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(126th General Assembly)
(Substitute House Bill Number 71)
AN ACT
To amend sections 145.301, 3307.751, 3309.021, 3313.16, and 5505.25 of the Revised Code to permit a member of the Public Employees Retirement System, State Teachers Retirement System, School Employees Retirement System, or State Highway Patrol Retirement System to purchase military service credit for duty in the Ohio National Guard or reserves and to authorize school boards to grant high school diplomas to women who left high school to support their families or the war effort during World War II, the Korean Conflict, or the Vietnam Conflict.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 145.301, 3307.751, 3309.021, 3313.16, and 5505.25 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 145.301. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Prisoner of war" means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted member of the armed forces of the United States, reserves, or Ohio national guard who was captured, separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the United States.
(2) "Reserves" means personnel of the reserve components of any of the armed forces of the United States enumerated in division (A)(1)(a) of section 145.30 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) A member may purchase service credit
that shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for
each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active
duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, as
defined in section 145.30 of the Revised Code. The (2) On presentation of documentation of the service and subject to public employees retirement board rules, a member may purchase service credit for each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty as a member of the reserves or the Ohio national guard for which the member is not eligible to purchase credit under division (B)(1) of this section. Any credit purchased under this section shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service credit. For purposes of division (B)(2) of this section, active duty in the reserves or the Ohio national guard includes assembly for drill and instruction; training at encampments, maneuvers, outdoor target practice, or other exercises; and any training or duty in this state ordered by the governor. (3) Credit shall not be granted for any period of duty during which the member was contributing to the retirement system. The credit may be
purchased at any time prior to receipt of a retirement allowance. The
number of years purchased shall not
exceed five. The member may choose to purchase only part of such
credit in any one payment, subject to public employees retirement board
rules. (B) For the purposes of this division, "prisoner of war"
means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted
member of the armed forces of the United States who was captured,
separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the United States.
(C) A member may purchase service credit that shall be
considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for each year of
service such member was a prisoner of war. The number of years
purchased under this division shall not exceed five. Service
credit may be purchased under this division for the same years of
service used to purchase service credit under division (A)(B) of
this section. The member may choose to purchase only part of
such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. (C)(D) The total number of years purchased under this section
shall not exceed the member's total accumulated number of years
of Ohio service.
(D)(E)(1) For each year or portion of a year of service purchased under division (A)(B)(1)
or (B)(C) of this section, the member shall pay to the public
employees retirement system for credit to the member's
accumulated account
an amount specified by the retirement board that shall be not
less than fifty per cent of the additional liability resulting from the
purchase of that year or portion of a year of service as determined by an actuary employed by the
board.
(E)(2) For each year or portion of a year of service credit purchased under division (B)(2) of this section, the member shall pay to the public employees retirement system for credit to the member's accumulated account an amount equal to one hundred per cent of the additional liability resulting from the purchase of that year or portion of a year of service as determined by an actuary employed by the board.
The retirement system shall calculate the number of years or portion of a year of credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (B)(2) of this section by dividing the number of days actually served by three hundred sixty-five. (F) A member is ineligible to purchase service credit
under this section for any year of military service that was: (1) Used in the
calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid to the
member or payable in the future under any other retirement
program, except social security, or for retired pay
for nonregular service under Chapter 1223 of Section 1662 of Title
XVI of the "National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995," 108 Stat. 2998 (1994), 10
U.S.C.A. 12731 to 12739; (2) Used to obtain service credit pursuant to section
145.30 or 145.302 of the Revised Code. At the time the credit is
purchased, the member shall certify on a form furnished by the
retirement board that the member does and will conform to
this requirement. (F)(G) A member who, on March 17, 2000, is
purchasing service credit under this section
by making installment payments to the system or by a payroll
deduction plan authorized under section 145.294 of the Revised
Code may elect, on a form provided by the board, to have a portion of the cost
of the service credit recalculated under
division (D)(E) of this section as amended by House
Bill 186 of the 123rd general assembly. The
recalculation shall apply only to the amount still owed by the member as of
the date the election
is filed with the board.
