130th Ohio General Assembly
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(124th General Assembly)
(Substitute Senate Bill Number 119)



AN ACT
To amend sections 145.295, 742.21, 742.371, 742.375, 3307.761, 3309.73, 5505.201, and 5505.40 and to enact sections 109.761, 145.2913, 742.214, 3307.765, 3309.731, and 5505.41 of the Revised Code to permit multiple transfers of service credit and contributions between Ohio's state retirement systems and to require employers of peace officers to make reports to the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

SECTION 1. That sections 145.295, 742.21, 742.371, 742.375, 3307.761, 3309.73, 5505.201, and 5505.40 be amended and sections 109.761, 145.2913, 742.214, 3307.765, 3309.731, and 5505.41 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 109.761. (A)(1) Each agency or entity that appoints or employs one or more peace officers shall report to the Ohio peace officer training commission all of the following that occur on or after the effective date of this section:

(a) The appointment or employment of any person to serve the agency or entity as a peace officer in any full-time, part-time, reserve, auxiliary, or other capacity;

(b) The termination, resignation, felony conviction, or death of any person who has been appointed to or employed by the agency or entity as a peace officer in any full-time, part-time, reserve, auxiliary, or other capacity and is serving the agency or entity in any of those peace officer capacities.

(2) An agency or entity shall make each report required by this division not later than ten days after the occurrence of the event being reported. The agency or entity shall make the report in the manner and format prescribed by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission.

(B) Each agency or entity that appoints or employs one or more peace officers shall annually provide to the Ohio peace officer training commission a roster of all persons who have been appointed to or employed by the agency or entity as peace officers in any full-time, part-time, reserve, auxiliary, or other capacity and are serving, or during the year covered by the report have served, the agency or entity in any of those peace officer capacities. The agency or entity shall provide the roster in the manner and format, and by the date, prescribed by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission.

(C) The Ohio peace officer training commission shall prescribe the manner and format of making reports under division (A) of this section and providing annual rosters under division (B) of this section and shall prescribe the date by which the annual rosters must be provided.

Sec. 145.295.  (A) As used in this section, "military and section 145.2913 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Uniform retirement system" or "uniform system" means the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement system.

(2) "Military service credit" means credit purchased or obtained under this chapter or Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code for service in the armed forces of the United States.

(B) A member of the public employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or for military service credit if a transfer to the public employees retirement system is made under this division. At the request of the member, the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol retirement uniform system shall transfer to the public employees retirement system, for each year of service, the sum of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the member's accumulated contributions to the fund or uniform system making the transfer, and any payments by the member for military service credit, and any amounts paid under section 742.375 or 5505.201 of the Revised Code to purchase service credit;

(2) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been employed by the member's current employer as a member of the public employees retirement system at the time the credit was earned;

(3) Interest, determined as provided in division (H) of this section, on the amounts specified in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section for the period from the last day of the year for which the service credit in the transferring fund or uniform system was earned or in which payment was made for the military service credit or credit under section 742.375 or 5505.201 of the Revised Code was purchased or obtained to the date the transfer is made.

(C) A member of the public employees retirement system who has at least eighteen months of contributing service credit with the public employees retirement system, who is a former member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol a uniform retirement system, and who has received a refund of the member's accumulated contributions to that fund or uniform system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or for military service credit if, for each year of service, the public employees retirement system receives the sum of the following:

(1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol retirement uniform system to the member for that year for accumulated contributions and payments for military service credit, with interest at a rate established by the public employees retirement board on that amount from the date of the refund to the date of the payment;

(2) Interest, which shall be transferred by the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the refund was made;

(3) An amount, which shall be transferred by the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system, equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been employed by the member's current employer as a member of the public employees retirement system at the time the credit was earned, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date of the transfer.

On receipt of payment from the member, the public employees retirement system shall notify the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol retirement uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (H) of this section.

(D) A member of the public employees retirement system who purchased credit under former division (A)(1) of this section, as it existed before August 25, 1995, for service as a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol a uniform retirement system may elect to have the amount the member paid for this service credit refunded to the member under this division if the member agrees to repurchase this service credit pursuant to division (C) of this section.

(E) Service credit purchased or otherwise obtained under this section shall be considered the equivalent of Ohio service credit.

A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section in any one payment, subject to rules of the public employees retirement board. A member is ineligible to purchase or otherwise obtain credit under this section for service to be used in calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be transferred under section 145.2913 of the Revised Code.

(F) If a member of the public employees retirement system who is not a current contributor elects to receive credit under section 742.21 or 5505.40 of the Revised Code for service for which the member contributed to the retirement system or made payment for military service credit, the retirement system shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (D) of section 742.21 or division (B)(2) of section 5505.40 of the Revised Code.

(G) A member of the public employees retirement system who earned service credit in the public employees retirement system for full-time service as a township or municipal police officer and received service credit in the Ohio police and fire pension fund under section 742.511 or 742.512 of the Revised Code for such service may elect to have the credit restored as public employees retirement system service credit by paying the public employees retirement system an amount equal to the accumulated contributions paid by the member to the Ohio police and fire pension fund under section 742.511 or 742.512 of the Revised Code. When such an election is made, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall transfer to the public employees retirement system the amount previously transferred under section 742.511 or 742.512 of the Revised Code from the public employees retirement system to the Ohio police and fire pension fund.

