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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5501:2 - Division of Highways › Chapter 5501:2-14 - Variable Speed Limits › Section 5501:2-14-01 - Variable Speed Limits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Based upon the
			 criteria listed under paragraph (B) of this rule and taking into account any
			 engineering study, the director may, based upon sound engineering judgment and
			 acting in the best interest of the traveling public, establish a variable speed
			 limit only on the portions of a street or highway as provided by
			 law.
(B)
								Any variable speed established by the director should
			 be based upon any of the following criteria or a combination thereof:
(1)
									Weather and other
			 conditions affecting the visibility of the operator.
(2)
									Weather and other
			 conditions affecting the pavement conditions that impact the maneuverability
			 and stopping distance of motor vehicles.
(3)
									Incidents
			 impacting or blocking lanes of travel.
(4)
									Congestion
			 impacting traffic.
(5)
									Any other factor that affects the safe speed on a
			 street or highway.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5501:6 - Division of State Infrastructure Bank › Chapter 5501:6-1 - Financing of Qualified Projects › Section 5501:6-1-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(A) The term "qualified project" means a
			 transportation project, including without limitation, planning, construction,
			 reconstruction, resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitation, or replacement of
			 public or private transportation facilities within the state, or studying the
			 feasibility thereof; any highway, transit, or other transportation project
			 eligible for financing or aid under any federal or state act or program; and
			 any project involving the maintaining, repairing, improving, or construction of
			 any public or private highway, road, street, parkway, or transit project, and
			 any related rights-of-way, bridges, tunnels, railroad-highway crossings,
			 drainage structures, signs, guardrails, or protective structures.
(B) The term "borrower" means any public
			 entity or private entity.
(C) The
			 term "public entity" means a state agency, county, city, township, regional
			 transit board, port authority organized under Chapter 4582. of the Revised
			 Code, transportation improvement district organized under Chapter 5540. of the
			 Revised Code, or other governmental entity organized under the laws of this
			 state for the primary purpose of facilitating and improving transportation.
(D) The term "private entity"
			 means a corporation, partnership, association, or limited liability company.
(E) The term "financial
			 assistance" includes any of the following:
(1) Loans or bonds,
(2) Financing leases,
(3) Credit enhancements;
(4) Reserve funds;
(5) Interest rate subsidies;
(6) Letters of credit and credit instruments;
			 and
(7) To provide other forms of
			 debt financing or methods of leveraging funds approved by the director of
			 transportation.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5501:6 - Division of State Infrastructure Bank › Chapter 5501:6-1 - Financing of Qualified Projects › Section 5501:6-1-02 - Administration of the state infrastructure bank

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The state infrastructure bank shall be administered by the
				director of transportation through the division of finance
				 of the Ohio department of
				transportation.
The director shall administer the state infrastructure bank to
				provide financial assistance for qualified transportation projects in the state
				of Ohio, as prescribed in this chapter of the Administrative Code.
In authorizing financial assistance through the state
				infrastructure bank, the director shall use prudent financial guidelines
				related to the desirability, timing, and relative risk of the project. The
				director shall not undertake projects which, in the director's determination,
				are of limited public use or could be considered for full funding by private
				financial institutions without the financial assistance of the state
				infrastructure bank.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
						8/24/2017 and
						08/24/2022
Promulgated
						Under:   111.15
Statutory Authority:   5531.09
Rule
						Amplifies:   5531.09,   5531.10
Prior Effective Dates: 09/10/1996
						(Emer.), 11/22/1996, 11/01/2007,
						12/06/2012
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5501:6 - Division of State Infrastructure Bank › Chapter 5501:6-1 - Financing of Qualified Projects › Section 5501:6-1-03 - Public sponsorship required for private projects

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A private project is eligible for financial assistance only if
				it is sponsored by one or more
				political subdivisions.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
						8/24/2017 and
						08/24/2022
Promulgated
						Under:   111.15
Statutory Authority:   5531.09
Rule
						Amplifies:   5531.09,   5531.10
Prior Effective Dates: 09/10/1996
						(Emer.), 11/22/1996, 12/06/2012
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5501:6 - Division of State Infrastructure Bank › Chapter 5501:6-1 - Financing of Qualified Projects › Section 5501:6-1-04 - Security for financial assistance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The director may request any of the following as security for
				financial assistance:
(A) A pledge of
			 identified tax revenues, fees, or other revenues derived directly or indirectly
			 from the project;
(B) A guarantee
			 from the borrower or another person;
(C) A mortgage or lien position on or
			 security interest in the project or a portion of the project, or any other
			 asset of the borrower;
(D) Other
			 credit enhancement the director determines appropriate.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
						8/24/2017 and
						08/24/2022
Promulgated
						Under:   111.15
Statutory Authority:   5531.09
Rule
						Amplifies:   5531.09,   5531.10
Prior Effective Dates: 09/10/1996
						(Emer.), 11/22/1996
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5501:6 - Division of State Infrastructure Bank › Chapter 5501:6-1 - Financing of Qualified Projects › Section 5501:6-1-05 - Fees