For each member who makes an election, the board shall do all of
the following: (1) Determine the amount of the total cost of the service credit
still owed by the member as of the date the election is filed with the
board and the number of years or portion of a year of service credit
attributable to that amount; (2) Recalculate under division (D)(E) of this section the cost of
the service credit described in division (F)(G)(1) of this section; (3) Notify the member of the recalculated amount. If the recalculated amount is less than the amount still owed by
the member as of the date the election is filed, the recalculated amount
shall be the amount owed by the member. (G)(H) Credit purchased under this section may be combined
pursuant to section 145.37 with credit for military service
purchased under sections 3307.751 and 3309.021,
except that not
more than an aggregate total of five years of credit purchased
under division (A)(B) of this section, division (A) of section
3307.751, and division (A) of section 3309.021, and
not more than
an aggregate total of five years of credit purchased under
division (B)(C) of this section, division (B) of section
3307.751,
and division (B) of section 3309.021 shall be used in determining
retirement eligibility or calculating benefits under section
145.37 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3307.751. (A)(1) A member participating in the
plan described in sections 3307.50 to 3307.79 of the Revised Code may purchase
service
credit
that shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for
each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active
duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, as
defined in section 3307.75 of the Revised Code. The (2) As used in division (A)(2) of this section, "reserves" means a reserve component of any of the armed forces of the United States enumerated in division (A)(1) of section 3307.75 of the Revised Code. On presentation of documentation of the service and subject to state teachers retirement board rules, a member participating in the plan described in sections 3307.50 to 3307.79 of the Revised Code may purchase service credit that shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty as a member of the Ohio national guard or reserves for which the member is not eligible to purchase credit under division (A)(1) of this section. For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, active duty in the reserves or the Ohio national guard includes assembly for drill and instruction; training at encampments, maneuvers, outdoor target practice, or other exercises; and any training or duty in this state ordered by the governor. (3) Credit shall not be granted for any period of duty during which the member was contributing to the retirement system. The credit may
be purchased at any time prior to the effective date of a benefit. The
number of years purchased under
this division shall not exceed five. (B) For the purposes of this division, "prisoner of war"
means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted
member of the armed forces of the United States who was captured,
separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the United States. A member participating in the plan described in sections 3307.50 to 3307.79
of the Revised Code may purchase service credit that shall be
considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for each year of
service such member was a prisoner of war. The number of years
purchased under this division shall not exceed five. Service
credit may be purchased under this division for the same years of
service used to purchase service credit under division (A) of
this section. (C) The total number of years purchased under this section
shall not exceed the member's total accumulated number of years
of Ohio service. (D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(2) or (3) of
this section, for each year or portion of a year of service purchased under division
(A) or (B) of this section, the member shall pay to the state
teachers retirement system for credit to the member's
accumulated account
an amount determined by the member rate of contribution in effect
at the time the military service began multiplied by the
member's annual
compensation for full-time employment during the first year of
service in Ohio following termination of military service. If,
however, a limit on maximum salary or maximum contribution was in
effect at the time the military service began, the limit shall be
applied to the salary received during the first year of service
in Ohio to calculate the amount of payment. To this amount shall
be added an amount equal to compound interest at a rate
established by the state teachers retirement board from the date
active military service terminated to date of payment. (2) For each year of service purchased under division (A)(1)
or (B) of this section for military service that commenced on or
after July 1, 1989, and, without regard to when the military
service commenced, for each year of service purchased under
division (A) or (B) of this section by a member who first
established membership in the retirement system on or after July
1, 1989, the member shall pay to the retirement system for credit
to the member's individual account an amount specified by
the state
teachers retirement board that shall be not less than fifty per
cent of the additional liability resulting from the purchase of
that year of service as determined by an actuary employed by the
board. (3) For each year or portion of a year of service in the reserves or Ohio national guard purchased under division (A)(2) of this section, the member shall pay to the retirement system for credit to the member's individual account an amount equal to one hundred per cent of the additional liability resulting from the purchase of that year of service as determined by an actuary employed by the board. The retirement system shall calculate the number of years or portions of a year of credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (A)(2) of this section by dividing the number of days actually served by three hundred sixty-five. (4) A member may choose to purchase only part of the
credit the member is eligible to purchase under this section
in any one
payment, subject to board rules. (E) A member of the state teachers retirement system is
ineligible to purchase service credit under this section for any
year of military service that was: (1) Used in the calculation of any
retirement benefit currently being paid to such member or payable
in the future under any other retirement program, except for
retired pay for non-regular service under Chapter 1223 of
Section 1662 of
Title XVI of the "National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995,"
108 Stat. 2998 (1994), 10 U.S.C.A. 12731 to 12739, or social
security; (2) Used to obtain service credit pursuant to section
3307.75 or 3307.752
of the Revised Code. At the time the credit is
purchased, the member shall certify on a form furnished by the
board that the member does and will conform to
this
requirement. (F) Credit purchased under this section may be combined
pursuant to section 3307.57 of the Revised Code with
credit for
military service purchased under sections 145.301 and 3309.021 of
the Revised Code, except that not more than a total of five years
