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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.41 | Termination of Membership - Leave of Absence.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th 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, 145.332, or 145.335 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.
Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:16 AM
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.471 | Crediting of Interest to Individual Accounts of Contributors.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly
(A)(1) On and after December 13, 2000, the public employees retirement board shall credit interest to the individual accounts of contributors, except that interest shall not be credited to the individual account of a PERS or other system retirant, as defined in section 145.38 of the Revised Code, for contributions received during the period described in division (B)(4)(a) or (b) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. For amounts deposited by a contributor under section 145.62 or the version of division (C) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this amendment, interest or earnings shall be credited in accordance with that section and former division.
(2) Except as provided in section 145.472 of the Revised Code, the board shall not credit interest to individual accounts for the period beginning December 31, 1958, and ending on December 13, 2000.
(B) For contributions received in a calendar year, interest shall be earned beginning on the first day of the calendar year next following and ending on the last day of that year, except that interest shall be earned, in the case of an application for retirement or payment under section 145.40 or 145.43 of the Revised Code, ending on the last day of the month prior to retirement or payment under those sections. The board shall credit interest at the end of the calendar year in which it is earned.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.472 | Crediting of Interest on Account Balances of Contributors as of 12-31-98.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly
This section applies to individuals who are contributors on December 13, 2000.
(A) Not later than thirty days after December 13, 2000, the public employees retirement board shall credit interest to the individual account of each contributor in accordance with this section, except that interest shall not be credited to the individual account of a PERS or other system retirant, as defined in section 145.38 of the Revised Code, for contributions received during the period described in division (B)(4)(a) or (b) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. For amounts deposited by a contributor under section 145.62 or the version of division (C) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this amendment, interest or earnings shall be credited in accordance with that section or former division.
For contributors with service credit earned prior to December 31, 1981, the board may reflect the compounding of interest by using factors provided by the board's actuary.
(B) The interest credited under this section shall be calculated on all amounts on deposit in an individual's account in the employees' savings fund as follows:
(1) If this section takes effect on or before December 31, 2000, interest shall be calculated on amounts on deposit on December 31, 1998.
(2) If this section takes effect after December 31, 2000, interest shall be calculated on amounts on deposit on December 31, 1999.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.473 | Interest Rates.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The rate of interest credited to individual accounts of contributors under sections 145.471 and 145.472 of the Revised Code shall be as follows:
(1) Four per cent per annum, compounded annually, to and including December 31, 1955;
(2) Three per cent per annum, compounded annually, from January 1, 1956, to and including December 31, 1963;
(3) Three and one-quarter per cent per annum, compounded annually, from January 1, 1964, to and including December 31, 1969;
(4) Four per cent per annum, compounded annually, from January 1, 1970, to and including the day before December 13, 2000;
(5) An amount determined by the public employees retirement board that is not greater than six per cent per annum, compounded annually, on and after December 13, 2000.
(B) For the purpose of determining the reserve value of a contributor's annuity, the rate of interest shall be as follows:
(1) Four per cent per annum, compounded annually, for contributors retiring before October 1, 1956;
(2) Three per cent per annum, compounded annually, for contributors retiring on or after October 1, 1956, but before January 1, 1964;
(3) Three and one-quarter per cent per annum, compounded annually, for contributors retiring on or after January 1, 1964, but before January 1, 1970;
(4) Four per cent per annum, compounded annually, for contributors retiring on or after January 1, 1970, but before December 13, 2000;
(5) An amount determined by the board based on the recommendation of the board's actuary, compounded annually, for contributors retiring on or after December 13, 2000.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.48 | Rate of Employer Contribution.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Each employer shall pay to the public employees retirement system an amount that shall be a certain per cent of the earnable salary of all contributors to be known as the "employer contribution," except that the public employees retirement board may raise the employer contribution to a rate not to exceed fourteen per cent of the earnable salaries of all contributors.
