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...ission 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 commission may...

...(A) The state teachers retirement board, after consultation with the secretary of state, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, governing all of the following: (1) The administration of elections of members of the board under section 3307.07 of the Revised Code and elections held under section 3307.06 of the Revised Code to fill vacancies on the board; (2) Nominating petitions for th...

...Each member of the state teachers retirement board upon appointment or election shall take an oath of office that the member will support the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state, and that the member will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board, and that the member will not knowingly violate or willfully permit to be violated any law applicable to this chapter. Such oa...

...tings of the board shall be open to the public except executive sessions as set forth in division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and any portions of any sessions discussing medical records or the degree of disability of a member excluded from public inspection by section 3307.20 of the Revised Code.

...erence, the board shall ensure that the public can hear and, if the means of attendance technologically permits it, to 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 o...

...designed to indemnify board members and employees for their actions or conduct in the performance of official duties, and may pay required premiums for such coverage from the expense fund. (C) If the officers of the board determine that a meeting of the entire membership, or any part thereof, is necessary, such determination shall be final, and contributing members shall be given time off from their employment to at...

...t of commerce. The compensation of all employees and all other expenses of the board necessary for the proper operation of the system shall be paid in such amounts as the board approves. Every expense voucher of an employee, officer, or board member of the state teachers retirement system shall itemize all purchases and expenditures. The board shall receive all applications for retirement under the plans described...

... funds of the state teachers retirement system, and all disbursements therefrom shall be paid by him only upon instruments duly authorized by the state teachers retirement board and bearing the signatures of the chairman and secretary of the board. Such signatures may be affixed through the use of a mechanical check signing device. The treasurer of state shall give a separate and additional bond in such amount as is...

...onging to the state teachers retirement system.

...the legal adviser of the state teachers retirement board.

... appropriate court in Frankl in county, Ohio.

...ontributions of a superannuate or other system retirant as defined in section 3307.35 of the Revised Code shall be transferred to the survivors' benefit fund for payment of a lump-sum benefit to a beneficiary as provided in that section. As used in this division, "accumulated contributions" has the same meaning as in section 3307.50 of the Revised Code. (B) The "employers' trust fund" is the fund to which the employ...

...Wherever in this chapter, reference is made to the teachers' savings fund, the employers' trust fund, the annuity and pension reserve fund, the guarantee fund, the survivors' benefit fund, the expense fund, or the defined contribution 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 for...

...uary and approved by the state teachers retirement board, but not less than three and twenty-five hundredths per cent effective September 1, 1965, except as follows: (1) For the years stated the rates shall be as follows: Years Rates 9-1-1920/8-31-1955 4.00% 9-1-1955/8-31-1963 3.00 9-1-1963/8-31-1965 2.25 (2) Subsequent to August 31, 1959, interest shall be credited to accounts only...

...If the state teachers retirement board discontinues health care coverage authorized under section 3307.39 of the Revised Code, on satisfaction of all liabilities for health care coverage at the time of the discontinuance of coverage, the board shall transfer any surplus in the health care fund established under division (H) of section 3307.14 of the Revised Code in a fair and appropriate manner to the employers...

...easonable expenses of administering the system; with care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with these 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 ...

...The state teachers 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, an officer, or a board member of the system or in which a person, who within the preceding three years was employed by, a board mem...

...ransactions 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 agent; (5) Any special capabilities of...

...ystem 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) The disclosures required by this section shall be made annually in a report submitted by a date prescribed by the Ohio ethics commission.

...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...

...e and no employee of the state teachers 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 the same e...

...not cause the state teachers retirement system to engage in a transaction, if the fiduciary 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...

...The state teachers retirement board shall provide for the maintenance of an individual account for each contributor showing the amount of the contributor's contributions and any accumulations thereon.

... or reappointment of any teacher in the public day schools of the state, or service upon indefinite tenure, shall be conditioned upon the teacher's acceptance of this chapter, as a part of the contract.

...t such other time as the state teachers retirement board approves, each employer shall certify to the board the names of all teachers to whom this chapter applies.