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...(A) The fiscal officer of each employer shall transmit monthly to the secretary of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund a report of employee deductions in such form as the board requires. The report shall show all deductions for the fund made pursuant to section 742.31 of the Revised Code and shall be accompanied by payments covering the total of such deductions. The report shall also ...

...Each employer shall pay its police officer employers' contribution and firefighter employers' contribution in monthly payments as provided in sections 742.33 and 742.34 of the Revised Code. The employer shall make each payment not later than the last day of the month after the month for which the police officer or firefighter employee contributions were withheld. If an employer fails to make the payment install...

...(A) On receipt of written notice of a member's election to retire under division (C) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code or to terminate active service as described in division (B) of section 742.444 of the Revised Code, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall request from the employer verification of the member's termination date and any other information the fund determines necessary to calculate and pay a pe...

...(A) Unless rules are adopted under division (C) of this section, the penalties for failing to transmit reports and payment in accordance with sections 742.32 and 742.56 of the Revised Code or payments in accordance with section 742.35 of the Revised Code shall be as follows: (1) If a report or payment is at least one but not more than ten days past due, one hundred dollars; (2) If a report or payment is at least el...

...(A) Unless rules are adopted in accordance with division (C) of this section, the penalties assessed under sections 742.351 and 742.38 of the Revised Code shall be as follows: (1) If a form, report, or statement is at least one but not more than ten days past due, one hundred dollars; (2) If a form, report, or statement is at least eleven but not more than thirty days past due, one thousand dollars; (3) If a form,...

...On or before the first day of August in 1982 and on or before the first day of August in each year thereafter, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall certify to the treasurer of state the amount required to be paid in the preceding fiscal year to persons first receiving a benefit or allowance prior to July 1, 1981, under divisions (D), (E), (F), and (H)(2), (3), and (4) of section 742.37...

...In lieu of an employer contribution to pay part of the cost of the benefits provided under section 742.52 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall make a payment to the Ohio police and fire pension fund in August 1981 and each August thereafter from appropriations made for the purpose by the general assembly.

...The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall adopt rules for the management of the fund and for the disbursement of benefits and pensions as set forth in this section and section 742.39 of the Revised Code. Any payment of a benefit or pension under this section is subject to the provisions of section 742.461 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no pension o...

...A member of the fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department, is not receiving a pension or benefit payment from the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code shall, in computing years of active service in such department under division (C) of section 742.37 or section 742.39 of the Revise...

...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 division (B) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, and all persons who qualified for a payment under division (C)(1) of such section or division (C)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code prior to such date shall receive an additional monthly pa...

...Except for service credit transferred under section 742.214 of the Revised Code, a member of the fund who is in the active service of a police or fire department, is not receiving a pension or benefit payment from the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code shall, in computing years of active service in suc...

...ered prior to January 1, 1967. (B) The municipal corporation or township, at the time such service was rendered, had not established a police or firemen's relief and pension fund to which the member could otherwise have made pension contributions. (C) The member was enrolled in the public employees retirement system, contributed thereto, and has withdrawn the member's retirement contributions. (D) The member pays ...

...On and after January 1, 1974, each surviving spouse of a deceased member of the fund, each surviving child of a deceased member of the fund, and each surviving parent dependent for support upon a deceased member of the fund receiving benefits pursuant to former section 742.37 of the Revised Code shall have such benefits increased by the following amounts: (A) Surviving spouse of a deceased member of the fund, thirty...

...On and after December 19, 1973, all persons who retired and were eligible to receive a pension that was first payable on or after July 1, 1968, and prior to July 1, 1971, pursuant to division (B) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code and all persons who qualified for a payment under division (C)(1) of such section or division (C)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code shall receive an addit...

...Each surviving spouse of a deceased member of the fund and each surviving child of a deceased member of the fund receiving benefits pursuant to former section 742.37 of the Revised Code shall have benefits increased by the following amounts: (A) Surviving spouse of a deceased member of the fund, forty dollars per month; (B) Surviving child of a deceased member of the fund, ten dollars per month. Survivors of membe...

...(A) On application for retirement as provided in section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, a member of the fund may elect to receive a retirement allowance payable throughout the member's life, or may elect, on the application for retirement, to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance in a lesser amount payable for life and continuing after death to a surviving designated beneficiar...

