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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 141 | Salaries of State Officers › Section 141.11 | Expenses and Compensation of Appellate Judges Directed or Assigned to Sit With Supreme Court Justices.

Effective:
June 13, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 149 - 118th General Assembly
(A) A judge of a court of appeals who is directed or assigned to sit with the justices of the supreme court shall be paid all his actual and necessary expenses incurred while sitting or performing any duty incident to the sitting, including expenses incurred in going from his place of residence to the supreme court and in returning from the supreme court. Those expenses shall be paid from funds appropriated for the supreme court. The certificate of the judge of the court of appeals that services were so rendered and that the expenses were so incurred shall be approved by the chief justice of the supreme court or, in his absence, by the acting chief justice of the supreme court, and that approval is sufficient authority for the drawing of a warrant.
(B) In addition to the actual and necessary expenses provided for in division (A) of this section, each judge of a court of appeals who is directed or assigned to sit with the justices of the supreme court shall receive fifty dollars per day for each day of the sitting or of performing any duty incident to the sitting. The per diem compensation shall be paid from funds appropriated for the supreme court.
Prior to receiving per diem compensation under this division, a judge of the court of appeals shall certify, in writing, that he did sit with the justices of the supreme court, or did perform any duty incident to the sitting, on the days for which the per diem compensation is sought. The certificate then shall be approved by the chief justice of the supreme court or, in his absence, by the acting chief justice of the supreme court and that approval is sufficient authority for the drawing of a warrant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 141 | Salaries of State Officers › Section 141.12 | Uniform Compensation for Employees in the Classified Service of the State.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly
The compensation of all employees in the classified service of the state shall be uniform for positions within the same service, group, and grade as established by the classifications of said service as at any time made by the rules of the director of administrative services, provided a rate of compensation for such service, group, and grade has been fixed by the general assembly, except that the compensation of persons employed in the classified service of the state at the time of the fixing of a rate of compensation for the service, group, and grade by the general assembly which may exceed the uniform rate so fixed, shall not be affected by this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 141 | Salaries of State Officers › Section 141.13 | Fees or Additional Remuneration Prohibited - Exceptions.

