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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.63 | Refund of Additional Deposits.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Deposits under section 145.62 of the Revised Code, together with earnings, shall be refunded under whichever of the following circumstances applies:
(1) On withdrawal of accumulated contributions as provided in sections 145.40 and 145.43 of the Revised Code or payment of a lump sum under section 145.384 of the Revised Code;
(2) On the death of a contributor prior to retirement;
(3) In the case of a contributor participating in the PERS defined benefit plan, on application of the contributor prior to attaining eligibility for age and service retirement;
(4) In the case of a contributor under section 145.38 or 145.383 of the Revised Code, on application of the contributor prior to attaining eligibility for a benefit under section 145.384 of the Revised Code;
(5) In the case of a contributor who has attained eligibility for an age and service retirement benefit or a benefit under section 145.384 of the Revised Code and is not married, on application;
(6) In the case of a contributor who has attained eligibility for an age and service retirement benefit or a benefit under section 145.384 of the Revised Code and is married, on application if the application is accompanied by a statement of the spouse's consent to the refund or the public employees retirement board waives the requirement that the spouse consent;
(7) In the case of a contributor who has attained eligibility for an age and service retirement benefit as a consequence of section 145.37 of the Revised Code and will receive a retirement or disability benefit from the state teachers retirement system or school employees retirement system but has not requested a transfer of funds to the other retirement system under division (B)(8) of section 145.37 of the Revised Code, at the time the public employees retirement system pays to the other retirement system the amount required under division (B)(6) of that section;
(8) In the case of a disability benefit recipient under section 145.36 of the Revised Code who is not eligible for an age and service retirement allowance, on the effective date of disability retirement.
(B) The consent of a spouse to a refund is valid only if it is in writing, signed, and witnessed by a notary public.
The board may waive the requirement of consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located or for any other reason specified by the board. Consent or waiver is effective only with regard to the spouse who is the subject of the consent or waiver.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.69 | Budgeting Amount Necessary to Pay the State's Obligation as Employer.

Effective:
September 21, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly
The public employees retirement board shall prepare and certify to the director of budget and management and to the heads of the departments, on or before the first day of November of each even-numbered year, the employer's rate of contribution, which, when applied to earnable salaries to be paid from state funds for positions covered by the public employees retirement system, will produce the amount necessary to pay the state's obligation as employer. Any appropriations for salaries to be paid to contributors covered by this system must be increased by the employer's contributions rate when salary appropriations are made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.70 | Payment of Amounts Due Retirement System From Treasury.

Effective:
December 1, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
All amounts due the public employees retirement system 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 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.81 | Establishment and Administration of Defined Contribution Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly
The public employees retirement board shall establish the PERS defined contribution plans, which shall be one or more plans consisting of benefit options that provide for an individual account for each participating member and under which benefits are based solely on the amounts that have accumulated in the account. The plans may include options under which a member participating in a plan may receive definitely determinable benefits.
Each plan established under this section shall meet the requirements of sections 145.81 to 145.98 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted in accordance with section 145.80 of the Revised Code. It may include life insurance, annuities, variable annuities, regulated investment trusts, pooled investment funds, or other forms of investment. Each plan may also permit a participant to transfer participation to another plan created under this chapter. Transfers must be made in accordance with section 145.814 of the Revised Code.
The board may administer the plans, enter into contracts with other entities to administer the plans, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.811 | Qualification of Plan as Governmental Plan for Federal Tax Purposes.

Effective:
October 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly
Each PERS defined contribution plan shall qualify as a governmental plan under section 414(d) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 414(d), as amended, and meet the requirements of section 401(a), of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 26 U.S.C.A. 401(a), as amended, applicable to governmental plans.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.812 | Qualification of Plan as Retirement System Maintained by a State or Local Government Entity for Federal Tax Purposes.

