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Title 1, Title 1. State Government

66 chapters · 2,424 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 12,424 Ch 122, Chapter 122 | Department of Development226 Ch 145, Chapter 145 | Public Employees Retir…182 Ch 109, Chapter 109 | Attorney General149 Ch 124, Chapter 124 | Department of Administ…129 Ch 121, Chapter 121 | State Departments97 Ch 101, Chapter 101 | General Assembly92 Ch 125, Chapter 125 | Department of Administ…85 Ch 153, Chapter 153 | Public Improvements85 Ch 135, Chapter 135 | Uniform Depository Act80 Ch 173, Chapter 173 | Department of Aging77 Ch 117, Chapter 117 | Auditor of State70 Ch 149, Chapter 149 | Documents, Reports, an…64 Ch 133, Chapter 133 | Uniform Public Securit…59 Ch 128, Chapter 128 | 9-1-1 Emergency Teleph…54

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.33 Allowance upon age and service retirement
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(A)(1) Except as provided in sections 145.332 and 145.335 of the Revised Code, when a member retires on age and service retirement, the member's total annual single lifetime allowance shall be an amount adjusted in accordance with division (A)(2) or (B) of this section and determ…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.331 Disability allowance recipient applying for service retirement
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(A) A recipient of a disability allowance under section 145.361 of the Revised Code who is subject to division (C)(3) of that section may make application for age and service retirement under this section. Retirement shall be effective on the first day of the first month followin…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.332 Determination of eligibility for age and service retirement
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Eligibility of members of the public employees retirement system, other than those subject to section 145.196 or 145.32 of the Revised Code, for age and service retirement shall be determined under this section. (A) A member of the public employees retirement system is eligible f…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.333 Contribution based benefit cap
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Retirement allowance" means any of the following as appropriate: (a) An allowance calculated under section 145.33, 145.332, or 145.335 of the Revised Code prior to any reduction for early retirement or election under section 145.46 of the Revised…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.334 Election as PERS law enforcement officer or public safety officer

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A member who, on the effective date of this section , meets the definition of bureau of criminal identification and investigation investigator, gaming agent, department of taxation investigator, special police officer for a port authority, or special police officer for a municipa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.335 Age and service retirement for former combined plan members

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(A) This section applies only to members of the public employees retirement system participating in the PERS combined plan, as defined in section 145.196 of the Revised Code, that was consolidated by the system with the PERS defined benefit plan under that section. (B)(1) When a …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.35 Providing disability coverage for on-duty illness or injury

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(A) As used in this section and sections 145.362 and 145.363 of the Revised Code: (1) "Examining physician" means a physician appointed by the public employees retirement board to conduct a medical examination of a disability benefit applicant or recipient. (2) "Medical consultan…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.351 Annual report disability retirement experience of each employer

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Not later than March 1, 2000, and each first day of March thereafter, the public employees retirement board shall make and submit a report for the preceding fiscal year of the disability retirement experience of each employer. The report shall specify the total number of disabili…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.36 Benefits upon disability retirement

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A member who has elected disability coverage under this section, has not attained the applicable age, and is determined by the public employees retirement board under section 145.35 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall be retired on disability under this …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.361 Annual amount of disability allowance

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(A) A member with disability coverage under this section who is determined by the public employees retirement board under section 145.35 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall receive a disability allowance under this section. The allowance shall be an annu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.362 Disability benefit recipient to retain membership status

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A disability benefit recipient whose application for a disability benefit was received by the public employees retirement system before January 7, 2013, shall, regardless of when the disability occurred, retain membership status and shall be considered on leave of absence from em…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.363 Social security disability insurance benefits

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This section does not apply to a disability recipient who, at the time contributing service terminated, was a PERS law enforcement officer.(A) A recipient of a disability benefit granted under this chapter whose application for such benefit is received by the public employees ret…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.37 Coordinating and integrating membership in state retirement systems

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "State retirement system" means the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement system.(2) "Total service credit" means all service credit earned in the state retirement systems, except credi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.38 Employment of retirant

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(A) As used in this section and sections 145.381 and 145.384 of the Revised Code: (1) "PERS retirant" means a former member of the public employees retirement system who is receiving one of the following: (a) Age and service retirement benefits under section 145.32, 145.33, 145.3…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.381 Re-employing retirant