Effective:
October 19, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
(A) No fees in addition to the salaries and compensation provided in sections 141.01 to 141.12 of the Revised Code shall be allowed to any such officer. No additional remuneration shall be given any such officer under any other title than that by which the officer was elected or duly appointed. Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the salaries provided in such sections shall be in full compensation for any services rendered by such officers and employees, payment of which is made from the state treasury.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not affect any right of a full-time municipal court judge, or a part-time judge of a municipal court of a territory having a population of more than fifty thousand, to compensation under divisions (B)(1)(a) and (2) of section 1901.11 of the Revised Code; to health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical benefits coverage or other fringe benefits provided pursuant to Chapter 1901. of the Revised Code; or to compensation, fringe benefits, or expenses otherwise provided pursuant to that or any other chapter of the Revised Code. Division (A) of this section also does not affect any right of an acting judge, judge, or assigned judge as described in sections 1901.122 and 1901.123 of the Revised Code to compensation to which an acting judge, judge, or assigned judge is entitled under Chapter 1901. or section 141.16 of the Revised Code, or to any health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical benefits coverage, other fringe benefits or compensation, or expenses to which an acting judge, judge, or assigned judge may be entitled under that or any other chapter of the Revised Code.
(C) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section or any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, any retired assigned judge, as defined in section 141.16 of the Revised Code, is eligible for benefits granted under division (C) of section 141.16 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 141 | Salaries of State Officers › Section 141.16 | Compensation of Retired Judges Assigned to Active Duty; Retired Assigned Judge Payment.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Any voluntarily retired judge, or any judge who is retired under Section 6 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution, may be assigned with the judge's consent, by the chief justice or acting chief justice of the supreme court, to active duty as a judge. While so serving, the judge shall be paid, from money appropriated for this purpose, the established compensation for such office, computed on a per diem basis, in addition to any retirement benefits to which the judge may be entitled.
(B) Annually, on the first day of August, the administrative director of the supreme court shall issue a billing to the county treasurer of any county to which such a judge is assigned for reimbursement of the county's portion of the compensation previously paid by the state for the twelve-month period preceding the last day of June. The county's portion of the compensation shall be that part of each per diem paid by the state which is proportional to the county's share of the total compensation of a resident judge of such court. The county treasurer shall forward the payment within thirty days.
(C) A retired assigned judge is eligible to receive a retired assigned judge payment if the retired assigned judge completes not less than one hundred hours of service in the preceding quarter as assigned by the chief justice or acting chief justice. The payment shall be seven hundred fifty dollars per quarter and shall be paid from money appropriated for this purpose. The payment is subject to any and all applicable taxes under local, state, and federal law.
The payment shall be paid within thirty days after the end of the quarter in which the one hundred hours is served.
(D) Division (C) of this section does not affect any right of a retired assigned judge to receive any allowance, annuity, pension, or other benefit vested pursuant to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code or other eligible retirement system pursuant to Ohio law.
(E) As used in this section:
(1) "Retired assigned judge" is a judge that is described in division (A) of this section.
(2) "Quarter" is the preceding three-month period ending on the last day of the month of March, June, September, or December of each year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.01 | Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Killed in the line of duty" means either of the following:
(1) Death in the line of duty;
(2) Death from injury sustained in the line of duty, including heart attack or other fatal injury or illness caused while in the line of duty.
(B) "Totally and permanently disabled" means unable to engage in any substantial gainful employment for a period of not less than twelve months by reason of a medically determinable physical impairment that is permanent or presumed to be permanent.
(C) "Volunteer peace officer" means any person who is employed as a police officer, sheriff's deputy, constable, or deputy marshal in a part-time, reserve, or volunteer capacity by a county sheriff's department or the police department of a municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district and is not either of the following:
(1) A member of the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state highway patrol retirement system, or the Cincinnati retirement system;
(2) A retirant as defined in section 145.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.02 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents Fund.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
(A) There is hereby established the volunteer peace officers dependents fund.
Each county, municipal corporation, township, township police district, and joint police district with a police or sheriff's department that employs volunteer peace officers is a member of the volunteer peace officers' dependents fund and shall establish a volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board. Each board shall consist of the following board members:
(1) Two board members, elected by the legislative authority of the fund member that maintains the police or sheriff's department;
(2) Two board members, elected by the volunteer peace officers of the police or sheriff's department;
(3) One board member, elected by the board members elected pursuant to divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section. The board member must be an elector of the fund member in which the police or sheriff's department is located, but not a public employee, member of the legislative authority, or peace officer of that police or sheriff's department.
(B) The term of office of a board member begins the first day of January and is one year.
(C)(1) The election of the board members specified in division (A)(1) of this section shall be held each year not earlier than the first day of November and not later than the second Monday in December. The election of the member specified in division (A)(3) of this section shall be held each year on or before the thirty-first day of December.
(2) The members specified in division (A)(2) of this section shall be elected on or before the second Monday in December, as follows:
(a) The secretary of the board shall give notice of the election by posting it in a conspicuous place at the headquarters of the police or sheriff's department. Between nine a.m. and nine p.m. on the day designated, each person eligible to vote shall send in writing the name of two persons eligible to be elected to the board who are the person's choices.
(b) All votes cast at the election shall be counted and recorded by the board, which shall announce the result. The two persons receiving the highest number of votes are elected. If there is a tie vote for any two persons, the election shall be decided by lot or in any other way agreed on by the persons for whom the tie vote was cast.
