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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.461 | Restitution Order Based on Theft in Office or Certain Sex Offenses.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension or other type of benefit, other than a survivorship benefit, that has been granted to a person under this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter, and any payment of any other amounts to be paid to a person under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any withholding order issued pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, and the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall comply with that withholding order in making the payment.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the board receives notice pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code that a person who has accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is charged with a violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, or 2921.41 of the Revised Code, no payment of those accumulated contributions or of any other amounts to be paid under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be made prior to whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and no motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, thirty days after the day on which final disposition of the charge is made;
(2) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and a motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, the day on which the court decides the motion;
(3) If the charge is dismissed or the person is found not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity of the charge, the day on which final disposition of the charge is made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.463 | Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits Under Rc 2929.192.

Effective:
May 13, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any forfeiture ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall comply with that order in making the payment. Upon payment of the person's accumulated contributions and cancellation of the corresponding service credit, a person who is subject to the forfeiture described in this division may not restore the canceled service credit under this chapter or under Chapter 145., 3305., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the fund receives notice pursuant to section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that a person who has accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is charged with any offense or violation listed or described in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code that is a felony in the circumstances specified in the particular division, all of the following apply:
(1) No payment of those accumulated contributions or of any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be made prior to whichever of the following is applicable:
(a) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and forfeiture is ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code, the day on which the fund receives from the court a copy of the journal entry of the offender's sentence under that section;
(b) If the charge against the person is dismissed, the person is found not guilty of the charge, or the person is found not guilty by reason of insanity of the charge, the day on which the fund receives notice of the final disposition of the charge.
(2) The fund shall not process any application for payment under this chapter from the person prior to the final disposition of the charge.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.464 | 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 board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall comply with the order.
On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that an Ohio police and fire pension fund 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 fund shall determine whether the member has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the fund 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 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.47 | Exemption From Attachment, Garnishment, Levy, or Seizure Under Any Legal or Equitable Process.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly
Except as provided in sections 742.461, 742.462, 742.463, 742.464, 3105.171, 3105.65, and 3115.501 and Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code, sums of money due or to become due to any individual from the Ohio police and fire pension fund are not liable to attachment, garnishment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, levy, or seizure under any legal or equitable process or any other process of law whatsoever, whether those sums remain with the treasurer of the fund or any officer or agent of the board of trustees of the fund or are in the course of transmission to the individual entitled to them, but shall inure wholly to the benefit of that individual.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.48 | Written Notice of Waiver.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Any person who is receiving, or becomes eligible to receive, a pension, or other benefit, or any increase under Chapter 742. of the Revised Code, may, at any time, waive the person's rights thereto, or to a portion thereof, by filing a written notice of waiver with the person from the Ohio police and fire pension fund. Such waiver shall remain in effect until the first day of the month following the person's death, or the person's filing of a written cancellation of such waiver with the board. Any amount so waived shall forever be forfeited.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.50 | Death Benefit.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly
As used in this section, "member's contribution" means the total amount deducted from the salary of a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund and credited to the member's account in the fund.
If a member of the fund dies before receiving pension and benefit payments from the fund in an amount equal to the member's contribution and leaves no surviving spouse, surviving children, or dependent parent eligible for monthly pension payments under section 742.37 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall pay to the estate of such deceased member an amount equal to the member's contribution, less the total amount received by such member as benefit or pension payments from such fund.
If a member who dies before receiving pension and benefit payments from the fund in an amount equal to the member's contribution leaves one or more survivors eligible for monthly pension payments under section 742.37 of the Revised Code but the total amount paid all survivors under that section is less than the member's contribution, the fund shall pay to the survivors or their estates, in equal shares, an amount equal to the member's contribution, less the total amount received by the member and all survivors as benefit or pension payments from the fund.
If the accumulated contributions of a deceased member are not claimed by a survivor, or by the estate of the deceased member or survivor, within seven years, they shall be transferred to the guarantee fund and thereafter paid to such survivor or to the estate of the member or survivor upon application to the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.51 | Election to Transfer From Public Employees Retirement System to Police and Fire Pension Fund.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Any person serving as a full-time regular member of a township fire department, or a municipal fire or police department who was serving in that capacity on December 31, 1966, and was a member of the public employees retirement system on that date and who has continued to serve in the same capacity and has continued as a member of the public employees retirement system until filing an election after November 20, 1973, may elect prior to January 1, 1985, to transfer from the public employees retirement system to the Ohio police and fire pension fund. When such an election is made, the public employees retirement system shall certify to the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the records of the service and contributions of such member and shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund all contributions to the credit of the member as a member of a police or fire department, and an amount equal to the total employer contribution paid on service as a member of a police or fire department, at the respective rates in effect during the member's employment.