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The director shall establish and collect application and
				issuance fees for financial assistance and legal fees in amounts the director
				determines appropriate. The director shall make available a publication setting
				forth the fees, which may be updated whenever the director determines
				necessary.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
						8/24/2017 and
						08/24/2022
Promulgated
						Under:   111.15
Statutory Authority:   5531.09
Rule
						Amplifies:   5531.09,   5531.10
Prior Effective Dates: 09/10/1996
						(Emer.), 11/22/1996, 11/01/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5501:6 - Division of State Infrastructure Bank › Chapter 5501:6-1 - Financing of Qualified Projects › Section 5501:6-1-06 - Eligibility Criteria

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The director shall determine the eligibility of a project based
				on the following criteria:
(A) The
			 status of environmental assessments and subsequent clearance processes are
			 complete to the extent necessary to meet the funding source requirements;
(B) The status of preliminary
			 engineering studies.
(C) Whether
			 the borrower guarantees cost overruns;
(D) Whether the project will have an
			 identifiable revenue source which, in the director's determination, likely will
			 amortize the project debt;
(E) The
			 borrower's ability to repay;
(F)
			 The borrower's ability to manage the project;
(G) The borrower's working capital or
			 operating funds;
(H) The public
			 need or public benefit of the project;
(I) The borrower's available collateral; and
(J) The status of the project in
			 relation to actual construction startup;
(K) Any other criteria the director
			 determines appropriate.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
						8/24/2017 and
						08/24/2022
Promulgated
						Under:   111.15
Statutory Authority:   5531.09
Rule
						Amplifies:   5531.09,   5531.10
Prior Effective Dates: 09/10/1996
						(Emer.), 11/22/1996, 11/01/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5501:6 - Division of State Infrastructure Bank › Chapter 5501:6-1 - Financing of Qualified Projects › Section 5501:6-1-07 - Application procedure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In order to be eligible for assistance through the state
				infrastructure bank, a borrower shall submit an application on a form
				prescribed by the director. The application shall include a complete
				description of the project, sources and use of funds, repayment sources, and
				financial justification for the assistance. The director shall determine the
				completeness of the application. The director may request the assistance of
				other state agencies to review the application and submit recommendations. The
				director may request additional information from the borrower as necessary.
The director shall approve or disapprove the application and
				shall notify the borrower of his determination. If an application is approved,
				the director shall deliver to the applicant a term sheet outlining the terms of
				the financial assistance. The director and borrower shall coordinate
				preparation of any documents needed to finalize the financial assistance.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
						8/24/2017 and
						08/24/2022
Promulgated
						Under:   111.15
Statutory Authority:   5531.09
Rule
						Amplifies:   5531.09,   5531.10
Prior Effective Dates: 09/10/1996
						(Emer.), 11/22/1996
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-1 - Public Notice › Section 5505-1-01 - Rule adoption - method of public notice

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board shall distribute all adopted
			 rules to
(1)
									The state highway
			 patrol with instructions to distribute to
									
									each facility
			 where  members of the
			 state highway patrol retirement system are
			 assigned and
(2) Each recognized statewide organization
			 representing members and/or benefit recipients of the state highway patrol
			 retirement system.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-3 - Retirement › Section 5505-3-01 - Eligibility date of retirement benefits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								For age and service
			 retirement benefits, the eligibility date shall
			 be the 
								date following the last working
			 
								date as a
			 member, with no duplication of salary and pension.
(B)
								For reduced
			 retirement benefits,
								
								the eligibility date  shall be
			 the later of
								 the 
								date following the last working
			 
								date as a
			 member or the date the member is eligible and elects to receive a reduced
			 retirement benefit, with no duplication of salary and pension.
(C)
								For disability
			 benefits,
								the eligibility date  shall be the
			 later of the date following the last working date as a member or the date
			 disability benefits are approved
								 by the board, with no duplication of
			 salary and pension.
(D) A member
			 shall apply for benefits on a form prescribed by the board.
(1)
									 A retirement
			 application is considered filed when a completed retirement application has
			 been received by the staff of the retirement system unless the applicant has
			 requested in writing that the application be held until further direction. Upon
			 receipt of the applicant's written intent to activate the application, the
			 application shall be considered to be filed.
(2)
									 Member
			 communications with retirement system staff about the potential filing of a
			 retirement application shall be considered confidential.
(3)
									 The retirement
			 system shall notify the superintendent of the state highway patrol upon the
			 filing of a retirement application.
(4)
									 A member may
			 withdraw a retirement application in writing at any time prior to the
			 retirement board's approval of the application.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-3 - Retirement › Section 5505-3-02 - Disability retirement application and hearing process

