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...Eligibility of members of the public employees retirement system, including for members described in section 145.196 of the Revised Code and other than those subject to section 145.332 of the Revised Code, for age and service retirement shall be determined under this section. (A) A member is eligible for age and service retirement under this division if, not later than five years after January 7, 2013, the member ...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 145.381 and 145.384 of the Revised Code: (1) "PERS retirant" means a former member of the public employees retirement system who is receiving one of the following: (a) Age and service retirement benefits under section 145.32, 145.33, 145.331, 145.332, 145.335, or 145.46 or former section 145.34 of the Revised Code; (b) Age and service retirement benefits paid by the p...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Compensation" has the same meaning as in section 3307.01 or 3309.01 of the Revised Code, as appropriate. (2) "PERS position" means a position for which a member of the public employees retirement system is making contributions to the system. (3) "Other state retirement system" means the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system. (4) "State re...

...(A) As used in this section, "PERS retirant" means a PERS retirant who is not subject to division (C) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, "PERS retirant" also includes both of the following: (1) A member who retired under section 145.383 of the Revised Code; (2) A retirant whose retirement allowance resumed under section 145.385 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) An other system retirant ...

...Except as provided in division (C)(1) of this section, in lieu of accepting the payment of the accumulated account of a member who dies before service retirement, a beneficiary, as determined in this section or section 145.43 of the Revised Code, may elect to forfeit the accumulated contributions and to substitute certain other benefits under division (A) or (B) of this section. (A)(1) Except as provided in divisi...

...(A) A retirement allowance calculated under section 145.33, 145.331, 145.332, or 145.335 of the Revised Code shall be paid as provided in this section. Unless the member is required by division (C) of this section to select a specified plan of payment, a member may elect a plan of payment as provided in division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. An election shall be made at the time the member makes application...

...(A) Each public employee who is a contributor to the public employees retirement system shall contribute eight per cent of the contributor's earnable salary to the employees' savings fund, except that the public employees retirement board may raise the contribution rate to a rate not greater than ten per cent of the employee's earnable salary. (B) The head of each state department, institution, board, and co...

...(A) Each employer described in division (D) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code shall pay into the employers' accumulation fund, in monthly installments, an amount certified by the public employees retirement board, which equals the employer obligation as described in section 145.12 or 145.69 of the Revised Code. In addition, the board shall add to the employer billing next succeeding the amount, with interes...

...(A) As used in this section, "alternate payee," "benefit," "lump sum payment," "participant," and "public retirement program" have the same meanings as in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code. (B) On receipt of an order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement system shall determine whether the order meets the requirements of sections 3105.80 to 3105.90 of the Revi...

...(A) The public employees retirement board shall adopt rules establishing eligibility for any coverage provided under this section. The rules shall base eligibility on years and types of service credit earned by members. Eligibility determinations shall be made in accordance with the rules, except that an individual who, as a result of making a false statement in an attempt to secure a benefit under this section, is c...

...(A) As used in this section, "child," "parent," and "surviving spouse" have the same meanings as in section 145.43 of the Revised Code. (B) Should a contributor die before commencement of a benefit under section 145.64 of the Revised Code, any deposits made under section 145.62 or the version of division (C) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this section ...

...As used in sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code: (A) "Fire department" means a volunteer fire department, a fire department of a political subdivision or fire district of this state, or a private volunteer company that has elected to participate in the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund pursuant to section 146.02 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) "Volunteer firefighter" means both of the following, subject...

...The total of all initial premiums collected by the treasurer of state under section 146.07 of the Revised Code is the basic capital account of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund, and no further contributions are required of its members until such time as claims against the fund have reduced it to ninety-five per cent or less of its basic capital account. In such event, the state fire marshal shall cause the...

...(A) The secretary of state may appoint and commission as notaries public as many persons who meet the qualifications of division (B) of this section as the secretary of state considers necessary. (B) In order for a person to qualify to be appointed and commissioned as a notary public, except as provided in division (F) of this section, the person shall demonstrate to the secretary of state that the person satisfie...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by an individual before a notary public that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record, and if the record is signed in a representative capacity, that the individual signed the record with proper authority and signed it as the act of the individual or entity identified in the record. (B) "Criminal records check" has th...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of section 147.01 of the Revised Code, no person shall be appointed as a notary public unless that person has completed an educational program related to the requirements of this chapter and passed a test demonstrating knowledge of such requirements. (2) The secretary of state may authorize that such a program be completed online. (B) The secretary of state shall adopt, ...

...(A)(1) The secretary of state shall require each applicant for a notary commission, other than an attorney licensed to practice law in this state or a peace officer, to complete a criminal records check. (2) The secretary shall not accept an application for a notary commission that includes the report of a criminal records check that is more than six months old. (B) The secretary of state shall provide to each pe...

...(A)(1) If the secretary of state believes that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the secretary of state may investigate such violations. (2) The secretary of state may investigate possible violations of this chapter upon a signed complaint from any person. (B) After an investigation, the secretary of state may take any of the following actions: (1) Revoke the notary public's commission; (2) Suspend...

...(A) A notary public is entitled to the following fees: (1) Up to five dollars for any notarial act that is not an online notarization; (2) For an online notarization, up to thirty dollars. (B) A notary charging the fee authorized under division (A)(2) of this section shall not also charge the fee authorized under division (A)(1) of this section. (C) The fees charged under division (A) of this section shall no...

...(A) The person taking an acknowledgment shall certify that the person acknowledging appeared before the notary public and acknowledged executing the instrument. (B) The words in an acknowledgment notarial certificate "acknowledged before me" mean that: (1) The person acknowledging appeared before the person taking the acknowledgment; (2) The person acknowledging acknowledged executing the instrument; (3) In t...

...(A) A notary public shall provide a completed notarial certificate for every notarial act the notary public performs. (B) If a notarial certificate incorrectly indicates the type of notarization performed, the notary public shall provide a correct certificate at no charge to the person signing in question. (C) The form of a notarial certificate used by a person whose authority is recognized under section 147.51 o...

...The forms of acknowledgment set forth in this section may be used and are sufficient for their respective purposes under any section of the Revised Code. The forms shall be known as "statutory short forms of acknowledgment" and may be referred to by that name. The authorization of the forms in this section does not preclude the use of other forms. (A) For an individual acting in the individual's own right: "State...

...(A) As used in this section, "electronic document," "electronic seal," "electronic signature," and "online notarization" have the same meanings as in section 147.60 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) An electronic document that is signed in the physical presence of the notary public with an electronic signature and notarized with an electronic seal shall be considered an original document. (2) Notwithstanding any othe...

...As used in this section and sections 147.61 to 147.66 of the Revised Code: (A) "Appear in person" means being in the same physical location as another person and being close enough to hear, communicate with, and exchange tangible identification credentials with that individual. "Appear in person" also means being in a different location as another person and interacting with that individual by means of live two-way...

...(A) A notary public who has been duly appointed and commissioned under section 147.01 of the Revised Code, and who is a resident of this state, may apply to the secretary of state to be authorized to act as an online notary public during the term of that notary public's commission. A state resident commissioned as a notary public qualifies to be an online notary public by paying the fee described in section 147.631 o...