(D) Any vacancy occurring on a board shall be filled at a special election called by the board's secretary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.03 | Volunteer Peace Officers' Dependents Fund Board.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
A volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board shall meet promptly after election of the board's members and organize. The board shall select from among its members a chairperson and a secretary.
The secretary of the board shall keep a complete record of the board's proceedings, which shall be maintained as a permanent file.
Board members shall serve without compensation.
The legislative authority of the fund member shall provide sufficient meeting space and supplies for the board to carry out its duties.
The secretary shall submit all of the following to the director of commerce:
(A) The name and address of each board member and an indication of the group or authority that elected the member;
(B) The names of the chairperson and secretary;
(C) A certificate indicating the current assessed property valuation of the fund member that is prepared by the clerk of the fund member.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.04 | Rules.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
Each volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board may adopt rules as necessary for handling and processing claims for benefits.
The board shall perform such other duties as are necessary to implement this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.05 | Legal Advisor.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
The prosecuting attorney of the county in which a fund member is located shall serve as the legal advisor for the volunteer peace officer's dependents' board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.06 | Maintenance of Fund; Initial Premiums.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The volunteer peace officers' dependents fund shall be maintained in the state treasury. All investment earnings of the fund shall be collected by the treasurer of state and placed to the credit of the fund.
(B) Each fund member shall pay to the treasurer of state, to the credit of the fund, an initial premium as follows:
(1) Each member with an assessed property valuation of less than seven million dollars, three hundred dollars;
(2) Each member with an assessed property valuation of seven million dollars but less than fourteen million dollars, three hundred fifty dollars;
(3) Each member with an assessed property valuation of fourteen million dollars but less than twenty-one million dollars, four hundred dollars;
(4) Each member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-one million dollars but less than twenty-eight million dollars, four hundred fifty dollars;
(5) Each member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-eight million dollars or over, five hundred dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.07 | Basic Capital Account; Contributions.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
The total of all initial premiums collected by the treasurer of state under section 143.06 of the Revised Code is the basic capital account of the volunteer peace officers' dependents fund. No further contributions are required of fund members until claims against the fund have reduced it to ninety-five per cent or less of its basic capital account. In that event, the director of commerce shall cause the following assessments, based on current property valuation, to be made and certified to the legislative authority of each member of the fund:
(A) Each member with an assessed property valuation of less than seven million dollars, ninety dollars;
(B) Each member with an assessed property valuation of seven million dollars but less than fourteen million dollars, one hundred five dollars;
(C) Each member with an assessed property valuation of fourteen million dollars but less than twenty-one million dollars, one hundred twenty dollars;
(D) Each member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-one million dollars but less than twenty-eight million dollars, one hundred thirty-five dollars;
(E) Each member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-eight million dollars or more, one hundred fifty dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.08 | Failure to Pay Premium.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
(A) If a premium is not paid as provided in section 143.06 of the Revised Code, the director of commerce shall certify the failure as an assessment against the fund member to the auditor of the county within which the member is located. The county auditor shall withhold the amount of the assessment, together with interest at the rate of six per cent from the due date of the premium, from the next ensuing tax settlement due the member and pay the amount to the treasurer of state to the credit of the volunteer peace officers' dependents fund.
If the secretary of a volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board fails to submit to the director a certificate of the current assessed property valuation in accordance with section 143.03 of the Revised Code, the director shall use division (B)(5) of section 143.06 of the Revised Code as a basis for the assessment.
(B) If a fund member does not pay the assessment provided in section 143.07 of the Revised Code within forty-five days after notice, the director shall proceed with collection in accordance with division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.091 | Initial Premiums; Determination of Sufficiency.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The director of commerce shall determine whether initial premiums paid by fund members under section 143.06 of the Revised Code are sufficient for death benefits to be paid from the volunteer peace officers' dependents fund to the individuals described in division (B)(1)(b) of section 143.09 of the Revised Code.
(B) If the director determines that initial premiums are sufficient and that no additional assessments described in section 143.07 of the Revised Code are necessary to fund the benefits, benefits shall be paid from the fund in accordance with division (B)(2) of section 143.09 of the Revised Code to those individuals.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.10 | Determination of Validity of Claim.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
(A)(1) Not later than five days after receipt of a claim for benefits, a volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board shall meet and determine the validity of the claim. If the board determines that the claim is valid, it shall make a determination of the amount due and certify its determination to the director of commerce for payment. The certificate shall show the name and address of the board, the name and address of each beneficiary, the amount to be received by or on behalf of each beneficiary, and the name and address of the person to whom payments are to be made.
(2) If the board determines that a claimant is ineligible for benefits, the board shall deny the claim and issue to the claimant a copy of its order.
(B) The board may make a continuing order for monthly payments to a claimant for a period not exceeding three months from the date of the determination. The determination may be modified after issuance to reflect any changes in the claimant's eligibility. If no changes occur at the end of the three-month period, the director may provide for payment if the board certifies that the original certificate is continued for an additional three-month period.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 143 | Volunteer Peace Officers Dependents › Section 143.11 | Nature of Right to Benefit.

