Title 55, Roads-Highways-Bridges

On receipt of notice from the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, or school employees retirement system of the re-employment of a retirant, the state highway patrol retirement system shall not pay, or if paid sh…

(A) As used in this division, "member" has the same meaning as in section 5505.01 of the Revised Code, except that it also includes a former member who has earned service credit and has not received a refund of accumulated contributions under section 5505.19 of the Revised Code. …

(A) A retirant who retired prior to September 21, 1994, under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's pension in a lesser amount payable for the remainder of the retirant's life and continuing after death to the retirant…

(A)(1) Upon retirement as provided in section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, a state highway patrol retirement system retirant shall receive a life pension, without guaranty or refund, equal to the greater of one thousand fifty dollars or the sum of two and one-half per cent of the…

(A) All persons who retired and were eligible to receive a pension that was payable prior to July 1, 1968, pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 or division (B)(1) of section 5505.18 of the Revised Code, shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for each…

On and after the effective date of this section, all persons who retired and were eligible to receive a pension that was first payable on or after July 1, 1968, and prior to July 1, 1971, pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 or division (B)(1) of section 5505.18 of the …

(A) Effective July 1, 1981, each person eligible to receive an age and service or disability pension, allowance, or benefit pursuant to Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code, that was based upon an award made effective before October 1, 1974, shall have the person's monthly pension i…

(A) Eligibility for an increase under this section shall be determined as follows: (1) For a person whose pension effective date is prior to January 7, 2013, an "eligible person" is one of the following: (a) A person fifty-three years old or older who has been receiving a pension…

henever 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 state highway patrol retirement board shall increase the amount of the pension, benefit, or allowance of any person whose pension, be…

(A) The state highway patrol retirement system shall increase the pension payable to each person receiving a pension granted prior to September 16, 1998, that was calculated under division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code on the basis of total service credit of more …

The state highway patrol 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 regulat…

Except as provided in division (A)(3) of section 5505.162 of the Revised Code, all pensions shall be paid in equal monthly installments.

As used in this section, "member" does not include state highway patrol cadets attending training schools pursuant to section 5503.05 of the Revised Code. (A) Upon the application of a member of the state highway patrol retirement system, a person acting on behalf of a member, or…

Not later than March 1, 2000, and each first day of March thereafter, the state highway patrol retirement board shall make and submit a report for the preceding fiscal year of the disability retirement experience of the state highway patrol. The report shall specify the total num…

Subject to section 5505.26 of the Revised Code, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system who ceases to be an employee of the state highway patrol for any cause except death, disability, or retirement, upon application filed in writing with the state highway patrol r…

Should a member of the state highway patrol retirement system cease to be an employee of the state highway patrol, for any reason, except retirement or death, the member shall thereupon cease to be a member of the retirement system. A member who is paid the member's accumulated c…

Except for service credit transferred under section 5505.41 of the Revised Code, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system shall, in computing years of active service in the highway patrol under sections 5505.16, 5505.17, and 5505.18 of the Revised Code, be given ful…

(A) The state highway patrol retirement board may establish by rule a payroll deduction plan for payment of the following: (1) The cost of restoring service credit under section 5505.20 of the Revised Code or purchasing any service credit members of the state highway patrol retir…

Should a member or former member of the state highway patrol retirement system die and no pension becomes payable from funds of the system on account of the member's or former member's employment with the patrol, the member's or former member's accumulated contributions, less int…

The right of any individual to a pension, or to the return of accumulated contributions, payable as provided under this chapter, and all moneys and investments of the state highway patrol retirement system and income from moneys or investments are exempt from any state tax, excep…

The attorney general shall be the legal adviser to the state highway patrol retirement board.

(A)(1) A member of the state highway patrol retirement system who is not receiving a pension from the system may purchase service credit for each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty as a member of the uniformed services of the Uni…

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

(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,…

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contri…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a disability benefit granted under this chapter is subject to an order issued under section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. The state highway patrol retirement board shall comply with the order. On receipt of notice under section…

All amounts due the state highway patrol 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.

(A) The state highway patrol retirement board may enter into an agreement with insurance companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, or surgical benefits,…

The state highway patrol retirement board may establish a program under which a member or a member's employer is permitted to make additional deposits for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of health, medical, hospital, surgical, dental, or vision care expenses, inclu…

The state highway patrol retirement board shall refund the cost of service credit restored under section 5505.20 or purchased under division (D) of section 5505.16, division (C) of section 5505.17, or section 5505.201, 5505.25, 5505.40, or 5505.402 of the Revised Code to the exte…

On the death of a retirant, a lump-sum payment of five thousand dollars shall be paid to the retirant's surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, the payment shall be made to the beneficiary designated by the retirant on a form provided by the state highway patrol ret…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Long-term care insurance" has the same meaning as in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code. (2) "Retirement systems" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 145.581 of the Revised Code. (B) The state highway patrol retirement board may e…

If a person is paid any benefit or payment by the state highway patrol retirement system to which the person is not entitled, the benefit or payment shall be repaid to the retirement system by the person. If the person fails to make the repayment, the retirement system shall with…

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

(A) As used in this section and section 5505.41 of the Revised Code: (1) "Full-time service" means full-time service as defined by rule which shall be adopted by the state highway patrol retirement board. (2) "Military service credit" means credit for service in the armed forces …

(A) As used in this section and sections 5505.402 and 5505.403 of the Revised Code, "military service credit" means credit purchased or obtained from the state highway patrol retirement system or city of Cincinnati retirement system for service in the armed forces of the United S…

(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 5505.401 of the Revised Code are met, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the state highway patrol retirement system is eligible to obtain credit for servi…

(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 5505.401 of the Revised Code are met and a person who is a member or former member of the state highway patrol retirement system but not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the state h…

(A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the state highway patr…

The state highway patrol retirement board shall establish and administer a deferred retirement option plan. In establishing and administering the plan, the board shall comply with sections 5505.51 to 5505.59 of the Revised Code and may do all things necessary to meet the requirem…

A state highway patrol retirement system member who meets the following requirements may, at any time prior to applying for retirement under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, elect to participate in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 5505.50 of the R…

(A) A member who makes an election under section 5505.51 of the Revised Code shall continue in the active service of the state highway patrol but shall not earn service credit under this chapter for employment after the election's effective date. While the member is in the active…

For each member who elects to participate in the deferred retirement option plan, the state highway patrol retirement system shall determine the member's pension amount under section 5505.17 of the Revised Code. In determining the pension amount, the retirement system shall use t…

(A) During the period beginning on the effective date of an election to participate in the deferred retirement option plan and ending on the date participation ceases, a member's monthly pension amount determined under section 5505.53 of the Revised Code shall accrue to the membe…

A member's participation in the deferred retirement option plan ceases on the occurrence of the earliest of the following: (A) Termination of the member's active service in the state highway patrol; (B) The last day of the eight-year period that begins on the effective date of th…

(A) A member participating in the deferred retirement option plan who terminates active service in the state highway patrol shall notify the state highway patrol retirement system of the date of termination on a form prescribed by the retirement system. The member is not eligible…