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...(A) As used in this section and section 3307.66 of the Revised Code: (1) "Child" means a biological or legally adopted child of a deceased member. If a court hearing for an interlocutory decree for adoption was held prior to the member's death, "child" includes the child who was the subject of the hearing if a final decree of adoption adjudging the member's spouse as the adoptive parent is made subsequent to the mem...

...For the purposes of this section, "service credit" includes only service credit obtained pursuant to sections 3307.53, 3307.71, 3307.712, 3307.72, and 3307.77 of the Revised Code. (A) The state teachers retirement system shall add to a member's accumulated contributions to be paid under section 3307.56 or 3307.562 of the Revised Code an amount paid from the employers' trust fund equal to one of the following: (1) I...

...To coordinate and integrate membership in the state retirement systems, the following provisions apply: (A) As used in this section: (1) "Retirement systems" means the public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, and school employees retirement system. (2) In addition to the meaning given in section 3307.50 of the Revised Code, "disability benefit" means "disability benefit" as defined in ...

...(A) As used in this section, "qualifying service credit" means all of the following: (1) Credit earned under section 3307.53 or for which contributions were made under section 145.47 or 3309.47 of the Revised Code; (2) Credit restored under section 145.31, 3307.71, or 3309.26 of the Revised Code; (3) Credit purchased under section 145.302, 3307.752, or 3309.022, or division (D) of section 5505.16 of the Revised...

...(A) A recipient of a disability allowance under section 3307.631 of the Revised Code whose allowance will terminate under that section may make application for service retirement under this section. The retirement shall be effective on the first day of the first month following the last day for which the disability allowance is paid. (B) The annual allowance payable under this section shall consist of the sum...

... a lesser amount, payable for life, and continuing after death to a beneficiary under one of the following optional plans: (1) Option 1. The retirant's lesser benefit shall be paid for life to the sole beneficiary named at retirement. (2) Option 2. Some other portion of the retirant's benefit shall be paid for life to the sole beneficiary named at retirement. The beneficiary's monthly amount shall not exceed the mo...

...ty benefit recipient, as a condition of continuing to receive a disability benefit, to agree in writing to obtain any medical treatment recommended by the board's physician and submit medical reports regarding the treatment. If the board determines that a disability benefit recipient is not obtaining the medical treatment or the board does not receive a required medical report, the disability benefit shall be suspend...

...A member participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who has elected disability coverage under this section, has not attained age sixty, 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) A member participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who has disability coverage under this section 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 ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Physically or mentally incompetent" means incapable of earning a living because of a physically or mentally disabling condition. Physical or mental incompetency may be determined by a court or by a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine appointed by the state teachers retirement board. (2) "Qualifying service credit" has the same meaning as in section 3307.58 of the Revised C...

...On the death of a retirant or disability benefit recipient who at the time of death is receiving, under the STRS defined benefit plan, a service retirement allowance 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, ...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (D) 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 t...

...In December 1980, and in December of each year thereafter, the state teachers retirement board may allocate an amount from the guarantee fund created in division (E) of section 3307.14 of the 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 o...

...(A) On and after the first day of the 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 boar...

...On and after August 20, 1976, the allowances of retirants receiving benefits 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 servic...

...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...

...On and after October 1, 1957, all persons in receipt of, or who are or become eligible to receive, a monthly allowance, pension, or other benefit effective prior to June 29, 1955, which is payable or becomes payable pursuant to the provisions of former sections 3307.26, 3307.38, 3307.43, and 3307.50 of the Revised Code, or an allowance payable at any time under an option elected by a member and effective prior to tha...

...On and after July 1, 1968, all allowances, 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 Percen...

...On and after December 31, 1971, all persons who retired and were eligible to receive a pension that was payable prior to July 1, 1968, pursuant to former section 3307.38 or 3307.43 of the Revised 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 e...

...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.

...On and after December 19, 1973, any person who retired or the retiree's beneficiary, who was eligible to receive an allowance that was first payable on or after July 1, 1968, and prior to July 1, 1971, and the beneficiary of a member who died before service retirement on or after July 1, 1968, and prior to July 1, 1971, receiving an allowance or benefit pursuant to former sections 3307.38, 3307.41, 3307.43, 3307.49, ...

...(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...

...As used in this section and section 3307.6910 of the Revised Code, "benefit" means any allowance, 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 sectio...

...(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...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Benefit" means a benefit, pension, or allowance payable under former section 3307.38, 3307.41, 3307.43, 3307.431, 3307.49, or 3307.50 of the Revised 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 av...