(B)(1) On the basis of regular interest and of such mortality and other tables as are adopted by the public employees retirement board, the actuary for the board shall determine the liabilities and employer rates of contribution as follows:
(a) The percentage of earnable salary that, when added to the per cent of earnable salary contributed by each member, will cover the costs of benefits to be paid to members for each year of service rendered;
(b) The percentage of earnable salary that, if paid over a period of future years, will discharge fully the system's unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability;
(c) The percentage of earnable salary designated by the board to pay benefits authorized under section 145.58 of the Revised Code.
(2) If recognized assets exceed the liabilities for service previously rendered, on approval of the board, a percentage of earnable salary may be deducted from the employer rates of contribution that, if deducted annually over a period of future years, will eliminate the excess.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.483 | Statement of Delinquent Contributions.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
Upon a finding that an employer failed to deduct contributions pursuant to section 145.47 of the Revised Code during a period of employment for which such contributions were required, a statement of delinquent contributions shall be prepared showing the amount the contributor and employer would have contributed had regular payroll deductions been taken. Simple interest from the end of each calendar year at a rate equal to the assumed actuarial rate of interest at the time the statement is prepared shall be included. If delinquent contribution statements are paid later than thirty days after the end of the month in which they become an obligation of the employer, any balance remaining shall be collected with penalties and interest pursuant to section 145.51 of the Revised Code.
Any amount paid under this section by an employer shall be credited in accordance with section 145.23 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.49 | Calculations of Employee and Employer Contribution Rates Separately.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding section 145.47 of the Revised Code:
(1) The public employees retirement system shall be authorized to calculate the employee contribution rates separately for those public employees contributing toward benefits as PERS public safety officers under section 145.332 of the Revised Code.
(2) Each public employee contributing toward benefits as PERS law enforcement officers under section 145.332 of the Revised Code shall contribute to the employees' savings fund the rate determined under division (A)(1) of this section plus an additional percentage specified by the public employees retirement board, which shall initially be one per cent of the employee's earnable salary and shall not be increased to more than two per cent of the employee's earnable salary.
(B) Notwithstanding section 145.48 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement system shall be authorized to calculate the employer contribution rates separately for those public employees contributing toward benefits as PERS public safety officers under section 145.332 of the Revised Code or as PERS law enforcement officers under that section, except that the employer contribution rate shall not exceed eighteen and one-tenth per cent of the earnable salaries of those employees.
(C) If the public employees retirement board adopts a rule under division (P) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code under which service as a public safety officer is treated as service as a law enforcement officer, the contributions for service as a public safety officer shall be at the rate for service as a law enforcement officer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.52 | Transitional Liability - Installment Payments.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and section 145.53 of the Revised Code, "transitional liability" means an amount equal to the employer obligation due under division (A) of section 145.51 of the Revised Code for the months of October, November, and December of 2007.
(B) The transitional liability is payable in three installments on or before December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2010.
(1) The first installment is due not later than December 31, 2008, and equals the portion of the transitional liability for the month of October 2007.
(2) The second installment is due not later than December 31, 2009, and equals the portion of the transitional liability for the month of November 2007.
(3) The third installment is due not later than December 31, 2010, and equals the portion of the transitional liability for the month of December 2007.
(C) Interest and penalties for failing to pay amounts when due under division (B) of this section shall be calculated in accordance with division (C) of section 145.51 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.53 | Amounts Credited to Employer Transitional Liability.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly
(A) From the employer obligation for the month of February 2008, under section 145.51 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the portion of the employer obligation attributable to section 145.86 of the Revised Code for the months of October, November, and December of 2007, shall be credited to the PERS defined contribution plan to satisfy the portion of the transitional liability attributable to section 145.86 of the Revised Code.