Effective:
March 23, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly
The right of an individual to a benefit under this chapter shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or other process of law whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as specifically provided in this chapter and sections 3105.171, 3105.65, and 3115.32 and Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.011 | Certain University and College Employees Included.

Effective:
September 28, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 131st General Assembly
In addition to the membership of the public employees retirement system as prescribed in division (A) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and notwithstanding Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code, there shall be included in such membership all of the following:
(A) The nonteaching employees of the Cleveland state university and the northeast Ohio medical university;
(B) Any person who elects to transfer from the school employees retirement system to the public employees retirement system under section 3309.312 of the Revised Code;
(C) Any person who is employed full-time on or after September 16, 1998, pursuant to section 3345.04 of the Revised Code by the university of Akron as a state university law enforcement officer;
(D) Any person who is employed by the university of Akron in a position not covered by the state teachers retirement system and to whom either of the following applies:
(1) The person is initially employed by the university on or after the effective date of this amendment ;
(2) The person is employed by the university on the effective date of this amendment , the employment terminates after that date, and the person is reemployed by the university not less than twelve months after the date of termination.
Such employees are included in the definition of member as used in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code. The universities and colleges shall be subject to the obligations imposed by Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.013 | Fireman Electing to Remain in System.

Effective:
May 4, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 383 - 119th General Assembly
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.014 | Regional Council of Governments Employees.

Effective:
September 16, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 648 - 122nd General Assembly
(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 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.015 | County Historical Society Employee Electing to Remain in System.

Effective:
September 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.017 | Calculation of Final Average Salary.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) For a member eligible for a retirement allowance under division (A) or (B) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code or division (A), (B), or (E)(1), (3), or (4) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code, the number of years used in the calculation of final average salary shall be three and the sum of the earnable salary for those years shall be divided by three.
(B) For a member eligible for a retirement allowance under division (C) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code or division (C) or (E)(2) or (5) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code, the number of years used in the calculation of final average salary shall be five and the sum of the earnable salary for those years shall be divided by five.
(C)(1) For a member 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 who is eligible for a retirement allowance under section 145.331 of the Revised Code or a benefit under section 145.36 or 145.361 of the Revised Code, the number of years used in the calculation of final average salary shall be three and the sum of the earnable salary for those years shall be divided by three.
(2) For a member described in division (C) of section 145.32 or division (C) or (E)(2) or (5) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code who is eligible for a retirement allowance under section 145.331 of the Revised Code or a benefit under section 145.36 or 145.361 of the Revised Code, the number of years used in the calculation of final average salary shall be five and the sum of the earnable salary for those years shall be divided by five.
(D) For a benefit under section 145.45 of the Revised Code:
(1) The number of years used in the calculation of the deceased member's final average salary shall be three and the sum of the earnable salary for those years shall be divided by three if the member is described in division (A) or (B) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code or division (A), (B), or (E)(1), (3), or (4) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code.
(2) The number of years used in the calculation of the deceased member's final average salary shall be five and the sum of the earnable salary for those years shall be divided by five if the member is described in division (C) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code or division (C) or (E)(2) or (5) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code.
(E) This section applies to a member described in section 145.196 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.018 | Conditions for Full Year of Credit.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 145.016 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement board shall grant a full year of service credit to a member of the retirement system if all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The member is employed by a county board of developmental disabilities.
(B) The member's employment is in a position that would be covered by Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code if the member was employed by a public employer as defined in section 3309.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) The member performs full-time services in the position for at least nine months of the year and is paid earnable salary in each month of that year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.03 | Public Employees Retirement System - Exemption From Compulsory Membership.