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For the purpose
			 of sections 5505.18 and
			 5505.181 of the Revised Code and
			 agency 5505 of the Administrative Code:
(1)
			 "Member" shall have the meaning described in division (J) of section
			 5505.01 of the Revised Code
			 except "member" does not include state highway patrol cadets attending training
			 schools pursuant to section
			 5503.05 of the Revised
			 Code.
(2) A terminated employee,
			 whether the termination from the state highway patrol is voluntary or
			 involuntary, ceases to be a member of the state highway patrol retirement
			 system (HPRS). Except as provided in rule
			 5505-3-07 of the Administrative
			 Code, a member shall not be considered terminated while receiving benefits
			 pursuant to section 124.385 of the Revised
			 Code.
(3) "Totally and permanently
			 incapacitated" means a disabling condition that physically or mentally totally
			 incapacitates a member from the performance of regular duty for a period of at
			 least twelve months from the date of HPRS's receipt of the completed
			 application packet.
(4) "In the
			 line of duty" means an illness or injury that occurred during or resulted from
			 the performance of official duties under the direct supervision of the state
			 highway patrol.
(5) "Not in the
			 line of duty" means an illness or injury that did not occur during or result
			 from the performance of official duties under the direct supervision of the
			 state highway patrol. Unless the illness or injury meets the presumption
			 criteria outlined in division (A)  of section
			 5505.18 of the Revised Code or
			 competent and credible evidence is submitted to HPRS, a disability condition is
			 presumed to be not in the line of duty.
To be eligible for retirement on account of a
				disability
										 incurred not in the line of duty, the
				member must have accrued five years of service credit since becoming a "member"
				as defined by this rule and section
				5505.18 of the Revised
				Code.
(6) "Disability
			 committee," as referred to in this rule, shall mean the "health, wellness, and
			 disability" standing committee established pursuant to paragraph (A)(1) of
			 5505-9-08 of the Administrative Code.
(7) "Medical advisor," as referred to in this
			 rule, shall mean the expert physician appointed by HPRS' board who advises the
			 disability committee and board during its deliberations relating to disability
			 applications.
(8) "Examining
			 physician" means a physician recommended by the medical advisor and approved by
			 the HPRS board.
(9) Unless
			 otherwise stated in this rule, all notifications or correspondence shall be
			 sent by regular U.S. mail to the member's
			 address included in disability benefits application unless HPRS receives notice
			 in writing of an alternative address.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-3 - Retirement › Section 5505-3-03 - Review of eligibility to continue disability retirement benefits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								For the purpose of this rule:
(1)
									"Medical advisor"
			 and "examining physician" have the same meaning as rule
			 5505-3-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2)
									"Benefit
			 recipient" means any person who is receiving disability retirement benefits
			 pursuant to section 5505.18 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-3 - Retirement › Section 5505-3-04 - Reemployed retirants

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A retirant whose reemployment, whether
			 full-time or part-time, is covered by one of the other Ohio public retirement
			 plans is subject to the following:
(1) If
			 reemployment occurs prior to the pension eligibility date, or before the end of
			 thirty days following the pension eligibility date, two months' pension
			 allowance shall be forfeited.
(2)
			 If reemployment occurs after thirty days but before the end of sixty days
			 following the pension eligibility date, one month's pension allowance shall be
			 forfeited.
(3)
									 A DROP participants' pension eligibility date is the
			 day following the event terminating the member's participation in DROP as
			 defined by sections 5505.55,
			 5505.56, and
			 5505.58 of the Revised
			 Code.
(4)
									 Notwithstanding the
			 prior provisions, if reemployment occurs sixty days or more prior to the
			 pension eligibility date, no pension allowance shall be forfeited.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-3 - Retirement › Section 5505-3-05 - Selection of payment plan