(B) When the amount described in division (A) of this section is credited to the PERS defined contribution plan, an equal amount shall be added to the transitional liability described in section 145.52 of the Revised Code to satisfy a portion of the February 2008 employer obligation that is attributable to the PERS defined benefit plan. This amount shall be paid in accordance with section 145.52 of the Revised Code, and shall be prorated to correspond with the portion of the transitional liability due under division (B) of that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.54 | Annual Estimate of Amount Necessary to Defray Expenses; Transfer of Funds.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
The public employees retirement board shall estimate annually the amount required to defray the expenses of the administration of the public employees retirement system in the ensuing year. If in the judgment of the board, as evidenced by a resolution of that board in its minutes, the amount in the income fund exceeds the amount necessary to cover the ordinary requirements of that fund, the board may transfer to the expense fund such excess amount not exceeding the entire amount required to cover the expenses as estimated for the year. If the amount in the expense fund, including any amount transferred from the income fund, is not sufficient to defray the expenses of administration of the system in the ensuing year, the board may transfer any remaining amount required for the expense fund to that fund from the employer's accumulation fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.55 | Members Deemed to Consent to Deductions.

Effective:
September 21, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly
The deductions provided for in this chapter shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided for by law for any contributor is reduced thereby. Every contributor is deemed to consent to the deductions made and provided for in this chapter. Payment less the deductions shall be a complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by such person during the period covered by such payment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.56 | Tax Exemptions.

Effective:
January 1, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
The right of an individual to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance itself, the right of an individual to any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any individual, under this chapter, or under any municipal retirement system established subject to this chapter under the laws of this state or any charter, the various funds created by this chapter, or under such municipal retirement system, and all moneys, investments, and income from moneys or investments are exempt from any state tax, except the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, and are exempt from any county, municipal, or other local tax, except income taxes imposed pursuant to section 5748.02, 5748.08, or 5748.09 of the Revised Code, and, except as provided in sections 145.57, 145.572, 145.573, 145.574, 3105.171, 3105.65, and 3115.501 and Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code, 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 3115.501 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 145.561 | Acquiring Vested Right in Pension When Granted.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and section 145.363, 145.573, or 145.574 of the Revised Code, the granting of a retirement allowance, annuity, pension, or other benefit to any person pursuant to action of the public employees retirement board vests a right in such person, so long as the person remains the recipient of any benefit of the funds established by section 145.23 of the Revised Code, to receive such retirement allowance, annuity, pension, or other benefit at the rate fixed at the time of granting such retirement allowance, annuity, pension, or other benefit. Such right shall also be vested with equal effect in the recipient of a grant heretofore made from any of the funds named in section 145.23 of the Revised Code.
(B) This section does not apply to an increase made under section 145.323 of the Revised Code for a recipient whose benefit effective date is on or after the effective date of this amendment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.562 | Waiver of Rights.

Effective:
June 30, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 382 - 119th General Assembly
(A) Any person who is receiving an allowance or benefit or any increases under this chapter may, at any time, waive his rights thereto, or to a portion thereof, by filing a written notice of waiver with the public employees retirement board. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, such waiver shall remain in effect until the first day of the month following his death or the filing of his written cancellation of such waiver with the public employees retirement board. Any amount so waived shall be forever forfeited.
(B) If a beneficiary waives in writing all claim to any benefits under this chapter prior to receipt of the first benefit, the waiver shall put in effect the succession of beneficiaries as provided in division (C) of section 145.43 of the Revised Code and shall be irrevocable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.563 | Adjustment for and Recovery of Erroneous Payments.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 145.561 of the Revised Code:
(A) The public employees retirement system may adjust an allowance or benefit payable under this chapter if an error occurred in calculation of the allowance or benefit;
(B) If any person who is a member, former member, contributor, former contributor, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee, as defined in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code, is paid any benefit or payment by the public employees retirement system, including any payment made to a third party on the person's behalf, to which the person is not entitled, the benefit or payment shall be repaid to the retirement system by the person or third party. A repayment required by this section may include a penalty or interest on the amount of the benefit or payment, as specified in rules adopted by the public employees retirement board. The rules shall specify the method for calculating a penalty or interest and the conditions under which a penalty or interest may be assessed.
