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...quivalent as determined by the state teachers retirement board, if, in the case of termination of a marital relationship, the election is made with the written consent of the beneficiary or pursuant to an order of the court with jurisdiction over termination of the marital relationship. (4) Option 4. The retirant's lesser benefit or a portion of the retirant's lesser benefit shall be paid for life to two, three, or ...

...right to make an election, a member who fails to submit a valid election under this section shall be considered to have elected disability coverage under section 3307.63 of the Revised Code. To be valid, an election must be made on the form provided by the board, signed by the member, and submitted to the board not later than one hundred eighty days after the date the notice was mailed, or, in the case of a form prov...

...ixty, and is determined by the state teachers retirement board under section 3307.62 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall be retired on disability under this section. Upon disability retirement, a member shall receive an annual amount that shall consist of: (A) An annuity having a reserve equal to the amount of the member's accumulated contributions at that time; (B) A pension that shall b...

...ction and is determined by the state teachers retirement board under section 3307.62 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall receive a disability allowance under this section. The allowance shall be an annual amount equal to the greater of the following: (1) Forty-five per cent of the member's final average salary; (2) The member's total service credit multiplied by two and two-tenths per ce...

... member or received one-half or more of support from the member during the twelve-month period preceding the member's death may elect to receive a monthly benefit computed as the joint-survivor allowance designated as option 1 in section 3307.60 of the Revised Code, which the member would have received had the member retired on the last day of the month of death and had the member at that time selected such joint-sur...

...ce or disability benefit, the state teachers retirement system shall make a lump-sum payment of one thousand dollars to any designated or qualified beneficiary under division (D)(1) of section 3307.562 of the Revised Code. If there is no beneficiary, the state teachers retirement board may approve payment to either the person responsible for the burial expenses or to the decedent's estate following the complet...

...) and (E) of this section, the state teachers retirement board shall annually increase each allowance or benefit payable under the STRS defined benefit plan. Through July 31, 2013, the increase shall be three per cent. On and after August 1, 2013, the increase shall be two per cent. No allowance or benefit shall exceed the limit as annually determined pursuant to section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 10...

... Revised Code to establish a temporary supplemental benefit fund for the purpose of making a lump sum benefit payment to all persons receiving an allowance, pension, or benefit under the STRS defined benefit plan for each of the twelve months preceding the first day of the following January. On or after July 1, 1980, and on or after the first day of July of each year thereafter, the board may determine the amo...

...he month following December 14, 1992, each person eligible to receive a benefit, pursuant to former sections 3307.38, 3307.41, 3307.43, 3307.50, and division (C)(1) of former section 3307.49 of the Revised Code, that was based upon an award made effective before June 30, 1955, shall have the benefit payable as of September 30, 1974, recalculated by the state teachers retirement board so that each such person shall re...

...s based upon an award from the state teachers retirement system made before July 1, 1971, shall have the benefit recalculated by the state teachers retirement system so that each such person shall receive an annual lifetime benefit or its actuarial equivalent of not less than one hundred forty dollars for each year of the member's total service credit, multiplied by the total number of years of service credit, except...

...A retirant who on August 6, 1997, is eligible to receive an annual single lifetime benefit under former section 3307.38, 3307.41, or 3307.50 of the Revised Code of less than nine thousand six hundred dollars or its actuarial equivalent shall have that benefit increased to nine thousand six hundred dollars or its actuarial equivalent if the benefit is based on an award arising from thirty or more years of Ohio service...

...after June 25, 1945), together with the supplemental allowance payable pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of this section, shall be increased by twelve per cent. (D) Effective November 1, 1965, the allowances of all persons who retired before June 30, 1955, and who are receiving benefits as of October 31, 1965, except those granted under former section 3307.49 of the Revised Code, shall be increased ten dollars per ...

