Section 1. That sections 145.27, 145.572, 145.573, 145.581, | 18 |
742.41, 742.463, 742.464, 742.53, 2329.66, 2901.43, 2929.192, | 19 |
2929.193, 3305.08, 3305.11, 3305.12, 3305.20, 3307.20, 3307.372, | 20 |
3307.373, 3309.22, 3309.672, 3309.673, 3309.691, 5505.04, | 21 |
5505.262, 5505.263, and 5505.33 be amended and sections 2901.432, | 22 |
2901.433, 2901.434, and 2927.28 of the Revised Code be enacted to | 23 |
read as follows: | 24 |
Sec. 145.27. (A)(1) As used in this division, "personal | 25 |
history record" means information maintained by the public | 26 |
employees retirement board on an individual who is a member, | 27 |
former member, contributor, former contributor, retirant, or | 28 |
beneficiary that includes the address, telephone number, social | 29 |
security number, record of contributions, correspondence with the | 30 |
public employees retirement system, or other information the board | 31 |
determines to be confidential. | 32 |
(1) If a member, former member, contributor, former | 62 |
contributor, or retirant is subject to an order issued under | 63 |
section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or an order issued under | 64 |
division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code or is | 65 |
convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2921.41 of | 66 |
the Revised Code, on written request of a prosecutor as defined in | 67 |
section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, the board shall furnish to | 68 |
the prosecutor the information requested from the individual's | 69 |
personal history record. | 70 |
(3) At the written request of any person, the board shall | 75 |
provide to the person a list of the names and addresses of | 76 |
members, former members, contributors, former contributors, | 77 |
retirants, or beneficiaries. The costs of compiling, copying, and | 78 |
mailing the list shall be paid by such person. | 79 |
(4) Within fourteen days after receiving from the director of | 80 |
job and family services a list of the names and social security | 81 |
numbers of recipients of public assistance pursuant to section | 82 |
5101.181 of the Revised Code, the board shall inform the auditor | 83 |
of state of the name, current or most recent employer address, and | 84 |
social security number of each member whose name and social | 85 |
security number are the same as that of a person whose name or | 86 |
social security number was submitted by the director. The board | 87 |
and its employees shall, except for purposes of furnishing the | 88 |
auditor of state with information required by this section, | 89 |
preserve the confidentiality of recipients of public assistance in | 90 |
compliance with section 5101.181 of the Revised Code. | 91 |
(6) At the request of any person, the board shall make | 99 |
available to the person copies of all documents, including | 100 |
resumes, in the board's possession regarding filling a vacancy of | 101 |
an employee member or retirant member of the board. The person who | 102 |
made the request shall pay the cost of compiling, copying, and | 103 |
mailing the documents. The information described in division | 104 |
(D)(6) of this section is a public record. | 105 |
(8) The system may provide information requested by the | 109 |
United States social security administration, United States | 110 |
centers for medicare and medicaid, Ohio public employees deferred | 111 |
compensation program, Ohio police and fire pension fund, school | 112 |
employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, | 113 |
state highway patrol retirement system, or Cincinnati retirement | 114 |
system. | 115 |
(2) The public employees retirement system shall comply with | 136 |
a forfeiture order issued under division (A) or (B) of section | 137 |
2901.433 or 2929.192 of the Revised Code at the time the member or | 138 |
contributor applies for payment of the person's accumulated | 139 |
contributions. Upon payment of the person's contributions and | 140 |
cancellation of any corresponding service credit, a person who is | 141 |
subject to the forfeiture order described in this division may not | 142 |
restore any canceled service credit under this chapter or the | 143 |
provisions of Chapter 742., 3305., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the | 144 |
Revised Code. | 145 |
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if | 146 |
the system receives notice pursuant to section 2901.43 or division | 147 |
(C) of section 2901.432 of the Revised Code that a person who has | 148 |
accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant | 149 |
to this chapter is charged with any offense or violation listed or | 150 |
described in
divisionsdivision (B)(1) of section 2901.432 or | 151 |
division (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code | 152 |
that is a felony inunder the circumstances specified in the | 153 |
particular divisionthose sections, all of the following apply: | 154 |
On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised | 181 |
Code that a public employees retirement system member is charged | 182 |
with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the | 183 |
Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division | 184 |
section, the system shall determine whether the member has been | 185 |
granted a disability benefit. If so, the system shall send written | 186 |
notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that the member has | 187 |
been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may be | 188 |
subject to section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. | 189 |
On receipt of notice under division (D) of section 2901.432 | 190 |
of the Revised Code that a public employees retirement system | 191 |
member has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense | 192 |
listed in division (B)(1) of that section under the circumstances | 193 |
specified in that section, the system shall determine whether the | 194 |
member has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the system | 195 |
shall send written notice to the attorney general that the member | 196 |
has been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may | 197 |
be subject to section 2901.434 of the Revised Code. | 198 |
(B) The public employees retirement board shallmay establish | 206 |
a long-term care insurance program consisting of the programs | 207 |
authorized by divisions (C) and (D) of this section. Such program | 208 |
may be established independently or jointly with one or more of | 209 |
the other retirement systems. If the program is established | 210 |
jointly, the board shall adopt rules in accordance with section | 211 |
111.15 of the Revised Code to establish the terms and conditions | 212 |
of such joint participation. | 213 |
(C) The board shallmay establish a program under which it | 214 |
makes long-term care insurance available to any person who | 215 |
participated in a policy of long-term care insurance for which the | 216 |
state or a political subdivision contracted under section 124.84 | 217 |
or 124.841 of the Revised Code and is the recipient of a pension, | 218 |
benefit, or allowance from the system. To implement the program | 219 |
under this division, the board, subject to division (E) of this | 220 |
section, may enter into an agreement with the insurance company, | 221 |
health insuring corporation, or government agency that provided | 222 |
the insurance. The board shall, under any such agreement, deduct | 223 |
the full premium charged from the person's benefit, pension, or | 224 |
allowance notwithstanding any employer agreement to the contrary. | 225 |
(E) Prior to entering into any agreement or contract with an | 243 |
insurance company or health insuring corporation for the purchase | 244 |
of, or participation in, a long-term care insurance policy under | 245 |
this section, the board shall request the superintendent of | 246 |
insurance to certify the financial condition of the company or | 247 |
corporation. The board shall not enter into the agreement or | 248 |
contract if, according to that certification, the company or | 249 |
corporation is insolvent, is determined by the superintendent to | 250 |
be potentially unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, or | 251 |
is placed under an order of rehabilitation or conservation by a | 252 |
court of competent jurisdiction or under an order of supervision | 253 |
by the superintendent. | 254 |
(2) "Personal history record" includes a member's, former | 258 |
member's, or other system retirant's name, address, telephone | 259 |
number, social security number, record of contributions, | 260 |
correspondence with the Ohio police and fire pension fund, status | 261 |
of any application for benefits, and any other information deemed | 262 |
confidential by the trustees of the fund. | 263 |
(1) If a member, former member, or other system retirant is | 293 |
subject to an order issued under section 2907.15 of the Revised | 294 |
Code or an order issued under division (A) or (B) of section | 295 |
2929.192 of the Revised Code or is convicted of or pleads guilty | 296 |
to a violation of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, on written | 297 |
request of a prosecutor as defined in section 2935.01 of the | 298 |
Revised Code, the fund shall furnish to the prosecutor the | 299 |
information requested from the individual's personal history | 300 |
record. | 301 |
(4) Within fourteen days after receiving from the director of | 312 |
job and family services a list of the names and social security | 313 |