Effective:
October 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly
Each PERS defined contribution plan shall meet the requirements necessary to qualify as a retirement system maintained by a state or local government entity under section 3121(b)(7)(F) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 3121(b)(7)(F), as amended. Each participant in a plan shall qualify as a member of that system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.813 | Maintaining Individual Account for Each Participant.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
Each PERS defined contribution plan shall require the public employees retirement board, or the entity administering the plan pursuant to a contract with the board, to cause an individual account to be maintained for each member participating in the plan. Amounts to be credited under a PERS defined contribution plan may be deposited into any of the funds created under section 145.23 of the Revised Code or may be transferred to the entity administering the plan for the purpose of making distributions from the member's individual account.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.82 | Application of Chapter to Defined Contribution Plan.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, sections 145.201 to 145.70 of the Revised Code do not apply to a PERS defined contribution plan, except that a PERS defined contribution plan may incorporate provisions of those sections as specified in the plan document.
(B) The following sections of Chapter 145. of the Revised Code apply to a PERS defined contribution plan: 145.01 to 145.20, 145.22, 145.221, 145.23, 145.25, 145.26, 145.27, 145.296, 145.38, 145.384, 145.391, 145.431, 145.47, 145.48, 145.483, 145.51, 145.52, 145.53, 145.54, 145.55, 145.56, 145.563, 145.57, 145.571, 145.572, 145.69, and 145.70 of the Revised Code.
(C) A PERS defined contribution plan that includes definitely determinable benefits may incorporate by reference all or part of sections 145.201 to 145.79 of the Revised Code to allow a member participating in the plan to purchase service credit or to be eligible for any of the following:
(1) Retirement, disability, survivor, or death benefits;
(2) Health or long-term care insurance or any other type of health care benefit;
(3) Additional increases under section 145.323 of the Revised Code;
(4) A refund of contributions made by or on behalf of a member.
With respect to the benefits described in division (C)(1) of this section, the public employees retirement board may establish eligibility requirements and benefit formulas or amounts that differ from those of members participating in the PERS defined benefit plan. With respect to the purchase of service credit by a member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan, the board may reduce the cost of the service credit to reflect the different benefit formula established for the member.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.83 | Accumulating Contributions to Pay Medical and Insurance Expenses.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
A PERS defined contribution plan may include a program described in section 145.583 of the Revised Code under which a member participating in the plan is required to accumulate a portion of the amount contributed under section 145.86 of the Revised Code for the purpose of providing funds to the member for the payment of health, medical, hospital, surgical, dental, or vision care expenses, including insurance premiums, deductible amounts, or copayments as described in that section.
If a PERS defined contribution plan includes a program described in this section, the public employees retirement board shall adopt rules to specify the length of time during which the member will vest in amounts accumulated on the member's behalf and may provide for a minimum annual distribution from the accumulated amount after the member terminates employment in positions subject to this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.85 | Contributions of Members.

Effective:
October 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly
Each member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan shall contribute a per cent of the member's earnable salary to the public employees retirement system as required in section 145.47 of the Revised Code. Contributions made under this section shall not exceed the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.86 | Contributions of Employers.