...(A) Effective July 1, 1981, each person eligible to receive an age and service or disability pension, allowance, or benefit pursuant to Chapter 742. of the Revised Code that was based upon an award made effective before January 1, 1974, shall have the person's monthly pension increased by five per cent, except that the twelve-month sum of such increase shall not exceed five per cent of the first five thousand dollars...

...(A) On and after November 15, 1981, a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is receiving a pension or benefit effective prior to February 28, 1980, under division (A), (B), or (C) of section 742.37 or division (C)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code shall have such pension or benefit increased by forty-six dollars. The following are not eligible to receive the increase pro...

...As used in this section, "contingent dependent beneficiary" means a person so designated pursuant to this section by a member or former member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. Prior to retiring under section 742.37 of the Revised Code, a member or former member of the fund who is, or within twelve months will be, eligible to retire and receive a pension or benefit under division (C)(1) or (3) of section 742...

...(A) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who retired under section 742.37 of the Revised Code before February 28, 1980, may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance in a lesser amount payable for the remainder of the member's life and continuing after death to the member's spouse under one of the optional plans described under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 742.37...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Recalculated average annual salary" means the highest average annual compensation of a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund during any three years of contributions, including amounts included in terminal pay attributable to such three years, determined by dividing the member's total earnings as an employee during such years by three. (2) "Consumer price index" mean...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, as used in this section, "eligible person" means a person who meets both of the following conditions: (a) The person is receiving an annual pension or benefit under division (A), (B), or (C) of section 742.37 or division (C)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code based on an award made prior to July 24, 1986. (b) The person has...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, each person who on September 9, 1988, is receiving a pension or benefit of less than five thousand dollars annually under division (A) or (B) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code on the basis of disability or service of twenty-five years or more, under division (C)(1) of that section, or under division (C)(2) or (5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code shall...

...Whenever the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, are raised, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall increase the amount of the pension, benefit, or allowance of any person whose pension, benefit, or allowance payable under section 742.37, 742.3716, 742.3717, or 742.39 of the Revised Code was limited by the...

...The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund may establish and maintain a qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement that meets the requirements of division (m) of section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, and any regulations adopted thereunder. If established, the arrangement shall be a separate portion of the fund and be maintained sole...

... Code, prevails in an action to recover taxes, the authorized person may use any means provided by law to obtain satisfaction of the judgment, including the provisions of division (B) of this section. If a party is not represented by counsel, the court, upon payment of court costs, shall explain to the parties and assist the parties in the preparation and filing of, and supply the parties with any necessary forms fo...

...Judgments of the small claims division may be modified or vacated in the same manner as other civil actions.

...The actual disbursements of the prevailing party for filing fees, execution fees, and other court fees may be allowed as costs. No other costs shall be allowed either party except by special order of the court. Costs allowed under this section may be apportioned between the parties, or waived, in whole or in part, as the court determines to be equitable.

...If at any time the court finds that an amount owing to the court is due and uncollectible, in whole or in part, the court may direct the clerk of the court to cancel all or part of the claim. The clerk shall then effect the cancellation.

...dings in the small claims division of a municipal court are subject to the Rules of Civil Procedure, and Chapter 1901. and sections 2307.06 and 2307.07 of the Revised Code, and all proceedings in the small claims division of a county court are subject to the Rules of Civil Procedure, Chapter 1907., and sections 2307.06 and 2307.07 of the Revised Code.

...A corporation which is a real party in interest in any action in a small claims division may commence such an action and appear therein through an attorney at law. Such a corporation may, through any bona fide officer or salaried employee, file and present its claim or defense in any action in a small claims division arising from a claim based on a contract to which the corporation is an original party or any other c...

...ction in the small claims division of a municipal or county court on behalf of the department. (2)(a) If the prosecuting attorney designates as the prosecuting attorney's representative an employee of the department who is not an attorney, the employee may file and present the claim or defense of the department in the action if the employee does not, in the absence of the representation of the department by an attor...

...njoin the illegal levy or collection of taxes and assessments and entertain actions to recover them when collected, without regard to the amount thereof, but no recovery shall be had unless the action is brought within one year after the taxes or assessments are collected.

...Actions to enjoin the illegal levy of taxes and assessments must be brought against the corporation or person for whose use and benefit the levy is made. If the levy would go upon the county duplicate, the county auditor must be joined in the action.