numbers of recipients of public assistance pursuant to section | 314 |
5101.181 of the Revised Code, the fund shall inform the auditor of | 315 |
state of the name, current or most recent employer address, and | 316 |
social security number of each member or other system retirant | 317 |
whose name and social security number are the same as that of a | 318 |
person whose name or social security number was submitted by the | 319 |
director. The fund and its employees shall, except for purposes of | 320 |
furnishing the auditor of state with information required by this | 321 |
section, preserve the confidentiality of recipients of public | 322 |
assistance in compliance with section 5101.181 of the Revised | 323 |
Code. | 324 |
(6) At the request of any person, the fund shall make | 332 |
available to the person copies of all documents, including | 333 |
resumes, in the fund's possession regarding filling a vacancy of a | 334 |
police officer employee member, firefighter employee member, | 335 |
police retirant member, or firefighter retirant member of the | 336 |
board of trustees. The person who made the request shall pay the | 337 |
cost of compiling, copying, and mailing the documents. The | 338 |
information described in this division is a public record. | 339 |
Sec. 742.463. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of | 350 |
this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to | 351 |
a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or | 352 |
amounts to be paid to a person who is a member or contributor | 353 |
under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions | 354 |
pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any forfeiture | 355 |
ordered under
division (A) or (B) of section 2901.433 or 2929.192 | 356 |
of the Revised Code, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund | 357 |
shall comply with that order in making the payment. Upon payment | 358 |
of the person's accumulated contributions and cancellation of the | 359 |
corresponding service credit, a person who is subject to the | 360 |
forfeiture described in this division may not restore the canceled | 361 |
service credit under this chapter or under Chapter 145., 3305., | 362 |
3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code. | 363 |
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if | 364 |
the fund receives notice pursuant to section 2901.43 or division | 365 |
(C) of section 2901.432 of the Revised Code that a person who has | 366 |
accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant | 367 |
to this chapter is charged with any offense or violation listed or | 368 |
described in
divisionsdivision (B)(1) of section 2901.432 or | 369 |
division (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code | 370 |
that is a felony inunder the circumstances specified in the | 371 |
particular divisionthose sections, all of the following apply: | 372 |
On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised | 399 |
Code that an Ohio police and fire pension fund member is charged | 400 |
with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the | 401 |
Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division | 402 |
section, the fund shall determine whether the member has been | 403 |
granted a disability benefit. If so, the fund shall send written | 404 |
notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that the member has | 405 |
been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may be | 406 |
subject to section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. | 407 |
On receipt of notice under division (D) of section 2901.432 | 408 |
of the Revised Code that an Ohio police and fire pension fund | 409 |
member has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense | 410 |
listed in division (B)(1) of that section under the circumstances | 411 |
specified in that section, the fund shall determine whether the | 412 |
member has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the fund | 413 |
shall send written notice to the attorney general that the member | 414 |
has been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may | 415 |
be subject to section 2901.434 of the Revised Code. | 416 |
(B) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension | 422 |
fund shallmay establish a program under which members of the | 423 |
fund, employers on behalf of members, and persons receiving | 424 |
service or disability pensions or survivor benefits are permitted | 425 |
to participate in contracts for long-term care insurance. | 426 |
Participation may include dependents and family members. If a | 427 |
participant in a contract for long-term care insurance leaves | 428 |
employment, the participant and the participant's dependents and | 429 |
family members may, at their election, continue to participate in | 430 |
a program established under this section in the same manner as if | 431 |
the participant had not left employment, except that no part of | 432 |
the cost of the insurance shall be paid by the participant's | 433 |
former employer. | 434 |
(C) The fund may enter into an agreement with insurance | 437 |
companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies | 438 |
authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a long-term | 439 |
care policy or contract. However, prior to entering into such an | 440 |
agreement with an insurance company or health insuring | 441 |
corporation, the fund shall request the superintendent of | 442 |
insurance to certify the financial condition of the company or | 443 |
corporation. The fund shall not enter into the agreement if, | 444 |
according to that certification, the company or corporation is | 445 |
insolvent, is determined by the superintendent to be potentially | 446 |
unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, or is placed under | 447 |
an order of rehabilitation or conservation by a court of competent | 448 |
jurisdiction or under an order of supervision by the | 449 |
superintendent. | 450 |
(D) The board shallmay adopt rules in accordance with | 451 |
section 111.15 of the Revised Code governing the program. TheAny | 452 |
rules
adopted by the board shall establish methods of payment for | 453 |
participation under this section, which may include establishment | 454 |
of a payroll deduction plan under section 742.56 of the Revised | 455 |
Code, deduction of the full premium charged from a person's | 456 |
service or disability pension or survivor benefit, or any other | 457 |
method of payment considered appropriate by the board. If the | 458 |
program is established jointly with one or more of the other | 459 |
retirement systems, the rules also shall establish the terms and | 460 |
conditions of such joint participation. | 461 |
(1)(a) In the case of a judgment or order regarding money | 465 |
owed for health care services rendered or health care supplies | 466 |
provided to the person or a dependent of the person, one parcel or | 467 |
item of real or personal property that the person or a dependent | 468 |
of the person uses as a residence. Division (A)(1)(a) of this | 469 |
section does not preclude, affect, or invalidate the creation | 470 |
under this chapter of a judgment lien upon the exempted property | 471 |
but only delays the enforcement of the lien until the property is | 472 |
sold or otherwise transferred by the owner or in accordance with | 473 |
other applicable laws to a person or entity other than the | 474 |
surviving spouse or surviving minor children of the judgment | 475 |
debtor. Every person who is domiciled in this state may hold | 476 |
exempt from a judgment lien created pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) | 477 |
of this section the person's interest, not to exceed one hundred | 478 |
twenty-five thousand dollars, in the exempted property. | 479 |
(3) The person's interest, not to exceed four hundred | 490 |
dollars, in cash on hand, money due and payable, money to become | 491 |
due within ninety days, tax refunds, and money on deposit with a | 492 |
bank, savings and loan association, credit union, public utility, | 493 |
landlord, or other person, other than personal earnings. | 494 |
(4)(a) The person's interest, not to exceed five hundred | 495 |
twenty-five dollars in any particular item or ten thousand seven | 496 |
hundred seventy-five dollars in aggregate value, in household | 497 |
furnishings, household goods, wearing apparel, appliances, books, | 498 |
animals, crops, musical instruments, firearms, and hunting and | 499 |
fishing equipment that are held primarily for the personal, | 500 |
family, or household use of the person; | 501 |
(10)(a) Except in cases in which the person was convicted of | 548 |
or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2921.41 of the Revised | 549 |
Code and in which an order for the withholding of restitution from | 550 |
payments was issued under division (C)(2)(b) of that section, in | 551 |
cases in which an order for withholding was issued under section | 552 |
2907.15 of the Revised Code, in cases in which an order for | 553 |
forfeiture was issued under division (B) or (C) of section | 554 |
2901.433 or division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised | 555 |
Code, and in cases in which an order was issued under section | 556 |
2901.434, 2929.193, or 2929.194 of the Revised Code, and only to | 557 |
the extent provided in the order, and except as provided in | 558 |
sections 3105.171, 3105.63, 3119.80, 3119.81, 3121.02, 3121.03, | 559 |
and 3123.06 of the Revised Code, the person's rights to or | 560 |