Effective:
October 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly
For each member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan, the employer shall contribute a per cent of the member's earnable salary to the public employees retirement system as required in section 145.48 of the Revised Code, less the percentage required under section 145.87 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.87 | Transferring Portion of Employer Contribution to Employers' Accumulation Fund.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
For each member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan, the public employees retirement system may transfer to the employers' accumulation fund a portion of the employer contribution required under section 145.48 of the Revised Code. If the public employees retirement board elects to make a transfer under this section, the portion transferred shall not exceed the percentage of earnable salary of members for whom the contributions are being made that is determined by an actuary appointed by the board to be necessary to mitigate any negative financial impact on the system of members' participation in a plan.
The board may have prepared, at intervals determined by the board, an actuarial study to determine whether a transfer under this section is necessary to reflect a change in the level of negative financial impact resulting from members' participation in a plan. The percentage transferred, if any, shall be increased or decreased to reflect the amount needed to mitigate the negative financial impact, if any, on the system, as determined by the study. A change in the percentage transferred shall take effect on a date determined by the board.
If a transfer under this section is made, the system shall make the transfer until the unfunded actuarial accrued liability for all benefits, except health care benefits provided under section 145.58 or 145.584 of the Revised Code and benefit increases to members and former members participating in the PERS defined benefit plan granted after September 21, 2000, is fully amortized, as determined by the annual actuarial valuation prepared under section 145.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.88 | Withholding.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly
Amounts contributed under sections 145.85 and 145.86 of the Revised Code, and any earnings on those amounts, shall be deposited and credited in accordance with the PERS defined contribution plan that is selected by the member. The plan may include provisions authorizing the public employees retirement system to do either of the following:
(A) Withhold from the amounts contributed under sections 145.85 and 145.86 of the Revised Code a percentage of earnable salary or a fixed dollar amount that is determined by an actuary appointed by the public employees retirement board to be necessary to administer the plan;
(B) Withhold from the amounts contributed under section 145.86 of the Revised Code a percentage of earnable salary for the purpose of funding health care insurance coverage or any other type of health care benefit for a member participating in the plan.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.91 | Member Rights Governed by Plan Selected.

Effective:
October 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly
The right of each member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan to a retirement, disability, survivor, or death benefit, to health or long-term care insurance or any other type of health care benefit, or to a withdrawal of any amounts that have accumulated on the member's behalf shall be governed exclusively by the plan selected by the member.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.92 | Spousal Consent or Waiver.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly
If a member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan is married at the time benefits under the plan are to commence, unless the spouse consents to another plan of payment or the spouse's consent is waived, the member's benefit under the plan shall be paid in a lesser amount payable for life and one-half of that amount continuing after death to the surviving spouse for the life of the spouse.
Consent is valid only if it is evidenced by a written document signed by the spouse and the signature is witnessed by a notary public. A plan may waive the requirement of consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located or for any other reason specified by the plan or in rules adopted by the public employees retirement board.
A plan shall waive the requirement of consent if a plan of payment that provides for payment in a specified portion of the benefit continuing after the member's death to a former spouse is required by a court order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code or laws of another state regarding division of marital property prior to the effective date of the member's retirement. If a court order requires this plan of payment, the member shall be required to annuitize the member's accumulated amounts in accordance with the order. If the member is married, the plan of payment selected by the member also shall provide for payment to the member's current spouse, unless the current spouse consents in writing to not being designated a beneficiary under the plan of payment or the current spouse's consent is waived by reason other than the court order.
Consent or waiver is effective only with regard to the spouse who is the subject of the consent or waiver.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.95 | Right to Payment or Benefit Vested.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Subject to division (B) of this section and sections 145.38, 145.56, 145.57, 145.572, 145.573, and 145.574 of the Revised Code, the right of a member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan to any payment or benefit accruing from contributions made by or on behalf of the member under sections 145.85 and 145.86 of the Revised Code shall vest in accordance with this section.
A member's right to any payment or benefit that is based on the member's contributions is nonforfeitable.
A member's right to any payment or benefit that is based on contributions by the member's employer is nonforfeitable as specified by the plan selected by the member.
(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 January 7, 2013.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.97 | Deposits of Members.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
Each PERS defined contribution plan shall permit a member participating in the plan to do both of the following:
(A) If the member has withdrawn the amounts that have accumulated on behalf of the member under the plan, returns to employment covered under this chapter, and is participating in a plan that includes definitely determinable benefits, pay to the system the amounts withdrawn in accordance with rules adopted under section 145.80 of the Revised Code;
(B) Make additional deposits as permitted by the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.98 | Ceasing Contributions.

Effective:
September 21, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly
Contributions under sections 145.85 and 145.86 of the Revised Code shall cease on the member's death or termination of employment or for any other reason specified by the plan selected by the member.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retirement System › Section 145.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 15, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 145.054 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 145.054 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 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.01 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund Definitions.

