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...For purposes of division (C)(3) of section 742.40 of the Revised Code, Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") shall consider an OP&F member to be "employed as a police officer or firefighter" if one of the following applies: (A) The person is appointed, commissioned, compensated, designated, employed, engaged, volunteering, or otherwise serving as one of the following: (1) A sheriff, marshal, ...

...For purposes of division (C)(3) of section 742.40 of the Revised Code, Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") shall consider an OP&F member to be "employed as a police officer or firefighter" if one of the following applies: (A) The person is appointed, commissioned, compensated, designated, employed, engaged, volunteering, or otherwise serving as one of the following: (1) A sheriff, marshal, ...

...In the event of any forfeiture and termination of disability benefits in accordance with division (C) or (D) of section 742.40 of the Revised Code, Ohio police and fire pension fund (OP&F) shall convert the person's disability benefits to a service retirement pension if the person meets the age and service eligibility requirements under division (C)(1), (C)(2), (C)(3), or (C)(4) of section 742.37 of the Rev...

...(A) As provided in division (D)(1) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code, spousal consent to a member's plan of payment shall not be required if the member is required to elect a plan of payment pursuant to a court order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code or the laws of another state regarding the division of marital property. (B) A member's current spouse must consent to the election of ...

...The specified amount that a member is required to elect pursuant to a court order, described in division (D)(1)(c) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code, shall be expressed only as a percentage of the allowance that continues after the member's death. In the event that it is expressed as a dollar amount, Ohio police and fire pension fund shall convert the amount to a percentage that will continue at least that am...

...(A) As used in this rule, "alternate payee" shall be as defined by section 3105.80 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in paragraph (C) of this rule, effective August 1, 2017, an individual who receives an annuity, pension, allowance, monthly benefit, or monthly payment from the Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") shall be paid by direct deposit, which is an electronic fund transfer directly to an in...

...(A) Unless the member has properly rescinded his/her DROP election or the terms of paragraph (B) of this rule apply, the "Effective Date" of an eligible member's election to participate in DROP shall be the later of: (1) The first day of the employer's first payroll reporting period that immediately follows OP&F's receipt of the election, but if the payroll reporting period end date falls on the thirtieth day of t...

...(A) For purposes of calculating the DROP benefit, OP&F shall determine the monthly pension amount that would have been payable to the DROP participant had the member elected to receive normal service retirement benefits under division (C)(1) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, according to the requirements set forth in divisions (G), (K) and (L) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code, rule 742-...

...(A) For purposes of accruing a DROP participant's contributions in accordance with the provisions of division (B)(1)(a), (B)(1)(b), (B)(2)(a), or (B)(2)(b) of section 742.443 of the Revised Code, the term "thereafter" shall mean the end of the payroll reporting period reported to OP&F in accordance with applicable statutory provisions prior to the anniversary date referenced in each subsection, as...

...(A) For purposes of determining the effective date of a cost-of-living allowance ("COLA") set forth in section 742.3716 of the Revised Code for DROP participant, the following shall apply: (1) A member whose election to participate in DROP is effective on or before July 1, 2013 and who is fifty-five years of age and already receiving a COLA will continue to receive it at three per cent per a...

...(A) For purposes of section 742.444 of the Revised Code, "termination of a member's active service in a police or fire department" is presumed to occur if OP&F does not receive consecutive reports or payments of contributions from an employer on behalf of the DROP participant, regardless of which employer reports or pays such contributions to OP&F, as more fully illustrated in the following ex...

...(A) This rule shall apply to a member who is a DROP participant, called into active military service, and who is granted service credit for the time period during which the member was called into active military service while a DROP participant, pursuant to section 742.521 of the Revised Code. (B) In the event the member is on active military service at the time of the member's effective date i...

...(A) If, as part of the DROP election, a DROP participant elected an optional plan of payment under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code to have the member's monthly pension calculated as a retirement allowance that continues or is paid to a surviving beneficiary, the DROP participant shall be eligible to cancel such optional plan or continuation of all or part of the allowance in accordance with the provisions of di...

