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...Employers who obtain funds directly by taxation shall levy annually such additional taxes as are required to provide the additional funds necessary to meet the financial requirements imposed upon them by this chapter and said tax shall be placed before and in preference to all other items except for sinking fund or interest purposes.

...The school employees retirement board shall be the trustee of certain funds hereby created as follows: (A) The "employees' savings fund" is the fund in which shall be accumulated the contributions deducted from the compensation of contributors as provided by section 3309.47 of the Revised Code, together with the interest credited thereon. Such accumulated contributions refunded upon withdrawal or payable to a benefi...

...Wherever in this chapter, reference is made to the employees' savings fund, the employers' trust fund, the annuity and pension reserve fund, the guarantee fund, the survivors' benefit fund, the defined contribution fund, or the expense fund, such reference shall be construed to have been made to each as a separate legal entity. This section does not prevent the deposit or investment of all such moneys intermingled fo...

...The school employees retirement board shall estimate annually the amount required to defray expenses of administration in the ensuing year and may apportion such expenses among the members. The amount so apportioned in any year shall not exceed three dollars per member. If the amount estimated to be required to meet the expenses of the board exceeds the amounts apportioned by the board, the amount of such excess shal...

...If a local district pension system votes to merge with the school employees retirement system, the school employees retirement board shall employ an actuary to value the assets and liabilities which will be taken over by the school employees retirement system hereby created in the event of such merger. The actuary so employed shall be an actuary also approved by the employer in whose district the local district pensi...

...That part of the accrued liability due on account of pensions to pensioners already on the rolls of such local district pension system, referred to in section 3309.63 of the Revised Code, remaining unpaid on September 1, 1937, shall be paid by the employer at the rate of at least four per cent per annum of such accrued liability with interest at four per cent per annum on unpaid balances. Both the payment and interes...

...The increasing contribution determined as provided in sections 3309.63 and 3309.64 of the Revised Code by the actuary shall be paid by the employer instead of the deficiency contribution computed as otherwise provided by this chapter. In the event of merger, the moneys and securities to the credit of the local district pension system, not exceeding an aggregate amount equal to the present value of the payments to be ...

...The right of an individual to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance itself, the right of an individual to any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any individual under this chapter, the various funds created by section 3309.60 of the Revised Code, and all moneys, investments, and income from moneys and investments are exempt from any state tax, except the tax imposed by section 5747.02 ...

...(A) Except as provided in section 3309.673 of the Revised Code, the granting of a retirement allowance, annuity, pension, or other benefit to any person pursuant to action of the school employees retirement board vests a right in such person, so long as the person remains the recipient of any of the funds established by section 3309.60 of the Revised Code, to receive such retirement allowance, annuity, pension, or be...

...(A) Any person who is receiving an allowance, benefit, or any increase under the provisions of this chapter may, at any time, waive his rights thereto, or to a portion thereof, by filing a written notice of waiver with the school employees retirement board. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, such waiver shall remain in effect until the first day of the month following his death or the filing of his w...

...anization composed primarily of retired public employees or retired public employees and their spouses if the association or organization adopts a resolution approving payment by that method and not fewer than five hundred persons receiving allowances, annuities, pensions, or benefits from the system initially authorize the deduction for payment to the same association or organization. The authorization shall be in w...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension, annuity, allowance, or other type of benefit, other than a survivorship benefit, that has been granted to a person under this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter, and any payment of any other amounts to be paid to a person under this chapter upon the p...

..."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 school employees retirement system shall determine whether the order meets the requirements of sections 3105.80 to 3105.90 of the Revised Code. The system shall retain in the participant's reco...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter and any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any forfeiture ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revis...

...Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a disability benefit granted under this chapter is subject to an order issued under section 2929.193 of the Revised Code. The school employees retirement board shall comply with the order. On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that a school employees retirement system member is charged with an offense listed in division (D) of secti...

...All amounts due the school employees retirement system from the state treasury pursuant to this chapter shall be promptly paid upon warrant of the director of budget and management pursuant to a voucher approved by the director.

...ees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system. (G) The board shall make all other necessary rules pursuant to the purpose and intent of this section. (H) This section does not require the board to establish, maintain, offer, or continue any health care program. This section does not require the board to provide or continue ...

...The school employees retirement board may establish a program under which members of the retirement system, employers on behalf of members, and persons receiving service, disability, or survivor benefits are permitted to participate in contracts for long-term health care insurance. Participation may include dependents and family members. If a participant in a contract for long-term care insurance leaves employment, t...

...As used in this section, "SERS defined benefit plan" means the plan established under sections 3309.18 to 3309.70 of the Revised Code and "SERS defined contribution plan" means the plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code. The SERS defined benefit plan or a SERS defined contribution plan may include a program under which a member participating in the plan or a member's employer is permitted to make...

...If a person who is a member, former member, contributor, former contributor, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee, as defined in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code, is paid any benefit or payment by the school employees retirement system to which the person is not entitled, the benefit shall be repaid to the retirement system by the person. If the person fails to make the repayment, the retirement system shall ...

...iform system" means the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement system. (2) "Military service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under this chapter or Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code for service in the armed forces of the United States. (B) A member of the school employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with a uniform retirement system shal...

...(A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the school employees retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system. (B) A member of the school employees retirement system who has c...

...(A) As used in this section and sectoins 3309.75 and 3309.76 of the Revised Code, "military service credit" means credit purchased or obtained under the school employees retirement system or city of Cincinnati retirement system for service in the armed forces of the United States. (B) Service credit and contributions may be transferred between the school employees retirement system and the Cincinnati retirement sys...

...(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 3309.74 of the Revised Code are met, a member of the school employees retirement system who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the school employees retirement system is eligible to obtain credit for service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system under this section. (B) A member of the school employees retirement system who has contributions ...

...(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 3309.74 of the Revised Code are met and a person who is a member or former member of the school employees retirement system but not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the school employees retirement system elects to receive credit under the Cincinnati retirement system for service for which the person contributed to the s...