(H) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit. Unless otherwise specified in this section, it shall be calculated at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the public employees retirement system or of the fund or uniform retirement system in which the credit was earned. The interest shall be compounded annually.

(I) At the request of the public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol uniform retirement system shall certify to the public employees retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a public employees retirement system member who seeks service credit under this section.

Sec. 145.2913. (A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the public employees retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system.

(B) A member of the public employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if a transfer to the public employees retirement system is made under this section. At the request of a member, the uniform system shall transfer to the public employees retirement system the sum of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the amounts transferred to the uniform system under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code;

(2) Interest, determined as provided in division (E) of this section, on the amount specified in division (B)(1) of this section for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

(C) A member of the public employees retirement system with at least eighteen months of contributing service credit with the public employees retirement system who has received a refund of contributions to a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if, for each year of service, the public employees retirement system receives the sum of the following:

(1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the uniform system to the member for that year for transferred service credit, with interest on that amount from the date of the refund to the date a payment is made under this section;

(2) Interest, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date the refund was made;

(3) If the uniform system retained any portion of the amount transferred under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code, an amount, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, equal to the amount retained, with interest on that amount for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

On receipt of payment from the member, the public employees retirement system shall notify the uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (E) of this section.

(D) Service credit purchased or obtained under this section shall be considered the equivalent of Ohio service credit. A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section in any one payment, subject to rules adopted by the public employees retirement board. A member is ineligible to purchase or obtain service credit under this section for service to be used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be purchased or obtained under section 145.295 of the Revised Code.

(E) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the public employees retirement system or of the uniform retirement system to which the credit was transferred under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code. The interest shall be compounded annually.

(F) Any amounts transferred or paid under divisions (B) and (C) of this section that are attributable to contributions made by the member or to amounts paid to purchase service credit shall be credited to the employees' savings fund created under section 145.23 of the Revised Code. Any remaining amounts shall be credited to one or more of the funds created under that section as determined by the board.

(G) At the request of the public employees retirement system, the uniform retirement system shall certify to the public employees retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a public employees retirement system member who seeks service credit under this section. The uniform retirement system shall specify the portions of the amounts transferred that are attributable to employee contributions, employer contributions, and interest.

(H) If a member of the public employees retirement system who is not a current contributor elects to receive service credit under section 742.214 or 5505.41 of the Revised Code for transferred service credit, as defined in those sections, the system shall transfer to the uniform retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (B) or (C) of section 742.214 or division (B) or (C) of section 5505.41 of the Revised Code.

(I) The board may adopt rules to implement this section.

Sec.  742.21.  (A) As used in this section and sections 742.211 to 742.213 742.214 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Full-time service" has the meaning established by rule of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund.

(2) "Military service credit" means credit for service in the armed forces of the United States purchased or obtained from the fund, or from the Cincinnati retirement system, public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers a non-uniform retirement system.

(3) "Non-uniform retirement system" or "non-uniform system" means the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement system.

(B) Unless section 742.212 of the Revised Code applies and except as provided in division (I) of this section, in computing the pension and benefits payable under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall give a member of the fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department and is not receiving a pension or benefit payment from the fund full credit for service credit earned for full-time service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if, for each year of service credit, the fund receives the sum of the following:

(1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount withdrawn by the member from the retirement system that is attributable to the year of service credit, with interest at a rate established by the board on that amount from the date of withdrawal to the date of payment;

(2) Interest, which shall be paid either by the member or the Cincinnati retirement system, on the amount withdrawn by the member from the Cincinnati retirement system that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the withdrawal was made;

(3) An amount, which shall be paid by either the member or the Cincinnati retirement system, equal to the lesser of the amount contributed by the employer to the Cincinnati retirement system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the year of service had the member been employed by the member's current employer as a member of a police or fire department at the time the credit was earned, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the payment is made;

(4) If the member became a member of the fund on or after September 16, 1998, the amount, which shall be paid by the member, determined pursuant to division (I) of this section.

Interest shall be determined in accordance with division (H) of this section.

(C)(1) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, in computing the pension and benefits payable under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, the fund shall give a member of the fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department, is not receiving a pension or benefit payment from the fund, and has withdrawn the member's contributions from the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers a non-uniform retirement system full credit for service credit earned for full-time service as a member of the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement non-uniform system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if, for each year of service, the fund receives the sum of the following:

(a) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount withdrawn by the member from the former retirement non-uniform system that is attributable to that year of service credit, with interest at a rate established by the board on that amount from the date of withdrawal to the date of payment;

(b) If the member is seeking credit for service under the public employees retirement system or state teachers retirement system, an amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount of any employer contributions and interest on employee contributions the member received under section 145.40 or 3307.563 of the Revised Code;

(c) Interest, which shall be transferred by the former retirement non-uniform system, on the amount withdrawn by the member from the retirement non-uniform system that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the withdrawal was made;

(d) An amount, which shall be transferred by the former retirement non-uniform system, equal to the lesser of the amount contributed by the employer to the retirement non-uniform system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the year of service had the member been employed by the member's current employer as a member of a police or fire department at the time the credit was earned, with interest on the that amount transferred from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the transfer is made;

(e) If the member became a member of the fund on or after September 16, 1998, the amount, which shall be paid by the member, determined pursuant to division (I) of this section.