of credit purchased under division (A) of this section, division
(A)(B) of section 145.301, and division (A) of section 3309.021 and
not more than a total of five years of credit purchased under
division (B) of this section, division (B)(C) of section 145.301,
and division (B) of section 3309.021 of the Revised Code shall be
used in determining retirement eligibility or calculating
benefits under section 3307.57 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3309.021. (A)(1) A member may purchase service credit
that shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for
each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active
duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, as
defined in section 3309.02 of the Revised Code. All (2) As used in division (A)(2) of this section, "reserves" means a reserve component of any of the armed forces of the United States enumerated in division (A)(1) of section 3309.02 of the Revised Code. On presentation of documentation of the service and subject to school employees retirement board rules, a member may purchase service credit that shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty as a member of the Ohio national guard or reserves for which the member is not eligible to purchase credit under division (A)(1) of this section. For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, active duty in the reserves or the Ohio national guard includes assembly for drill and instruction; training at encampments, maneuvers, outdoor target practice, or other exercises; and any training or duty in this state ordered by the governor. (3)
Credit shall not be granted for any period of duty during which the member was contributing to the retirement system. All or part of
the credit may be purchased at any time prior to receipt of a retirement
allowance. The number of years
purchased under this division shall not exceed five. (B) For the purposes of this division, "prisoner of war"
means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted
member of the armed forces of the United States who was captured,
separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the United States. A member may purchase service credit that shall be
considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for each year of
service such member was a prisoner of war. The number of years
purchased under this division shall not exceed five. Service
credit may be purchased under this division for the same years of
service used to purchase service credit under division (A) of
this section. The member may choose to purchase only part of
such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. (C) The total number of years purchased under this section
shall not exceed the member's total accumulated number of years
of Ohio service. (D)(1) For each year or portion of a year of service purchased under division (A)(1)
or (B) of this section, the member shall pay to the school
employees retirement system for credit to the member's
accumulated account
an amount determined by the member rate of contribution in effect
at the time the military service began multiplied by the annual
compensation for full-time employment during the first year of
service covered by the school employees retirement system,
public employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement system
following termination of military service. If,
however, a limit on maximum salary or maximum contribution was in
effect at the time the military service began, the limit shall be
applied to the salary received during the first year of service
in Ohio to calculate the amount of payment. To this amount shall
be added an amount equal to compound interest at a rate
established by the school employees retirement board from the
date of the member's first service covered by the school
employees retirement system, public employees retirement system, or state
teachers retirement system following termination of the military service
to date of payment.
(2) For each year or portion of a year of service in the reserves or Ohio national guard purchased under division (A)(2) of this section, the member shall pay to the retirement system for credit to the member's individual account an amount equal to one hundred per cent of the additional liability resulting from the purchase of that year of service as determined by an actuary employed by the board. The retirement system shall calculate the number of years or portions of a year of credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (A)(2) of this section by dividing the number of days actually served by three hundred sixty-five. (E) A member of the school employees retirement system is
ineligible to purchase service credit under this section for any
year of military service that was: (1) Used in the calculation of any
retirement benefit currently being paid to the member or payable
in the future under any other retirement program, except for
retired pay for nonregular service under Chapter 1223 of
Section 1662 of
Title XVI of the "National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995,"
108 Stat. 2998 (1994), 10 U.S.C.A. 12731 to 12739, or social
security; (2) Used to obtain service credit pursuant to section 3309.02 or 3309.022
of the Revised Code. At the time such credit
is purchased, the member shall certify on a form furnished by the
retirement board that the member does and will conform to
this
requirement. (F) Credit purchased under this section may be combined
pursuant to section 3309.35 of the Revised Code with credit for
military service purchased under sections 145.301 and
3307.751 of
the Revised Code, except that not more than an aggregate total of
five years of credit purchased under division (A) of this
section, division (A)(B) of section 145.301, and division (A) of
section 3307.751 of the Revised Code, and not more
than an
aggregate total of five years of credit purchased under division
(B) of this section, division (B)(C) of section 145.301, and
division (B) of section 3307.751 of the Revised Code
shall be
used in determining retirement eligibility or calculating
benefits under section 3309.35 of the Revised Code. Sec. 3313.616. (A)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of
sections
3313.61, 3313.611, and 3313.612 of the Revised Code, the
board of
education of any city, exempted village, or local school
district or the governing authority of any chartered nonpublic
school
may grant a high school diploma
to any
veteran
of World War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam conflict
who is
a resident of this
state or who was previously enrolled in any high school in this state if all of the following
apply: (a)(1) The veteran either:
(i)(a) Left a public or nonpublic school located in
any state prior to graduation
in order to
serve in the armed
forces of the United States;
(ii)(b) Left a public or nonpublic school located in any state prior to graduation due to family circumstances and subsequently entered the armed forces of the United States.
(b)(2) The veteran received an honorable discharge from the
armed forces of
the United States.
(c)(3) The veteran has not been granted a diploma as provided
in section
3313.61 or 3313.612 of the Revised Code, a diploma of
adult education as provided in
section 3313.611 of the Revised
Code, or a diploma under this section.
