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...The legislative authority of a city may create and abolish, by ordinance, a division of traffic engineering and safety within the department of public safety. The director of public safety of such city shall be the executive head of such division. He shall have all powers and duties connected with and incident to the appointment, regulation, and government of such division, and shall make such rules and regulations a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Occupy or use," with respect to a public way, means to create parking spaces and install, repair, maintain, replace, and operate parking meters or other similar devices for the purpose of providing on-street parking. (2) "Public agency" includes any county, municipal corporation, port authority, regional transit authority, airport authority, or transportation improvement dist...

...The director of public safety shall manage and make all contracts with reference to police stations, fire houses, reform schools, infirmaries, hospitals other than municipal hospitals operated pursuant to Chapter 749. of the Revised Code, workhouses, farms, pesthouses, and all other charitable and reformatory institutions. In the control and supervision of those institutions, the director shall be governed by the pro...

...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, in order to obtain police protection or to obtain additional police protection, or to allow its police officers to work in multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task forces, may enter into contracts with one or more municipal corporations, townships, township police districts, joint police districts, or county sheriffs in this state, with one ...

...The police department of any municipal corporation may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district of this state, to a park district created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, to a port authority, to any multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task force, or to a governmental entity of an adjoinin...

...The police department of each city shall be composed of a chief of police and such other officers, patrolmen, and employees as the legislative authority thereof provides by ordinance. The director of public safety of such city shall have the exclusive management and control of all other officers, surgeons, secretaries, clerks, and employees in the police department as provided by ordinances or resolution of such le...

...(A) The legislative authority of a city may establish, by ordinance, an auxiliary police unit within the police department of the city, and provide for the regulation of auxiliary police officers. The director of public safety shall be the executive head of the auxiliary police unit, shall make all appointments and removals of auxiliary police officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the legislative autho...

...(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director of public safety shall not appoint a person as a chief of police, a member of the police department of the municipal corporation, or an auxiliary police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has bee...

...The chief of police shall have exclusive control of the stationing and transfer of all patrolmen, auxiliary police officers, and other officers and employees in the police department, and police auxiliary unit, under such general rules and regulations as the director of public safety prescribes.

...In each city, except in case of necessary appearances in court and emergency special duty assignments, not to exceed eight hours constitute a day's work and not to exceed forty-four hours constitute a week's work for policemen. Annually, in each city, each policeman shall be given not less than two weeks' leave of absence with full pay.

...(A) The fire department of each city shall be composed of a chief of the fire department and other officers, firefighters, and employees provided for by ordinance. Neither this section nor any other section of the Revised Code requires, or shall be construed to require, that the fire chief be a resident of the city. (B) No person shall be appointed as a permanent full-time paid member, whose duties include fire f...

...(A) The fire chief of a city fire department may request the superintendent of BCII to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any person who is under consideration for appointment or employment as a permanent, full-time paid firefighter or any person who is under consideration for appointment as a volunteer firefighter. (B)(1) The fire chief of the city fire department may request that the superintendent o...

...A volunteer firefighter appointed pursuant to this chapter is a bona fide volunteer and not an employee for purposes of section 513 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119 (2010), 26 U.S.C. 4980H, if, for providing those fire protection services, the volunteer receives any of the benefits provided in Chapter 146., 4121., or 4123. or section 9.65, 505.23, 3333.26, 3923.13, or 4113.41 of the ...

...The chief of the fire department shall have exclusive control of the stationing and transferring of all firemen and other officers and employees in the department, under such general rules and regulations as the director of public safety prescribes.

...In case of riot or other like emergency, the mayor may appoint additional patrolmen and officers for temporary service in the police department, or additional firemen and officers for temporary service in the fire department, who need not be in the classified list of such department. Such additional persons shall be employed only for the time during which the emergency exists. The mayor may call upon the sheriff of...

...The police force of a municipal corporation shall preserve the peace, protect persons and property, and obey and enforce all ordinances of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, all criminal laws of the state and the United States, all court orders issued and consent agreements approved pursuant to sections 2919.26 and 3113.31 of the Revised Code, all protection orders issued pursuant to section 2903...

