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...ber of a township fire department, or a municipal fire or police department who was serving in that capacity on December 31, 1966, and was a member of the public employees retirement system on that date and who has continued to serve in the same capacity and has continued as a member of the public employees retirement system until filing an election after November 20, 1973, may elect prior to January 1, 1985, to tran...

...lice department of a newly incorporated municipal corporation, whether pursuant to section 124.41 of the Revised Code or otherwise, directly from a police department of the township from which such municipal corporation was incorporated, such members shall be given full credit for service as a full-time township police officer and as a full-time police officer in the municipal corporation after the date of incorporat...

...lice department of a newly incorporated municipal corporation directly from a police department of the township from which the municipal corporation was incorporated, full credit for service as a full-time township police officer shall be given if, within thirty days after such appointment, the member made a written request to the public employees retirement system to withdraw accumulated contributions attributable t...

... if the member has become a member of a municipal police department as a result of the merger under sections 709.43 to 709.48 of the Revised Code of the municipal corporation with a township that employed the police officer or has, on or after December 1, 1983, been appointed pursuant to section 124.41 or 124.411 of the Revised Code to a police department of a newly incorporated municipal corporation directly from a ...

... or employed pursuant to the Cincinnati municipal code. (B) With approval of the Cincinnati retirement system, a member of the retirement system who is a full-time regular member of the Cincinnati police department and, prior to being reclassified as a member of the police department, served as a full-time park police officer may elect to transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund by giving notice to the Cinc...

...(A) As used in this section, "fire department employer" means a fire department that employs a firefighter. (B) A full-time firefighter who, on November 8, 1990, is a member of the public employees retirement system, in the employ of a fire department employer, and in a position in which the firefighter is required to satisfactorily complete or have satisfactorily completed a firefighter training course approved und...

...(A) Not later than ninety days after September 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 742.51...

...service in Ohio covered by any state or municipal retirement system of this state following termination of military service. To this amount shall be added an amount equal to compound interest at a rate established by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund from the date active military service terminated to date of payment. For the purpose of this section, the board may define full-time service...

...(A) A member 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 ar...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Long-term care insurance" has the same meaning as in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code. (2) "Retirement systems" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 145.581 of the Revised Code. (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...

...Each expense voucher of an employee, 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 ...

...The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be the trustee of the funds 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...

...Wherever in sections 742.01 to 742.61 of the Revised 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 bee...

...The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of all funds under the control and management 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 facsi...

...The Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund is hereby created as the fund to which shall be credited contributions paid by the state and any moneys resulting from gifts made to the 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...

... (xiv) An employee of the department of taxation who has been delegated investigation powers pursuant to section 5743.45 of the Revised Code for the enforcement of Chapters 5728., 5735., 5739., 5741., 5743., and 5747. of the Revised Code. (d) A member of a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation who at the time of death was a full-time law enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lan...

...If any person is paid 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...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may take possession of any land obtained for the construction or extension of water works, reservoirs, or the laying down of pipe, and also any water rights or easements connected with the use of water. Any land, water right, or easement so taken possession of for water-works purposes shall not be used for any other purpose, except by authority of the director of p...

... and protection of the water works of a municipal corporation. Such bylaws and regulations shall have the same validity as ordinances where not repugnant thereto or to the constitution or laws of the state.

...nduct, and control the water works of a municipal corporation, furnish supplies of water, collect water rents, and appoint any necessary officers and agents.

...aging the water works, any surplus of a municipal corporation may be applied to the repairs, enlargement, or extension of the works or of the reservoirs, the payment of the interest of any loan made for their construction, or for the creation of a sinking fund for the liquidation of the debt. In those municipal corporations in which water works and sewerage systems are conducted as a single unit, under one operating ...