Effective:
July 1, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 351 - 119th General Assembly
(A) A public employees retirement system is hereby created for the public employees of the state and of the several local authorities mentioned in section 145.01 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, membership in the system is compulsory upon being employed and shall continue as long as public employment continues.
(B) A student who is not a member at the time of his employment with the school, college, or university in which he is enrolled and regularly attending classes may elect to be exempted from compulsory membership and a student who is a member may elect to have his employment with the school, college, or university in which he is enrolled and regularly attending classes exempted from contribution to the retirement system. An election to be exempted from membership or contribution shall be made by signing a written application for exemption within the first month after being employed and filing the application with the public employees retirement board. All applications, when approved by the public employees retirement board and filed with the employer, shall be irrevocable while the employee is continuously employed by the school, college, or university and regularly attending classes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.031 | Exemption Requests by Hamilton County Municipal Court Employees.

Effective:
December 1, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 955 - 112th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised code, any employee of the Hamilton county municipal court on January 16, 1978, who was in the employ of the city of Cincinnati in the Hamilton county municipal court and was appointed or employed by the court, the clerk of courts or the Cincinnati city manager, and whose salary was paid by the city of Cincinnati and who was a contributing member of the city of Cincinnati retirement system prior to that date, may choose to be exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system and to continue contributing membership in the city of Cincinnati retirement system on and after that date, by filing a written request for exemption from the public employees retirement system, which request shall bear the signature of the employee, with the public employees retirement board, provided that exemptions permitted by this division are contingent upon the following:
(1) The adoption of an agreement between the board of county commissioners of Hamilton county and authorized representatives of the city of Cincinnati retirement system that provides such employees with the option to continue contributing membership in that retirement system on and after January 16, 1978, upon a compliance with the requirements of this section;
(2) The filing of the request for exemption within thirty days of the effective date of the agreement.
(B) No employee contributions shall be deducted from the earnable salary or compensation of, or paid to the public employees retirement system on account of, any employee of the Hamilton county municipal court who, upon compliance with division (A) of this section, is exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.032 | Exemption Requests by Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Employees.

Effective:
December 27, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 113th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised Code, any employee of the Hamilton county department of air pollution control on January 1, 1980, who was in the employ of the city of Cincinnati in the division of air pollution control and was employed by the Cincinnati city manager, and whose salary was paid by the city of Cincinnati and who was a contributing member of the city of Cincinnati retirement system prior to that date, may choose to be exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system and to continue contributing membership in the city of Cincinnati retirement system on and after that date, by filing a written request for exemption from the public employees retirement system, which request shall bear the signature of the employee, with the public employees retirement board, provided that exemptions permitted by this division are contingent upon the following:
(1) The adoption of an agreement between the board of county commissioners of Hamilton county and authorized representatives of the city of Cincinnati retirement system that provides such employees with the option to continue contributing membership in that retirement system on and after January 1, 1980, upon a compliance with the requirements of this section;
(2) The filing of the request for exemption within thirty days of the effective date of the agreement.
(B) No employee contributions shall be deducted from the earnable salary or compensation of, or paid to the public employees retirement system on account of, any employee of the Hamilton county department of air pollution control who, upon compliance with division (A) of this section, is exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.033 | Exemption Requests by Cincinnati Correctional Institute Employees.

