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...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...

...ers for medicare and medicaid services, Ohio public employees deferred compensation program, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, public employees retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, Cincinnati retirement system, or a third party that the school employees retirement board has contracted with for the purpose of administering any part of this chapter. (E) A state...

...e "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq., or any other federal job training program. (C) A member may elect to have employment by the school, college, or university at which the member is enrolled and regularly attending classes exempted from contribution to the retirement system by filing a written application with the member's employer within the first month after being so employed. (D...

...Members of a local district pension system maintained under the laws of the state from appropriations or contributions made wholly or in part by any employer and existing on July 14, 1937, are hereby excluded from membership in the school employees retirement system. If a majority of all employees participating in any such local district pension system apply for membership in the school employees retirement system by...

...On receipt of notice under section 3309.55 of the Revised Code of the employment of a new employee, the school employees retirement system shall inform the employee of the requirements of section 3309.251 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, an individual who becomes a member of the school employees retirement system on or after the date on which the school employees retirement board establishes a plan under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall make an election under this section. Not later than one hundred eighty days after the date on which employment begins, the individual shall elect to par...

...(A) A member of the school employees retirement system, who, as of the last day of the month immediately preceding the date on which the system establishes a plan under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code, has less than five years of total service credit is eligible to make an election under this section. Not later than one hundred eighty days after the day the board first establishes one or more plans under section...

...A member of the school employees retirement system who elects to participate in a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code shall be ineligible for any benefit or payment under sections 3309.18 to 3309.70 of the Revised Code and shall be forever barred from claiming or purchasing service credit with any state retirement system, as defined in section 145.30 of the Revised Code, for service covered by ...

...e state teachers retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, or the state highway patrol retirement system, subsequent to the withdrawal of contributions and cancellation of service credit in this system may restore such service credit by redepositing in the employees' savings fund the amount withdrawn with interest at a rate to be determined by the board, compounded annually, from the first of the mont...

... the Ohio police and fire pension fund, public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system, and is a former member of or no longer contributing to the public employees retirement system or state teachers retirement system may restore service credit under section 145.31 or 3307.71 of the Revised Code by making payments pursuant to this section through a payr...

...After receiving a request from the public employees retirement system under division (A) of section 145.311 or the state teachers retirement system under division (A) of section 3307.711 of the Revised Code, the school employees retirement system shall do both of the following: (A) Calculate and certify to the requesting retirement system the cost to a former member to restore service credit under section 3309.26 of...

...(A) The school employees retirement board may establish by rule payroll deduction plans for payment of the following: (1) The cost of restoring service credit under section 3309.26 or 3309.261 of the Revised Code or purchasing any service credit members of the school employees retirement system are eligible to purchase under this chapter; (2) Charges for participation in programs established under section 3309.691 ...

...Not later than thirty days after an employee begins employment, the employer shall file with the school employees retirement system a detailed statement of the employee's personal information and such other information as the school employees retirement board requires for the proper operation of the school employees retirement system.

...est evidence it can obtain. If official records are not available as to the length of service, compensation, or other information required, the board may use its discretion as to the evidence to be accepted.

...For service subsequent to June 30, 1955, the retirement board shall credit a year of service credit to any member employed on a full-time basis for nine or more months of service within a year. For contributing and prior service before July 1, 1955 only eight or more months of service on a full-time basis within a year will be necessary for a year of service credit. Effective July 1, 1977, full-time service is define...

...by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended. (C) Upon receipt of a request from a member eligible to purchase credit under this section and certification of the member's service and compensation from the employer for which the exempt service was performed, the school employees retirement system shall determine the amount of credit the member is eligible to purchas...