of contributions, or requested the retirement board to continue the member's membership on a leave of absence basis. In case such a member later requests a refund, the member's account shall be restored to the employees' savings account and refunded therefrom. Members on such leaves of absence shall retain all rights, obligations, and privileges of membership in the public employees retirement system. A "contributor," as defined in division (F) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, who formerly lost membership through termination of membership leave of absence and who has not withdrawn the contributor's account shall be reinstated as a member with all the rights, privileges, and obligations of membership in the system. In no case shall a member on leave of absence as provided in this section add to the member's total number of years of service credit by reason of such leave of absence, unless such member is eligible to and does make a payment as provided in section 145.291 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.431 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.431 | Designation of Beneficiary.

Effective: March 23, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly|Designation of a beneficiary for the purposes of section 145.40 of the Revised Code or a return of contributions to the beneficiary of a member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan shall be made under this section. A beneficiary shall be designated in writing duly executed on a form provided by the public employees retirement board and signed by the member. A designation under this section is not valid unless received by the board prior to the member's death.A beneficiary designation made under this section applies to the PERS defined benefit plan or PERS defined contribution plan in which the member participated or, if the member participated in both the defined benefit plan and one or more defined contribution plans, to both the defined benefit plan and the defined contribution plans.The last designation of any beneficiary revokes all previous designations. The member's marriage, divorce, marriage dissolution, legal separation, or withdrawal of account, or the birth of the member's child, or adoption of a child, shall constitute an automatic revocation of the member's previous designation.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.451 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.451 | Payment of Death Benefit.

Effective: September 21, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Upon the death of a retirant or disability benefit recipient, who at the time of death is receiving an age and service retirement benefit or a disability benefit from this system, a death benefit shall be paid, following the completion of an application on a form approved by the public employees retirement board, to one of the following in the order given:(1) The person the retirant or disability benefit recipient has designated in writing duly executed on a form provided by the board, signed by the retirant or disability benefit recipient, and filed with the board. If more than one such designation has been made, the person last designated shall be considered the person designated.(2) The retirant's or disability benefit recipient's surviving spouse;(3) The retirant's or disability benefit recipient's children, share and share alike;(4) The retirant's or disability benefit recipient's parents, share and share alike;(5) The person responsible for burial expenses;(6) The retirant's or disability benefit recipient's estate.(B) The amount of the death benefit shall be as follows:(1) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had at least five years' but less than ten years' total service credit, five hundred dollars;(2) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had at least ten years' but less than fifteen years' total service credit, one thousand dollars;(3) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had at least fifteen years' but less than twenty years' total service credit, one thousand five hundred dollars;(4) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had at least twenty years' but less than twenty-five years' total service credit, two thousand dollars;(5) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had twenty-five or more years' total service credit, two thousand five hundred dollars.(C) A benefit paid under this section shall be treated as life insurance for purposes of this chapter and shall be funded solely from contributions made under section 145.48 of the Revised Code and any earnings attributable to those contributions.
Ohio Rev Code § 145.452 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System|Section 145.452 | Continuation of Service Credit Purchase Upon Death of Member.

Effective: January 7, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly|The surviving spouse of a member who dies on or after the effective date of this amendment may continue any service credit purchase the member initiated before death. A purchase shall be considered to have been initiated before the member's death if the member made one or more payments for the purchase before death. Any service credit purchased under this section shall be applied under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as it would have been applied had it been purchased by the deceased member during the deceased member's lifetime.