Effective:
July 9, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 324 - 114th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised Code, any employee of the Hamilton county sheriff on July 1, 1981, who was in the employ of the city of Cincinnati in the Cincinnati correctional institute and who was a contributing member of the city of Cincinnati retirement system prior to that date may choose to be exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system and to continue contributing membership in the city of Cincinnati retirement system on and after that date by filing a written request for exemption from the public employees retirement system, which request shall bear the signature of the employee, with the public employees retirement board, provided that the:
(1) Board of commissioners of Hamilton county and authorized representatives of the city of Cincinnati retirement system adopt an agreement providing such employees with the option to continue contributing membership in that retirement system on and after July 1, 1981, upon compliance with this section;
(2) Employee files a request for his exemption within thirty days of the effective date of the agreement.
(B) No employee contributions shall be deducted from the earnable salary or compensation of, or paid to the public employees retirement system on account of, any employee of the Hamilton county sheriff who, through compliance with division (A) of this section, is exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.034 | Exemption Requests by Members Becoming Subject to Social Security Tax.

Effective:
June 30, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 382 - 119th General Assembly
A member of the public employees retirement system who is a public employee as defined in division (A)(2) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and whose earnings from employment are or become subject to the tax on wages imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended, may elect to have such earnings exempted from contributions to the public employees retirement system by filing with the public employees retirement board a written request bearing his signature. The request shall be filed not later than ninety days after the date the member becomes subject to such tax on wages. A request mailed to the board shall be considered to have been filed on its postmark date. On receipt of a request, the board shall notify the member's employer that the request has been made. No contributions by the person making the request or his employer shall be required for service for which earnings are made exempt from contributions pursuant to this section, and no service credit shall be granted or purchased for such service. Once granted, a request made pursuant to this section may not be withdrawn.
Public employees retirement system contributions made by a member or his employer for earnings that are made exempt from contributions pursuant to a request filed in accordance with this section shall be refunded. Any such employee contributions withheld by the employer but not paid to the system shall be refunded by the employer to the employee from whom they were withheld. Any such employer and employee contributions that have been paid to the system shall be refunded by the system separately to the member and his employer within one hundred twenty days of the later of February 16, 1984, or the date the member becomes subject to the tax on wages described in this section. The employer shall provide the public employees retirement system with any information needed by the system to calculate the refunds.
A person who makes an election pursuant to this section may either receive a return of his accumulated contributions pursuant to section 145.40 of the Revised Code and cease to be a member of the public employees retirement system or leave his accumulated contributions on deposit with the public employees retirement board pursuant to section 145.41 of the Revised Code and, for the purposes of the public employees retirement system, be considered on a membership leave of absence.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.035 | Exemption Requests by Department of Development Employees Located in Foreign Countries.

