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...municipal corporation having a sanitary police force supported in whole or in part at public expense, the legislative authority thereof, by ordinance, may declare it necessary to establish and maintain a sanitary police pension fund. Thereupon a board of trustees, who shall be known as "trustees of the sanitary police pension fund," shall be created, consisting of the board or officer having charge or control of the ...

...icipal corporation to create a sanitary police pension fund, an election shall be held to choose five trustees from the sanitary police force. Such board or officer shall give notice thereof by posting it in a conspicuous place at the headquarters of such force. Between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of the day designated, each person in the sanitary police force who, by its rules, is designated a member thereof...

...f the board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund, and the secretary or corresponding officer of the health department shall be secretary of the fund. In case there is no such officer, the board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall appoint the secretary. The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the board of trustees, and such board may fix his compensation therefor, ...

...ipal corporation maintaining a sanitary police pension fund, the legislative authority thereof each year, in the manner provided for other municipal levies and in addition to all other levies authorized by law, may levy a tax, not to exceed one-thirtieth of a mill on each dollar, upon all the real and personal property listed for taxation in such municipal corporation. In the matter of such levy, the board of trustee...

...imposed upon any member of the sanitary police force of a municipal corporation, by way of discipline or punishment, by the authority having charge or control thereof, and the proceeds of all suits for penalties for the violation of the laws of this state or the ordinances of the municipal corporation, with the execution of which the health department of the municipal corporation is charged, and the license fees or o...

...The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund may take by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, moneys or personal property, upon such terms as to the investment or expenditure thereof as are fixed by the grantor or determined by the board.

...The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund may receive such uniform amounts from each person designated by the rules of the sanitary police force as a member thereof as he voluntarily agrees to pay to the fund. The amount shall be deducted from his monthly pay and used as a fund to increase the pension which may be granted to such person or his beneficiaries.

... shall be the custodian of the sanitary police pension fund and shall pay it out upon the proper order of the board of trustees thereof. The treasurer shall execute a bond in such sum and form as is satisfactory to the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties with respect to the fund.

...The board of trustees of a sanitary police pension fund may invest moneys received by it, other than those raised by taxation, in interest-bearing bonds of the United States or of this state, or of any county, township, school district, or municipal corporation in the state.

...The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make all rules for the distribution of the fund, including the qualifications of those to whom any portion of the fund shall be paid and the amount thereof, but no rules shall be in force until approved by the board or officer having charge or control of the health department of the municipal corporation.

...The board of trustees of the sanitary police pension fund shall make a report to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation of the condition of such fund on the first day of January of each year.

...As used in this chapter: (A)(1) "Police department" means the police department of a municipal corporation. (2) "Member of a police department" means any of the following: (a) Any person who receives an original appointment as a full-time regular police officer in a police department from a duly established civil service eligible list or pursuant to section 124.411 of the Revised Code, or who is described in s...

...Contributions made to the Ohio police and fire pension fund for salary that exceeds the salary benchmark calculated under division (G) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code shall be refunded in accordance with rules adopted by the trustees of the board under section 742.10 of the Revised Code.

...The board may, by rule adopted under section 742.10 of the Revised Code, establish definitions of "terminal pay" and "salary" that differ from those in divisions (K) and (L) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code. In establishing the definitions, the board may use elements of the compensation provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code and the Internal Revenue Code form W-2, as those provisions are in...

...There is hereby created an Ohio police and fire pension fund for the purpose of providing disability benefits and pensions to members of the fund and their surviving spouses, children, and dependent parents.

...4 and 742.05 of the Revised Code: (1) "Police officer" means a member of the fund who is or has been an employee of a police department and is not a police retirant. (2) "Firefighter" means a member of the fund who is or has been an employee of a fire department and is not a firefighter retirant. (3) "Firefighter retirant" means a member of the fund who is receiving an age and service or disability benefit as a re...

...er of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund and each individual appointed to fill a vacancy on the board, shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code. Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a bo...

...er of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund for one or more entire fiscal years in fiscal years 2000, 2001, or 2002 is ineligible for re-election or reappointment to the board if the board paid travel-related expenses of the person or reimbursed the person for travel-related expenses that averaged more than ten thousand dollars annually for those fiscal years.

...bers, firefighter retirant member, and police retirant member of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be under the supervision and direction of the board in accordance with rules adopted under section 742.045 of the Revised Code. Nominating petitions for candidates for an employee member of the board elected by police officers shall be signed by at least one hundred police offic...

...Code, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund is not required to hold an election for a position on the board as an employee member, police retirant member, or firefighter retirant member if only one candidate has been nominated for the position by petition in accordance with section 742.04 of the Revised Code. The candidate shall take office as if elected. The term of office shall be fou...

...on to the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or who is seeking to be elected to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to section 742.05 of the Revised Code. (3) "Contribution" means a loan, gift, deposit, forgiveness of indebtedness, donation, advance, payment, transfer of funds or transfer of anything of value including a transfer of funds from an inter vivos or testamentary trust or decedent...

...lection to the board of trustees of the police and fire pension fund, shall knowingly and with intent to affect the nomination or the outcome of the campaign do any of the following by means of campaign materials, an advertisement on radio or television or in a newspaper or periodical, a public speech, press release, or otherwise: (1) With regard to a candidate, identify the candidate in a manner that implies that t...

...The secretary of state, or any person acting on personal knowledge and subject to the penalties of perjury, may file a complaint with the Ohio elections commission alleging a violation of section 742.043 of the Revised Code. The complaint shall be made on a form prescribed and provided by the commission. On receipt of a complaint under this section, the commission shall hold a hearing open to the public to determine...

...(A) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, 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 of trustees under section 742.04 of the Revised Code and elections held under section 742.05 of the Revised Code to fill vacancies on the bo...

...member, firefighter retirant member, or police retirant member of the board of trustees of the police and fire pension fund who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of section 102.02, 102.03, 102.04, 2921.02, 2921.11, 2921.13, 2921.31, 2921.41, 2921.42, 2921.43, or 2921.44 of the Revised Code shall be deemed vacant. A person wh...