(2) On receipt of payment from the member, the fund shall notify the former retirement non-uniform system, and on receipt of the notice, the retirement non-uniform system shall make the transfer. Interest shall be determined in accordance with division (H) of this section.

(3) The amount transferred under division (C)(1) of this section by the public employees retirement system or state teachers retirement system shall not include any amount of employer contributions and interest on employee contributions the member received under section 145.40 or 3307.563 of the Revised Code.

(D) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, in computing the pension and benefits payable under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, the fund shall give a member of the fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department, is not receiving a pension or benefit from the fund, and has contributions on deposit with the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers a non-uniform retirement system full credit for service credit earned for full-time service as a member of one of those retirement systems, the non-uniform system or service credit purchased or obtained as military service credit, and any service credit obtained under section 145.295, 3307.761, or 3309.73 of the Revised Code for service for which contributions were made to the state highway patrol retirement system. The credit shall be given if both of the following occur:

(1) The retirement non-uniform system transfers to the fund, for each year of service, the sum of the following:

(a) The amount, contributed by the member or, in the case of military service credit, paid by the member, that is attributable to that service;

(b) An amount equal to the lesser of the amount contributed by the employer to the retirement non-uniform system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the year of service had the member been employed by the member's current employer as a member of a police or fire department at the time the credit was earned;

(c) An amount equal to any amount received by the retirement system under section 145.295, 3307.761, or 3309.73 of the Revised Code;

(d) Interest on the amounts specified in divisions (D)(1)(a), and (b), and (c) of this section from the last day of the year for which the service credit in the transferring retirement non-uniform system was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit or credit under section 145.295, 3307.761, or 3309.73 of the Revised Code was purchased or obtained to the date the transfer is made.

(2) If the member became a member of the fund on or after September 16, 1998, the member pays the amount determined pursuant to division (I) of this section.

On receipt of a request from the member, the appropriate retirement non-uniform system shall make the transfer specified in division (D)(1) of this section. Interest shall be determined in accordance with division (H) of this section.

(E) Subject to board rules, a member of the fund may choose to purchase in any one payment only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (B) or (C)(1) of this section.

(F) At the request of the fund, the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, state teachers non-uniform retirement system, or Cincinnati retirement system shall certify to the fund a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a member of the fund who seeks service credit under this section.

(G) A member of the fund is ineligible to receive credit under this section for service that is used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable in the future to the member under any other retirement program, or service rendered concurrently with any other period for which service credit has already been granted, or for service credit that may be transferred under section 742.214 of the Revised Code.

(H) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit. Unless otherwise specified in this section, it shall be calculated at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the fund or of the retirement system in which the credit was earned. The interest shall be compounded annually.

The board may, by rule, establish procedures for the receipt of service credit under this section.

(I) The amount to be paid pursuant to division (B)(4), (C)(4)(1)(e), or (D)(2) of this section or division (B)(2) or (C)(2)(b) of section 742.212 of the Revised Code is the sum of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the difference between the amount the member paid as employee contributions for the service and the amount the member would have paid had the member been employed by the member's current employer as a member of a police or fire department;

(2) An amount equal to the difference between the amount paid or transferred under division (B)(3), (C)(3)(1)(d), or (D)(1)(b) of this section or division (B)(2) or (C)(2)(b) of section 742.212 of the Revised Code and the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been employed by the member's current employer as a member of a police or fire department;

(3) Interest, determined in accordance with division (H) of this section, on the amounts specified in divisions (I)(1) and (2) of this section.

At the request of a member, in lieu of requiring payment of all or part of the amount determined under this division the fund may grant the member an amount of service credit under division (B), (C), or (D) of this section or division (B) or (C) of section 742.212 of the Revised Code that is less than the amount for which the member is eligible. The service credit granted shall be the same percentage of the service credit for which the member is eligible that the amount the fund receives under division (B), (C), or (D) of this section or division (B) or (C) of section 742.212 of the Revised Code is of the total amount it would receive under those divisions if the full amount determined under this division was paid.

(J)(1) Except as provided in division (J)(2) of this section and notwithstanding any contrary provision of this section, the board shall, in computing a pension or benefit under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, give a member of the fund who is not receiving a pension or disability benefit from the fund full credit for service credit purchased under this section for service that was less than full-time service if the member provides evidence satisfactory to the board that, after receiving written notice from the fund indicating that the member would be permitted to purchase service credit for service that was less than full-time, the member changed or ceased the member's employment with the understanding that the credit identified in the notice would be used in computing a pension or benefit. If the board has canceled service credit purchased under this section for service that was less than full-time service and the member meets the requirements of division (J)(1) of this section, the board shall restore the service credit on repayment to the fund of the amount refunded to the member at the time of cancellation.

(2) If a member of the fund who is not receiving a pension or disability benefit from the fund purchased credit under this section for service that was less than full-time service and does not meet the requirements of division (J)(1) of this section, the board shall refund to the member any amounts paid to purchase the credit, with interest at a rate determined by the board from the date the member purchased the credit to the date of the refund.