Effective:
March 19, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 115 - 124th General Assembly
As used in sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Fire department" means a volunteer fire department, a fire department of a political subdivision or fire district of this state, or a private volunteer company that has elected to participate in the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund pursuant to section 146.02 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) "Volunteer firefighter" means both of the following, subject to division (B)(2) of this section:
(a) A duly appointed member of a fire department on either a nonpay or part-pay basis who is ineligible to be a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, or whose employment as a firefighter does not in itself qualify any such person for membership in the public employees retirement system, or who has waived membership in the public employees retirement system;
(b) Firefighters drafted, requisitioned, or appointed to serve in an emergency.
(2)(a) A volunteer firefighter who is a member of the public employees retirement system shall be considered a volunteer firefighter for purposes of this chapter, and in particular, for purposes of divisions (A) and (B) of section 146.12 of the Revised Code until the firefighter has at least one and one-half years of Ohio service credit for purposes of division (B) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code;
(b) A volunteer firefighter who is a member of the public employees retirement system shall be considered a volunteer firefighter for purposes of this chapter and, in particular, for purposes of division (C) of section 146.12 of the Revised Code until the firefighter has at least five years of total service credit for purposes of sections 145.35 and 145.36 or section 145.361 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Private volunteer fire company" means a company of trained volunteer firefighters having a contract to furnish fire protection or emergency service or both to a political subdivision or fire district of this state.
(D) "Member of the fund" includes a political subdivision or fire district of this state that maintains in whole or in part a volunteer fire department or employs volunteer firefighters, and a private volunteer fire company that has elected to participate in the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund.
(E) "Volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund" means the fund established by section 146.07 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Totally and permanently disabled" means that a volunteer firefighter is unable to engage in any substantial gainful employment for a period of not less than twelve months by reason of a medically determinable physical impairment that is permanent or presumed to be permanent.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.02 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund Board.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
(A) Each political subdivision or fire district having a fire department employing volunteer fire fighters is a member of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund and shall establish a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board.
(B) A private volunteer fire company which has contracted to afford fire protection to a political subdivision or fire district may become a member of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund by election and shall, if it so elects, establish a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board. The company shall notify the state fire marshal and the governing body of the political subdivision or fire district with which it has its major contract of the election to become a member of the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.03 | Members - Vacancies.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
(A) A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board provided for in division (A) of section 146.02 of the Revised Code shall consist of five members chosen as follows:
(1) Two members elected by the legislative authority of the political subdivision or fire district;
(2) Two members elected by the fire department or the volunteer fire fighters;
(3) One member elected by the board members who were elected pursuant to divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section. This member shall be an elector of the political subdivision or fire district, but not a public employee, a member of the legislative authority, or a member of the fire department.
(B) A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board provided for in division (B) of section 146.02 of the Revised Code shall consist of five members chosen as follows:
(1) Two members elected by the legislative authority of the political subdivision or fire district with which the private volunteer fire company has its major contract;
(2) Two members elected by the private volunteer fire company;
(3) One member elected by the board members who were elected pursuant to divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section. This member shall be an elector of a political subdivision or fire district with which the private volunteer fire company has contracted to afford fire protection, but not a public employee, a member of the legislative authority, or a member of the fire company.
(C) Any vacancy occurring on a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board shall be filled at a special election called by the secretary of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.04 | Board Election and Term.

