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(B) Subject to the limit described in division (D) of this | 26 |
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section, an eligible member may at any time prior to retirement | 27 |
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purchase additional
service credit in an amount not to exceed | 28 |
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thirty-five per cent of
the service credit allowed the member for | 29 |
the period of
service as an
elected or appointed officialeligible | 30 |
|
member subsequent to January 1, 1935, other than
credit for | 31 |
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military service, part-time service, and service subject to
the | 32 |
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tax on wages imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions
Act," | 33 |
|
68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended. | 34 |
The(1) A member who is or has been an elected or appointed | 35 |
official may purchase the additional service credit may be | 36 |
purchased by paying
into the employees' savings fund an amount | 37 |
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computed by
multiplying by the employee contribution rate in | 38 |
effect at the
time of purchase the member'sofficial's earnable | 39 |
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salary for the period of
service upon which the purchased credit | 40 |
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is based, by the number
of years or portions thereof of additional | 41 |
|
service credit to be
purchased, and by paying into the employers' | 42 |
|
accumulation fund an
amount equal to the full amount paid into the | 43 |
|
employees' savings
fund. | 44 |
(3) If aan eligible member purchases less than the full | 51 |
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amount of the
additional service credit to which the member is | 52 |
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entitled,
the period of
service upon which the purchase is | 53 |
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computed shall be the
member's earliest
period of such service. | 54 |
The member shall receive full credit for
such additional elective | 55 |
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service in computing an allowance or
benefit under section 145.20, | 56 |
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145.33, 145.331, 145.34, 145.36,
145.361, or 145.46 of the Revised | 57 |
|
Code, notwithstanding any other
provision of this chapter.
The | 58 |
payment to the employees' savings
fund and the employers' | 59 |
accumulation fundretirement system for such additional
elective | 60 |
|
service credit under this section shall, in the event of death or | 61 |
|
withdrawal from service, be considered as accumulated | 62 |
|
contributions of the member. | 63 |
(B)(C) Notwithstanding division (A)(B) of this section, a | 69 |
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member
who purchased service credit under this section prior to | 70 |
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January
1, 1980, on the basis of part-time service shall be | 71 |
|
permitted to
retain the credit and shall be given full credit for | 72 |
|
it in
computing an allowance or benefit under section 145.20, | 73 |
|
145.33,
145.331, 145.34, 145.36, 145.361, or 145.46 of the Revised | 74 |
|
Code.
The public employees retirement board has no authority to | 75 |
|
cancel
or rescind such credit. | 76 |
(D)(E) Subject to rules adopted by the public employees | 81 |
|
retirement board, a member who has purchased service credit under | 82 |
|
this section is entitled to be refunded all or a portion of the | 83 |
|
actual amount the member paid for the service credit if, in | 84 |
|
computing an age and service retirement allowance under division | 85 |
|
(A)(5) of section 145.33 of Revised Code, the allowance exceeds | 86 |
|
the limit established by division (A)(6) of that section. | 87 |
| (1) A former member receiving benefits pursuant to section | 95 |
|
145.32, 145.33, 145.331, 145.34, or 145.46 of the Revised Code
for | 96 |
|
whom eligibility is established more than five years after
June | 97 |
|
13, 1981, and who, at the time of establishing eligibility,
has | 98 |
|
accrued less than ten years' service credit, exclusive of
credit | 99 |
|
obtained pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 145.201 or section | 100 |
|
145.297 or 145.298 of the
Revised
Code, credit obtained after | 101 |
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January 29, 1981, pursuant to
section
145.293 or 145.301 of the | 102 |
|
Revised Code, and credit
obtained after
May 4, 1992, pursuant to | 103 |
|
section 145.28 of the
Revised Code; | 104 |
| (B) The public employees retirement board may enter into | 108 |
|
agreements with insurance companies, health
insuring
corporations, | 109 |
|
or government
agencies authorized to do business in the state for | 110 |
|
issuance of a
policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, or | 111 |
|
surgical
benefits, or any combination thereof, for those | 112 |
|
individuals receiving
age and service retirement or a disability | 113 |
|
or survivor benefit
subscribing to the plan, or for PERS retirants | 114 |
|
employed under
section 145.38 of the Revised Code, for coverage of | 115 |
|
benefits in
accordance with division (D)(2) of section 145.38 of | 116 |
|
the
Revised Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 117 |
|
chapter, the
policy or contract may also include coverage for any | 118 |
|
eligible
individual's spouse and dependent children and for
any of | 119 |
|
the individual's sponsored
dependents as the board determines | 120 |
|
appropriate. If all
or any portion of the policy or contract | 121 |
|
premium is to be paid by
any individual receiving age and service | 122 |
|
retirement or a disability
or survivor benefit, the individual | 123 |
|
shall, by written
authorization,
instruct the board to deduct the | 124 |
|
premium agreed to be paid by
the individual
to the company, | 125 |
|
corporation, or agency. | 126 |
| The board may contract for coverage on the basis of
part or | 127 |
|
all of the cost of the coverage to be paid from
appropriate funds | 128 |
|
of the public employees retirement system. The
cost paid from the | 129 |
|
funds of the system shall be
included in the
employer's | 130 |
|
contribution rate provided by sections 145.48 and
145.51 of the | 131 |
|
Revised Code. The board may by rule provide
coverage to
ineligible | 132 |
|
individuals if the coverage is provided at
no cost to
the | 133 |
|
retirement system. The board shall not pay or
reimburse the
cost | 134 |
|
for coverage under this section or section
145.325 of the
Revised | 135 |
|
Code for any ineligible individual. | 136 |
| (C)
The board shall, beginning the month following receipt
of | 142 |
|
satisfactory evidence of the payment for coverage, pay monthly
to | 143 |
|
each recipient of service retirement, or a disability or
survivor | 144 |
|
benefit under the public employees retirement system who
is | 145 |
|
eligible for medical insurance coverage under part B of Title | 146 |
|
XVIII of
"The Social Security Act," 79 Stat. 301 (1965), 42 | 147 |
|
U.S.C.A. 1395j, as amended, an amount equal to the basic premium | 148 |
|
for such coverage, except that the board shall make no
such | 149 |
|
payment to any ineligible individual. | 150 |
| (D) The board shall establish by rule requirements for
the | 151 |
|
coordination of
any coverage, payment, or benefit provided
under | 152 |
|
this section or section
145.325 of the Revised Code with any | 153 |
|
similar coverage, payment, or benefit
made available to
the same | 154 |
|
individual by the Ohio police and fire pension
fund,
state | 155 |
|
teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or | 156 |
|
state
highway patrol retirement system. | 157 |
| Sec. 3501.12. The annual compensation of members of the | 160 |
|
board of elections shall be determined on the basis of the | 161 |
|
population of the county according to the next preceding federal | 162 |
|
census, and shall be paid monthly out of the appropriations made | 163 |
|
to the board and upon vouchers or payrolls certified by the | 164 |
|
chairperson, or a member of the board designated by it,
and | 165 |
|
countersigned by the director or in the director's
absence by the | 166 |
|
deputy director. Upon presentation of any such voucher or
payroll, | 167 |
|
the county auditor shall issue a warrant upon the county
treasurer | 168 |
|
for the amount thereof as in the case of vouchers or
payrolls for | 169 |
|
county offices and the treasurer shall pay such
warrant. | 170 |