...(A) A DROP participant who is eligible for distributions under division (B)(3) of section 742.444 of the Revised Code may select periodic payments under division (B)(3)(b) of section 742.444 of the Revised Code according to the following methods: (1) Partial distributions, which are one-time payments and not recurring, in a gross amount equal to or greater than one thousand dollars per request, with a maximum of fo...

...(A) For purposes of paying DROP benefits under division (B)(1) of section 742.446 of the Revised Code, the Ohio police and fire pension fund (OP&F) may require receipt of the following documents from the DROP participant's surviving spouse, designated beneficiary or estate, as the case may be: (1) Marriage certificate, if applicable; (2) Birth certificate, if applicable; (3) Letters of authority from the DROP Part...

...(A) Years of service and years of active service shall mean years of full-time service, including a full-time appointment to the position as a police officer or firefighter, for which retirement contributions are deducted from "salary," as such term is defined in section 742.01 of the Revised Code and rule 742-3-02 of the Administrative Code and forwarded to OP&F. (B) For purposes of determining "full-time service,"...

...(A) The rate of compounded interest for the purchase of service credit under section 742.21 of the Revised Code or for the payment of back contributions shall be calculated separately for each year in accordance with the terms of division (H) of section 742.21 of the Revised Code. (B) Prior to January 1, 1987, and for all purchases of civilian service credit and not military service credit, the interest charge for t...

...(A) For purposes of sections 742.21 and 742.251 of the Revised Code, a "purchase" shall mean that the Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") member withdrew his/her contributions from the applicable retirement system or out-of-state or local government and a "transfer" shall mean that the OP&F member maintained his/her contributions with the applicable retirement system. (B) For purposes ...

...(A) A member of Ohio police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") may purchase any type of service credit through payroll deduction that a member is eligible to purchase under any provisions of Chapter 742. of the Revised Code, including but not limited to, sections 742.21 (service credit earned for full-time service as member of state or municipal retirement system, 742.221 (conditions to receive credit...

...(A) The board will authorize payment of the benefits created by section 742.3714 of the Revised Code when the board determines that: (1) A deceased or former member was, on the date of death, eligible to retire and to receive an immediate pension under division (C)(1) or (C)(3) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, but had not retired because he/she had not severed employment as a police officer or fire fighter; an...

...(A) The benefits and contributions of any member shall be calculated on the basis of the member's salary as defined by divisions (G) and (L) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code and rule 742-3-02 of the Administrative Code. (B) All members having fifteen years of service credit as of January 1, 1989 shall be provided a form upon which they can elect the basis of benefit and contribution calculations under section 7...

...(A) For purposes of division (B) of section 742.45 of the Revised Code, "satisfactory evidence of the payment for coverage" shall mean filing of the medicare part "B" reimbursement statement in the form approved by OP&F or the medicare billing statement, along with a copy of the applicant's medicare card or a letter from medicare in lieu of a medicare card. No retroactive reimbursement will be mad...

...(A) Definitions As used in this rule and rule 742-7-12 of the Administrative Code: (1) "Age and service retiree" means a former member who is receiving a retirement allowance pursuant to division (C) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code. (2) "Claims administrator" means the third party administrator selected by OP&F's board of trustees to administer the health reimbursement arrangement. (3) "...

...(A) Definitions As used in this rule and rule 742-7-12 of the Administrative Code: (1) "Age and service retiree" means a former member who is receiving a retirement allowance pursuant to division (C) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code. (2) "Claims administrator" means the third party administrator selected by OP&F's board of trustees to administer the health reimbursement arrangement...

...(A) OP&F may offer an increase in the stipend amount to an eligible benefit recipient who meets the criteria established by OP&F's board of trustees for such an increase. If such an increase is offered, the eligible benefit recipient requesting the increase shall annually file a request with OP&F in a form provided by OP&F and submit a copy of their most recently filed federal income tax return. I...