interests in a pension, benefit, annuity, retirement allowance, or | 561 |
accumulated contributions, the person's rights to or interests in | 562 |
a participant account in any deferred compensation program offered | 563 |
by the Ohio public employees deferred compensation board, a | 564 |
government unit, or a municipal corporation, or the person's other | 565 |
accrued or accruing rights or interests, as exempted by section | 566 |
145.56, 146.13, 148.09, 742.47, 3307.41, 3309.66, or 5505.22 of | 567 |
the Revised Code, and the person's rights to or interests in | 568 |
benefits from the Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund; | 569 |
(b) Except as provided in sections 3119.80, 3119.81, 3121.02, | 570 |
3121.03, and 3123.06 of the Revised Code, the person's rights to | 571 |
receive or interests in receiving a payment or other benefits | 572 |
under any pension, annuity, or similar plan or contract, not | 573 |
including a payment or benefit from a stock bonus or | 574 |
profit-sharing plan or a payment included in division (A)(6)(b) or | 575 |
(10)(a) of this section, on account of illness, disability, death, | 576 |
age, or length of service, to the extent reasonably necessary for | 577 |
the support of the person and any of the person's dependents, | 578 |
except if all the following apply: | 579 |
(c) Except for any portion of the assets that were deposited | 587 |
for the purpose of evading the payment of any debt and except as | 588 |
provided in sections 3119.80, 3119.81, 3121.02, 3121.03, and | 589 |
3123.06 of the Revised Code, the person's rights or interests in | 590 |
the assets held in, or to directly or indirectly receive any | 591 |
payment or benefit under, any individual retirement account, | 592 |
individual retirement annuity, "Roth IRA," "529 plan," or | 593 |
education individual retirement account that provides payments or | 594 |
benefits by reason of illness, disability, death, retirement, or | 595 |
age or provides payments or benefits for purposes of education, to | 596 |
the extent that the assets, payments, or benefits described in | 597 |
division (A)(10)(c) of this section are attributable to or derived | 598 |
from any of the following or from any earnings, dividends, | 599 |
interest, appreciation, or gains on any of the following: | 600 |
(iii) Contributions of the person that are within the | 612 |
applicable limits on rollover contributions under subsections 219, | 613 |
402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(b), 408(d)(3), 408A(c)(3)(B), | 614 |
408A(d)(3), and 530(d)(5) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," | 615 |
100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended; | 616 |
(d) Except for any portion of the assets that were deposited | 621 |
for the purpose of evading the payment of any debt and except as | 622 |
provided in sections 3119.80, 3119.81, 3121.02, 3121.03, and | 623 |
3123.06 of the Revised Code, the person's rights or interests in | 624 |
the assets held in, or to receive any payment under, any Keogh or | 625 |
"H.R. 10" plan that provides benefits by reason of illness, | 626 |
disability, death, retirement, or age, to the extent reasonably | 627 |
necessary for the support of the person and any of the person's | 628 |
dependents. | 629 |
(e) The person's rights to or interests in any assets held | 630 |
in, or to directly or indirectly receive any payment or benefit | 631 |
under, any individual retirement account, individual retirement | 632 |
annuity, "Roth IRA," "529 plan," or education individual | 633 |
retirement account that a decedent, upon or by reason of the | 634 |
decedent's death, directly or indirectly left to or for the | 635 |
benefit of the person, either outright or in trust or otherwise, | 636 |
including, but not limited to, any of those rights or interests in | 637 |
assets or to receive payments or benefits that were transferred, | 638 |
conveyed, or otherwise transmitted by the decedent by means of a | 639 |
will, trust, exercise of a power of appointment, beneficiary | 640 |
designation, transfer or payment on death designation, or any | 641 |
other method or procedure. | 642 |
(g) A person's interest in any plan, program, instrument, or | 647 |
device described in divisions (A)(10)(a) to (e) of this section | 648 |
shall be considered an exempt interest even if the plan, program, | 649 |
instrument, or device in question, due to an error made in good | 650 |
faith, failed to satisfy any criteria applicable to that plan, | 651 |
program, instrument, or device under the "Internal Revenue Code of | 652 |
1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended. | 653 |
(c) Except in cases in which the person who receives the | 667 |
payment is an inmate, as defined in section 2969.21 of the Revised | 668 |
Code, and in which the payment resulted from a civil action or | 669 |
appeal against a government entity or employee, as defined in | 670 |
section 2969.21 of the Revised Code, a payment, not to exceed | 671 |
twenty thousand two hundred dollars, on account of personal bodily | 672 |
injury, not including pain and suffering or compensation for | 673 |
actual pecuniary loss, of the person or an individual for whom the | 674 |
person is a dependent; | 675 |
(a) If paid weekly, thirty times the current federal minimum | 684 |
hourly wage; if paid biweekly, sixty times the current federal | 685 |
minimum hourly wage; if paid semimonthly, sixty-five times the | 686 |
current federal minimum hourly wage; or if paid monthly, one | 687 |
hundred thirty times the current federal minimum hourly wage that | 688 |
is in effect at the time the earnings are payable, as prescribed | 689 |
by the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 29 | 690 |
U.S.C. 206(a)(1), as amended; | 691 |
(B) On April 1, 2010, and on the first day of April in each | 711 |
third calendar year after 2010, the Ohio judicial conference shall | 712 |
adjust each dollar amount set forth in this section to reflect any | 713 |
increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, as | 714 |
published by the United States department of labor, or, if that | 715 |
index is no longer published, a generally available comparable | 716 |
index, for the three-year period ending on the thirty-first day of | 717 |
December of the preceding year. Any adjustments required by this | 718 |
division shall be rounded to the nearest twenty-five dollars. | 719 |
The Ohio judicial conference shall prepare a memorandum | 720 |
specifying the adjusted dollar amounts. The judicial conference | 721 |
shall transmit the memorandum to the director of the legislative | 722 |
service commission, and the director shall publish the memorandum | 723 |
in the register of Ohio. (Publication of the memorandum in the | 724 |
register of Ohio shall continue until the next memorandum | 725 |
specifying an adjustment is so published.) The judicial conference | 726 |
also may publish the memorandum in any other manner it concludes | 727 |
will be reasonably likely to inform persons who are affected by | 728 |
its adjustment of the dollar amounts. | 729 |
(a) If the person who claims an exemption is an individual, a | 736 |
relative of the individual, a relative of a general partner of the | 737 |
individual, a partnership in which the individual is a general | 738 |
partner, a general partner of the individual, or a corporation of | 739 |
which the individual is a director, officer, or in control; | 740 |
(i) The entity directly or indirectly owns, controls, or | 754 |
holds with power to vote, twenty per cent or more of the | 755 |
outstanding voting securities of the person who claims an | 756 |
exemption, unless the entity holds the securities in a fiduciary | 757 |
or agency capacity without sole discretionary power to vote the | 758 |
securities or holds the securities solely to secure to debt and | 759 |
the entity has not in fact exercised the power to vote. | 760 |
(a) A violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any | 801 |
other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of | 802 |
conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or | 803 |
after the effective date of this sectionMay 13, 2008," if the | 804 |
course of conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts | 805 |
occurs, or the subject person's accountability for the course of | 806 |
conduct or for one or more of the multiple acts continues, on or | 807 |
after the effective date of this sectionMay 13, 2008; | 808 |
(b) A violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any | 809 |
other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of | 810 |
conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or | 811 |
after the effective date of this amendment" if the course of | 812 |
conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the | 813 |
offender's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or | 814 |
more of the multiple acts continues on or after the effective date | 815 |
of this amendment. | 816 |
(C) Upon the filing of charges against a person alleging that | 833 |
the person committed on or after the effective date of this | 834 |
section any violation or offense specified in division (C) of this | 835 |
section, if the person allegedly committed the violation or | 836 |
offense while serving in a position of honor, trust, or profit and | 837 |
if the person is an electing employee participating in an | 838 |
alternative retirement plan or a member of a public retirement | 839 |
systemsubject to this section, the prosecutor who is assigned to | 840 |
the case shall send written notice that those charges have been | 841 |