...All fines imposed as discipline or punishment upon members of the police department of a municipal corporation by the authority having charge or control thereof, all rewards, fees, or proceeds of gifts and emoluments allowed by such authority paid and given for or on account of any extraordinary service of any member of the department, and moneys arising from the sale of unclaimed property or money, after deducting a...

...All fines imposed as discipline or punishment upon members of the fire department of a municipal corporation by the authority having charge or control thereof, the proceeds of all suits for penalties for the violation of state statutes and municipal ordinances with the execution of which such department is charged, license fees or other fees payable thereunder, and fees received by such municipal corporation for any ...

...Except as provided in section 737.052 of the Revised Code, the chief of police and the chief of the fire department have the exclusive right to suspend any of the deputies, officers, or employees in their respective departments and under their management and control, for incompetence, gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, habitual drunkenness, failure to obey orders given them by the proper authority, or for any o...

...The director of public safety of a city shall classify the service in the police and fire departments in conformity with the ordinance of the legislative authority thereof determining the number of persons to be employed in the departments, and shall make all rules for the regulation and discipline of such departments, except as otherwise provided by law.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide by general ordinance for the relief, out of the police or fire funds, of members of either department temporarily or permanently disabled in the discharge of their duty. This section does not impair, restrict, or repeal any law authorizing the levy of taxes in municipal corporations to provide for firemen, police, and sanitary police pension funds, and...

...Each village shall have a marshal, designated chief of police, appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the legislative authority of the village, who need not be a resident of the village at the time of appointment but shall become a resident thereof within six months after appointment by the mayor and confirmation by the legislative authority unless such residence requirement is waived by ordinance, and...

...The mayor shall, when provided for by the legislative authority of a village, and subject to its confirmation, appoint all deputy marshals, police officers, night guards, and special police officers. All such officers shall continue in office until removed therefrom for the cause and in the manner provided by section 737.19 of the Revised Code. No person shall receive an appointment under this section after January ...

...(A) The legislative authority of a village may establish, by ordinance, an auxiliary police unit within the police department of the village, and provide for the regulation of auxiliary police officers. The mayor shall be the executive head of the auxiliary police unit, shall make all appointments and removals of auxiliary police officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by ordina...

...(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The mayor shall not appoint a person as a marshal, a deputy marshal, a police officer, a night watchperson, a special police officer, or an auxiliary police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convict...

... in the STRS defined benefit plan as a teacher by the same public employer that employed the member prior to the member's service in the uniformed services, the member may apply to the state teachers retirement system on a form provided by the system to purchase service credit for service in the uniformed services that shall be considered the equivalent of Ohio service credit. On receipt of the application, th...

...A member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for time served in the public employees retirement system under Chapter 145. of the Revised Code or in the school employees retirement system under Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code if the member purchases the credit in accordance with section 3307.70 o...

...ited States. (B) A member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who has contributions on deposit with a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or for military service credit if a transfer to the state teachers retirement system is made under th...

...t purchased or obtained under the state teachers retirement system or city of Cincinnati retirement system for service in the armed forces of the United States. (B) Service credit and contributions may be transferred between the state teachers retirement system and the Cincinnati retirement system as specified in sections 3307.763 and 3307.764 of the Revised Code if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The...

...sed Code are met, a member of the state teachers retirement system who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the state teachers retirement system is eligible to obtain credit for service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system under this section. (B) A member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer con...

... a member or former member of the state teachers retirement system through participation in the STRS defined benefit plan, but is not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the state teachers retirement system elects to receive credit under the Cincinnati retirement system for service for which the person contributed to the state teachers retirement system or purchased or obtained as...

...ced the employment covered by the state teachers retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system. (B) A member of the state teachers retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if a transfer to the state teachers reti...

...mployer employing a member of the state teachers retirement system at the time the member commences an absence, or is granted a leave described in this section. (B) Any member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan or the STRS combined plan who is, or has been, prevented from making contributions under section 3307.26 of the Revised Code because of an absence due to th...