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A member of the
			 state highway patrol retirement system who retires under section
			 5505.16 of the Revised Code may
			 elect a plan of payment and nominate a beneficiary pursuant to section
			 5505.162 of the Revised Code.
			 The plan of payment selection and beneficiary nomination may be changed at any
			 time prior to the pension eligibility date of retirement benefits as defined in
			 rule
			 5505-3-01
			 of the Administrative Code. After the pension eligibility date, the plan of
			 payment and beneficiary nomination is irrevocable except for as defined in this
			 rule.
(B)
								A retirant may submit an application to change the plan
			 of payment and beneficiary on a form prescribed by the board. Upon receipt of
			 an application submitted by the retirant, except as provided in paragraph (F)
			 of this rule, an optional plan of payment will be changed to a single lifetime
			 pension:
(1)
									Option plan cancellation - the month following receipt of a
			 completed application provided:
(a)
										The designated beneficiary consents to cancellation of
			 his or her designation;
(b)
										The completed application is received from the retirant
			 within one year of the retirant's first pension payment.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-3 - Retirement › Section 5505-3-06 - Board review of employment termination

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Upon the resignation or discharge of a
			 member of the state highway patrol who has fifteen or more years of total
			 service credit, the board may consider whether the reason for separation was
			 dishonesty, cowardice, intemperate habits, or conviction of a felony.
(B) The board may schedule a hearing to
			 consider all available evidence.
(1) The
			 former member shall be given notice of the hearing by certified mail. The notice of hearing shall be sent at least sixty days
			 prior to the hearing. The notice shall inform that former member that he/she
			 may submit documents to HPRS and may appear, with or without counsel, to
			 present  testimony.
			 Documents must be received at least ten days prior to
			 the hearing date.
(2)
									 HPRS staff shall provide a summary memorandum and may
			 be represented by the office of the attorney general.
(3)
									The former member shall be notified of the board's
			 findings by certified mail.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-3 - Retirement › Section 5505-3-07 - Deferred retirement option plan

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As provided for in section
			 5505.50
			 of the Revised Code, the date of the initial implementation of the deferred
			 retirement option plan (DROP) shall be June 15, 2006.
(B) A member's election to participate in
			 DROP is effective the later of:
(1) The first
			 day of the employer's payroll immediately following the board's receipt of the
			 notice of election;
(2) The first
			 day of the employer's payroll designated by the member in the notice of
			 election as long as the designated payroll is within thirty days of the board's
			 receipt of the notice of election; or
(3) The first day of the employer's payroll
			 immediately following the member's eligibility to participate in
			 DROP.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-3 - Retirement › Section 5505-3-08 - Federal tax compliance provisions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board shall distribute the funds
			 established in Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code to members, retirants and
			 their beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of such chapter. No part
			 of the corpus or income of these funds may be used for or diverted to any
			 purpose other than the exclusive benefit of the members, retirants, and their
			 beneficiaries.
(B) If there is a
			 termination of the plan described in Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code or a
			 complete discontinuance of contributions to the plan, the rights of each
			 affected member and retirant to the benefits accrued at the date of termination
			 or discontinuance of contributions, to the extent then funded, are
			 non-forfeitable.
(C) Employer
			 contribution forfeitures of a member arising from severance of employment,
			 death, or for any other reason shall not be applied to increase the benefits
			 any member would otherwise receive under Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code in
			 accordance with section 401(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
			 26 U.S.C.A.
			 401(a)(8).
(D) Notwithstanding any provisions in highway
			 patrol retirement system rules or Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code to the
			 contrary, distributions to members, retirants, and beneficiaries shall be made
			 in accordance with section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
			 26 U.S.C.A.
			 401(a)(9) and with the
			 following rules:
(1) The entire interest of a
			 member or retirant shall be distributed to such member or retirant -
(a) No later than the required beginning
			 date, or
(b) Beginning not later
			 than the required beginning date, in accordance with applicable regulations,
			 over the life of such member or retirant and a designated beneficiary within
			 the meaning of section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
			 26 U.S.C.A.
			 401(a)(9).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-5 - Service Credit › Section 5505-5-01 - Credit for service in any calendar year

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A member shall be credited with one
			 year's retirement credit for each three hundred sixty-five days as an employee
			 of the state highway patrol as defined in division (A) of section
			 5505.01 of the Revised Code
			 except as provided in section
			 5505.16 and division (C) of
			 section 5505.17 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) Days during which no
			 contributions were withheld by the employer shall not be included in
			 determining retirement credit under paragraph (A) of this rule, except as
			 provided in division (C)(6) of section
			 5505.01 and division (F)(1) of
			 section 5505.18 of the Revised
			 Code.
Effective: 1/18/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 10/26/2017 and
				01/18/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 5505.07
Rule
				Amplifies: 5505.01,
				5505.07,
				5505.16,
				5505.17(C)
Prior Effective Dates: 11/02/1989,
				10/21/2005
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-5 - Service Credit › Section 5505-5-02 - Prior service credit