filed against that person to the alternative retirement plan in | 842 |
which the person is a participant or the public retirement system | 843 |
in which the person is a member or contributor, whichever is | 844 |
applicable. The written notice shall specifically identify the | 845 |
person charged. | 846 |
(B)(1) On receipt of the notice under division (D) of section | 905 |
2901.432 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall determine | 906 |
whether the federal court that is charged with sentencing the | 907 |
offender who is subject to that section has issued an order of | 908 |
forfeiture of or writ of garnishment on the retirement allowance, | 909 |
pension, disability benefit, or other right or benefit of the | 910 |
offender who is a member, contributor, or participant in a public | 911 |
retirement system or alternative retirement plan. If the federal | 912 |
court has not issued that order or writ, the attorney general | 913 |
shall bring an action in the court of common pleas of Franklin | 914 |
county requesting the court to order a forfeiture to the public | 915 |
retirement system or alternative retirement plan in which the | 916 |
offender was a member, contributor, or participant of the | 917 |
offender's right to a retirement allowance, pension, disability | 918 |
benefit, or other right or benefit, other than payment of the | 919 |
offender's accumulated contributions. The court shall notify the | 920 |
offender of the action and shall order the forfeiture if all of | 921 |
the following apply: | 922 |
(C) In any case in which the court of common pleas is | 942 |
required to order forfeiture under division (B) of this section, | 943 |
the offender may request a hearing regarding the forfeiture by | 944 |
delivering a written request for a hearing to the court not later | 945 |
than thirty days after receipt of the notice described in that | 946 |
division. If a request for a hearing is made by the offender, the | 947 |
court shall conduct the hearing. The court shall notify the | 948 |
offender, the United States attorney who handled the case in which | 949 |
the offender was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense for | 950 |
which the forfeiture order will be imposed, the attorney general | 951 |
who commenced the action under this section, and the appropriate | 952 |
public retirement system or alternative retirement plan provider, | 953 |
whichever is applicable, or, if more than one is specified in the | 954 |
action, the applicable combination of these, of the hearing. A | 955 |
hearing scheduled under this division shall be limited to a | 956 |
consideration of whether there is good cause based on evidence | 957 |
presented by the offender for the forfeiture order not to be | 958 |
issued. If the court determines that there is good cause for the | 959 |
forfeiture order not to be issued, the court shall not issue the | 960 |
forfeiture order. If the offender does not request a hearing or if | 961 |
the court conducts a hearing but does not determine that there is | 962 |
good cause for the forfeiture order not to be issued, the court | 963 |
shall order the forfeiture described in division (B) of this | 964 |
section in accordance with that division and shall send a copy of | 965 |
the journal entry imposing the forfeiture order to the appropriate | 966 |
public retirement system or alternative retirement plan in which | 967 |
the offender was a member, contributor, or participant. | 968 |
(D) Upon receipt of a copy of a journal entry under division | 969 |
(B) or (C) of this section that contains an order of forfeiture, | 970 |
the public retirement system or alternative retirement plan in | 971 |
which the offender was a member, contributor, or participant shall | 972 |
comply with the forfeiture order on application for a refund of | 973 |
the accumulated contributions of the member, contributor, or | 974 |
participant. | 975 |
(E) For purposes of division (B) of this section, a violation | 976 |
or offense that includes as an element a course of conduct or the | 977 |
occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or after the | 978 |
effective date of this section" if the course of conduct | 979 |
continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the subject | 980 |
person's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or | 981 |
more of the multiple acts continues on or after the effective date | 982 |
of this section. | 983 |
(C)(1) On receipt of the notice under division (D) of section | 1010 |
2901.432 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall determine | 1011 |
whether the federal court that is charged with sentencing the | 1012 |
offender who is subject to that section has issued an order of | 1013 |
forfeiture of or writ of garnishment on the disability benefit of | 1014 |
the offender who is a member, contributor, or participant in a | 1015 |
public retirement system or an alternative retirement plan. If the | 1016 |
federal court has not issued that order or writ, the attorney | 1017 |
general shall bring an action in the court of common pleas of | 1018 |
Franklin county requesting the court to order a termination of the | 1019 |
offender's disability benefit. The court shall notify the offender | 1020 |
of the action and shall order the termination of the offender's | 1021 |
disability benefit if all of the conditions listed in division (B) | 1022 |
of this section are met. Prior to issuing the order, the court | 1023 |
shall hold a hearing regarding the condition for which the | 1024 |
offender was granted a disability benefit. Not later than ten days | 1025 |
prior to the scheduled date of the hearing, the court shall give | 1026 |
written notice of the hearing to the offender, the United States | 1027 |
attorney who handled the case in which the offender was convicted | 1028 |
of or pleaded guilty to the offense for which the order to | 1029 |
terminate the disability benefit will be imposed, the attorney | 1030 |
general, and the appropriate public retirement system, alternative | 1031 |
retirement plan provider, or, if more than one is providing a | 1032 |
disability benefit, the applicable combination of these. The | 1033 |
hearing shall be limited to a consideration of whether the | 1034 |
offender's disabling condition arose out of the commission of the | 1035 |
offense the offender was convicted of or pleaded guilty to. | 1036 |
(D) For purposes of division (B) of this section, a violation | 1047 |
or offense that includes as an element a course of conduct or the | 1048 |
occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or after the | 1049 |
effective date of this section" if the course of conduct | 1050 |
continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the | 1051 |
offender's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or | 1052 |
more of the multiple acts continues on or after the effective date | 1053 |
of this section. | 1054 |
Sec. 2929.192. (A) If an offender is being sentenced for any | 1061 |
felony offense listed in division (D) of this section that was | 1062 |
committed on or after May 13, 2008, if the offender committed the | 1063 |
offense while serving in a position of honor, trust, or profit, | 1064 |
and if the offender, at the time of the commission of the offense, | 1065 |
was a member of any public retirement system or a participant in | 1066 |
an alternative retirement plan, inIn addition to any other | 1067 |
sanction
ita court imposes under section 2929.14, 2929.15, | 1068 |
2929.16, 2929.17, or 2929.18 of the Revised Code but subject to | 1069 |
division (B) of this section, the court shall order the forfeiture | 1070 |
to the public retirement system or alternative retirement plan in | 1071 |
which the offender was a member, contributor, or participant of | 1072 |
the offender's right to a retirement allowance, pension, | 1073 |
disability benefit, or other right or benefit, other than payment | 1074 |
of the offender's accumulated contributions, earned by reason of | 1075 |
the offender's being a member of the public retirement system or | 1076 |
alternative retirement plan. Aif all of the following apply: | 1077 |
(B) In any case in which a sentencing court is required to | 1097 |
order forfeiture of an offender's right to a retirement allowance, | 1098 |
pension, disability benefit, or other right or benefit under | 1099 |
division (A) of this section, the offender may request a hearing | 1100 |
regarding the forfeiture by delivering to the court prior to | 1101 |
sentencing a written request for a hearing. If a request for a | 1102 |
hearing is made by the offender prior to sentencing, the court | 1103 |
shall conduct the hearing before sentencing. The court shall | 1104 |
notify the offender, the prosecutor who handled the case in which | 1105 |
the offender was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense for | 1106 |
which the forfeiture order was imposed, and the appropriate public | 1107 |
retirement system, or alternative retirement plan provider, | 1108 |
whichever is applicable, or, if more than one is specified in the | 1109 |
motion, the applicable combination of these, of the hearing. A | 1110 |
hearing scheduled under this division shall be limited to a | 1111 |
consideration of whether there is good cause based on evidence | 1112 |
presented by the offender for the forfeiture order not to be | 1113 |
issued. If the court determines based on evidence presented by the | 1114 |
offender that there is good cause for the forfeiture order not to | 1115 |
be issued, the court shall not issue the forfeiture order. If the | 1116 |