The Ohio police and fire pension fund shall obtain from its actuary a certification of the accrued liability for the member being transferred, less the amounts transferred from the public employees retirement system, and such unfunded accrued liability shall be charged to the municipal corporation or township in which the member is employed and paid in full or paid by the employer at the rate of at least five per cent per annum with interest at four per cent per annum on unpaid balances; payment and interest to be paid semiannually on dates to be fixed by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. The Ohio police and fire pension fund may require any affected municipal corporation or township to certify the period of full-time service and salary of any member requesting transfer. A member transferred in accordance with this section shall be given service credit by the Ohio police and fire pension fund equal to the period of full-time service on which both member and employer made contributions to the public employees retirement system, which contributions were transferred to the Ohio police and fire pension fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.511 | Transfer of Police Officers of Newly Incorporated Municipality Prior to 12-1-83.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
In computing years of active service under division (C) of section 742.37 or section 742.39 of the Revised Code for a full-time regular police officer who, prior to December 1, 1983, was appointed to the police department of a newly incorporated municipal corporation, whether pursuant to section 124.41 of the Revised Code or otherwise, directly from a police department of the township from which such municipal corporation was incorporated, such members shall be given full credit for service as a full-time township police officer and as a full-time police officer in the municipal corporation after the date of incorporation and for which contributions were made to the public employees retirement system, if, within thirty days after December 1, 1983, the member makes a written request to the public employees retirement system to withdraw accumulated contributions attributable to such service from the public employees retirement system and, thirty days after receiving such contributions, the member pays into the Ohio police and fire pension fund the amount withdrawn from the public employees retirement system for the period of service being obtained.
When such an election is made, the public employees retirement system shall certify to the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the records of the service and contributions of the member and shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund an amount equal to the total employer contributions paid on service as a full-time township police officer and on service as a full-time municipal police officer at the rates in effect during such employment, as set forth in section 145.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.512 | Transfer of Police Officers of Newly Incorporated Municipality on or After 12-1-83.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
In computing years of active service under division (C) of section 742.37 or section 742.39 of the Revised Code for a full-time regular police officer who, on or after December 1, 1983, but prior to June 14, 1988, was appointed pursuant to section 124.41 or 124.411 of the Revised Code to a police department of a newly incorporated municipal corporation directly from a police department of the township from which the municipal corporation was incorporated, full credit for service as a full-time township police officer shall be given if, within thirty days after such appointment, the member made a written request to the public employees retirement system to withdraw accumulated contributions attributable to such service from the public employees retirement system and, within thirty days after receiving such contributions, the member paid into the Ohio police and fire pension fund the amount withdrawn from the public employees retirement system for the period of service being obtained.
When such an election is made, the public employees retirement system shall certify to the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the records of the service and contributions of the member and shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund an amount equal to the total employer contributions paid on service as a full-time township police officer at the rates in effect during such employment, as set forth in section 145.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.513 | Township Officer Assuming Municipal Status May Transfer to Fund.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
A member of the public employees retirement system who is a full-time regular police officer may elect to transfer from the public employees retirement system to the Ohio police and fire pension fund if the member has become a member of a municipal police department as a result of the merger under sections 709.43 to 709.48 of the Revised Code of the municipal corporation with a township that employed the police officer or has, on or after December 1, 1983, been appointed pursuant to section 124.41 or 124.411 of the Revised Code to a police department of a newly incorporated municipal corporation directly from a police department of the township from which the municipal corporation was incorporated. The election shall be made by the police officer by giving notice to the Ohio police and fire pension fund. Any such election shall occur not later than sixty days after the effective date of the merger or of the member's initial appointment following the incorporation or not later than sixty days after June 14, 1988, whichever occurs later. When such an election is made, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall notify the public employees retirement system, which shall certify to the fund a copy of the records of the service and contributions of the police officer and shall transfer to the fund all contributions to the credit of the police officer that are based on full-time service, excluding any contributions made by the member's employer.