(K) A member of the fund who has purchased service credit under this section, or the member's estate, is entitled to a refund of the amount or portion of the amount paid to purchase the credit if the purchased credit or portion of credit does not increase a pension or benefit payable under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code. The refund cancels an equivalent amount of service credit.

(L) If a member or former member of the fund who is not a current contributor and has not received a refund of accumulated contributions elects to receive credit under section 145.295, 3307.761, or 3309.73 of the Revised Code for service for which the member contributed to the fund or purchased as military service credit, the fund shall transfer to the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers non-uniform retirement system the amount specified in division (B) of section 145.295 of the Revised Code, division (B)(C) of section 3307.761 of the Revised Code, or division (B) of section 3309.73 of the Revised Code.

(M) The board shall adopt rules establishing a payroll deduction plan for the purchase of service credit under this section. The rules shall meet the requirements described in section 742.56 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 742.214. (A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the Ohio police and fire pension fund for which the member is currently contributing to the fund.

(B) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department and has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a non-uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if a transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund is made under this section. At the request of a member, the non-uniform system shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund the sum of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the amounts transferred to the non-uniform system under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code;

(2) Interest, determined as provided in division (E) of this section, on the amount specified in division (B)(1) of this section for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

(C) A member of the fund with at least eighteen months of contributing service credit with the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department and has received a refund of contributions to a non-uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if, for each year of service, the Ohio police and fire pension fund receives the sum of the following:

(1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the non-uniform system to the member for that year for transferred service credit, with interest on that amount from the date of the refund to the date a payment is made under this section;

(2) Interest, which shall be transferred by the non-uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code was made to the date the refund was made;

(3) If the non-uniform system retained any portion of the amount transferred under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code, an amount, which shall be transferred by the non-uniform system, equal to the amount retained, with interest on that amount for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

On receipt of payment from the member, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall notify the non-uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (E) of this section.

(D) Service credit purchased or obtained under this section shall be used in computing the pension and benefits payable under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code. A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section in any one payment, subject to rules adopted by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. A member is ineligible to purchase or obtain service credit under this section for service to be used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be purchased or obtained under section 742.21 of the Revised Code.

(E) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or of the non-uniform retirement system to which the credit was transferred under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code. The interest shall be compounded annually.

(F) Any amounts transferred or paid under divisions (B) and (C) of this section that are attributable to contributions made by the member or to amounts paid to purchase service credit shall be credited to the police officers' contribution fund or firefighters' contribution fund created under section 742.59 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Any remaining amounts shall be credited to one or more of the funds created under that section as determined by the board.

(G) At the request of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the non-uniform retirement system shall certify to the fund a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a member of the fund who seeks service credit under this section. The non-uniform retirement system shall specify the portions of the amounts transferred that are attributable to employee contributions, employer contributions, and interest.

(H) If a member of the fund who is not a current contributor elects to receive service credit under section 145.2913, 3307.765, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code for transferred service credit, as defined in those sections, the fund shall transfer to the non-uniform retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (B) or (C) of section 145.2913, division (B) or (C) of section 3307.765, or division (B) or (C) of section 3309.731 of the Revised Code.

(I) The board may adopt rules to implement this section.

Sec. 742.371.  (A) As used in this section, "lay off" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 742.27 of the Revised Code.

(B) A Except for service credit transferred under section 742.214 of the Revised Code, a member of the fund who has voluntarily resigned or who voluntarily resigns or who has been or is removed from active service in a police or fire department for any reason other than a lay off that was involuntary, as certified pursuant to division (C) of this section, and receives or has received from a police relief and pension fund under division (I) of former section 741.49 of the Revised Code, or from a firemen's relief and pension fund under division (I) of former section 741.18 of the Revised Code, or from a township firemen's relief and pension fund under division (I) of former section 521.11 of the Revised Code, or from the Ohio police and fire pension fund under division (G) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the sum deducted from the member's salary and credited to one of such funds shall, upon reinstatement to the active service of such police or fire department, deposit with the Ohio police and fire pension fund an amount equal to the sum so received by the member, with interest compounded annually thereon, at a rate to be determined by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, from the date of such receipt to the date of such deposit. The member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. Such member shall not be entitled to receive any pension or benefit payments under division (B) or (C) of section 742.37 or section 742.39 of the Revised Code until the member has made the deposit required by this section.

(C) A member of the fund who has been or is removed from active service in a police or fire department as a result of a lay off that was involuntary, as certified pursuant to this division, and receives or has received from a police relief and pension fund under division (I) of former section 741.49 of the Revised Code, or from a firemen's relief and pension fund under division (I) of former section 741.18 of the Revised Code, or from a township firemen's relief and pension fund under division (I) of former section 521.11 of the Revised Code, or from the Ohio police and fire pension fund under division (G) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to the sum deducted from the member's salary and credited to one of such funds may, upon reinstatement to the active service of such police or fire department, deposit with the Ohio police and fire pension fund an amount equal to the sum so received by the member, with interest compounded annually thereon, at a rate to be determined by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund from the date of such receipt to the date of such deposit. The member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules.