Effective:
September 25, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 114th General Assembly
(A) The term of each volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board member is one year and begins the first day of January.
(B) Election of volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board members provided for in divisions (A)(1) and (B)(1) of section 146.03 of the Revised Code shall be held each year no earlier than the first day of November and no later than the second Monday in December, and the election of the board members provided for in divisions (A)(3) and (B)(3) of section 146.03 of the Revised Code shall be held each year on or before the thirty-first day of December.
(C) The board members provided for in divisions (A)(2) and (B)(2) of section 146.03 of the Revised Code shall be elected on or before the second Monday in December, as follows:
(1) The secretary of the board shall give notice of the election by posting it in a conspicuous place at the headquarters of the fire department or fire company and at the house of each company composing the fire department. Between nine a.m. and nine p.m. on the day designated, each member of the department or company shall send in writing the name of two persons, members of the department or company, who are the member's choices.
(2) All votes cast at the election shall be counted and recorded by the board which shall announce the result. The two members receiving the highest number of votes are elected. If any two persons receive a tie vote, it shall be decided by lot or in any other way agreed upon by the persons for whom such tie vote was cast.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.05 | Organization of Board.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board shall meet promptly after its election and organize. A chairperson and a secretary shall be elected. The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the board, which record shall be maintained as a permanent file.
The board may adopt rules necessary for the handling and processing of claims and shall perform such other duties as are necessary to carry out sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code.
The secretary of the board shall immediately certify to the state fire marshal the names and addresses of the members elected, by whom elected, and the names of the board chairperson and secretary. The secretary shall also forward a certificate prepared by the clerk of the political subdivision or fire district of the current assessed valuation of such political subdivision or fire district if the political subdivision or fire district is a member of the fund.
A private volunteer fire company which is a member of the fund shall provide the secretary of the board with a roster of the fire company members, and shall report any changes to the secretary when they occur. Only persons whose names appear on the list, and in no event more than an average number of fifty names per station operated by the volunteer fire company, are eligible for benefits under sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.06 | Compensation - Expenses - Legal Advisor.

Effective:
October 25, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly
The members of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund boards shall serve without compensation. The political subdivision or fire district within which the boards operate shall provide the necessary meeting place, stationery, postage, and supplies for the efficient conduct of their business.
The legal advisor for a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board is the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such board is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.07 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby established in the state treasury the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund. All investment earnings earned by the fund shall be collected by the treasurer of state and placed to the credit of the fund. Each political subdivision or fire district which maintains in whole or in part a volunteer fire department or employs volunteer fire fighters shall pay to the treasurer of state, to the credit of the fund, an initial premium as follows:
(1) Having an assessed property valuation of less than seven million dollars, a premium of three hundred dollars;
(2) Having an assessed property valuation of seven million dollars but less than fourteen million dollars, a premium of three hundred fifty dollars;
(3) Having an assessed property valuation of fourteen million dollars but less than twenty-one million dollars, a premium of four hundred dollars;
(4) Having an assessed property valuation of twenty-one million dollars but less than twenty-eight million dollars, a premium of four hundred fifty dollars;
(5) Having an assessed property valuation of twenty-eight million dollars or over, a premium of five hundred dollars.
(B) Each private volunteer fire company which is under contract to afford fire protection to a political subdivision or fire district and which has elected to become a member of the fund is a member of the fund upon the payment of an initial premium of five hundred dollars within one month of such election, to the treasurer of state, to the credit of the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.08 | Failure to Pay Premium.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
If the premium is not paid as provided in division (A) of section 146.07 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall certify such failure as an assessment against the member of the fund to the auditor of the county within which the member is located. The county auditor shall then withhold the amount of such assessment, together with interest at the rate of six per cent from the due date of the premium, from the next ensuing tax settlement due the members and pay the amount to the treasurer of state to the credit of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund. In the event the secretary of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board fails to forward a certificate of statement of the current assessed property valuation as provided in section 146.05 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall use division (A)(5) of section 146.07 of the Revised Code as a basis for such assessment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.09 | Certification of Assessment.