offender does not request a hearing prior to sentencing or if the | 1117 |
court conducts a hearing but does not determine based on evidence | 1118 |
presented by the offender that there is good cause for the | 1119 |
forfeiture order not to be issued, the court shall order the | 1120 |
forfeiture described in division (A) of this section in accordance | 1121 |
with that division and shall send a copy of the journal entry | 1122 |
imposing sentence on the offender to the appropriate public | 1123 |
retirement system or alternative retirement plan in which the | 1124 |
offender was a member, contributor, or participant. | 1125 |
(C) Upon receipt of a copy of the journal entry imposing | 1126 |
sentence on an offender under division (A) or (B) of this section | 1127 |
that contains an order of forfeiture of a type described in that | 1128 |
division, the public retirement system or alternative retirement | 1129 |
plan in which the offender was a member, contributor, or | 1130 |
participant shall comply with the forfeiture order on application | 1131 |
for a refund of the accumulated contributions of the member, | 1132 |
contributor, or participant. | 1133 |
(1) A violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any | 1164 |
other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of | 1165 |
conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or | 1166 |
after May 13, 2008," if the course of conduct continues, one or | 1167 |
more of the multiple acts occurs, or the subject person's | 1168 |
offender's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or | 1169 |
more of the multiple acts continues, on or after May 13, 2008; | 1170 |
(2) A violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any | 1171 |
other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of | 1172 |
conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or | 1173 |
after the effective date of this amendment" if the course of | 1174 |
conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the | 1175 |
offender's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or | 1176 |
more of the multiple acts continues on or after the effective date | 1177 |
of this amendment. | 1178 |
(b) On and after the effective date of this amendmentJuly | 1195 |
29, 2011, "position of honor, trust, or profit" has the same | 1196 |
meaning as in division (F)(1)(a) of this section, except that it | 1197 |
also includes a position in which, in the course of public | 1198 |
employment, an employee has control over the expenditure of public | 1199 |
funds of one hundred thousand dollars or more annually. | 1200 |
(a) Regarding an offender who is a member of, or contributor | 1206 |
to, the public employees retirement system, except as otherwise | 1207 |
provided in division (F)(3)(a) of this section, "accumulated | 1208 |
contributions" has the same meaning as in section 145.01 of the | 1209 |
Revised Code. For a member participating in a PERS defined | 1210 |
contribution plan, "accumulated contributions" means the | 1211 |
contributions made under section 145.85 of the Revised Code and | 1212 |
any earnings on those contributions. For a member participating in | 1213 |
a PERS defined contribution plan that includes definitely | 1214 |
determinable benefits, "accumulated contributions" means the | 1215 |
contributions made under section 145.85 of the Revised Code, any | 1216 |
earnings on those contributions, and additionally any amounts paid | 1217 |
by the member to purchase service creditscredit. | 1218 |
(c) Regarding an offender who is a member of, or contributor | 1223 |
to, the state teachers retirement system, except as otherwise | 1224 |
provided in division (F)(3)(c) of this section, "accumulated | 1225 |
contributions" has the same meaning as in section 3307.50 of the | 1226 |
Revised Code. For a member participating in an STRS defined | 1227 |
contribution plan, "accumulated contributions" means the | 1228 |
contributions made under section 3307.26 of the Revised Code to | 1229 |
participate in a plan established under section 3307.81 of the | 1230 |
Revised Code and any earnings on those contributions. For a member | 1231 |
participating in a STRS defined contribution plan that includes | 1232 |
definitely determinable benefits, "accumulated contributions" | 1233 |
means the contributions made under section 3307.26 of the Revised | 1234 |
Code to participate in a plan established under section 3307.81 of | 1235 |
the Revised Code, any earnings on those contributions, and | 1236 |
additionally any amounts paid by the member to purchase service | 1237 |
creditscredit. | 1238 |
(C)(1) Prior to sentencing an offender subject to this | 1284 |
section, the court shall hold a hearing regarding the condition | 1285 |
for which the offender was granted a disability benefit. Not later | 1286 |
than ten days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing, the | 1287 |
court shall give written notice of the hearing to the offender, | 1288 |
the prosecutor who handled the case, and the appropriate public | 1289 |
retirement system, alternative retirement plan provider, or, if | 1290 |
more than one is providing a disability benefit, the applicable | 1291 |
combination of these. The hearing shall be limited to a | 1292 |
consideration of whether the offender's disabling condition arose | 1293 |
out of the commission of the offense the offender was convicted of | 1294 |
or pleaded guilty to. | 1295 |
(1) A violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any | 1308 |
other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of | 1309 |
conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or | 1310 |
after the effective date of this sectionJuly 29, 2011," if the | 1311 |
course of conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts | 1312 |
occurs, or the offender's accountability for the course of conduct | 1313 |
or for one or more of the multiple acts continues on or after the | 1314 |
effective date of this sectionJuly 29, 2011; | 1315 |
(2) A violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any | 1316 |
other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of | 1317 |
conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or | 1318 |
after the effective date of this amendment" if the course of | 1319 |
conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the | 1320 |
offender's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or | 1321 |
more of the multiple acts continues on or after the effective date | 1322 |
of this amendment. | 1323 |
Sec. 3305.08. Any payment, benefit, or other right accruing | 1324 |
to any electing employee under a contract entered into for | 1325 |
purposes of an alternative retirement plan and all moneys, | 1326 |
investments, and income of those contracts are exempt from any | 1327 |
state tax, except the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the | 1328 |
Revised Code, are exempt from any county, municipal, or other | 1329 |
local tax, except income taxes imposed pursuant to section | 1330 |
5748.02, 5748.08, or 5748.09 of the Revised Code, and, except as | 1331 |
provided in sections 3105.171, 3105.65, 3115.32, 3119.80, 3119.81, | 1332 |
3121.02, 3121.03, 3123.06, 3305.09, and3305.11 and 3305.12 of the | 1333 |
Revised Code, shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, | 1334 |
attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or the insolvency law, or | 1335 |
other process of law, and shall be unassignable except as | 1336 |
specifically provided in this section and sections 3105.171, | 1337 |
3105.65, 3119.80, 3119.81, 3121.02, 3121.03, 3115.32, and 3123.06 | 1338 |
of the Revised Code or in any contract the electing employee has | 1339 |
entered into for purposes of an alternative retirement plan. | 1340 |
Sec. 3305.11. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of | 1341 |
this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to | 1342 |
a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or | 1343 |
amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributorparticipant in | 1344 |
an alternative retirement plan under this chapter upon the | 1345 |
person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter | 1346 |
shall be subject to any forfeiture ordered under
division (A) or | 1347 |
(B) of section 2901.433 or 2929.192 of the Revised Code, and the | 1348 |
provider of an alternative retirement plan shall comply with that | 1349 |
order in making the payment. Upon payment of the person's | 1350 |
accumulated contributions and cancellation of the corresponding | 1351 |
service credit, a person who is subject to the forfeiture | 1352 |
described in this division may not restore the canceled service | 1353 |
credit under this chapter or under Chapter 145., 742., 3307., | 1354 |
3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code. | 1355 |
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if | 1356 |
the provider of an alternative retirement plan receives notice | 1357 |
pursuant to section 2901.43 or division (C) of section 2901.432 of | 1358 |
the Revised Code that a person who has accumulated contributions | 1359 |
standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is | 1360 |
charged with any offense or violation listed or described in | 1361 |
divisionsdivision (B)(1) of section 2901.432 or division (D)(1) | 1362 |
to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code that is a felony in | 1363 |
under the circumstances specified in the particular divisionthose | 1364 |
sections, all of the following apply: | 1365 |
On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised | 1393 |
