5505-5-03 Purchase of military service credit.

(A) If a member elects not to purchase interrupted military service in accordance with division (C) of section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, the member may purchase military service credit in accordance with section 5505.25 of the Revised Code.

(B) The cost to purchase military service credit shall be calculated pursuant to division (D) of section 5505.25 of the Revised Code.

(C) Military service credit purchased for the period of time during which a member’s active patrol service was interrupted shall be considered to be a part of the years of service necessary for a pension under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code.

(D) The member shall purchase only the period of time from the entry date to the date of discharge as designated by the member’s DD-214, or the period beginning with the date thea leave of absence began and ending with the date the member returned to active service with the state highway patrol, whichever is less.

(E) Members may purchase military service credit under section 5505.25 and division (C) of section 5505.16 of the Revised Code in increments. The cost for purchasing a portion of military service credit shall be calculated as a proportionate part of the total cost.

(F) In no case shall a member receive more than three hundred sixty-five days of service credit for any one year.

(G) A member shall acknowledge by signing a form prepared by the system of ineligibility to purchase military service credit under section 5505.25 and division (C) of section 5505.16 of the Revised Code for any year of military service 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 social security or retired pay for nonregular service under Chapter 67 of Title 10 of the United States Code.

Effective: 10/21/2005

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/05/2005 and 10/01/2010

Promulgated Under: 111.15

Statutory Authority: 5505.07

Rule Amplifies: 5505.16, 5505.25

Prior Effective Dates: 11/1/1990, 1/1/1986, 2/15/1981