Rule 3309-1-33 | Retirement and benefit effective dates.
(A) For purposes of this rule, "retirement allowance" refers to a monthly retirement allowance, including an "estimated retirement allowance" as defined in paragraph (A) of rule 3309-1-21 of the Administrative Code, as well as a lump sum payment made under a plan described in division (B)(4) of section 3309.46 of the Revised Code.
(B)
(1)
(a) The effective date of a service retirement under sections 3309.34, 3309.35, 3309.36, and 3309.46 of the Revised Code shall be as follows:
The first of the month following the last date of compensated service, the first of the month following the date that age and service credit eligibility is met, the first of the month after all purchases of service credit are completed, or at the date requested by the applicant in writing at retirement, whichever is later.
(b) The effective date of a service retirement under section 3309.343 of the Revised Code shall be as follows:
The first of the month following the last date of compensated service for the position from which the member is retiring, the first of the month following the date that age and service credit eligibility is met, the first of the month after all purchases of service credit are completed, or at the date requested by the applicant in writing at retirement, whichever is later.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule to the contrary, the effective date of a service retirement under this rule of a member who is an other system retirant as defined in division (A)(2) of section 3309.341 of the Revised Code shall not be sooner than the effective date of retirement in the other system.
(2) The effective date of reemployment, conversion retirement, disability, and survivor benefits shall be the date as provided by section 3309.344, 3309.381, 3309.39, 3309.40, 3309.401, or 3309.45 of the Revised Code.
(C) A member, a beneficiary eligible for benefits pursuant to section 3309.45 of the Revised Code, or a SERS retirant or other system retirant as defined in section 3309.341 of the Revised Code, may withdraw an application for a retirement allowance, survivor benefit or annuity by delivering to the retirement system a signed written request over the applicant's signature and as follows:
(1) If the payment was made by check, by returning to the retirement system the warrant uncashed no later than thirty days after issuance of the check.
(2) If the payment was transmitted by direct deposit to the member, beneficiary, or retirant's financial institution(s), by remitting to the retirement system a personal check or money order repaying all payments transmitted no later than thirty days after the institution's receipt of the payment.
(3) If any portion of a payment was delivered as a direct rollover pursuant to rule 3309-1-53 of the Administrative Code, the retirement plan that received the distribution must return to the retirement system the amount transferred not later than sixty days after the transfer.
(4) If any portion of a payment was paid to satisfy a court order or was otherwise deducted as required by law, the application may not be withdrawn as provided in this rule.
(D) The retirement laws in effect on the benefit effective dates shall determine the amount and eligibility for a retirement allowance, survivor benefit, or annuity.
(E) The annuity and option tables as adopted by the board and in effect shall be used to determine reserve liability and retirement allowance, survivor benefit payments and annuity.
Last updated February 21, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Supplemental Information
Amplifies: 3309.34, 3309.343, 3309.344, 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.381, 3309.39, 3309.40, 3309.401, 3309.45, 3309.46
Five Year Review Date: 2/1/2029
Prior Effective Dates: 12/24/1976, 2/1/1992, 1/2/1993, 5/2/2001, 7/30/2001 (Emer.), 11/1/2001, 1/2/2003, 1/2/2004, 5/11/2006, 4/2/2010, 1/7/2013, 12/14/2013, 3/30/2015