Code that an alternative retirement plan participant is charged | 1394 |
with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the | 1395 |
Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division | 1396 |
section, the entity shall determine whether the participant has | 1397 |
been granted a disability benefit. If so, the entity shall send | 1398 |
written notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that the | 1399 |
participant has been granted a disability benefit under an | 1400 |
alternative retirement plan and may be subject to section 2929.193 | 1401 |
of the Revised Code. | 1402 |
On receipt of notice under division (D) of section 2901.432 | 1403 |
of the Revised Code that an alternative retirement plan | 1404 |
participant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense | 1405 |
listed in division (B)(1) of that section under the circumstances | 1406 |
specified in that section, the entity shall determine whether the | 1407 |
participant has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the | 1408 |
entity shall send written notice to the attorney general that the | 1409 |
participant has been granted a disability benefit under this | 1410 |
chapter and may be subject to section 2901.434 of the Revised | 1411 |
Code. | 1412 |
Sec. 3305.20. As used in this section, "personal history | 1413 |
record" means information maintained by the entity providing an | 1414 |
alternative retirement plan on an individual who participates in | 1415 |
the plan that includes the address, telephone number, social | 1416 |
security number, record of contributions, correspondence with the | 1417 |
plan, or other information the entity providing the plan | 1418 |
determines to be confidential. | 1419 |
(1) "Personal history record" means information maintained by | 1436 |
the state teachers retirement board on an individual who is a | 1437 |
member, former member, contributor, former contributor, retirant, | 1438 |
or beneficiary that includes the address, electronic mail address, | 1439 |
telephone number, social security number, record of contributions, | 1440 |
correspondence with the state teachers retirement system, or other | 1441 |
information the board determines to be confidential. | 1442 |
(a) Copies of medical reports or recommendations shall be | 1459 |
made available by the board to the personal physician, attorney, | 1460 |
or authorized agent of the individual concerned upon written | 1461 |
release received from the individual or the individual's agent, | 1462 |
or, when necessary for the proper administration of the fund, to | 1463 |
the board assigned physician. | 1464 |
(1) If a member, former member, retirant, contributor, or | 1480 |
former contributor is subject to an order issued under section | 1481 |
2907.15 of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (A) | 1482 |
or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code or is convicted of | 1483 |
or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2921.41 of the Revised | 1484 |
Code, on written request of a prosecutor as defined in section | 1485 |
2935.01 of the Revised Code, the board shall furnish to the | 1486 |
prosecutor the information requested from the individual's | 1487 |
personal history record. | 1488 |
(4) Within fourteen days after receiving from the director of | 1498 |
job and family services a list of the names and social security | 1499 |
numbers of recipients of public assistance pursuant to section | 1500 |
5101.181 of the Revised Code, the board shall inform the auditor | 1501 |
of state of the name, current or most recent employer address, and | 1502 |
social security number of each member whose name and social | 1503 |
security number are the same as that of a person whose name or | 1504 |
social security number was submitted by the director. The board | 1505 |
and its employees shall, except for purposes of furnishing the | 1506 |
auditor of state with information required by this section, | 1507 |
preserve the confidentiality of recipients of public assistance in | 1508 |
compliance with section 5101.181 of the Revised Code. | 1509 |
(6) At the request of any person, the board shall make | 1517 |
available to the person copies of all documents, including | 1518 |
resumes, in the board's possession regarding filling a vacancy of | 1519 |
a contributing member or retired teacher member of the board. The | 1520 |
person who made the request shall pay the cost of compiling, | 1521 |
copying, and mailing the documents. The information described in | 1522 |
this division is a public record. | 1523 |
Sec. 3307.372. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of | 1533 |
this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to | 1534 |
a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or | 1535 |
amounts to be paid to a person who is a member or contributor | 1536 |
under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions | 1537 |
pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any forfeiture | 1538 |
ordered under
division (A) or (B) of section 2901.433 or 2929.192 | 1539 |
of the Revised Code, and the state teachers retirement system | 1540 |
shall comply with that order in making the payment. Upon payment | 1541 |
of the person's accumulated contributions and cancellation of the | 1542 |
corresponding service credit, a person who is subject to the | 1543 |
forfeiture described in this division may not restore the canceled | 1544 |
service credit under this chapter or under Chapter 145., 742., | 1545 |
3305., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code. | 1546 |
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if | 1547 |
the system receives notice pursuant to section 2901.43 or division | 1548 |
(C) of section 2901.432 of the Revised Code that a person who has | 1549 |
accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant | 1550 |
to this chapter is charged with any offense or violation listed or | 1551 |
described in
divisionsdivision (B)(1) of section 2901.432 or | 1552 |
division (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code | 1553 |
that is a felony inunder the circumstances specified in the | 1554 |
particular divisionthose sections, all of the following apply: | 1555 |
On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised | 1582 |
Code that a state teachers retirement system member is charged | 1583 |
with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the | 1584 |
Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division | 1585 |
section, the system shall determine whether the member has been | 1586 |
granted a disability benefit. If so, the system shall send written | 1587 |
notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that the member has | 1588 |
been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may be | 1589 |
subject to section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. | 1590 |
On receipt of notice under division (D) of section 2901.432 | 1591 |
of the Revised Code that a state teachers retirement system member | 1592 |
has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed in | 1593 |
division (B)(1) of that section under the circumstances specified | 1594 |
in that section, the system shall determine whether the member has | 1595 |
been granted a disability benefit. If so, the system shall send | 1596 |
written notice to the attorney general that the member has been | 1597 |
granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may be subject | 1598 |
to section 2901.434 of the Revised Code. | 1599 |
Sec. 3309.22. (A)(1) As used in this division, "personal | 1600 |
history record" means information maintained in any format by the | 1601 |
board on an individual who is a member, former member, | 1602 |
contributor, former contributor, retirant, or beneficiary that | 1603 |
includes the address, electronic mail address, telephone number, | 1604 |
social security number, record of contributions, correspondence | 1605 |
with the system, and other information the board determines to be | 1606 |
confidential. | 1607 |
(1) If a member, former member, contributor, former | 1637 |
contributor, or retirant is subject to an order issued under | 1638 |
section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or an order issued under | 1639 |
division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code or is | 1640 |
convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2921.41 of | 1641 |
the Revised Code, on written request of a prosecutor as defined in | 1642 |
section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, the board shall furnish to | 1643 |
the prosecutor the information requested from the individual's | 1644 |
personal history record. | 1645 |
(3) At the written request of any person, the board shall | 1650 |
provide to the person a list of the names and addresses of | 1651 |
members, former members, retirants, contributors, former | 1652 |
contributors, or beneficiaries. The costs of compiling, copying, | 1653 |
and mailing the list shall be paid by such person. | 1654 |
(4) Within fourteen days after receiving from the director of | 1655 |
job and family services a list of the names and social security | 1656 |
numbers of recipients of public assistance pursuant to section | 1657 |
5101.181 of the Revised Code, the board shall inform the auditor | 1658 |
of state of the name, current or most recent employer address, and | 1659 |
social security number of each contributor whose name and social | 1660 |
security number are the same as that of a person whose name or | 1661 |