A member transferred to the Ohio police and fire pension fund under this section shall be given service credit by the fund equal to the period of full-time service on which the contributions transferred under this section were based.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.515 | Firefighter's Election to Transfer From Public Employees Retirement System.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "fire department employer" means a fire department that employs a firefighter.
(B) A full-time firefighter who, on November 8, 1990, is a member of the public employees retirement system, in the employ of a fire department employer, and in a position in which the firefighter is required to satisfactorily complete or have satisfactorily completed a firefighter training course approved under former section 3303.07 or section 4765.55 or conducted under section 3737.33 of the Revised Code may, by giving notice to the Ohio police and fire pension fund within ninety days of November 8, 1990, elect to transfer to the fund.
When a firefighter makes such an election, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall notify the public employees retirement system. All of the firefighter's credit as a full-time firefighter shall be transferred to the Ohio police and fire pension fund. The public employees retirement system shall certify to the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the firefighter's records of service and contributions and for each year or portion of a year of credit to be transferred shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund all of the following:
(1) All contributions to the credit of the firefighter as a full-time firefighter;
(2) An amount equal to the total employer contributions paid on service as a full-time firefighter at the rates in effect during that year;
(3) Any amount paid by the member or the employer to the retirement system for the purchase of service credit for full-time service, including credit for military service and any other credit the member or employer was eligible to purchase for the benefit of the member.
(C) The fire department employer by which a firefighter is employed at the time of a transfer made pursuant to division (B) of this section shall, at the request of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, certify to the fund the firefighter's salary as a firefighter.
(D) In computing years of active service under division (C) of section 742.37 or section 742.39 of the Revised Code, a member transferred pursuant to this section shall be given full credit by the Ohio police and fire pension fund for the firefighter's service as a full-time firefighter and for any service credit for full-time service purchased by the firefighter, or by the firefighter's employer on the firefighter's behalf, from the public employees retirement system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.516 | Firefighter's Election to Transfer to Public Employees Retirement System.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Not later than ninety days after September 16, 1998, a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who became a member of the fund as a result of the member's employer changing from a fire department consisting primarily of part-time employees to a fire department consisting primarily of full-time employees or who elected to transfer to the fund from the public employees retirement system under section 742.515 of the Revised Code may elect to transfer to the public employees retirement system in accordance with this section. An election shall be made by giving notice to the fund on a form provided by the board of trustees of the fund and shall be irrevocable.
(B) When a member makes the election described in this section, the fund shall notify the system. The fund shall transfer all of the member's service credit to the system and shall certify to the system a copy of the member's records of service and contributions. The fund shall transfer to the system all of the following:
(1) Any amount transferred from the system to the fund pursuant to the election made under section 742.515 of the Revised Code;
(2) An amount equal to the member's contributions to the fund;
(3) An amount equal to the total employer contributions paid on behalf of the member;
(4) Any amount paid by the member or employer to the fund for the purchase of service credit.
At the request of the system, the employer of a member who makes an election under this section shall certify to the system the member's salary.
(C) The system shall give the member full credit for all service as a member of the fund. If the system has on deposit contributions made by, or on behalf of, a member of the fund who makes an election in accordance with this section, the system shall credit the contributions in accordance with Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.
(D) A member of the fund who fails to make an election in accordance with this section shall remain a member of the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.521 | Credit for Military Service.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "armed forces" of the United States means the army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, or any reserve components of such forces; the national guard; the commissioned corps of the United States public health service; the merchant marine service during wartime; auxiliary corps as established by congress; service as a red cross nurse with the army, navy, air force, hospital service of the United States, army nurse corps, navy nurse corps, or serving full-time with the American red cross in a combat zone; and such other service as may be designated by congress.
(B) A member of the fund who is an employee of a police or fire department and who enlisted or enlists, was inducted or is inducted, was or is called into active duty, or accepted or accepts a commission in the armed forces, in computing years of service in such police or fire department, shall be given full credit for such time served in the armed forces, provided the person has been honorably discharged from the armed forces or from active duty therein, has made application for reinstatement in the active service of the police or fire department within ninety days from the date of discharge, and employer contributions have been paid pursuant to this section. Service credit given under this section for time served in the armed forces shall not exceed five years.