Effective:
March 17, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 701 - 117th General Assembly
The total of all initial premiums collected by the treasurer of state under section 146.07 of the Revised Code is the basic capital account of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund, and no further contributions are required of its members until such time as claims against the fund have reduced it to ninety-five per cent or less of its basic capital account. In such event, the state fire marshal shall cause the following assessments, based on current valuation, to be made and certified to the legislative body of each member of the fund having a volunteer fire department or employing volunteer fire fighters:
(A) For a member with an assessed property valuation of less than seven million dollars, ninety dollars;
(B) For a member with an assessed property valuation of seven million dollars but less than fourteen million dollars, one hundred five dollars;
(C) For a member with an assessed property valuation of fourteen million dollars but less than twenty-one million dollars, one hundred twenty dollars;
(D) For a member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-one million dollars but less than twenty-eight million dollars, one hundred thirty-five dollars;
(E) For a member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-eight million dollars or more, one hundred fifty dollars.
Every private volunteer fire company which is a member of the fund shall be assessed one hundred fifty dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.10 | Collecting Assessment.

Effective:
July 11, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
(A) If a member of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund having a volunteer fire department or employing volunteer fire fighters does not pay the assessment provided in section 146.09 of the Revised Code within forty-five days after notice, the state fire marshal shall proceed with collection in the same manner as provided in section 146.08 of the Revised Code.
(B) If a private volunteer fire company which is a member of the fund does not pay the assessment provided in section 146.09 of the Revised Code within forty-five days after notice, such company shall be suspended as a member of the fund and shall be ineligible to file any new claim occurring during the period of suspension.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.12 | Benefits.

Effective:
March 19, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 115 - 124th General Assembly
Benefits shall be paid from the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund to or on behalf of the following persons:
(A) To the surviving spouse of a volunteer firefighter killed while discharging the duties of a volunteer firefighter or who dies from exposure or injury received while in the discharge of those duties, a lump sum award of one thousand dollars, and, in addition, the sum of three hundred dollars per month;
(B) To the parent, guardian, or other persons upon whom a child of a volunteer firefighter is dependent for chief support, the sum of one hundred twenty-five dollars per month for each dependent child under eighteen years of age, or under twenty-three years of age if the child is attending a post-secondary educational institution and is completing a program of instruction each school year that satisfies the equivalent of at least two-thirds of the full-time curriculum requirements of the institution.
(C) To a volunteer firefighter, totally and permanently disabled while discharging the duties of a volunteer firefighter, the sum of three hundred dollars per month. No payment shall be made to a volunteer firefighter under full salary during the time of the volunteer firefighter's disability.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.13 | Benefits Not Liable to Attachment.

Effective:
January 9, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly
The benefits provided for in section 146.12 of the Revised Code are in addition to all other benefits otherwise provided for by law, and are not liable to attachment, levy, or seizure under any legal or equitable process, whether such sums remain with the treasurer of state or are in the course of transmission to the person entitled thereto, but shall inure wholly to the benefit of the beneficiary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.14 | Claims for Benefits.

Effective:
July 29, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 346 - 119th General Assembly
Claims for benefits payable under section 146.12 of the Revised Code shall be made as follows:
(A) A surviving spouse shall file a claim under oath with the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board on a form provided by the board, setting forth the full name of the deceased volunteer fire fighter, the name of the fire department or company of which the decedent was a member, the name and address of the surviving spouse, and the names, ages, and addresses of dependent children. The surviving spouse shall supply such documentary evidence as the board may reasonably require.
(B) A parent, guardian, or other person in charge of a dependent child shall file a claim under oath with the board on a form provided by the board, setting forth the full name of the deceased volunteer fire fighter, the name of the fire department or company of which the fire fighter was a member, and the name, age, and address of such dependent child. The surviving spouse shall supply such documentary evidence as the board may reasonably require.
(C) A totally and permanently disabled volunteer fire fighter shall file a claim under oath setting forth the name of the fire department or company of which the fire fighter was a member, the date of the injury, and satisfactory medical proof that the fire fighter is totally and permanently disabled.
(D) All claims filed under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section shall certify that neither the claimant nor the person on whose behalf the claim is filed qualifies for benefits under sections 145.35 and 145.36 or section 145.361, or division (B) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.15 | Filing Initial Claims.

