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...as been the subject of a finding by the Ohio elections commission without disclosing the outcome of any legal proceedings resulting from the indictment or finding; (6) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has a record of treatment or confinement for mental disorder; (7) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has been subjected to military discipline for criminal misconduct or dis...

...ssion shall hold a hearing open to the public to determine whether the violation alleged in the complaint has occurred. The commission may administer oaths and issue subpoenas to any person in the state compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books, accounts, and reports. On the refusal of any person to obey a subpoena or to be sworn or to answer as a witness, the commissi...

... the elections. (B) The board may contract with the secretary of state or an independent firm to administer the elections, certify the validity of nominating petitions, and certify the results of the elections. The secretary of state and the independent firm shall perform these services in accordance with the rules adopted under division (A) of this section. Notwithstanding section 3309.22 of the Revised Code,...

...Each member of the school employees retirement board upon appointment or election shall take an oath of office that he will support the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state, and that he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the said board and that he will not knowingly violate or willfully permit to be violated any law applicable to Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code. Suc...

...ions of any sessions discussing medical records or the degree of disability of a member excluded from public inspection by section 3309.22 of the Revised Code.

...erence, the board shall ensure that the public can hear and observe the discussions and deliberations of all the members of the board, whether the member is participating in person or electronically. (D) Except as provided in this section, no person shall do any of the following: (1) Limit the number of board members who may attend a meeting by means of video conference; (2) Limit the total number of meetings t...

...oard or a retirant member employed by a public employer in accordance with section 3309.341 of the Revised Code for service to the board. (B) The members of the board shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for all actual necessary expenses incurred while serving on the board. (C) The board may secure insurance coverage designed to indemnify board members and employees for their actions or conduct in the pe...

...The school employees retirement board shall elect, from its membership, a chairperson, and shall employ an executive director who shall serve as secretary.

...The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of the funds of the school employees retirement system, and all disbursements therefrom shall be paid by the treasurer of state only upon instruments duly authorized by the school employees retirement board and bearing the signatures of the board; provided, that such instruments may bear the names of the board members printed thereon and the signatures of the president an...

...The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the school employees retirement board.

...employees as are necessary for the transaction of the business of the school employees retirement system. Effective ninety days after the effective date of this amendment, the board may not employ a state retirement system investment officer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, who does not hold a valid state retirement system investment officer license issued by the division of securities in the depa...

...s then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; and by diversifying the investments of the system so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. The board, in accordance with its fiduciary duties described under this secti...

...The school employees retirement system shall make no investments through, purchases from, or otherwise do any business with any individual who is, or any partnership, association, or corporation that is owned or controlled by, a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, a board member of, or an officer of the system, or in which a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, a board...

...s retirement system to engage in a transaction, if he knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the system and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the system and a party in interest; (3) Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the system and a party in interest; (4) ...

...elect agents to execute securities transactions on behalf of the retirement system. The policy shall address each of the following: (1) Commissions charged by the agent, both in the aggregate and on a per share basis; (2) The execution speed and trade settlement capabilities of the agent; (3) The responsiveness, reliability, and integrity of the agent; (4) The nature and value of research provided by the agen...

...tem shall disclose the following to the Ohio ethics commission: (1) Anything of value received by the system from an agent and anything of value given on behalf of the system by an agent; (2) The name of any employee of the system with authority over the investment of retirement system funds or any board member of the system who deals with an agent regarding amounts described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B...

...b) A process whereby the board can give public notice to Ohio-qualified investment managers of the board's search for an investment manager that includes the board's search criteria. (2) The board shall determine whether an investment manager is an Ohio-qualified investment manager and whether the investment manager offers quality, services, and safety comparable to other investment managers otherwise available to t...

...Bonds purchased from any taxing district of the state shall be in the denomination required by the school employees retirement board in its resolution of purchase, or the board may by its resolution require that all bonds of any series of bonds purchased by it from any taxing district be consolidated and issued as one bond, the principal amount of which shall be equal to the aggregate amount of all the bonds of said ...

...The proper officers of each taxing district issuing the bonds provided for in section 3309.16 of the Revised Code shall, without additional procedure or legislation on their part, comply with this chapter, except that the proper accounting officer of such taxing district and the secretary of its sinking fund shall make and keep a detailed record of any such changes required by the school employees retirement board. T...

...Interest deposited in the guarantee fund created by section 3309.60 of the Revised Code shall be credited annually to the various funds, except the expense fund.

...No trustee and no employee of the school employees retirement board shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in the gains or profits of any investment made by the board nor as such, directly or indirectly, receive any pay or emolument for his services. No trustee or employee of the said board, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent or partner of others, shall borrow any of its funds or deposits or use...

...ther information as is required for the actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the various funds created by section 3309.60 of the Revised Code. Upon the basis of the mortality and service experience of the members, retirants, and beneficiaries of the school employees retirement system, or SERS retirants and other system retirants as defined in section 3309.341 of the Revised Code, the board shall adopt...

...he board shall submit the report to the Ohio retirement study council, the director of budget and management, and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation immediately upon its availability and not later than the first day of May following the year for which the valuation was made. (B) At such times as the school employees retir...

...uation, shall prepare and submit to the Ohio retirement study commission and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation a report that includes the following information: (A) The number of years needed to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability as determined by the annual actuarial valuation; (B) A plan approved by t...

...e's compensation to be contributed by a public institution of higher education under division (D) of section 3305.06 of the Revised Code. The initial study must be completed and submitted by the board to the department of higher education not later than December 31, 2016. A subsequent study must be completed and submitted not later than the last day of December of every fifth year thereafter. (C) For the initial st...