If any police or fire department reinstates a member of the fund who was removed from active service in that police or fire department as a result of a lay off that was involuntary, the police or fire department shall upon the request of that member certify to the fund that the member was removed from active service in that police or fire department as a result of a lay off that was involuntary.

Sec. 742.375.  A Except for service credit transferred under section 742.214 of the Revised Code, a member of the fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department and is not receiving a pension or benefit payment from the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall, in computing years of active service in such department under division (C) of section 742.37 or section 742.39 of the Revised Code, be given full credit for the time served in the state highway patrol retirement system, provided such member pays into the Ohio police and fire pension fund the amount received by the member under section 5505.19 of the Revised Code, with interest compounded annually thereon at a rate to be determined by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund from the date of such receipt to the date of such deposit. The member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules.

Upon certification by the board to the board of the state highway patrol retirement system of such payment by the member of the fund, the state highway patrol retirement board shall pay from the employer's accumulation fund under division (C) of section 5505.03 of the Revised Code to the Ohio police and fire pension fund an amount equal to the payment of the member of the fund.

Sec. 3307.761.  (A) As used in this section, "military and section 3307.765 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Uniform retirement system" or "uniform system" means the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement system.

(2) "Military service credit" means credit purchased or obtained under this chapter or Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code for service in the armed forces of the United States.

(B) A member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the plan described in sections 3307.50 to 3307.79 of the Revised Code who has contributions on deposit with the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or for military service credit if a transfer to the state teachers retirement system is made under this division. At the request of the member, the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system shall transfer to the state teachers retirement system, for each year of service, the sum of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the member's accumulated contributions to the transferring fund or uniform system, and any payments by the member for military service credit, and any amounts paid under section 742.375 or 5505.201 of the Revised Code to purchase service credit;

(2) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been a member of the state teachers retirement system at the time the credit was earned;

(3) Interest, determined as provided in division (F) of this section, on the amounts specified in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section from the last day of the year for which the service credit in the transferring fund or uniform system was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit or service credit under section 742.375 or 5505.201 of the Revised Code was purchased or obtained to the date the transfer is made.

(C) A member participating in the plan described in sections 3307.50 to 3307.79 of the Revised Code who has at least eighteen months of contributing service with the state teachers retirement system, is a former member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol a uniform retirement system, and has received a refund of contributions to that fund or uniform system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or for military service credit if, for each year of service, the state teachers retirement system receives the sum of the following:

(1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol retirement uniform system to the member for that year for accumulated contributions and payments for military service credit, with interest at a rate established by the state teachers retirement board on that amount from the date of the refund to the date of the payment;

(2) Interest, which shall be transferred by the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the refund was made;

(3) An amount, which shall be transferred by the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system, equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been a member of the state teachers retirement system at the time the credit was earned, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service to the date of the transfer.

On receipt of payment from the member, the state teachers retirement system shall notify the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol retirement uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (F) of this section.

A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under this division in any one payment, subject to rules of the state teachers retirement board.

(D) A member is ineligible to obtain credit under this section for service that is used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be transferred under section 3307.765 of the Revised Code.

(E) If a member of the state teachers retirement system who is not a current contributor elects to obtain credit under section 742.21 or 5505.40 of the Revised Code for service for which the member contributed to the state teachers retirement system or made payment purchased for military service credit, the state teachers retirement system shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol uniform retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (D) of section 742.21 or division (B)(2) of section 5505.40 of the Revised Code.

(F) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit. Unless otherwise specified in this section it shall be calculated at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the state teachers retirement system or of the fund or uniform retirement system in which the credit was earned. The interest shall be compounded annually.

(G) The state teachers retirement board shall credit to a member's account in the teachers' savings fund the amounts described in divisions (B)(1) and (C)(1) of this section, except that the interest paid by the member under division (C)(1) of this section shall be credited to the employers' trust fund. The board shall credit to the employers' trust fund the amounts described in divisions (B)(2) and (3) and (C)(2) and (3) of this section.

(H) At the request of the state teachers retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement system shall certify to the state teachers retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a state teachers retirement system member who seeks service credit under this section.

Sec. 3307.765. (A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the state teachers retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system.

(B) A member of the state teachers retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if a transfer to the state teachers retirement system is made under this section. At the request of a member, the uniform system shall transfer to the state teachers retirement system the sum of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the amounts transferred to the uniform system under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code;

(2) Interest, determined as provided in division (E) of this section, on the amount specified in division (B)(1) of this section for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

(C) A member of the state teachers retirement system with at least eighteen months of contributing service credit with the state teachers retirement system who has received a refund of contributions to a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if, for each year of service, the state teachers retirement system receives the sum of the following:

(1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the uniform system to the member for that year for transferred service credit, with interest on that amount from the date of the refund to the date a payment is made under this section;

(2) Interest, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date the refund was made;

(3) If the uniform system retained any portion of the amount transferred under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code, an amount, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, equal to the amount retained, with interest on that amount for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

On receipt of payment from the member, the state teachers retirement system shall notify the uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (E) of this section.

(D) A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section in any one payment, subject to rules adopted by the state teachers retirement board. A member is ineligible to purchase or obtain service credit under this section for service to be used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be purchased or obtained under section 3307.761 of the Revised Code.