If the person or third party fails to make the repayment, the retirement system shall withhold the amount or a portion of the amount due from any benefit or payment due the person or the person's beneficiary under this chapter, or may collect the amount in any other manner provided by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.564 | Payroll Deduction of Membership Dues and Fees of Retiree Organizations.

Effective:
March 17, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 186 - 123rd General Assembly
Any person receiving from the public employees retirement system an allowance, annuity, pension, or benefit may authorize the system to make deductions therefrom for the payment of dues and other membership fees to any retirement association or other organization composed primarily of retired public employees or retired public employees and their spouses if the association or organization adopts a resolution approving payment by that method and not fewer than five hundred persons receiving allowances, annuities, pensions, or benefits from the system initially authorize the deduction for payment to the same association or organization. The authorization shall be in writing and signed by the person giving it. The system shall make the deductions authorized and pay to the association or organization the amounts deducted, until the authorization is revoked in writing by the person. The system may charge the association or organization an amount not exceeding the actual costs incurred by the system in making the deductions. The system shall adopt rules establishing the method of collecting the amount charged, if any.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.57 | Restitution Order Based on Theft in Office or Certain Sex Offenses.

Effective:
December 6, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 668 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension, annuity, allowance, 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 public employees retirement board 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, of any other amounts to be paid to a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter, or of any amount to be paid to a contributor as a lump sum or single payment under section 145.38 of the Revised Code, 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.572 | Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits Under Rc 2929.192.

Effective:
May 13, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 127th General Assembly
(A)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following shall be subject to a forfeiture ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code:
(a) The right of a member to receive any payment under a pension, annuity, allowance, or other type of benefit under this chapter, other than a payment of the accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit under this chapter;
(b) The right of a contributor to receive a benefit under division (B) of section 145.384 of the Revised Code, other than a payment of the person's contributions made under section 145.38 or 145.383 of the Revised Code.
(2) The public employees retirement system shall comply with a forfeiture order issued under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code at the time the member or contributor applies for payment of the person's accumulated contributions. Upon payment of the person's contributions and cancellation of any corresponding service credit, a person who is subject to the forfeiture order described in this division may not restore any canceled service credit under this chapter or the provisions of Chapter 742., 3305., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the system 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 system 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 system receives notice of the final disposition of the charge.
(2) The system shall not process any application for payment under this chapter from the person prior to the final disposition of the charge.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.573 | Benefits Subject to Termination.

Effective:
July 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 123 - 129th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a disability benefit granted under this chapter is subject to an order issued under section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. The public employees retirement board shall comply with the order.
On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that a public employees retirement system member is charged with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division, the system shall determine whether the member has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the system shall send written notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that the member has been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may be subject to section 2929.193 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.574 | Forfeiture.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any right of a member of the public employees retirement system to a disability benefit is subject to a forfeiture order issued under section 2929.194 of the Revised Code.
If the retirement system receives notice under section 2901.431 of the Revised Code that felony charges have been filed against a member, the retirement system shall not grant the member a disability benefit unless it determines that the member's disability was not caused by commission of the felony. If the member has disability coverage under this chapter or was granted a disability benefit after the date on which the felony was committed, the retirement system shall notify the prosecutor who sent the notice under section 2901.431 of the Revised Code that the member may be subject to an order of forfeiture under section 2929.194 of the Revised Code.
On receipt under section 2929.194 of the Revised Code of a journal entry showing an order of forfeiture of any right a member may have to a disability benefit, the retirement system shall comply with the order. If a disability benefit was granted prior to receipt of the order, the retirement system shall terminate the benefit. Any disability benefit paid to the member prior to its termination may be recovered in accordance with section 145.563 of the Revised Code.
Neither this section nor section 2929.194 of the Revised Code precludes a member from withdrawing the member's accumulated contributions in accordance with section 145.40 of the Revised Code if the member is not subject to section 145.572 or 2929.193 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.582 | Providing Health Care Coverage for Elected Officials Given Erroneous Information.