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A member of the
			 highway patrol retirement system may purchase retirement credit for full-time
			 service as a member of a state or municipal retirement system as defined in
			 sections 5505.20,
			 5505.201, and
			 5505.40 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B)
								"Full-time service" is defined as a period of
			 employment during which the employee regularly worked substantially the same
			 number of hours as would a member of the highway patrol retirement
			 system.
(C)
								Credit may not be purchased for periods of employment
			 during which the employee was not considered to be full-time, nor can these
			 periods be combined for full-time credit.
(1)
									The member shall
			 provide documented proof of full-time employment as required by
			 HPRS.
(2)
									In the absence of clear documentation to the contrary,
			 if the record of contributions indicates that the member was not receiving pay
			 equivalent to or greater than the minimum wage in effect at the time on a
			 forty-hour per week basis, it shall be presumed that the employment was not
			 full-time.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-5 - Service Credit › Section 5505-5-03 - Purchase of military service credit

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) If a member elects not to purchase
			 interrupted military service in accordance with division (D) of section
			 5505.16
			 of the Revised Code, the member may purchase military service credit in
			 accordance with section
			 5505.25
			 of the Revised Code.
(B) The member
			 may only purchase up to the period of time from the entry date to the date of
			 discharge as designated by the member's DD
			 214 or comparable document, or the period
			 beginning with the date the member's leave of absence began and ending with the
			 date the member returned to active service with the state highway patrol,
			 whichever is less.
(C) A member may
			 purchase military service credit under section
			 5505.25
			 and division (D) of section
			 5505.16
			 of the Revised Code in increments. The cost for purchasing a portion of
			 military service credit shall be calculated as a proportionate part of the
			 total cost.
(D) In no case shall a
			 member receive more than three hundred sixty-five days of service credit for
			 any one year.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-5 - Service Credit › Section 5505-5-04 - Interest rate

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The annual compound interest rate to be used in computing
				service credit as defined in sections 
									5505.16,
								5505.20,
				5505.201,
				5505.40, and
				5505.25 of the Revised Code
				shall be the actuarial interest assumption rate adopted by the board.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				2/20/2018 and
				02/20/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 5505.07
Rule
				Amplifies: 5505.16,
				5505.20,
				5505.201,
				5505.40,
				5505.25
Prior
				Effective Dates: 12/01/1987, 10/21/2005,
				02/01/2013
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-5 - Service Credit › Section 5505-5-05 - Bureau of worker's compensation retirement credit

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Members are
			 eligible for additional retirement credit pursuant to division (C)(6) of
			 section 5505.01 of the Revised Code upon
			 submission of a completed and certified application as prescribed by the board.
(1) The application shall be certified by an
			 authorized employee of the state highway patrol.
(2) The application shall be submitted within
			 one year after returning to contributing service, or upon retirement, whichever
			 occurs first.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-5 - Service Credit › Section 5505-5-06 - Service credit purchases by payroll deduction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 A member of the
			 state highway patrol retirement system (HPRS) may purchase service credit
			 pursuant to this rule, rule
			 5505-5-02 of
			 the Administrative Code, rule
			 5505-5-03
			 of the Administrative Code, and sections
			 5505.16,
			 5505.17,
			 5505.20,
			 5505.201,
			 5505.25, and
			 5505.40 of the Revised Code
			 through:
(1)
									