(E) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the state teachers retirement system or of the uniform retirement system to which the credit was transferred under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code. The interest shall be compounded annually.

(F) Any amounts transferred or paid under divisions (B) and (C) of this section that are attributable to contributions made by the member or to amounts paid to purchase service credit shall be credited to the teachers' savings fund created under section 3307.14 of the Revised Code. Any remaining amounts shall be credited to one or more of the funds created under that section as determined by the board.

(G) At the request of the state teachers retirement system, the uniform retirement system shall certify to the state teachers retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a state teachers retirement system member who seeks service credit under this section. The uniform retirement system shall specify the portions of the amounts transferred that are attributable to employee contributions, employer contributions, and interest.

(H) If a member of the state teachers retirement system who is not a current contributor elects to receive service credit under section 742.214 or 5505.41 of the Revised Code for transferred service credit, as defined in those sections, the system shall transfer to the uniform retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (B) or (C) of section 742.214 or division (B) or (C) of section 5505.41 of the Revised Code.

(I) The board may adopt rules to implement this section.

Sec.  3309.73.  (A) As used in this section, "military and section 3309.731 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Uniform retirement system" or "uniform system" means the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement system.

(2) "Military service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under this chapter or Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code for service in the armed forces of the United States.

(B) A member of the school employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or purchased or obtained for military service credit if a transfer to the school employees retirement system is made under this division. At the request of the member, the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system shall transfer to the school employees retirement system, for each year of service, the sum of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the member's accumulated contributions to the transferring fund or uniform system, and any payments by the member for military service credit, and any amounts paid under section 742.375 or 5505.201 of the Revised Code to purchase service credit;

(2) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been a member of the school employees retirement system at the time the credit was earned;

(3) Interest, determined as provided in division (F) of this section, on the amounts specified in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section from the last day of the year for which the service credit in the transferring fund or uniform system was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit or service credit under section 742.375 or 5505.201 of the Revised Code was purchased or obtained to the date the transfer is made.

(C) A member who has at least eighteen months of contributing service with the school employees retirement system, is a former member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol a uniform retirement system, and has received a refund of contributions to that fund or uniform system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or purchased or obtained for military service credit if, for each year of service, the school employees retirement system receives the sum of the following:

(1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol retirement uniform system to the member for that year for accumulated contributions and payments for purchase of credit for military service credit, with interest at a rate established by the school employees retirement board on that amount from the date of the refund to the date of the payment;

(2) Interest, which shall be transferred by the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the refund was made;

(3) An amount, which shall be transferred by the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system, that is equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement uniform system or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been a member of the school employees retirement system at the time the credit was earned, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date of the transfer.

On receipt of payment from the member, the school employees retirement system shall notify the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol retirement uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (F) of this section. The member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules.

(D) A member is ineligible to obtain service credit under this section for service that is used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable in the future to the member under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be transferred under section 3309.731 of the Revised Code.

Service credit obtained under this section shall be considered the equivalent of Ohio service credit.

(E) If a member of the school employees retirement system who is not a current contributor elects to obtain credit under section 742.21 or 5505.40 of the Revised Code for service for which the member contributed to the school employees retirement system or made payment for military service credit, the school employees retirement system shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol uniform retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (D) of section 742.21 or division (B)(2) of section 5505.40 of the Revised Code.

(F) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit. Unless otherwise specified in this section, it shall be calculated at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the school employees retirement system or of the fund or uniform retirement system in which the credit was earned. The interest shall be compounded annually.

(G) At the request of the school employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol uniform retirement system shall certify to the school employees retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a school employees retirement system member who seeks service credit under this section.

Sec. 3309.731. (A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the school employees retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system.

(B) A member of the school employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if a transfer to the school employees retirement system is made under this section. At the request of a member, the uniform system shall transfer to the school employees retirement system the sum of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the amounts transferred to the uniform system under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code;

(2) Interest, determined as provided in division (E) of this section, on the amount specified in division (B)(1) of this section for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

(C) A member of the school employees retirement system with at least eighteen months of contributing service credit with the school employees retirement system who has received a refund of contributions to a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if, for each year of service, the school employees retirement system receives the sum of the following:

(1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the uniform system to the member for that year for transferred service credit, with interest on that amount from the date of the refund to the date a payment is made under this section;

(2) Interest, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date the refund was made;

(3) If the uniform system retained any portion of the amount transferred under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code, an amount, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, equal to the amount retained, with interest on that amount for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

On receipt of payment from the member, the school employees retirement system shall notify the uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (E) of this section.

(D) Service credit purchased or obtained under this section shall be considered the equivalent of Ohio service credit. A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section in any one payment, subject to rules adopted by the school employees retirement board. A member is ineligible to purchase or obtain service credit under this section for service to be used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be purchased or obtained under section 3309.73 of the Revised Code.

(E) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the school employees retirement system or of the uniform retirement system to which the credit was transferred under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code. The interest shall be compounded annually.

(F) Any amounts transferred or paid under divisions (B) and (C) of this section that are attributable to contributions made by the member or to amounts paid to purchase service credit shall be credited to the employees' savings fund created under section 3309.47 of the Revised Code. Any remaining amounts shall be credited to one or more of the funds created under that section as determined by the board.