social security number was submitted by the director. The board | 1662 |
and its employees shall, except for purposes of furnishing the | 1663 |
auditor of state with information required by this section, | 1664 |
preserve the confidentiality of recipients of public assistance in | 1665 |
compliance with section 5101.181 of the Revised Code. | 1666 |
(6) At the request of any person, the board shall make | 1674 |
available to the person copies of all documents, including | 1675 |
resumes, in the board's possession regarding filling a vacancy of | 1676 |
an employee member or retirant member of the board. The person who | 1677 |
made the request shall pay the cost of compiling, copying, and | 1678 |
mailing the documents. The information described in this division | 1679 |
is a public record. | 1680 |
Sec. 3309.672. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of | 1690 |
this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to | 1691 |
a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or | 1692 |
amounts to be paid to a person who is a member or contributor | 1693 |
under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions | 1694 |
pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any forfeiture | 1695 |
ordered under
division (A) or (B) of section 2901.433 or 2929.192 | 1696 |
of the Revised Code, and the school employees retirement system | 1697 |
shall comply with that order in making the payment. Upon payment | 1698 |
of the person's accumulated contributions and cancellation of the | 1699 |
corresponding service credit, a person who is subject to the | 1700 |
forfeiture described in this division may not restore the canceled | 1701 |
service credit under this chapter or under Chapter 145., 742., | 1702 |
3305., 3307., or 5505. of the Revised Code. | 1703 |
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if | 1704 |
the system receives notice pursuant to section 2901.43 or division | 1705 |
(C) of section 2901.432 of the Revised Code that a person who has | 1706 |
accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant | 1707 |
to this chapter is charged with any offense or violation listed or | 1708 |
described in
divisionsdivision (B)(1) of section 2901.432 or | 1709 |
division (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code | 1710 |
that is a felony inunder the circumstances specified in the | 1711 |
particular divisionthose sections, all of the following apply: | 1712 |
On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised | 1739 |
Code that a school employees retirement system member is charged | 1740 |
with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the | 1741 |
Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division | 1742 |
section, the system shall determine whether the member has been | 1743 |
granted a disability benefit. If so, the system shall send written | 1744 |
notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that the member has | 1745 |
been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may be | 1746 |
subject to section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. | 1747 |
On receipt of notice under division (D) of section 2901.432 | 1748 |
of the Revised Code that a school employees retirement system | 1749 |
member has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense | 1750 |
listed in division (B)(1) of that section under the circumstances | 1751 |
specified in that section, the system shall determine whether the | 1752 |
member has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the system | 1753 |
shall send written notice to the attorney general that the member | 1754 |
has been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may | 1755 |
be subject to section 2901.434 of the Revised Code. | 1756 |
Sec. 3309.691. The school employees retirement board shall | 1757 |
may establish a program under which members of the retirement | 1758 |
system, employers on behalf of members, and persons receiving | 1759 |
service, disability, or survivor benefits are permitted to | 1760 |
participate in contracts for long-term health care insurance. | 1761 |
Participation may include dependents and family members. If a | 1762 |
participant in a contract for long-term care insurance leaves | 1763 |
employment, the participant and the participant's dependents and | 1764 |
family members may, at their election, continue to participate in | 1765 |
a program established under this section in the same manner as if | 1766 |
the participant had not left employment, except that no part of | 1767 |
the cost of the insurance shall be paid by the participant's | 1768 |
former employer. | 1769 |
The board may enter into an agreement with insurance | 1774 |
companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies | 1775 |
authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a long-term | 1776 |
care insurance policy or contract. However, prior to entering into | 1777 |
such an agreement with an insurance company or health insuring | 1778 |
corporation, the board shall request the superintendent of | 1779 |
insurance to certify the financial condition of the company or | 1780 |
corporation. The board shall not enter into the agreement if, | 1781 |
according to that certification, the company or corporation is | 1782 |
insolvent, is determined by the superintendent to be potentially | 1783 |
unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, or is placed under | 1784 |
an order of rehabilitation or conservation by a court of competent | 1785 |
jurisdiction or under an order of supervision by the | 1786 |
superintendent. | 1787 |
The board shallmay adopt rules in accordance with section | 1788 |
111.15 of the Revised Code governing the program. TheAny rules | 1789 |
adopted by the board shall establish methods of payment for | 1790 |
participation under this section, which may include establishment | 1791 |
of a payroll deduction plan under section 3309.27 of the Revised | 1792 |
Code, deduction of the full premium charged from a person's | 1793 |
service, disability, or survivor benefit, or any other method of | 1794 |
payment considered appropriate by the board. If the program is | 1795 |
established jointly with one or more of the other retirement | 1796 |
systems, the rules also shall establish the terms and conditions | 1797 |
of such joint participation. | 1798 |
(ii) Within the three years immediately preceding the | 1814 |
appointment, the member has not been employed by the public | 1815 |
employees retirement system, police and fire pension fund, state | 1816 |
teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or | 1817 |
state highway patrol retirement system or by any person, | 1818 |
partnership, or corporation that has provided to one of those | 1819 |
retirement systems services of a financial or investment nature, | 1820 |
including the management, analysis, supervision, or investment of | 1821 |
assets. | 1822 |
(ii) Within the three years immediately preceding the | 1835 |
appointment, each investment expert member shall not have been | 1836 |
employed by the public employees retirement system, police and | 1837 |
fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school | 1838 |
employees retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement | 1839 |
system or by any person, partnership, or corporation that has | 1840 |
provided to one of those retirement systems services of a | 1841 |
financial or investment nature, including the management, | 1842 |
analysis, supervision, or investment of assets. | 1843 |
(2) The board shall annually elect a chairperson and | 1847 |
vice-chairperson from among its members. The vice-chairperson | 1848 |
shall act as chairperson in the absence of the chairperson. A | 1849 |
majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum and | 1850 |
any action taken shall be approved by a majority of the members of | 1851 |
the board. The board shall meet not less than once each year, upon | 1852 |
sufficient notice to the members. All meetings of the board shall | 1853 |
be open to the public except executive sessions as set forth in | 1854 |
division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and any | 1855 |
portions of any sessions discussing medical records or the degree | 1856 |
of disability of a member excluded from public inspection by this | 1857 |
section. | 1858 |
(B) The attorney general shall prescribe procedures for the | 1866 |
adoption of rules authorized under this chapter, consistent with | 1867 |
the provision of section 111.15 of the Revised Code under which | 1868 |
all rules shall be filed in order to be effective. Such procedures | 1869 |
shall establish methods by which notice of proposed rules are | 1870 |
given to interested parties and rules adopted by the board | 1871 |
published and otherwise made available. When it files a rule with | 1872 |
the joint committee on agency rule review pursuant to section | 1873 |
111.15 of the Revised Code, the board shall submit to the Ohio | 1874 |
retirement study council a copy of the full text of the rule, and | 1875 |
if applicable, a copy of the rule summary and fiscal analysis | 1876 |
required by division (B) of section 127.18 of the Revised Code. | 1877 |
(C)(1) As used in this division, "personal history record" | 1878 |
means information maintained by the board on an individual who is | 1879 |
a member, former member, retirant, or beneficiary that includes | 1880 |
the address, telephone number, social security number, record of | 1881 |
contributions, correspondence with the system, and other | 1882 |
information the board determines to be confidential. | 1883 |