...uring the year. A member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who prior to July 1, 1982, was granted a leave of absence for pregnancy or resigned due to pregnancy or adoption of a child may purchase service credit under section 3307.70 of the Revised Code for a period for which the member did not make contributions under section 3307.26 of the Revised Code. Th...

...rning board. (B) A member of the state teachers retirement system participating in the STRS defined benefit plan may purchase credit under section 3307.70 of the Revised Code for service as a school board or governing board member, other than service subject to the tax on wages imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended. The member must provide evidence s...

...(A) A member whose death occurred prior to July 1, 1973, who at the time of death had more than thirty-four but less than thirty-five years of service credit shall be presumed to have completed thirty-five years of such credit. Any member whose death occurred on or after July 1, 1973, but prior to August 20, 1976, and who at the time of death had more than thirty-one but less than thirty-two years of service cr...

...The state teachers retirement board shall adopt rules to implement any STRS defined contribution plan established under section 3307.81 of the Revised Code.

...The state teachers retirement board shall establish one or more defined contribution plans consisting of benefit options that provide for an individual account for each participating member and under which benefits are based solely on the amounts that have accumulated in the account. The plans may include options under which a member participating in a plan may receive definitely determinable benefits. An STR...

...An STRS defined contribution plan shall meet the requirements necessary to qualify as a retirement system maintained by a state or local government entity under division (b)(7)(F) of section 3121 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 3121(b)(7)(F), as amended. Each participant in a plan shall qualify as a member of that system.

...S defined contribution plan, the state teachers retirement board may do all things necessary to avoid the system being required to pay federal or state income taxes on contributions to the plan or amounts earned under the plan and, to the extent permitted under federal or state law, to allow members participating in the plan to make tax deferred contributions for periods of interrupted or prior service.

...The right of each member participating in an STRS defined contribution plan to a retirement, disability, or survivor benefit, to health care insurance coverage, or to a withdrawal of contributions shall be governed by the plan selected by the member under section 3307.25 or 3307.251 of the Revised Code.

...S defined contribution plan, the state teachers retirement system may transfer to the employers' trust fund a portion of the employer contribution required under section 3307.28 of the Revised Code. If the state teachers retirement board elects to make a transfer under this section, the portion transferred shall not exceed the percentage of compensation of members described in this section for whom the contrib...

...The state teachers retirement system may require members participating in an STRS defined contribution plan and their employers to furnish the contributions and information required under this chapter at more frequent intervals than those required for members participating in the STRS defined benefit plan. The system has no duty to accept contributions by or on behalf of a member if a contribution or informatio...

... plan or in rules adopted by the state teachers retirement board. A plan shall waive the requirement of consent if a plan of payment that provides for payment in a specified amount continuing after the member's death to a former spouse is required by a court order issued prior to the effective date of the member's retirement under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code or laws of another state regardi...

...The state teachers retirement board may offer to members participating in the STRS defined benefit plan the opportunity to also participate in one or more of the benefit options available under an STRS defined contribution plan. A member's contributions to an option shall be credited to an individual account established for the member in the defined contribution fund.

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 3307.073 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of the violation. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3307.073 of the Revised Code shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

... superintendent shall direct and assign teachers and other employees of the district or service center, except as provided in division (B) of section 3313.31 and section 3319.04 of the Revised Code. The superintendent shall assign the pupils to the proper schools and grades, provided that the assignment of a pupil to a school outside of the pupil's district of residence is approved by the boa...

...in any such hearing as are granted to a teacher in a board hearing under section 3319.16 of the Revised Code. The superintendent pro tempore shall perform all of the duties and functions of the superintendent and shall serve until the board by majority vote determines the superintendent's incapacity is removed or until the expiration of the superintendent's contract or term of office, whichever is sooner. The superin...

... also be employed by a local board as a teacher. The board of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall employ principals for all high schools and for such other schools as the board designates, and those boards may appoint assistant principals for any school that they designate. (C) In educational service centers and in city, exempted village, and local school districts, assistant superintenden...

...The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district may create the position of business manager. The board shall appoint such business manager who shall serve pursuant to a contract in accordance with section 3319.02 of the Revised Code. In the discharge of all official duties, the business manager may be directly responsible to the board, or to the superintendent of schools, as the b...