(G) At the request of the school employees retirement system, the uniform retirement system shall certify to the school employees retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a school employees retirement system member who seeks service credit under this section. The uniform retirement system shall specify the portions of the amounts transferred that are attributable to employee contributions, employer contributions, and interest.

(H) If a member of the school employees retirement system who is not a current contributor elects to receive service credit under section 742.214 or 5505.41 of the Revised Code for transferred service credit, as defined in those sections, the system shall transfer to the uniform retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (B) or (C) of section 742.214 or division (B) or (C) of section 5505.41 of the Revised Code.

(I) The board may adopt rules to implement this section.

Sec. 5505.201.  A Except for service credit transferred under section 5505.41 of the Revised Code, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system shall, in computing years of active service in the highway patrol under sections 5505.16, 5505.17, and 5505.18 of the Revised Code, be given full credit for time served as a police officer or firefighter covered under Chapter 742. and former Chapters 521. and 541. of the Revised Code, provided such member pays to the state highway patrol retirement system the amount received by the member under division (I) of former section 521.11, division (I) of former section 741.18, division (I) of former section 741.49, or division (G) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, with compound interest thereon at a rate to be determined by the state highway patrol retirement board from the date of such receipt to the date of such deposit. A member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules.

Upon certification by the state highway patrol retirement board to the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund of such payment by the member, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall pay from the appropriate employers' contribution fund under section 742.59 of the Revised Code to the state highway patrol retirement system an amount equal to the payment of the member.

Sec.  5505.40.  (A) As used in this section and section 5505.41 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Full-time service" means full-time service as defined by rule which shall be adopted by the state highway patrol retirement board.

(2) "Military service credit" means credit for service in the armed forces of the United States purchased or obtained under this chapter or Chapter 145., 3307., or 3309. of the Revised Code.

(3) "Non-uniform retirement system" or "non-uniform system" means the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement system.

(B)(1)(a) For purposes of computing the pension payable under section 5505.17 or 5505.18 of the Revised Code, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system who is a former member of the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers a non-uniform retirement system and has received a return of contributions from the former retirement non-uniform system shall be given full credit for service credit earned for full-time service as a member of the former retirement non-uniform system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if, for each year of service credit, the state highway patrol retirement system receives the sum of the following:

(i) An amount, which shall be paid by the member to the member's credit in the employees' savings fund, equal to the amount received by the member from the former retirement non-uniform system for that year that is attributable to contributions made for full-time service and payments for military service credit, plus interest at a rate established by the board on that amount from the date payment was made to the member by the former retirement non-uniform system to the date the member makes the payment to the state highway patrol retirement system;

(ii) If a member is seeking credit for service under the public employees retirement system or state teachers retirement system, an amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount of any employer contributions and interest on employee contributions the member received under section 145.40 or 3307.563 of the Revised Code;

(iii) Interest, which shall be transferred by the former retirement non-uniform system, on the amount received by the member that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the amount was paid to the member;

(iv) An amount, which shall be transferred by the former retirement non-uniform system, equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the former retirement non-uniform system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the full-time service had the member been a member of the state highway patrol retirement system at the time the credit was earned, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the transfer is made.

(b) On receipt of payment from the member, the state highway patrol retirement system shall notify the former retirement non-uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined in accordance with division (F) of this section.

(c) The amount transferred under division (B)(1)(a) of this section by the public employees retirement system or state teachers retirement system shall not include any amount of employer contributions and interest on employee contributions the member received under section 145.40 or 3307.563 of the Revised Code.

(2) For purposes of computing the pension payable under section 5505.17 or 5505.18 of the Revised Code, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system who has contributions on deposit with the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers a non-uniform retirement system shall be given full credit for service credit earned for full-time service as a member of that retirement non-uniform system, or any service credit purchased or obtained as military service credit, and any service credit obtained under section 145.295, 3307.761, or 3309.381 of the Revised Code for service for which contributions were made to the Ohio police and fire pension fund. The credit shall be given if, for each year of service, the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement non-uniform system transfers to the state highway patrol retirement system the sum of the following:

(a) The amount, contributed by the member or, in the case of military service, paid by the member, that is attributable to that service;

(b) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement non-uniform system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the full-time service had the member been a member of the state highway patrol retirement system at the time the credit was earned;

(c) An amount equal to any amount received by the retirement system under section 145.295, 3307.761, or 3309.351 of the Revised Code;

(d) Interest, determined in accordance with division (F) of this section, on the amounts specified in divisions (B)(2)(a), and (b), and (c) of this section from the last day of the year for which the service credit in the transferring retirement non-uniform system was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit or service credit under section 145.295, 3307.761, or 3309.351 of the Revised Code was purchased or obtained to the date the transfer is made.

On receipt of a request from the member, the appropriate retirement non-uniform system shall make the transfer.