			 Post-tax payroll deduction, lump sum payment, partial payment, or any
			 combination thereof.
(2)
									 Pre-tax payroll deductions designated by the state
			 highway patrol as picked-up contributions in compliance with Internal Revenue
			 Code section 414(h)(2). HPRS will accept new elections to purchase service
			 credit through pre-tax payroll deduction only if the election is received by
			 December 31, 2014.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-7 - Benefits › Section 5505-7-01 - Calculation of retirement benefits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For the purpose of this rule and
			 divisions (L) and (R) of section
			 5505.01 of the Revised Code;,
(1)
									"Year" shall mean any calendar year.
(2)
									In addition to
			 division (R) of section
			 5505.01 of the Revised Code,
			 "salary" shall not include doubleback, reportback, or standby
			 pay.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-7 - Benefits › Section 5505-7-02 - Survivor benefits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A surviving spouse is a wife or husband
			 as set forth in a statutorily valid certificate of marriage or as recognized by
			 judgment of a court establishing a common-law relationship.
(B)
								For the purpose
			 of this rule, rule
			 5505-7-03
			 of the Administrative Code, and section
			 5505.17 of the Revised
			 Code,
								"child" and "surviving
			 child" shall mean a biological child, lawfully adopted child, or child placed
			 for adoption of a member or retirant.
(C) A survivor shall apply for benefits on a
			 form prescribed by the board, including a certified death certificate. In
			 addition, a survivor shall provide proof of eligibility by submitting a
			 certified marriage certificate, birth certificate, or other document that
			 establishes marriage or parenthood.
(D) Survivor benefits shall be effective the
			 day following a member's death and the first of the month following a
			 retirant's death.
(E) The board
			 reserves the right to deny benefits for failure to provide satisfactory proof
			 of eligibility.
Effective: 9/8/2015
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				06/22/2015 and
				09/08/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 5505.07
Rule
				Amplifies: 5505.17
Prior
				Effective Dates: 2/1/1992, 2/1/1990, 1/1/1986, 12/23/2005,
				9/28/2010
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-7 - Benefits › Section 5505-7-03 - Extended benefits to surviving children

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								For the purpose
			 of this rule:
(1)
									"Institution of
			 learning or training" shall mean a high school, vocational or trade school,
			 college or university.
(2)
									"Full-time curriculum requirements" shall mean at least
			 twelve hours of college or university credit or some equivalnet measure of
			 credit as determined by the executive director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-7 - Benefits › Section 5505-7-04 - Health care

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								For the purpose
			 of this rule:
(1)
									"Age and service retirant" shall mean a former member
			 that applied for and was granted retirement benefits as described in section
			 5505.16 of the Revised
			 Code.
(2)
									"Benefit recipient" shall mean an age and service
			 retirant or disability retirant that is receiving a pension benefit as
			 described in division (A)(1) of section
			 5505.17 of the Revised Code that
			 qualifies for health care coverage pursuant to paragraph (D) of this rule.
			 Benefit recipient does not include a member participating in the "Deferred
			 Retirement Option Plan."
(3)
									"Dependent" shall mean a spouse as defined in this
			 rule.
(4)
									"Disability retirant" shall mean a former member that
			 applied for and was granted retirement benefits as described in section
			 5505.18 of the Revised
			 Code.
(5)
									"Eligible dependent" shall mean a dependent that
			 qualifies for health care coverage pursuant to paragraph (F) of this
			 rule.
(6)
									"Health care service credit" shall include:
(a)
										Credit earned as
			 an employee as defined by division (A) of section
			 5505.01 of the Revised
			 Code;
(b)
										Military service credit purchased pursuant to division
			 (D) of section 5505.16 of the Revised
			 Code;
(c)
										Credit granted under section
			 5505.201 of the Revised Code;
			 and
(d)
										Years of participation in the deferred retirement
			 option plan pursuant to section
			 5505.51 of the Revised
			 Code.
(7)
									"Health reimbursement arrangement plan" or "HRA" shall
			 mean the HPRS amended and restated health reimbursement arrangement plan,
			 effective November 1, 2023, from which the reimbursement of qualifying medical
			 expenses may be made. The HRA may have component plans as determined by the
			 HPRS board. The text of the HPRS health reimbursement arrangement plan shall
			 not be incorporated into this or any other rule of the Administrative
			 Code.
(8)
									"Member" shall have the same meaning as division (I) of
			 section 5505.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(9)
									"Monthly health care allowance" or "monthly allowance"
			 shall mean the monthly amount that is allocated to each individual enrolled in
			 the health reimbursement arrangement plan. The monthly allowance shall be
			 determined by the board and offered in the form of a notional credit to the
			 health reimbursement arrangement consistent with the provisions of the
			 plan.
(10)
									"Retirant" shall mean an age and service retirant or
			 disability retirant.
(11)
									"Spouse" shall mean a wife or husband of a retirant or
			 member as set forth in a statutorily-valid certificate.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-7 - Benefits › Section 5505-7-05 - Cost of living benefit