(2)(B) Notwithstanding the requirements of sections 3313.61, 3313.611, and 3313.612 of the Revised Code, the board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district or the governing authority of any chartered nonpublic school may grant a high school diploma to any woman who left high school during World War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam conflict and who is a resident of this state or was previously enrolled in any high school in this state, if both of the following apply:
(1) The woman either: (a) Left a public or nonpublic school located in any state prior to graduation in order to join the workforce to support her family or to join the war effort;
(b) Left a public or nonpublic school located in any state prior to graduation due to family circumstances and subsequently joined the workforce or war effort.
(2) The woman has not been granted a diploma as provided in section 3313.61 or 3313.612 of the Revised Code, a diploma of adult education as provided in section 3313.611 of the Revised Code, or a diploma under this section. (C) If a veteran person who would otherwise qualify for a diploma
under this section is deceased, the board of education of any
school
district or the governing authority of any chartered
nonpublic school may award such diploma
to the veteran person
posthumously and may present that diploma to a
living relative of
the veteran person. (B)(D) The governor's office of
veterans' affairs, in
accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, and with the
advice and consent of the veterans advisory committee established
under division (K) of section 5902.02 of the Revised Code, shall
develop and adopt rules to
implement this
section. Such rules
shall include, but not be limited to, rules
establishing
procedures for
application and verification of
eligible veterans persons
for a diploma under this
section.
Sec. 5505.25. (A)(1) A member of the state highway patrol
retirement system who is not receiving a
pension from the system may purchase service credit for each year or portion of a year
of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty as a
member of the uniformed services of the United
States if the member is
honorably discharged. Credits (2) On presentation of documentation of the service and subject to state highway patrol retirement board rules, a member who is not receiving a pension from the system may purchase service credit for each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty as a member of the Ohio national guard or a reserve component of any of the armed forces for which the member is not eligible to purchase credit under division (A)(1) of this section. For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, active duty in the reserves or the Ohio national guard includes assembly for drill and instruction; training at encampments, maneuvers, outdoor target practice, or other exercises; and any training or duty in this state ordered by the governor.
(3) Credit shall not be granted for any period of duty during which the member was contributing to the retirement system. Credits that are not authorized
under division (D) of
section 5505.16 of
the Revised Code may be purchased at any time. The number of
years purchased under this division shall not exceed five. (B) For the purposes of this division, "prisoner of war"
means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted
member of the uniformed services of the United
States who was captured,
separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the United States. A member may purchase service credit
for each year of
service such member was a prisoner of war. The number of years
purchased under this division shall not exceed five. Service
credit may be purchased under this division for the same years of
service used to purchase service credit under division (A) of
this section. The member may choose to purchase only part of
such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. (C) The total number of years purchased under this section
shall not exceed the member's total accumulated number of years
in the service of the state highway patrol. Credit purchased by a member under this section shall be used to determine the
member's eligibility for retirement under sections 5505.16 and 5505.17 of the
Revised Code. (D)(1) For each year or portion of a year of service purchased under division (A)(1)
or (B) of this section, the member shall pay to the system for
credit to the member's accumulated account an amount
determined by the
member rate of contribution in effect at the time the military
service began multiplied by the annual compensation for full-time
employment during the first year of service in Ohio following
termination of military service. To this amount shall be added
an amount equal to compound interest at a rate established by the
state highway patrol retirement board from the date active
military service terminated to date of payment. A (2) For each year or portion of a year of service in the reserves or Ohio national guard purchased under division (A)(2) of this section, the member shall pay to the retirement system for credit to the member's individual account an amount equal to one hundred per cent of the additional liability resulting from the purchase of that year of service as determined by an actuary employed by the board. The retirement system shall calculate the number of years or portions of a year of credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (A)(2) of this section by dividing the number of days actually served by three hundred sixty-five.
(E) A member is ineligible to purchase service credit under
this section for any year of military service that was: (1) Used in the
calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid to the
member or payable in the future under any other retirement
program, except for retired pay for nonregular service under
Chapter 1223 of
Section 1662 of Title XVI of the "National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1995," 108 Stat. 2998 (1994), 10 U.S.C.A. 12731 to
12739, or social security; (2) Used to obtain service credit
pursuant to section 5505.16 of the Revised Code. At the time the credit is purchased, the member shall certify on
a
form furnished by the board that the member does and will
conform to this
requirement. Any benefit paid under this section to which the
member is not entitled shall be recovered by any recovery
procedures available under this chapter. As used in this section, "uniformed services" of
the United States has the same
meaning as in division (D) of section 5505.16 of the Revised Code.
SECTION 2. That existing sections 145.301, 3307.751, 3309.021, 3313.616, and 5505.25 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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