(3) Unless section 5505.402 of the Revised Code applies, for purposes of computing the pension payable under section 5505.17 or 5505.18 of the Revised Code, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system who has contributions on deposit with the Cincinnati retirement system shall be given full credit for service credit earned for full-time service as a member of that retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if, for each year of service credit, the state highway patrol retirement system receives the sum of the following:

(a) An amount, which shall be paid by the member to the member's credit in the employees' savings fund, equal to the amount withdrawn from the Cincinnati retirement system that is attributable to that year of service, with interest on that amount determined in accordance with division (F) of this section from the date of withdrawal to the date of payment;

(b) Interest, which shall be paid either by the member or the Cincinnati retirement system, on the amount withdrawn from the Cincinnati retirement system that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the amount was withdrawn;

(c) An amount, which shall be paid either by the member or the Cincinnati retirement system, equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the full-time service had the member been a member of the state highway patrol retirement system at the time the credit was earned, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service to the date the payment is made.

(C) If a member who is not a current contributor and has not received a refund of accumulated contributions elects to receive credit under section 145.295, 3307.761, or 3309.351 3309.73 of the Revised Code for service for which the member contributed to the state highway patrol retirement system and credit purchased as military service credit, the state highway patrol retirement system shall transfer to the appropriate retirement system the amount specified in division (B)(C) of section 145.295, division (B) of section 3307.761, or division (B) of section 3309.73 of the Revised Code.

(D)(1) A member is ineligible to purchase or otherwise receive credit under this section for service that is used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or that is payable in the future to the member under any other retirement program, or service rendered concurrently with any other period for which service credit has already been granted, or for service credit that may be transferred under section 5505.41 of the Revised Code.

(2) Except as provided under division (D)(3) of this section, no service credit purchased under this section or received as a result of a transfer requested under this section shall be used to determine any member's eligibility for retirement under sections 5505.16 and 5505.17 of the Revised Code.

(3) Service credit obtained under this section by a member for military service credit or for service as a state highway patrol cadet attending training school pursuant to section 5503.05 of the Revised Code shall be used to determine the member's eligibility for retirement under sections 5505.16 and 5505.17 of the Revised Code.

(4) Subject to rules of the state highway patrol retirement system, a member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (B)(1) or (3) of this section.

(E) At the request of the state highway patrol retirement system, the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, state teachers non-uniform retirement system, or Cincinnati retirement system shall certify to the state highway patrol retirement system a copy of the records of service, salary, and contributions of a member who seeks service credit under this section.

(F) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit. Unless otherwise specified in this section, it shall be calculated at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the state highway patrol retirement system or of the retirement system in which the credit was earned. The interest shall be compounded annually.

(G) The state highway patrol retirement system board may adopt rules establishing procedures for the purchase of service credit or the transfer of contributions under this section.

Sec. 5505.41. (A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the state highway patrol retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system.

(B) A member of the state highway patrol retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a non-uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if a transfer to the state highway patrol retirement system is made under this section. At the request of a member, the non-uniform system shall transfer to the state highway patrol retirement system the sum of the following:

(1) An amount equal to the amounts transferred to the non-uniform system under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code;

(2) Interest, determined as provided in division (E) of this section, on the amount specified in division (B)(1) of this section for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

(C) A member with at least eighteen months of contributing service credit with the state highway patrol retirement system who has received a refund of contributions to a non-uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if, for each year of service, the state highway patrol retirement system receives the sum of the following:

(1) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the non-uniform system to the member for that year for transferred service credit, with interest on that amount from the date of the refund to the date a payment is made under this section;

(2) Interest, which shall be transferred by the non-uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code was made to the date the refund was made;

(3) If the non-uniform system retained any portion of the amount transferred under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code, an amount, which shall be transferred by the non-uniform system, equal to the amount retained, with interest on that amount for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section.

On receipt of payment from the member, the state highway patrol retirement system shall notify the non-uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (E) of this section.

(D) Service credit purchased or obtained under this section shall be used in computing the pensions payable under section 5505.17 or 5505.18 of the Revised Code. A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section in any one payment, subject to rules adopted by the state highway patrol retirement board. A member is ineligible to purchase or obtain service credit under this section for service to be used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be purchased or obtained under section 5505.40 of the Revised Code.

(E) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the state highway patrol retirement system or of the non-uniform retirement system to which the credit was transferred under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code. The interest shall be compounded annually.

(F) Any amounts transferred or paid under divisions (B) and (C) of this section that are attributable to contributions made by the member or to amounts paid to purchase service credit shall be credited to the employees' savings fund created under section 5505.03 of the Revised Code. Any remaining amounts shall be credited to one or more of the funds created under that section as determined by the board.

(G) At the request of the state highway patrol retirement system, the non-uniform retirement system shall certify to the state highway patrol retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a member who seeks service credit under this section. The non-uniform retirement system shall specify the portions of the amounts transferred that are attributable to employee contributions, employer contributions, and interest.

(H) If a member who is not a current contributor elects to receive service credit under section 145.2913, 3307.765, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code for transferred service credit, as defined in those sections, the system shall transfer to the non-uniform retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (B) or (C) of section 145.2913, division (B) or (C) of section 3307.765, or division (B) or (C) of section 3309.731 of the Revised Code.

(I) The board may adopt rules to implement this section.

SECTION 2. That existing sections 145.295, 742.21, 742.371, 742.375, 3307.761, 3309.73, 5505.201, and 5505.40 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.

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