...Actions to enjoin the collection of taxes and assessments must be brought against the officer whose duty it is to collect them. Actions to recover taxes and assessments must be brought against the officer who made the collection, or if he is dead, against his personal representative. When they were not collected on the county duplicate, each corporation or board which is entitled to share in the revenue so collected ...

...n an action to enjoin the collection of taxes or assessments admits that a part thereof was legally levied, he first must pay or tender the sum admitted to be due. When an injunction is allowed, bond must be given as in other cases. The injunction shall be a justification of the officers charged with the collection of such taxes or assessments for not collecting them.

...ng on appeal, it is determined that any tax or assessment or part thereof was illegal and such judgment or order is not made in time to prevent the collection or payment of such tax or assessment, then such tax or assessment or such part thereof as is at the time of such judgment or order unexpended and in the possession of the officer collecting the same shall be refunded to the person paying such tax or assessment ...

...As used in sections 322.01 to 322.07 of the Revised Code: (A) "Value" means, in the case of any deed not a gift in whole or part, the amount of the full consideration therefor, paid or to be paid for the real estate described in the deed, including the amount of any liens thereon, with the following exceptions: (1) The amount owed on a debt secured by a mortgage which has been of record at least twelve months ...

...osts of enforcing and administering the tax and providing additional general revenue for the county, any county may levy and collect a tax to be known as the real property transfer tax on each deed conveying real property or any interest in real property located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the county at a rate not to exceed thirty cents per hundred dollars for each one hundred dollars or fraction the...

...tion of a repeal of a county permissive tax adopted as an emergency measure pursuant to division (B) of section 322.02 of the Revised Code may be initiated by filing with the board of elections of the county not less than ninety days before the general election in any year a petition requesting that an election be held on such question. Such petition shall be signed by qualified electors residing in the county equal ...

...county levying a real property transfer tax or a manufactured home transfer tax pursuant to sections 322.01 to 322.07 of the Revised Code shall be allocated and disbursed as follows: (A) First, for payment of the costs incurred by the county in the administration and enforcement of the tax; (B) The balance remaining after payment of the expenses referred to in division (A) of this section shall be deposited in the ...

...county levying a real property transfer tax, by proper suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, may recover the amount of such taxes due the county and not paid to the county at the time specified in section 322.02 of the Revised Code, together with a penalty of ten per cent of the amount of such tax.

...property, or manufactured home transfer tax or fee by the state or by any political subdivision of the state shall not be construed as preempting the power of a county to levy a real property or manufactured home transfer tax pursuant to sections 322.01 to 322.07 of the Revised Code.

...osts of enforcing and administering the tax and providing additional general revenue for the county, any county may levy and collect a tax to be known as the manufactured home transfer tax on each certificate of title that conveys, by resale on or after January 1, 2000, a used manufactured home or used mobile home, as defined in division (A)(6) of section 5739.0210 of the Revised Code, located wholly or partially wit...

...wer rate for the real property transfer tax levied under section 322.02 of the Revised Code than the uniform rate that is otherwise levied. The lower rate shall apply to any deed conveying a homestead receiving a reduction in taxes under division (A) of section 323.152 of the Revised Code. (B) A board of county commissioners that prescribes a lower real property transfer tax rate under division (A) of this sect...

...Whoever violates section 322.02 or 322.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

... 323.02 to 323.05 of the Revised Code, "taxes" means taxes levied against real estate and general taxes levied against tangible personal property and all delinquencies.

... of evidence of a liquidated claim by a taxpayer, accept it in full or partial payment of those taxes which are to be allocated to the subdivision against which the claim exists. Before any such liquidated claim is used, it shall first be presented by the taxpayer to the fiscal officer of the subdivision for verification. If such fiscal officer, upon examination, determines that the liquidated claim can be used for ...

...ed Code, shall be dated and used by the taxpayer for the payment of taxes as provided by such sections within six months from its date; otherwise it shall be void for the payment of taxes. This shall in no manner impair the validity of the claim on which the certificate is based. Such certificates shall only be used for the payment of taxes on the 1933 and subsequent duplicates, including delinquencies.

...A taxpayer may, subject to sections 323.01 to 323.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, use in the payment of his taxes any liquidated claim which such taxpayer, or the husband or wife of such taxpayer, has against any subdivision which is to derive benefit from the tax collection.