Effective:
June 30, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 382 - 119th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised Code, an individual employed by, or otherwise compensated with state funds appropriated to, the department of development who is principally located outside of the United States and is or intends to become a member of a foreign government's retirement or social security system in lieu of becoming a member of the public employees retirement system may choose to be exempted from membership in the public employees retirement system by signing a written application for exemption within the first month after being employed and filing such application with the public employees retirement board. The application, when approved as to form by the board and filed with the employer, shall be irrevocable while the individual is continuously employed as described in this section and such individual shall forever be barred from claiming or purchasing membership rights or credit for the particular period covered by the exemption. Any individual who is or becomes a member of the public employees retirement system shall continue the membership as long as he is a public employee, even though he may be in or transferred to employment described in this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.036 | Transmission of List of Independent Contractors; Determination of Status by Board.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
On or before the last day of January of each year, each public employer shall transmit to the public employees retirement system a list of all individuals providing personal services who at any time during the preceding calendar year received compensation from the employer for which no contributions were deducted under section 145.47 of the Revised Code because the employer classified the individual as an independent contractor or another classification other than public employee or any other reason. The list shall contain the name of the individual and any other information required by the system.
If there is doubt at the time the list is compiled or at any other time regarding whether an individual providing personal services to a public employer is a public employee, the employer shall make a written request to the public employees retirement board for a determination of whether the individual is a public employee for the purposes of this chapter. On receipt of the request, the board shall determine whether the individual is a public employee with regard to the services in question. If the board determines that the individual is not a public employee, for the purposes of this chapter the individual shall be considered an independent contractor with regard to the services in question. The board's determination is final.
The board shall notify the individual and the employer of its determination. The determination shall apply to services performed before, on, or after the effective date of this section for the same employer in the same capacity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.037 | Request to Be Classified as Public Employee.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and section 145.038 of the Revised Code, "business entity" means an entity with five or more employees that is a corporation, association, firm, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity engaged in business.
A contract between a public employer and a business entity shall state that all individuals employed by the business entity who provide personal services to the public employer are not public employees for purposes of this chapter.
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an individual who provided personal services to a public employer on or before January 7, 2013, but was not classified as a public employee may request from the public employees retirement board a determination of whether the individual should have been classified as a public employee for purposes of this chapter. The request shall be made on a form provided by the board.
(2) Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to an individual employed by a business entity under contract with a public employer to provide personal services to the employer.
(C)(1) Not later than sixty days after the effective date of this amendment, the board shall have published in at least eight newspapers of general circulation in this state notice of the right of an individual described in division (B)(1) of this section to seek the determination described in that division. The notice also shall be posted on the web site of the public employees retirement system.
(2) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, on receipt of a request for a determination on a properly completed form, the board shall determine whether the individual should have been classified as a public employee. If the board determines that the individual is not a public employee with regard to the services in question, for the purposes of this chapter, the individual shall not be considered a public employee with regard to the services in question. The board's determination is final.
(3) The board shall notify the individual and the public employer of its determination. The determination shall apply to services performed before, on, or after January 7, 2013, for the same employer in the same capacity.
(D)(1) Regardless of whether an individual actually receives notice under this section, the request for a determination must be made not later than August 7, 2014, unless the individual can demonstrate to the board's satisfaction through medical records that on that date the individual was physically or mentally incapacitated and unable to request a determination.
(2) The board shall deny a request received after the effective date of this amendment if the board determines that the individual has had ten or more years of contributing service since the individual last performed the services that are the subject of the request.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.038 | Acknowledgement of Independent Contractor Status.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) A public employer who on or after January 7, 2013, begins to receive personal services from an individual it classifies as an independent contractor or another classification other than public employee shall inform the individual of the classification and that no contributions will be made to the public employees retirement system for the services. Not later than thirty days after the services begin, the employer to whom the personal services will be rendered shall require the individual to acknowledge, in writing on a form provided by the system, that the individual has been informed that the employer does not consider the individual a public employee and no contributions will be made to the public employees retirement system for the services. The employer shall retain the acknowledgement for a period of five years after the date the services begin and immediately transmit a copy of it to the public entity responsible for submitting to the system the reports required by section 145.47 of the Revised Code. The public entity shall transmit a copy of the acknowledgement to the system.
(B)(1) Regardless of whether the individual has made an acknowledgement under division (A) of this section and, except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an individual may request that the public employees retirement board determine whether the individual is a public employee for purposes of this chapter.
(2) Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to an individual employed by a business entity under contract with a public employer to provide personal services to the employer.
(C) A request for a determination must be made not later than five years after the individual begins to provide personal services to the public employer, unless the individual demonstrates to the board's satisfaction through medical records that at the time the five-year period ended the individual was physically or mentally incapacitated and unable to request a determination.
(D) On receipt of a request under division (B)(1) of this section, the board shall determine whether the individual is a public employee for the purposes of this chapter. If the board determines that the individual is not a public employee for the services, for the purposes of this chapter, the individual shall not be considered a public employee with regard to the services in question. The board's determination is final.
The board shall notify the individual and the public employer of its determination. The determination shall apply to services performed before, on, or after January 7, 2013, for the same employer in the same capacity.
(E) The board may adopt rules under section 145.09 of the Revised Code to implement this section and sections 145.036 and 145.037 of the Revised Code.