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(A) This section applies in the case of a person who is or most recently has been employed by a public employer in a position that is customarily filled by a vote of members of a board or commission or by the legislative authority of a county, municipal corporation, or township.(…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.382 Employment of certain retirants notwithstanding restrictions

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(A) A former member receiving an age and service retirement allowance from the public employees retirement system, and hereafter referred to as a retirant, may be employed, notwithstanding sections 145.38 and 145.46 of the Revised Code, if his later employment has been in a posit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.383 Continuing contributions to state system after retirement

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Compensation" has the same meaning as in section 3307.01 or 3309.01 of the Revised Code, as appropriate.(2) "PERS position" means a position for which a member of the public employees retirement system is making contributions to the system.(3) "O…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.384 Retirant may apply for monthly annuity or lump sum payment

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(A) As used in this section, "PERS retirant" means a PERS retirant who is not subject to division (C) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, "PERS retirant" also includes both of the following:(1) A member who retired under section 145.383 of the Rev…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.385 Reemployed retirant electing to resume retirement allowance

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(A) A PERS retirant who made an election under former section 145.381 of the Revised Code under which the annuity portion of the retirant's retirement allowance was suspended and the pension portion forfeited may have the entire retirement allowance resume by giving notice to the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.39 Increasing pension, benefit, or allowance when limits of 26 USC 415 are raised

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Whenever the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, are raised, the public employees retirement board shall increase the amount of the pension, benefit, or allowance of any person whose pension, benef…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.391 Establishing and maintaining qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement

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The public employees retirement board may establish and maintain a qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement that meets the requirements of division (m) of section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, and any regulations…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.40 Payment to member who ceases to be a public employee

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(A)(1) Subject to the provisions of section 145.57 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (B) of this section, if a member elects to become exempt from contribution to the public employees retirement system pursuant to section 145.03 of the Revised Code or ceases …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.401 Making additional payment upon death of member or withdrawal of contributions

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(A) As used in this section, "service credit" means service credit earned for periods for which contributions were made under section 145.47 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, periods for which service credit was purchased or restored under section 145.302 or 145.31 of the R…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.402 Payments to members who are members of another state retirement system

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(A) As used in this section, "other retirement system" means the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system.(B) Except as provided in this section, on application, a member of the public employees retirement system who is also a member of one or bo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.41 Termination of membership - leave of absence

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Membership shall cease upon refund of accumulated contributions, death, or retirement except as provided in section 145.362 of the Revised Code. A member who separates from service for any reason other than death or retirement or who otherwise ceases to be a public employee for a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.43 Designation or qualification of beneficiaries

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(A) As used in this section and in section 145.45 of the Revised Code:(1) "Child" means a biological or legally adopted child of a deceased member. If a court hearing for an interlocutory decree for adoption was held prior to the member's death, "child" includes the child who was…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.431 Designation of beneficiary

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Designation of a beneficiary for the purposes of section 145.40 of the Revised Code or a return of contributions to the beneficiary of a member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan shall be made under this section. A beneficiary shall be designated in writing duly ex…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.45 Beneficiary may substitute other benefits

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Except as provided in division (C)(1) of this section, in lieu of accepting the payment of the accumulated account of a member who dies before service retirement, a beneficiary, as determined in this section or section 145.43 of the Revised Code, may elect to forfeit the accumula…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.451 Payment of death benefit

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(A) Upon the death of a retirant or disability benefit recipient, who at the time of death is receiving an age and service retirement benefit or a disability benefit from this system, a death benefit shall be paid, following the completion of an application on a form approved by …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.452 Continuation of service credit purchase upon death of member

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The surviving spouse of a member who dies on or after the effective date of this amendment may continue any service credit purchase the member initiated before death. A purchase shall be considered to have been initiated before the member's death if the member made one or more pa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.46 Electing a plan of payment

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(A) A retirement allowance calculated under section 145.33, 145.331, 145.332, or 145.335 of the Revised Code shall be paid as provided in this section. Unless the member is required by division (C) of this section to select a specified plan of payment, a member may elect a plan o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.47 Per cent of compensation required as contribution - deductions

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(A) Each public employee who is a contributor to the public employees retirement system shall contribute eight per cent of the contributor's earnable salary to the employees' savings fund, except that the public employees retirement board may raise the contribution rate to a rate…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.471 Crediting of interest to individual accounts of contributors