(2) The records of the board shall be open to public | 1884 |
inspection, except for the following which shall be excluded: the | 1885 |
member's, former member's, retirant's, or beneficiary's personal | 1886 |
history record and the amount of a monthly allowance or benefit | 1887 |
paid to a retirant, beneficiary, or survivor, except with the | 1888 |
written authorization of the individual concerned. | 1889 |
(1) If a member, former member, or retirant is subject to an | 1904 |
order issued under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or an order | 1905 |
issued under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the | 1906 |
Revised Code or is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of | 1907 |
section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, on written request of a | 1908 |
prosecutor as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, the | 1909 |
board shall furnish to the prosecutor the information requested | 1910 |
from the individual's personal history record. | 1911 |
(3) At the written request of any nonprofit organization or | 1916 |
association providing services to retirement system members, | 1917 |
retirants, or beneficiaries, the board shall provide to the | 1918 |
organization or association a list of the names and addresses of | 1919 |
members, former members, retirants, or beneficiaries if the | 1920 |
organization or association agrees to use such information solely | 1921 |
in accordance with its stated purpose of providing services to | 1922 |
such individuals and not for the benefit of other persons, | 1923 |
organizations, or associations. The costs of compiling, copying, | 1924 |
and mailing the list shall be paid by such entity. | 1925 |
(4) Within fourteen days after receiving from the director of | 1926 |
job and family services a list of the names and social security | 1927 |
numbers of recipients of public assistance pursuant to section | 1928 |
5101.181 of the Revised Code, the board shall inform the auditor | 1929 |
of state of the name, current or most recent employer address, and | 1930 |
social security number of each member whose name and social | 1931 |
security number are the same as those of a person whose name or | 1932 |
social security number was submitted by the director. The board | 1933 |
and its employees, except for purposes of furnishing the auditor | 1934 |
of state with information required by this section, shall preserve | 1935 |
the confidentiality of recipients of public assistance in | 1936 |
compliance with section 5101.181 of the Revised Code. | 1937 |
(6) At the request of any person, the board shall make | 1945 |
available to the person copies of all documents, including | 1946 |
resumes, in the board's possession regarding filling a vacancy of | 1947 |
an employee member or retirant member of the board. The person who | 1948 |
made the request shall pay the cost of compiling, copying, and | 1949 |
mailing the documents. The information described in this division | 1950 |
is a public record. | 1951 |
Sec. 5505.262. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of | 1961 |
this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to | 1962 |
a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or | 1963 |
amounts to be paid to a person who is a member or contributor | 1964 |
under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions | 1965 |
pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any forfeiture | 1966 |
ordered under
division (A) or (B) of section 2901.433 or 2929.192 | 1967 |
of the Revised Code, and the state highway patrol retirement | 1968 |
system shall comply with that order in making the payment. Upon | 1969 |
payment of the person's accumulated contributions and cancellation | 1970 |
of the corresponding service credit, a person who is subject to | 1971 |
the forfeiture described in this division may not restore the | 1972 |
canceled service credit under this chapter or under Chapter 145., | 1973 |
742., 3305., 3307., or 3309. of the Revised Code. | 1974 |
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if | 1975 |
the system receives notice pursuant to section 2901.43 or division | 1976 |
(C) of section 2901.432 of the Revised Code that a person who has | 1977 |
accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant | 1978 |
to this chapter is charged with any offense or violation listed or | 1979 |
described in
divisionsdivision (B)(1) of section 2901.432 or | 1980 |
division (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code | 1981 |
that is a felony inunder the circumstances specified in the | 1982 |
particular divisionthose sections, all of the following apply: | 1983 |
On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised | 2010 |
Code that a state highway patrol retirement system member is | 2011 |
charged with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 | 2012 |
of the Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that | 2013 |
divisionsection, the system shall determine whether the member | 2014 |
has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the system shall | 2015 |
send written notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that | 2016 |
the member has been granted a disability benefit under this | 2017 |
chapter and may be subject to section 2929.193 of the Revised | 2018 |
Code. | 2019 |
On receipt of notice under division (D) of section 2901.432 | 2020 |
of the Revised Code that a state highway patrol retirement system | 2021 |
member has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense | 2022 |
listed in division (B)(1) of that section under the circumstances | 2023 |
specified in that section, the system shall determine whether the | 2024 |
member has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the system | 2025 |
shall send written notice to the attorney general that the member | 2026 |
has been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may | 2027 |
be subject to section 2901.434 of the Revised Code. | 2028 |
(B) The state highway patrol retirement board shallmay | 2034 |
establish a program under which members of the retirement system, | 2035 |
employers on behalf of members, and persons receiving service or | 2036 |
disability pensions or survivor benefits are permitted to | 2037 |
participate in contracts for long-term care insurance. | 2038 |
Participation may include dependents and family members. If a | 2039 |
participant in a contract for long-term care insurance leaves | 2040 |
employment, the person and the person's dependents and family | 2041 |
members may, at their election, continue to participate in a | 2042 |
program established under this section in the same manner as if | 2043 |
the person had not left employment, except that no part of the | 2044 |
cost of the insurance shall be paid by the person's former | 2045 |
employer. Such program may be established independently or jointly | 2046 |
with one or more of the retirement systems. | 2047 |
(C) The board may enter into an agreement with insurance | 2048 |
companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies | 2049 |
authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a long-term | 2050 |
care insurance policy or contract. However, prior to entering into | 2051 |
such an agreement with an insurance company or health insuring | 2052 |
corporation, the board shall request the superintendent of | 2053 |
insurance to certify the financial condition of the company or | 2054 |
corporation. The board shall not enter into the agreement if, | 2055 |
according to that certification, the company or corporation is | 2056 |
insolvent, is determined by the superintendent to be potentially | 2057 |
unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, or is placed under | 2058 |
an order of rehabilitation or conservation by a court of competent | 2059 |
jurisdiction or under an order of supervision by the | 2060 |
superintendent. | 2061 |
(D) The board shallmay adopt rules in accordance with | 2062 |
section 111.15 of the Revised Code governing the program. TheAny | 2063 |
rules
adopted by the board shall establish methods of payment for | 2064 |
participation under this section, which may include establishment | 2065 |
of a payroll deduction plan under section 5505.203 of the Revised | 2066 |
Code, deduction of the full premium charged from a person's | 2067 |
service or disability pension or survivor benefit, or any other | 2068 |
method of payment considered appropriate by the board. If the | 2069 |
program is established jointly with one or more of the other | 2070 |
retirement systems, the rules also shall establish the terms and | 2071 |
conditions of such joint participation. | 2072 |
Section 2. That existing sections 145.27, 145.572, 145.573, | 2073 |
145.581, 742.41, 742.463, 742.464, 742.53, 2329.66, 2901.43, | 2074 |
2929.192, 2929.193, 3305.08, 3305.11, 3305.12, 3305.20, 3307.20, | 2075 |
3307.372, 3307.373, 3309.22, 3309.672, 3309.673, 3309.691, | 2076 |
5505.04, 5505.262, 5505.263, and 5505.33 of the Revised Code are | 2077 |
hereby repealed. | 2078 |
Section 3. Section 2329.66 of the Revised Code is presented | 2079 |
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Sub. | 2080 |
H.B. 479 and Sub. S.B. 343 of the 129th General Assembly. The | 2081 |
General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of | 2082 |
section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be | 2083 |
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds | 2084 |
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in | 2085 |
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in | 2086 |
this act. | 2087 |