Effective:
July 8, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 43 - 120th General Assembly
If the public employees retirement system, between June 1, 1992, and December 31, 1992, informed a member in writing that, as a recipient of age and service retirement, the member will receive health care coverage, the system shall grant full-time service credit to the member for each month of contributing service as an elected official prior to December 31, 1987, only for the purpose of health care coverage under section 145.58 of the Revised Code, provided the member canceled a policy of health insurance in reliance on the system's written notice. Health care coverage to be provided under this section is effective on the date specified in the writing informing the member that he will receive health care coverage.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.583 | Deposits to Fund Payments Under Plan.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly
The PERS defined benefit plan or a PERS defined contribution plan may include a program under which a member participating in the plan, the member's employer, or a retirant is permitted to make deposits for the purpose of providing funds to the member or retirant for the payment of health, medical, hospital, surgical, dental, vision care, or drug expenses, including insurance premiums, deductible amounts, or copayments. Deposits made under this section are in addition to contributions required by this chapter and any other deposits made under it.
A program established under this section 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 public employees retirement board may enter into agreements with insurance companies or other entities authorized to conduct business in this state.
If the PERS defined benefit plan or a PERS defined contribution plan includes a program described in this section, the board shall adopt rules to establish and administer the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.584 | Benefits Equivalent to Medicare.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the board of the public employees retirement system shall make available to each retirant or disability benefit recipient receiving a monthly allowance or benefit on or after January 1, 1968, who has attained the age of sixty-five years, and who is not eligible to receive hospital insurance benefits under the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program without payment of premiums, one of the following:
(1) Hospital insurance coverage substantially equivalent to the federal hospital insurance benefits, Social Security Amendments of 1965, 79 Stat. 291, 42 U.S.C.A. 1395c, as amended;
(2) An amount, determined by the board, to reimburse the retirant or disability benefit recipient for payment of premiums for federal hospital insurance benefits described in this division, which amount shall not exceed the premiums paid.
This coverage or amount shall also be made available to the spouse, widow, or widower of such retirant or disability benefit recipient provided such spouse, widow, or widower has attained age sixty-five and is not eligible to receive hospital insurance benefits under the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program without payment of premiums. The widow or widower of a retirant or disability benefit recipient shall be eligible for such coverage or amount only if he or she is the recipient of a monthly allowance or benefit from this system. A portion of the cost of the premium or amount for the spouse may be paid from the appropriate funds of the system. The remainder of the cost shall be paid by the recipient of the allowance or benefit.
The cost of such coverage or amount, paid from the funds of the system, shall be included in the employer's rate provided by section 145.48 of the Revised Code. The retirement board is authorized to make all necessary rules pursuant to the purpose and intent of this section, and may contract for such coverage as provided in section 145.58 of the Revised Code.
At the request of the board, the recipient of reimbursement under this section shall certify to the retirement system the premium paid for the federal insurance benefits described in division (A) of this section. Payment of the amount described in division (A)(2) of this section shall begin for the first month that the recipient is participating in both the federal hospital insurance benefits and a health care arrangement offered by the system.
(B) The board need not make the hospital insurance coverage or amount described in division (A) of this section available to any person for whom it is prohibited by section 145.58 of the Revised Code from paying or reimbursing the premium cost of such insurance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.62 | Additional Deposits in Employee Savings Fund.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly
Subject to rules adopted by the public employees retirement system under section 145.09 of the Revised Code, a contributor participating in the PERS defined benefit plan or contributing under section 145.38 or 145.383 of the Revised Code may deposit additional amounts in the employees' savings fund established under section 145.23 of the Revised Code. The additional deposits may be made either directly to the retirement system or by payroll deduction under section 145.294 of the Revised Code. The contributor shall receive in return either an annuity, as provided in section 145.64 of the Revised Code, having a reserve equal to the amount deposited or a refund under section 145.63 of the Revised Code of the amount deposited, together with earnings on the amount deposited as the public employees retirement board determines appropriate. If the annuity under the plan of payment selected by the contributor under section 145.64 of the Revised Code would be less than fifty dollars per month, the contributor shall receive the refund.