(C) A member of the fund is ineligible to receive service credit under this section for any time served in the armed forces that is used to obtain service credit under former section 742.18, 742.19, 742.20, or 742.21 or section 742.52 of the Revised Code.
At the time such credit is requested, the member shall certify on a form supplied by the retirement board that the member does and will conform to this requirement. Any benefit paid under this section to which the member is not entitled shall be recovered by any recovery procedures available under this chapter. This section does not cancel any military service credit earned under this chapter prior to October 29, 1996.
(D) An employer of a member entitled to service credit under this section shall pay the Ohio police and fire pension fund an amount equal to that which would have been paid under section 742.33 or 742.34 of the Revised Code had the member continued police or fire employment during the period of military service. The board of trustees may adopt rules setting the manner in which the employer contribution is calculated and paid.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.53 | Long Term Care Insurance.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Long-term care insurance" has the same meaning as in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Retirement systems" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 145.581 of the Revised Code.
(B) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund may establish a program under which members of the fund, employers on behalf of members, and persons receiving service or disability pensions or survivor benefits are permitted to participate in contracts for long-term care insurance. Participation may include dependents and family members. If a participant in a contract for long-term care insurance leaves employment, the participant and the participant's dependents and family members may, at their election, continue to participate in a program established under this section in the same manner as if the participant had not left employment, except that no part of the cost of the insurance shall be paid by the participant's former employer.
Such program may be established independently or jointly with one or more of the other retirement systems.
(C) The fund may enter into an agreement with insurance companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a long-term care policy or contract. However, prior to entering into such an agreement with an insurance company or health insuring corporation, the fund shall request the superintendent of insurance to certify the financial condition of the company or corporation. The fund shall not enter into the agreement if, according to that certification, the company or corporation is insolvent, is determined by the superintendent to be potentially unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, or is placed under an order of rehabilitation or conservation by a court of competent jurisdiction or under an order of supervision by the superintendent.
(D) The board may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code governing the program. Any rules adopted by the board shall establish methods of payment for participation under this section, which may include establishment of a payroll deduction plan under section 742.56 of the Revised Code, deduction of the full premium charged from a person's service or disability pension or survivor benefit, or any other method of payment considered appropriate by the board. If the program is established jointly with one or more of the other retirement systems, the rules also shall establish the terms and conditions of such joint participation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.54 | Volunteer Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund Operation and Maintenance.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
Any municipal corporation which had only volunteer firemen prior to January 1, 1967, may operate and maintain a volunteer firemen's relief and pension fund, and levy a tax of up to three-tenths of one mill upon all the real and personal property listed for taxation in the municipal corporation for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of benefits and pensions from the municipal corporation's volunteer firemen's relief and pension fund, provided such a tax was levied prior to January 1, 1967.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.55 | Itemization of Purchases and Expenditures.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Each expense voucher of an employee, officer, or board member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall itemize all purchases and expenditures included.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.57 | Payments by Vouchers From State Treasury.

Effective:
December 1, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
All amounts due the Ohio police and fire pension fund from the state treasury pursuant to this chapter shall be promptly paid upon warrant of the director of budget and management pursuant to a voucher approved by the director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.58 | Lump Sum Death Benefit Payment.

Effective:
September 21, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly
On the death of a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who at the time of death is receiving a retirement pension or disability benefits, a lump-sum payment of one thousand dollars shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the beneficiary the member designated on a form provided by the fund. If there is no surviving spouse or designated beneficiary, the payment shall be made to the member's estate.
Application for the payment shall be made on a form provided by the fund.
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 sections 742.33 and 742.34 of the Revised Code and any earnings attributable to those contributions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.60 | Funds to Be Separate and Distinct Legal Entities.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
Wherever in sections 742.01 to 742.61 of the Revised Code reference is made to the police officers' contribution fund, the firefighters' contribution fund, the police officer employers' contribution fund, the firefighter employers' contribution fund, the police officers' pension reserve fund, the firefighters' pension reserve fund, the guarantee fund, or the expense fund, such reference shall be construed to have been made to each as a separate legal entity. This section does not prevent the deposit or investment of all such moneys intermingled for such purpose, but such funds shall be separate and distinct legal entities for all other purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.61 | Treasurer of State Is Custodian of Police and Fire Pension Fund.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of all funds under the control and management of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and all disbursements of such funds shall be paid by the treasurer of state only upon instruments duly authorized by the board and bearing the signatures of the chairperson and secretary of the board. The signatures of the chairperson and secretary may be facsimile signatures.