...owances, pensions, or other benefits which were payable before July 1, 1968, pursuant to the provisions of former sections 3307.26, 3307.38, 3307.41, 3307.43, 3307.49, and 3307.50 of the Revised Code, shall be increased by the percentages determined by the effective date of the allowance, pension, or benefit, as follows: Effective Date of Benefit Calendar Year Percentage of Increase 1920 through 1...

...Code, or in the event of the death of such persons, the person designated by the deceased to receive payments under former section 3307.50 of the Revised Code, shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for each year between the member's effective date of retirement or disability and December 31, 1971, or an additional fifty dollars, whichever is less.

...Each person receiving benefits under former section 3307.49 of the Revised Code who became eligible to receive such benefits under former section 3307.48 of the Revised Code by virtue of the death of a member prior to July 1, 1968, shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for each year between the date of such member's death and December 31, 1972, or an additional fifty dollars, whichever is less.

...al monthly payment of two dollars for each year between the member's effective date of retirement, disability or death and July 1, 1973.

...(A) Effective July 1, 1981, each person eligible to receive an allowance, pension, or benefit pursuant to former sections 3307.38, 3307.41, 3307.43, division (C)(1) of former section 3307.49, and former section 3307.50 of the Revised Code that was based upon an award made effective before July 1, 1974, shall have the person's monthly allowance, pension, or benefit increased by five per cent, except that the twelve-mo...

...owance, pension, or other benefit to which an individual is entitled and that the individual receives pursuant to former section 3307.38, 3307.41, 3307.43, 3307.49, or 3307.50 of the Revised Code. The annual amount of each benefit that was payable prior to February 1, 1983, shall, after the adjustments required by former section 3307.403 of the Revised Code, be increased by five per cent.

...(A) The annual amount of each benefit that was based on an award made effective before July 1, 1979, shall be increased as follows: Per Cent of Effective Date of Award Increase in Benefit Prior to July 1, 1971 4.15 July 1, 1971, through August 31, 19762.65 September 1, 1976, through June 30, 19791.4 (B) Effective June 1, 1990, in addition to the increase provided under division (A) of this section, the annua...

...vised Code. (2) "Cumulative percentage change in the CPI" means the total percentage change in the consumer price index prepared by the United States bureau of labor statistics for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W: U.S. city average, all items) from the thirty-first day of December immediately preceding the year in which the original benefit started through the thirty-first day of December immediately ...

... the following: (A) Members retired on superannuation effective prior to August 31, 1945, shall have the prior service portion of their allowances recalculated as of the date of retirement in accordance with division (C) of former section 3307.38 of the Revised Code, with their "final average salary" determined as defined in former section 3307.01 of the Revised Code. Any allowance payable to members who retired on ...

...g a benefit on July 1, 1999. (B) For each eligible recipient of a benefit payable under section 3307.58, 3307.59, or 3307.60 of the Revised Code, the state teachers retirement board shall recalculate the annual single lifetime benefit, excluding any increases granted under section 3307.67 of the Revised Code, of the benefit payable to the recipient using division (B) of section 3307.38 of the Revised Code as that se...

...is section: (1) "Cumulative percentage change in the CPI" means the total percentage change in the consumer price index prepared by the United States bureau of labor statistics for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W: U.S. city average, all items) from the thirty-first day of December immediately preceding the year in which the original benefit started through the thirty-first day of December immediately...

...(A) A member of the state teachers retirement system who elects to purchase service credit described in section 3307.73, 3307.74, 3307.751, 3307.76, 3307.771, or 3307.78 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (1) Submit an application to the state teachers retirement board in a manner or form approved by the board; (2)(a) If the purchase will be completed not later than December 31, 2013, for each year...

...(A) The state teachers retirement board may establish by rule payroll deduction plans for payment of the following: (1) The cost of restoring service credit under section 3307.71 or 3307.711 of the Revised Code or purchasing any service credit members of the state teachers retirement system are eligible to purchase under this chapter; (2) Charges for participation in programs established under section 3307.3...