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For the purpose of section
			 5505.174 of the Revised Code and
			 this rule, "pension effective date" means:
(1)
			 For age and service retirement benefits, the date following the last working
			 date as a member, with no duplication of salary and pension.
(2) For reduced service retirement benefits
			 and deferred service retirement benefits, the date following the last working
			 date as a member and the date the member is eligible and elects to receive a
			 retirement benefit, with no duplication of salary and pension.
(3) For disability benefits, the date
			 disability benefits commence, with no duplication of salary and
			 pension.
(4) For members
			 participating in DROP, pursuant to section
			 5505.54 of the Revised Code, the
			 effective date of a member's election to participate in DROP.
(5) For a beneficiary receiving benefits in
			 accordance with section
			 5505.162 or division (A)(3)(a),
			 (A)(3)(b), (A)(3)(d), (A)(4), (A)(5), (A)(6), or (A)(7) of section
			 5505.17 of the Revised Code, the
			 date the benefit commences.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-7 - Benefits › Section 5505-7-06 - Monthly benefit payments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Monthly benefit payments shall be
			 issued by the twenty-fifth of each month. Payment of
			 benefits will be for the period ending the last day of the month in which
			 benefits are paid.
(B)
								Except as provided in rule
			 5505-3-03
			 of the Administrative Code,
								
			 benefit payments shall be due and payable through the current month during
			 which the benefit recipient dies or a dependent child
			 becomes ineligible for benefits.
Effective: 9/8/2015
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				06/22/2015 and
				09/08/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 5505.07
Rule
				Amplifies: 5505.17,
				5505.18
Prior
				Effective Dates: 12/1/1987, 1/1/1986, 10/21/2005,
				9/28/2010
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-7 - Benefits › Section 5505-7-08 - Division of property orders

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 For purposes of
			 this rule:
(1)
									
			 "Order" means an order described in section
			 3105.81 of the Revised
			 Code.
(2)
									 "Alternate Payee," "benefit," "lump sum payment," and
			 "participant" have the meanings set forth in divisions (A) to (D) of section
			 3105.80 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-7 - Benefits › Section 5505-7-09 - Interim benefit payments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								For purposes of
			 this rule:
(1)
									
			 "Final Pension Benefit" means a monthly pension benefit paid pursuant to
			 section 5505.16,
			 5505.17 or
			 5505.18 of the Revised Code that
			 the retirement system calculates after the employer certifies the final
			 contributions and service credit made on behalf of the member.
(2)
									"Estimated
			 Pension Benefit" means a monthly pension benefit paid pursuant to section
			 5505.16,
			 5505.17 or
			 5505.18 of the Revised Code
			 prior to the certification of a member's final contributions and service credit
			 and the calculation of the final pension benefit.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-7 - Benefits › Section 5505-7-10 - Employee contributions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For the purpose of this rule, "employee
			 contribution rate" shall mean the percentage of the member's annual salary
			 required to be submitted to the state highway patrol retirement system (HRPS)
			 pursuant to division (A) of section
			 5505.15 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) An annual employee
			 contribution rate, not to be less than ten per cent or exceed fourteen per
			 cent, shall be determined by the board as it considers necessary to meet the
			 amortization period requirement of section
			 5505.121 of the Revised Code at
			 its 
								August meeting and shall be based on the actuarial
			 valuation required by section
			 5505.12 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) The employee contribution
			 rate determined at the board's 
								August meeting shall be effective the first day
			 of the first full two week pay period of the following year.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-9 - Retirement Board › Section 5505-9-01 - Election of board members

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The state highway patrol retirement
			 system (HPRS) board shall conduct elections in accordance with Chapter 5505. of
			 the Revised Code and this rule.
(B)
			 For the purpose of this rule:
(1)
			 "Contributing member" shall be a member described in division (I) of section
			 5505.01
									and section
			 5505.51
									 of the Revised
			 Code that is making contributions pursuant to section
			 5505.15
									or
			 5505.52
									 of the Revised
			 Code. Eligibility of a "contributing member" shall be determined on the first
			 Monday in April of the year of the election.
(2) "Retirant member" shall have the meaning
			 described in division (J) of section
			 5505.01 of the Revised Code.
			  Eligibility of a "retirant
			 member" shall be determined on the first Monday in April of the year of the
			 election.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-9 - Retirement Board › Section 5505-9-02 - Travel expense and reimbursement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Retirement trustees
			  who
			 incur expenses as the result of any necessary travel and attendance for any
			 approved training or meeting shall be reimbursed for any actual and necessary
			 expenses.
(1) Expenses as a result of out of
			 state travel are not eligible for reimbursement unless the travel received
			 prior approval by a majority of trustees at a board meeting.
(2) If attendance for any out of state
			 training or meeting is deemed to be an emergency, the chair of the board may
			 authorize reimbursement of any expenses incurred. Emergency attendance is
			 considered to be any necessary out of state travel which was not known or
			 identified prior to the most recent board meeting.
(3) The chair of the board of trustees shall
			 approve travel expenses incurred as the result of attendance at any approved
			 training or meeting within the state of Ohio.
(4)
									 Reimbursement of
			 expenses incurred attending scheduled meetings within the state of Ohio are
			 authorized following review by the executive director, provided the meeting(s)
			 were scheduled and received prior approval by the chair.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-9 - Retirement Board › Section 5505-9-04 - Notice of retirement board meetings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								This rule is
			 adopted in compliance with and under the authority of division (F) of section
			 121.22 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B)
								Any person may request the time and place of all
			 regularly scheduled meetings and the time, place, and purpose of all special
			 meetings for the board of trustees of the state highway patrol retirement
			 system (HPRS) by:
(1)
									Writing to the following address:
"Highway Patrol Retirement System,
				Attention: Executive Director, 1900 Polaris Parkway, Suite 201, Columbus, Ohio
				43240."
(2)
									 Calling one of the following telephone numbers during
			 HPRS' normal business hours:
									(614) 431-0781 or
			 (800) 860-2268.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-9 - Retirement Board › Section 5505-9-05 - Release of records