The treasurer of state shall give a separate and additional bond in such amount as is fixed by the board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the treasurer of state's duties as custodian of the funds under the control and management of the board and to be executed by a surety company selected by the board that is authorized to transact business in this state. Such bond shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in the secretary of state's office. The board may require the treasurer of state to give other and additional bonds, as the funds under the control and management of the board increase, in such amounts and at such times as are fixed by the board, which additional bonds shall be conditioned, filed, and executed as is provided for the original bond of the treasurer of state covering the funds under the control and management of the board. The premium on all bonds shall be paid by the board.
The treasurer of state shall deposit any portion of the funds under the control and management of the board not needed for immediate use in the same manner as state funds are deposited, and subject to all provisions of law with respect to the deposit of state funds, by the treasurer of state, and all interest earned on such funds so deposited shall be collected by the treasurer of state and placed to the credit of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.62 | Ohio Public Safety Officers Death Benefit Fund.

Effective:
November 2, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly
The Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund is hereby created as the fund to which shall be credited contributions paid by the state and any moneys resulting from gifts made to the fund. The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be the trustees of the Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund. The board shall have the same powers as provided in section 742.10 of the Revised Code in administering the Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.64 | Recovering Erroneous Payments.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 340 - 129th General Assembly
If any person is paid any benefit or payment by the Ohio police and fire pension fund to which the person is not entitled, the person shall repay the fund. If the person fails to repay, the fund shall withhold 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 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 742 | Police and Fire Pension Fund › Section 742.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 15, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 742.043 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of the violation.
(B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 742.043 of the Revised Code shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.
(C) Fines imposed by the Ohio elections commission under this section shall be paid into the Ohio elections commission fund created under section 3513.10 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.01 | General Powers of Legislative Authority.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may take possession of any land obtained for the construction or extension of water works, reservoirs, or the laying down of pipe, and also any water rights or easements connected with the use of water. Any land, water right, or easement so taken possession of for water-works purposes shall not be used for any other purpose, except by authority of the director of public service and with consent of such legislative authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.02 | Bylaws and Regulations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The director of public service may make such bylaws and regulations as he deems necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of the water works of a municipal corporation. Such bylaws and regulations shall have the same validity as ordinances where not repugnant thereto or to the constitution or laws of the state.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.03 | Duties of Director of Public Service.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The director of public service shall manage, conduct, and control the water works of a municipal corporation, furnish supplies of water, collect water rents, and appoint any necessary officers and agents.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.05 | Disposition of Surplus Funds.

Effective:
March 18, 1969
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 108th General Assembly
After payment of the expenses of conducting and managing the water works, any surplus of a municipal corporation may be applied to the repairs, enlargement, or extension of the works or of the reservoirs, the payment of the interest of any loan made for their construction, or for the creation of a sinking fund for the liquidation of the debt. In those municipal corporations in which water works and sewerage systems are conducted as a single unit, under one operating management, a sum not to exceed ten per cent of the gross revenue of the water works for the preceding year may be taken from any surplus remaining after all of the preceding purposes have been cared for and may be used for the payment of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the sewerage system and sewage pumping, treatment, and disposal works and for the enlargement or replacement thereof. Each year a sum equal to five per cent of the gross revenue of the preceding year shall be first retained from said surplus as a reserve for water-works purposes.
