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To amend sections 3309.33, 3309.34, 3309.36, 3309.38, | 1 |
and 3309.381 of the Revised Code to revise | 2 |
retirement eligibility requirements for members of | 3 |
the School Employees Retirement System. | 4 |
Section 1. That sections 3309.33, 3309.34, 3309.36, 3309.38, | 5 |
and 3309.381 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: | 6 |
Sec. 3309.33. (A) An employer may establish a retirement | 7 |
incentive plan for its employees who are members of the school | 8 |
employees retirement system. The plan shall provide for purchase | 9 |
by the employer of service credit for eligible employees who | 10 |
choose to participate in the plan and for payment by the employer | 11 |
of the entire cost of such service credit. A plan established | 12 |
under this section shall remain in effect until terminated by the | 13 |
employer, except that, once established, the plan must remain in | 14 |
effect for at least one year. | 15 |
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retirement incentive plan | 18 |
following requirements: | 19 |
(1) Either of the following: | 20 |
(a) If the employee became a member of the retirement system | 21 |
before the effective date of this amendment, the member has | 22 |
attained | 23 |
(b) If the employee became a member of the retirement system | 24 |
on or after the effective date of this amendment, the employee has | 25 |
attained fifty-five years of age; | 26 |
(2) The employee agrees to retire and retires under section | 27 |
3309.36 of the Revised Code effective within ninety days after | 28 |
receiving notice from the school employees retirement system that | 29 |
service credit has been
purchased for | 30 |
section. | 31 |
(C) Participation in the plan shall be available to all | 32 |
eligible employees except that the employer may limit the number | 33 |
of persons for whom it purchases credit in any calendar year to a | 34 |
specified percentage of its employees who are members of the | 35 |
school employees retirement system on the first day of January of | 36 |
that year. The percentage shall not be less than five per cent of | 37 |
such employees. If participation is limited, employees with a | 38 |
greater length of service with the employer have the right to | 39 |
elect to have credit purchased before employees with a lesser | 40 |
length of service with the employer. | 41 |
(D) The amount of service credit purchased for any | 42 |
participant shall be uniformly determined but shall not exceed the | 43 |
lesser of the following: | 44 |
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total service credited to the participant under Chapter 3309. of | 47 |
the Revised Code. | 48 |
For each year of service credit purchased under this section, | 49 |
the employer shall pay an amount specified by the school employees | 50 |
retirement board equal to the additional liability resulting from | 51 |
the purchase of that year of service credit as determined by an | 52 |
actuary employed by the board. Payments shall be made in | 53 |
accordance with rules adopted by the board, and the board shall | 54 |
notify each member when | 55 |
purchased under this section. | 56 |
No payment made to the school employees retirement system | 57 |
under this section shall affect any payment required by section | 58 |
3309.49 of the Revised Code. | 59 |
Sec. 3309.34. (A)(1) A member of the school employees | 60 |
retirement system whose membership began before the effective date | 61 |
of this amendment is eligible for service retirement
if | 62 |
member has at least five years of total service credit and has | 63 |
attained sixty years of age, or if | 64 |
thirty years of total service credit at any age. A member whose | 65 |
membership began before the effective date of this amendment is | 66 |
eligible for
commuted service retirement if | 67 |
least twenty-five years of total service credit and has attained | 68 |
fifty-five years of age. | 69 |
(2) A member whose membership began on or after the effective | 70 |
date of this amendment is eligible for service retirement if the | 71 |
member meets one of the following requirements: | 72 |
(a) Has earned at least ten years of total service credit and | 73 |
has attained sixty-two years of age; | 74 |
(b) Has earned at least twenty-five years of total service | 75 |
credit and has attained sixty years of age; | 76 |
(c) Has earned at least thirty years of total service credit | 77 |
and has attained fifty-five years of age. | 78 |
(B) A member may retire by filing an application for | 79 |
retirement with the school employees retirement board on a form | 80 |
provided by the board. The board shall not retire the member | 81 |
sooner than the first day of the month next following the later | 82 |
of: | 83 |
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paid; | 85 |
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eligibility for service or commuted service retirement. | 87 |