Effective:
October 25, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly
Initial claims under section 146.14 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board located in the political subdivision or fire district in which the volunteer fire fighter was a member of a fire department or company. Thereafter, claims may be transferred at the request of the claimant or the board to a board near the current residence of the claimant, provided that the transfer is mutually agreed upon by the boards concerned.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.16 | Certifying Claims for Payment.

Effective:
March 13, 1986
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 269 - 116th General Assembly
A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board shall meet within five days after the receipt of a claim to consider the claim and, if satisfied with the validity of the claim, shall make a determination of the amount due and to become due and shall certify its determination to the state fire marshal for payment. The certificate shall show the name and address of the board, the name and address of each beneficiary, the amount to be received by or on behalf of each beneficiary, and the name and address of the person to whom the payments shall be made. The board may make a continuing order for monthly payments to become due to a claimant for a period not exceeding three months from the date of the determination. The determination may be modified after issuance to reflect any changes in eligibility of the claimant. If no changes occur at the end of the three-month period, it is sufficient authority for the state fire marshal to provide for payment if the board certifies to him that the original certificate is continued for an additional three-month period.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.17 | Denying Claims.

Effective:
October 25, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly
If a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board, after consideration of a claim, finds that the claimant has no right to benefits or that the claim is without merit, it shall deny the claim and issue notice of such action by delivering to the claimant a copy of the order, or by leaving a copy at the claimant's place of residence, or by mailing to the claimant a copy thereof by registered mail.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.18 | Assuming Obligations of Fire Fighters' Indemnity Boards.

Effective:
October 25, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly
The volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund boards established under sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code, shall assume all obligations, claims, and outstanding liabilities of all fire fighters' indemnity boards existing on November 1, 1957 and all benefits due claimants after that date shall be paid in accordance with sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code. All fire fighters' indemnity boards are hereby disbanded, and their funds transferred to the general fund of the political subdivision or fire district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 146 | Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund › Section 146.19 | List of Fire Departments.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The state fire marshal shall supply the public employees retirement board with a complete list of fire departments in the state which are supported wholly or in part at public expense, together with their addresses, and shall currently report additions to or deletions from such list.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 147 | Notaries Public and Commissioners › Section 147.011 | Definitions.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 567 - 134th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by an individual before a notary public that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record, and if the record is signed in a representative capacity, that the individual signed the record with proper authority and signed it as the act of the individual or entity identified in the record.
(B) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Jurat" means a notarial act in which both of the following are met:
(1) The signer of the notarized document is required to give an oath or affirmation that the statement in the notarized document is true and correct;
(2) The signer signs the notarized document in the presence of a notary public.
(D) "Notarial certificate" means the part of, or attachment to, a document that is completed by the notary public and upon which the notary public places the notary public's signature and seal.
(E) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 147 | Notaries Public and Commissioners › Section 147.021 | Education and Testing.

Effective:
September 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 263 - 132nd General Assembly
(A)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of section 147.01 of the Revised Code, no person shall be appointed as a notary public unless that person has completed an educational program related to the requirements of this chapter and passed a test demonstrating knowledge of such requirements.
(2) The secretary of state may authorize that such a program be completed online.
(B) The secretary of state shall adopt, in rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, standards and curricula for the educational program required under this section. The rules shall address all of the following:
(1) The entities authorized to administer the educational program and the required test, which shall include the following entities that meet the minimum requirements established by the secretary of state:
(a) Those entities providing notary public educational programming and testing services prior to the effective date of this section;
(b) Another entity that has a business relationship with an entity described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section.
(2) The standards and curricula of the program, which shall be established in coordination with the entities authorized to administer the program and the required test and shall include all of the following:
(a) The terms of notary commission;
(b) How to renew a commission;
(c) The conditions under which a commission may be revoked;
(d) What constitutes a legal notarial act;
(e) The manner of taking depositions;
(f) The taking of an acknowledgment;
(g) The administration of a jurat.
(3) The provisions and content of the required test, which shall be established in coordination with the entities authorized to administer the educational program and required test.