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All information contained in the records
			 of the retirement system shall be open to public inspection except the
			 following:
(1) The personal history record as
			 defined in division (C) of section
			 5505.04 of the Revised
			 Code.
(2) The amount of any
			 pension, benefit, or allowance paid to any benefit recipient.
(3) Medical reports or recommendations,
			 except that this information shall be made available to the member or the
			 member's designee, and to any other persons as necessary for the proper
			 administration of the retirement system.
(4) Information of which the release is
			 prohibited by the Ohio Revised Code, or if the board determines the information
			 is confidential.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-9 - Retirement Board › Section 5505-9-06 - Ohio-qualified agents and investment managers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For purposes of section
			 5505.0610 and division
			 (A)(4) of 
								section
								5505.068
								 of the Revised Code, an
			 investment manager may be designated as an "Ohio-qualified investment manager"
			 if the investment manager and/or any parents, affiliates, or subsidiaries of
			 the investment manager meets the requirements of divisions (A)(1) and (A)(2) of
			 section 5505.0610 of the Revised Code.
(B) For purposes of sections
			 5505.068 and
			 5505.0610 of the Revised Code,
			 "principal place of business" includes an office in which the agent or
			 investment manager regularly provides securities or investment advisory
			 services and solicits, meets with, or otherwise communicates with clients.
Effective: 1/18/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 10/26/2017 and
				01/18/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 5505.07
Rule
				Amplifies: 5505.068,
				5505.0610
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/21/2005
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-9 - Retirement Board › Section 5505-9-07 - Audio visual recordings of meetings and hearings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall
			 broadcast, televise, record, or photograph any meeting of the board or a
			 committee of the board, unless the person first receives written permission
			 from the board's chair.
(B) If the
			 chair of the board or committee determines that broadcasting, televising,
			 recording, or photographing during the meeting would not distract board members
			 or participants or otherwise materially interfere with the achievement of the
			 meeting, the broadcasting, television, recording, or photographing during the
			 meetings that are open to the public may be permitted under the following
			 conditions:
(1) A request for permission for
			 the broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing in the meeting room
			 shall be made in writing to the chair of the board or committee. The request
			 shall be made part of the record of the meeting; and
(2) The chair of the board or committee
			 grants written permission prior to commencement of the meeting. The written
			 permission shall be made part of the record of the meeting.
(a) If permission is granted, the place or
			 places in the meeting room where operators and equipment are to be positioned
			 shall be specified by the chair of the board or committee.
(b) The filming, videotaping, recording, or
			 photographing of any person who objects, shall not be permitted.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5505 - State Highway Patrol Retirement System › Chapter 5505-9 - Retirement Board › Section 5505-9-08 - Committees of the retirement board

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following are standing committees of
			 the retirement board:
(1) Health, wellness,
			 and disability;
(2)
			 Administration;
(3)
			 Investment;
(4) Audit;
(5) Health care funding.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5507 - Emergency Response › Chapter 5507-1 - 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points › Section 5507-1-01 - Purpose

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In the course of providing citizens with their most vital link
				to emergency response, 9-1-1 public safety answering points ("PSAP's") in the
				state of Ohio shall comply with technical and operational standards and
				recognize and promote best practices that will provide conisistent, quality
				service by well trained personnel 
								utilizing
				a high level of secure technology.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5507 - Emergency Response › Chapter 5507-1 - 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points › Section 5507-1-02 - Scope

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
These operational standards apply to
				all public safety answering points (PSAP) eligible to receive disbursements
				through section 128.55 of the Revised
				Code.
Effective: 5/12/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 05/12/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 128.021
Rule
				Amplifies: 128.021