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...ed contribution plan shall require the public employees retirement board, or the entity administering the plan pursuant to a contract with the board, to cause an individual account to be maintained for each member participating in the plan. Amounts to be credited under a PERS defined contribution plan may be deposited into any of the funds created under section 145.23 of the Revised Code or may be transferred ...

... this section and rules adopted by the public employees retirement board under sections 145.09 and 145.80 of the Revised Code. An election to participate in a different plan shall be made in writing on a form provided by the public employees retirement system and filed with the system. The election shall take effect on the first day of the month following the date the election is filed and, except as provided i...

...in division (C)(1) of this section, the public employees retirement board may establish eligibility requirements and benefit formulas or amounts that differ from those of members participating in the PERS defined benefit plan. With respect to the purchase of service credit by a member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan, the board may reduce the cost of the service credit to reflect the different benefi...

...program described in this section, the public employees retirement board shall adopt rules to specify the length of time during which the member will vest in amounts accumulated on the member's behalf and may provide for a minimum annual distribution from the accumulated amount after the member terminates employment in positions subject to this chapter.

... of the member's earnable salary to the public employees retirement system as required in section 145.47 of the Revised Code. Contributions made under this section shall not exceed the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended.

... of the member's earnable salary to the public employees retirement system as required in section 145.48 of the Revised Code, less the percentage required under section 145.87 of the Revised Code.

... a PERS defined contribution plan, the public employees retirement system may transfer to the employers' accumulation fund a portion of the employer contribution required under section 145.48 of the Revised Code. If the public employees retirement board elects to make a transfer under this section, the portion transferred shall not exceed the percentage of earnable salary of members for whom the contributions ...

... may include provisions authorizing the public employees retirement system to do either of the following: (A) Withhold from the amounts contributed under sections 145.85 and 145.86 of the Revised Code a percentage of earnable salary or a fixed dollar amount that is determined by an actuary appointed by the public employees retirement board to be necessary to administer the plan; (B) Withhold from the amounts contri...

...The right of each member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan to a retirement, disability, survivor, or death benefit, to health or long-term care insurance or any other type of health care benefit, or to a withdrawal of any amounts that have accumulated on the member's behalf shall be governed exclusively by the plan selected by the member.

... the signature is witnessed by a notary public. A plan may waive the requirement of consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located or for any other reason specified by the plan or in rules adopted by the public employees retirement board. A plan shall waive the requirement of consent if a plan of payment that provides for payment in a specified portion of the benefit continuing after the member's death ...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section and sections 145.38, 145.56, 145.57, 145.572, 145.573, and 145.574 of the Revised Code, the right of a member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan to any payment or benefit accruing from contributions made by or on behalf of the member under sections 145.85 and 145.86 of the Revised Code shall vest in accordance with this section. A member's right to any payme...

...Each PERS defined contribution plan shall permit a member participating in the plan to do both of the following: (A) If the member has withdrawn the amounts that have accumulated on behalf of the member under the plan, returns to employment covered under this chapter, and is participating in a plan that includes definitely determinable benefits, pay to the system the amounts withdrawn in accordance with rules...

...Contributions under sections 145.85 and 145.86 of the Revised Code shall cease on the member's death or termination of employment or for any other reason specified by the plan selected by the member.

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 145.054 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of the violation. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 145.054 of the Revised Code shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. (C) Fines imposed by the Ohio elections commission under this section shall be paid into...

...y any such person for membership in the public employees retirement system, or who has waived membership in the public employees retirement system; (b) Firefighters drafted, requisitioned, or appointed to serve in an emergency. (2)(a) A volunteer firefighter who is a member of the public employees retirement system shall be considered a volunteer firefighter for purposes of this chapter, and in particular, for purp...

...(A) Each political subdivision or fire district having a fire department employing volunteer fire fighters is a member of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund and shall establish a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board. (B) A private volunteer fire company which has contracted to afford fire protection to a political subdivision or fire district may become a member of the volunteer fire fighters' d...

...subdivision or fire district, but not a public employee, a member of the legislative authority, or a member of the fire department. (B) A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board provided for in division (B) of section 146.02 of the Revised Code shall consist of five members chosen as follows: (1) Two members elected by the legislative authority of the political subdivision or fire district with which the pri...

...(A) The term of each volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board member is one year and begins the first day of January. (B) Election of volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board members provided for in divisions (A)(1) and (B)(1) of section 146.03 of the Revised Code shall be held each year no earlier than the first day of November and no later than the second Monday in December, and the election of the boa...

...A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board shall meet promptly after its election and organize. A chairperson and a secretary shall be elected. The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the board, which record shall be maintained as a permanent file. The board may adopt rules necessary for the handling and processing of claims and shall perform such other duties as are necessary to carry...

...ependents fund board is the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such board is located.

...hed in the state treasury the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund. All investment earnings earned by the fund shall be collected by the treasurer of state and placed to the credit of the fund. Each political subdivision or fire district which maintains in whole or in part a volunteer fire department or employs volunteer fire fighters shall pay to the treasurer of state, to the credit of the fund, an initial prem...

...n 146.07 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall certify such failure as an assessment against the member of the fund to the auditor of the county within which the member is located. The county auditor shall then withhold the amount of such assessment, together with interest at the rate of six per cent from the due date of the premium, from the next ensuing tax settlement due the members and pay the amount ...

... 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 following assessments, based on current valuation, to be made and certified to the legislative body of each member o...

...(A) If a member of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund having a volunteer fire department or employing volunteer fire fighters does not pay the assessment provided in section 146.09 of the Revised Code within forty-five days after notice, the state fire marshal shall proceed with collection in the same manner as provided in section 146.08 of the Revised Code. (B) If a private volunteer fire company which is...

...nefits shall be paid from the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund to or on behalf of the following persons: (A) To the surviving spouse of a volunteer firefighter killed while discharging the duties of a volunteer firefighter or who dies from exposure or injury received while in the discharge of those duties, a lump sum award of one thousand dollars, and, in addition, the sum of three hundred dollars per mo...