The amount authorized to be levied and assessed for water-works purposes shall be applied by the legislative authority to the creation of the sinking fund for payment of any indebtedness incurred for the construction and extension of water works and for no other purpose; provided, where such municipal corporation does not operate or maintain a water works or a sewage pumping, treatment, and disposal works, any or all such surplus may be transferred to the general fund of the municipal corporation in the manner provided for in sections 5705.15 and 5705.16 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.06 | Proceeds From Water Works to Be a Separate Fund.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Money collected for water-works purposes shall be deposited weekly with the treasurer of the municipal corporation, and shall be kept as a a separate and distinct fund. When appropriated by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, such money shall be subject to the order of the director of public service. The director shall sign all orders drawn on the treasurer of the municipal corporation against such fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.07 | Director May Make Certain Contracts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Subject to Title VII of the Revised Code, the director of public service may make contracts for the building of machinery, water-works buildings, reservoirs, and the enlargement and repair thereof, the manufacture and laying down of pipe, the furnishing and supplying with connections all necessary fire hydrants for fire department purposes, keeping them in repair, and for all other purposes necessary to the full and efficient management and construction of water works.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.08 | Investigation by Legislative Authority.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which water works are situated or are in the process of construction may appoint a committee for the investigation of all books and papers, and all matters pertaining to the management of the water works, at least once a year, and more often, if necessary by reason of the neglect of duty or malfeasance on the part of any officer of such water works. Any such officer found by the committee to be so offending shall be liable to removal from office by the legislative authority.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.09 | Water Supply Free for Certain Purposes.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No charge shall be made by a municipal corporation or the water-works department thereof for supplying water for extinguishing fire, cleaning fire apparatus, or for furnishing or supplying connections with fire hydrants, and keeping them in repair for fire department purposes, for the cleaning of market houses, or the use of any public building belonging to the municipal corporation.
In any case in which a school district includes territory not within the boundaries of the municipal corporation, a proportionate charge for water service shall be made in the ratio which the tax valuation of the property outside the municipal corporation bears to the tax valuation of all the property within such school district, subject to the rules and regulations of the water-works department of the municipal corporation governing, controlling, and regulating the use of water consumed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.10 | Protection to Attachments.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Attachments of whatever nature made to the water pipes or other fixtures belonging to the water works of a municipal corporation and intended for public use shall be subject to the same supervision, rules, and regulations as are made for the protection of water works against abuse, destruction, and unnecessary use or waste of water, or the director of public service may make general or special rules and regulations for such purpose.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.11 | Bond of Contractor - Emergency.

Effective:
August 1, 1980
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly
Before entering into any contract for work to be done concerning the water works of the municipal corporation, the director of public service shall ensure that the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code are met. In case of emergency the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may, by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected thereto, authorize the director to enter into such contract without formal bidding or advertising.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.12 | Extension of Public Utility Service Beyond Municipal Corporation Limits.

Effective:
July 6, 1956
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 420 - 101st General Assembly
On the written request of any number of citizens living outside the limits of a municipal corporation, the municipal corporation may extend, construct, lay down, and maintain aqueduct and water pipes, and electric light and power lines outside the municipal corporation, and for such purpose may make use of such of the public streets, roads, alleys, and public grounds as are necessary therefor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.13 | Expense of Service Outside Municipal Corporation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When any person at his own expense has laid down and extended mains and water pipes or electric light and power lines beyond the limits of a municipal corporation, and the legislative authority thereof, by resolution, has authorized the proper officer of the water works to superintend or supervise such laying and extension, the municipal corporation shall furnish water or electricity to the residents and property holders on the line of such facilities. The same rules and regulations which govern the furnishing of water or electricity to its own citizens shall apply in such cases, except that the rates charged therefor shall not exceed those within the municipal corporation by more than one tenth.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.14 | Supervision of Territory Having Water Service Outside Municipal Corporation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All ordinances, except those relative to taxation or assessment, resolutions, rules, and regulations relative to the construction, maintenance, and operation of water works, mains, hydrants, and service pipes and connections, and the protection thereof, shall operate in a similar manner in the territory outside the municipal corporation when the extensions mentioned in sections 743.12 and 743.13 of the Revised Code have been made, and for the enforcement thereof the jurisdiction of the mayor and police shall extend into and over such territory.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.15 | Disposition of Aqueducts and Water Pipes in Case of Annexation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The municipal corporation shall take full charge and control of the mains and water pipes mentioned in sections 743.12 to 743.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, keep them in repair at its own expense, and, in case of annexation to the municipal corporation of such territory, the municipal corporation shall pay a just compensation therefor and shall thereupon become the owner of them.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 7 | Municipal Corporations › Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water › Section 743.16 | Regulation and Protection of Aqueducts and Water Pipes.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The aqueducts and water pipes mentioned in sections 743.12 to 743.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be so constructed and laid as not to interfere unnecessarily with the use of any streets, roads, alleys, public highways, and public grounds, and the municipal corporation so extending and establishing any part of its water works outside of its limits shall have the same power and jurisdiction to prevent or punish pollution of or injury to the water so conveyed or injury to the water works or any portion thereof as it has within the limits of the municipal corporation.