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(A)(1) On and after December 13, 2000, the public employees retirement board shall credit interest to the individual accounts of contributors, except that interest shall not be credited to the individual account of a PERS or other system retirant, as defined in section 145.38 of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.472 Crediting of interest on account balances of contributors as of 12-31-98

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This section applies to individuals who are contributors on December 13, 2000.(A) Not later than thirty days after December 13, 2000, the public employees retirement board shall credit interest to the individual account of each contributor in accordance with this section, except …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.473 Interest rates

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(A) The rate of interest credited to individual accounts of contributors under sections 145.471 and 145.472 of the Revised Code shall be as follows: (1) Four per cent per annum, compounded annually, to and including December 31, 1955;(2) Three per cent per annum, compounded annua…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.48 Rate of employer contribution

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(A) Each employer shall pay to the public employees retirement system an amount that shall be a certain per cent of the earnable salary of all contributors to be known as the "employer contribution," except that the public employees retirement board may raise the employer contrib…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.483 Statement of delinquent contributions

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Upon a finding that an employer failed to deduct contributions pursuant to section 145.47 of the Revised Code during a period of employment for which such contributions were required, a statement of delinquent contributions shall be prepared showing the amount the contributor and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.49 Calculations of employee and employer contribution rates separately

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(A) Notwithstanding section 145.47 of the Revised Code: (1) The public employees retirement system shall be authorized to calculate the employee contribution rates separately for those public employees contributing toward benefits as PERS public safety officers under section 145.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.51 Payments into employer's accumulation fund

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(A) Each employer described in division (D) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code shall pay into the employers' accumulation fund, in monthly installments, an amount certified by the public employees retirement board, which equals the employer obligation as described in section 1…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.52 Transitional liability - installment payments

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(A) As used in this section and section 145.53 of the Revised Code, "transitional liability" means an amount equal to the employer obligation due under division (A) of section 145.51 of the Revised Code for the months of October, November, and December of 2007.(B) The transitiona…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.53 Amounts credited to employer transitional liability

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(A) From the employer obligation for the month of February 2008, under section 145.51 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the portion of the employer obligation attributable to section 145.86 of the Revised Code for the months of October, November, and December of 2007, shall…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.54 Annual estimate of amount necessary to defray expenses; transfer of funds

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The public employees retirement board shall estimate annually the amount required to defray the expenses of the administration of the public employees retirement system in the ensuing year. If in the judgment of the board, as evidenced by a resolution of that board in its minutes…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.55 Members deemed to consent to deductions

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The deductions provided for in this chapter shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided for by law for any contributor is reduced thereby. Every contributor is deemed to consent to the deductions made and provided for in this chapter. Payment less the ded…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.56 Tax exemptions

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The right of an individual to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance itself, the right of an individual to any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any individual, under this chapter, or under any municipal retirement system established subject to th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.561 Acquiring vested right in pension when granted

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and section 145.363, 145.573, or 145.574 of the Revised Code, the granting of a retirement allowance, annuity, pension, or other benefit to any person pursuant to action of the public employees retirement board vests a right …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.562 Waiver of rights

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(A) Any person who is receiving an allowance or benefit or any increases under this chapter may, at any time, waive his rights thereto, or to a portion thereof, by filing a written notice of waiver with the public employees retirement board. Except as provided in division (B) of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.563 Adjustment for and recovery of erroneous payments

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Notwithstanding section 145.561 of the Revised Code:(A) The public employees retirement system may adjust an allowance or benefit payable under this chapter if an error occurred in calculation of the allowance or benefit;(B) If any person who is a member, former member, contribut…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.564 Payroll deduction of membership dues and fees of retiree organizations

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Any person receiving from the public employees retirement system an allowance, annuity, pension, or benefit may authorize the system to make deductions therefrom for the payment of dues and other membership fees to any retirement association or other organization composed primari…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.57 Restitution order based on theft in office or certain sex offenses

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(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension, annuity, allowance, or other type of benefit, other than a survivorship benefit, that has been granted to a person under this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 145.571 Order for division of marital property

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(A) As used in this section, "alternate payee," "benefit," "lump sum payment," "participant," and "public retirement program" have the same meanings as in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code.(B) On receipt of an order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code, …