(C) At least once every ten years, the board shall direct its | 88 |
actuary to evaluate the retirement eligibility requirements of | 89 |
this section. | 90 |
Sec. 3309.36. (A)(1) A member | 91 |
employees retirement system whose membership began before the | 92 |
effective date of this amendment who retires on service retirement | 93 |
shall be granted a retirement allowance consisting of the lesser | 94 |
of the sum of the following amounts or the limit established by | 95 |
section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. | 96 |
2085, 26 U.S.C. | 97 |
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employee's accumulated contributions at that time; | 99 |
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the number of years of such prior service credit; | 102 |
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credit accumulated prior to October 1, 1956, a basic annual | 104 |
pension equal to one hundred eighty dollars, except that such | 105 |
basic annual pension shall not exceed the sum of the total annual | 106 |
benefits provided by divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this | 107 |
section. | 108 |
(2) A member whose membership began on or after the effective | 109 |
date of this amendment who retires on service retirement shall be | 110 |
granted a retirement allowance consisting of the lesser of the sum | 111 |
of the following amounts or the limit established by section 415 | 112 |
of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986": | 113 |
(a) An annuity having a reserve equal to the amount of the | 114 |
employee's accumulated contributions at that time; | 115 |
(b) A pension of equivalent amount. | 116 |
(B)(1) When a member retires on service retirement, the | 117 |
member's allowance when computed as an annual single lifetime | 118 |
allowance as
provided in divisions (A)(1) | 119 |
this section and section 3309.38 of the Revised Code, based upon | 120 |
attained age sixty-five or thirty years of total service credit, | 121 |
shall be not less than the greater of the amounts determined by | 122 |
multiplying the member's total service credit by the following: | 123 |
(a) Eighty-six dollars; | 124 |
(b) Two and two-tenths per cent of the member's final average | 125 |
salary for each of the first thirty years of service credit or | 126 |
fraction thereof plus two and one-half per cent of the member's | 127 |
final average salary for each subsequent year of service credit or | 128 |
fraction thereof. | 129 |
(2) | 130 |
effective date of this amendment, the annual single lifetime | 131 |
allowance determined under division (B)(1) of this section shall | 132 |
be adjusted by the greater percentage shown in the following | 133 |
schedule opposite the member's attained age or years of Ohio | 134 |
service credit: | 135 |
Years of | Per Cent | 136 | |||
Attained | or | Ohio Service | of | 137 | |
Age | Credit | Base Amount | 138 | ||
58 | 25 | 75% | 139 | ||
59 | 26 | 80 | 140 | ||
60 | 27 | 85 | 141 | ||
61 | 88 | 142 | |||
28 | 90 | 143 | |||
62 | 91 | 144 | |||
63 | 94 | 145 | |||
29 | 95 | 146 | |||
64 | 97 | 147 | |||
65 | 30 or more | 100 | 148 |
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the effective date of this amendment, the right to a benefit shall | 150 |
vest in accordance with the following schedule, based on the | 151 |
member's attained age by September 1, 1976: | 152 |
Per Cent | 153 | ||
Attained | of | 154 | |
Age | Base Amount | 155 | |
66 | 102 | 156 | |
67 | 104 | 157 | |
68 | 106 | 158 | |
69 | 108 | 159 | |
70 or more | 110 | 160 |
(3) For a member whose membership began on or after the | 161 |
effective date of this amendment, the annual single lifetime | 162 |
allowance determined under division (B)(1) of this section shall | 163 |
be adjusted to be the actuarial equivalent of the member's | 164 |
retirement allowance, as determined by the retirement board's | 165 |
actuary, had the member retired at age sixty-five or with thirty | 166 |
years of service credit, except that the retirement allowance | 167 |
shall not be less than the following: | 168 |
Per Cent | 169 | ||
Years of Service | of | 170 | |
Credit | Base Amount | 171 | |
25 | 75% | 172 | |
26 | 80 | 173 | |
27 | 85 | 174 | |
28 | 90 | 175 | |
29 | 95 | 176 |
(4) The annual single lifetime allowance which a retirant | 177 |
shall receive under this division shall not exceed the lesser of | 178 |
one hundred per cent of the member's final average salary or the | 179 |
limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of | 180 |
1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended. | 181 |
(C) Retirement allowances determined under this section shall | 182 |
be paid as provided in section 3309.46 of the Revised Code. | 183 |
(D) At least once every ten years, the school employees | 184 |
retirement board shall direct its actuary to evaluate the | 185 |
actuarial equivalents in division (B)(3) of this section to | 186 |
