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...eptember 16, 1998, a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who became a member of the fund as a result of the member's employer changing from a fire department consisting primarily of part-time employees to a fire department consisting primarily of full-time employees or who elected to transfer to the fund from the public employees retirement system under section 742.515 of the Revised Code may elect to tra...

...(A) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is not receiving a disability benefit or pension from the fund and is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code may purchase service credit, which shall be used in computing the member's years of service, for each year of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty, active duty fo...

...ber of the fund who is an employee of a police or fire department and who enlisted or enlists, was inducted or is inducted, was or is called into active duty, or accepted or accepts a commission in the armed forces, in computing years of service in such police or fire department, shall be given full credit for such time served in the armed forces, provided the person has been honorably discharged from the armed force...

... (B) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund may establish a program under which members of the fund, employers on behalf of members, and persons receiving service or disability pensions or survivor benefits are permitted to participate in contracts for long-term care insurance. Participation may include dependents and family members. If a participant in a contract for long-term care insurance...

...Any municipal corporation which had only volunteer firemen prior to January 1, 1967, may operate and maintain a volunteer firemen's relief and pension fund, and levy a tax of up to three-tenths of one mill upon all the real and personal property listed for taxation in the municipal corporation for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of benefits and pensions from the municipal corporation's volunteer fireme...

...e, officer, or board member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall itemize all purchases and expenditures included.

...(A) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund may by rule establish a payroll deduction plan for payment of the following: (1) The cost of service credit members of the fund are eligible to purchase under this chapter; (2) Charges for participation in programs established under section 742.53 of the Revised Code; (3) Deposits under section 742.451 of the Revised Code and any charges for partic...

...All amounts due the Ohio police and fire pension fund from the state treasury pursuant to this chapter shall be promptly paid upon warrant of the director of budget and management pursuant to a voucher approved by the director.

...On the death of a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who at the time of death is receiving a retirement pension or disability benefits, a lump-sum payment of one thousand dollars shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the beneficiary the member designated on a form provided by the fund. If there is no surviving spouse or designated beneficiary, the payment ...

...ds created as follows: (A) The "police officers' contribution fund" is the fund in which shall be credited the contributions deducted from the salaries of members of police departments and paid into the Ohio police and fire pension fund, as provided by section 742.31 of the Revised Code, and that percentage of the employers' accrued liability that is attributable to deductions previously made from the salaries of me...

...ed Code reference is made to the police officers' contribution fund, the firefighters' contribution fund, the police officer employers' contribution fund, the firefighter employers' contribution fund, the police officers' pension reserve fund, the firefighters' pension reserve fund, the guarantee fund, or the expense fund, such reference shall be construed to have been made to each as a separate legal entity. This se...

...nt of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and all disbursements of such funds shall be paid by the treasurer of state only upon instruments duly authorized by the board and bearing the signatures of the chairperson and secretary of the board. The signatures of the chairperson and secretary may be facsimile signatures. The treasurer of state shall give a separate and additional bond in suc...

...fund. The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be the trustees of the Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund. The board shall have the same powers as provided in section 742.10 of the Revised Code in administering the Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund.

...aid any benefit or payment by the Ohio police and fire pension fund to which the person is not entitled, the person shall repay the fund. If the person fails to repay, the fund shall withhold the amount due from any benefit or payment due the person or the person's beneficiary under this chapter or may collect the amount in any other manner provided by law.

...(A) Whoever violates section 742.043 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 742.043 of the Revised Code shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. (C) Fines imposed by the Ohio elections commission under this section shall be paid into the Ohio electi...