determine their appropriateness. The board may adjust the | 187 |
actuarial equivalents in accordance with the actuary's | 188 |
recommendations. | 189 |
Sec. 3309.38. (A) A member retiring on commuted service | 190 |
retirement on or after September 30, 1963, shall be granted a | 191 |
retirement allowance consisting of: | 192 |
(1) An annuity having a reserve equal to the amount of the | 193 |
employee's accumulated contributions at the time; | 194 |
(2) A pension of equivalent amount; | 195 |
(3) An additional pension, if such employee has prior service | 196 |
credit, the reserve for which, based upon regular interest and the | 197 |
service tables approved by the board, shall be the present worth | 198 |
of the reserve required for the payment of the prior service | 199 |
pension provided by section 3309.36 of the Revised Code, after | 200 |
either age sixty or thirty-two years of service credit, whichever | 201 |
can be first attained. The annual prior service pension shall be | 202 |
determined by the amount of such commuted reserve divided by the | 203 |
service annuity rate for the attained annuity age of retirement. | 204 |
(4) For members who have ten or more years of service credit | 205 |
accumulated prior to October 1, 1956, a basic annual pension equal | 206 |
to one hundred eighty dollars, which shall be commuted in the same | 207 |
manner as provided for the prior service pension in division | 208 |
(A)(3) of this section, provided such commuted basic annual | 209 |
pension shall not exceed the sum of the total annual benefits | 210 |
provided by divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. | 211 |
(B) When a member retires on commuted service retirement, the | 212 |
member's annual single lifetime allowance including the allowances | 213 |
provided in divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section | 214 |
shall not be less than the allowances provided under the | 215 |
provisions of division (B) of section 3309.36 of the Revised Code | 216 |
and shall not exceed the limit established by division
(B) | 217 |
of that section. | 218 |
(C) Retirement allowances determined under this section shall | 219 |
be paid as provided in section 3309.46 of the Revised Code. | 220 |
Sec. 3309.381. (A) A recipient of a disability allowance | 221 |
under section 3309.401 of the Revised Code who is subject to | 222 |
division (C)(3) of that section may make application for | 223 |
retirement under this section. Retirement shall be effective on | 224 |
the first day of the first month following the last day for which | 225 |
the disability allowance is paid. | 226 |
(B) The annual allowance payable under this section shall | 227 |
consist of the sum of the amounts determined under divisions | 228 |
(B)(1) and (2) of this section: | 229 |
(1) The greater of the following: | 230 |
(a) An allowance calculated as provided in section 3309.36 of | 231 |
the Revised Code, excluding any period during which the applicant | 232 |
received a disability benefit under section 3309.401 of the | 233 |
Revised Code; | 234 |
(b) An allowance calculated by multiplying the applicant's | 235 |
total service credit, including service credit for the last | 236 |
continuous period during which the applicant received a disability | 237 |
benefit under section 3309.401 of the Revised Code, by two and | 238 |
two-tenths per cent of the applicant's final average salary, | 239 |
except that the allowance shall not exceed forty-five per cent of | 240 |
the applicant's final average salary. | 241 |
(2) An amount equal to the additional allowance the recipient | 242 |
would receive under section 3309.374 of the Revised Code, plus any | 243 |
other additional amount the recipient would receive under this | 244 |
chapter, had the recipient retired under section 3309.36 of the | 245 |
Revised Code effective on the effective date of the recipient's | 246 |
most recent continuous period of receipt of a disability benefit | 247 |
under section 3309.401 of the Revised Code. | 248 |
(C) The allowance calculated under division (B) of this | 249 |
section, exclusive of any amount added under division (B)(2) of | 250 |
this section based on section 3309.374 of the Revised Code, shall | 251 |
be the base for all future additional allowances under section | 252 |
3309.374 of the Revised Code. | 253 |
The anniversary date for future additional allowances under | 254 |
section 3309.374 of the Revised Code shall be the effective date | 255 |
of the recipient's most recent continuous period of receipt of a | 256 |
disability benefit under section 3309.401 of the Revised Code. | 257 |
(D) The retirement allowance determined under this section | 258 |
shall be paid as provided in section 3309.46 of the Revised Code. | 259 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3309.33, 3309.34, 3309.36, | 260 |
3309.38, and 3309.381 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 261 |