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...e 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 members of the fund who are receiving a pension in accordance with the rules governing the granting of pensions and benefits in force on April 1, 1947, which provide an increase in the orig...

...esignated beneficiary under one of the following optional plans, provided the amount payable to the beneficiary shall not exceed the amount payable to the retiring member of the fund, and is certified by the actuary engaged by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund to be the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance and is approved by the board. (1) Option 1. The member's less...

...ve per cent of the first five thousand dollars of the annual pension allowance or benefit. A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or a survivor who is receiving a pension or benefit in accordance with the rules in force on April 1, 1947, governing the granting of pensions and benefits, which provide an increase in the original pension or benefit from time to time pursuant to changes in the salaries of act...

...ovember 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 provided by this divi...

... 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 742.37 of the Revised Code may designate one dependent, not the member's or former member's spouse, as the contingent d...

...(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...

...l 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" means the index, as prepared by the United States bureau of labor statistics (U.S. city average for urban ...

..." 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 not elected under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code to receive a retirement allowance under an opti...

... 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 have the pension or benefit increased to five thousand dollars a year, effective July 1, 1988. This division d...

...sed, 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 application of section 415. The amount of the increased pension, benefit, or allowance shall not exceed the lesser of the amount the perso...

...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...

...)(1) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall adopt rules establishing minimum medical testing and diagnostic standards or procedures to be incorporated into physical examinations administered to prospective members of the fund. The standards or procedures shall include diagnosis and evaluation of the existence of any heart disease, cardiovascular disease, or respiratory disease. The rules...

...ter, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall make and submit a report for the preceding fiscal year of the disability retirement experience of each employer. The report shall specify the total number of disability applications submitted, the status of each application as of the last day of the fiscal year, total applications granted or denied, and the percentage of disability benefit reci...

...(A) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund determined to be eligible for a disability benefit under division (D)(1) of section 742.38 of the Revised Code shall be paid annual disability benefits, payable in twelve monthly installments, in an amount equal to seventy-two per cent of the member's average annual salary. If, as of July 2, 2013, the member had fifteen or more years of service credit, the a...

... recipient" means a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is receiving a disability benefit pursuant to division (C)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code or pursuant to section 742.38 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall adopt rules requiring a disability benefit recipient, as a condition of continuing to receive a di...

...butions, correspondence with the Ohio police and fire pension fund, status of any application for benefits, and any other information deemed confidential by the trustees of the fund. (B) The treasurer of state shall furnish annually to the board of trustees of the fund a sworn statement of the amount of the funds in the treasurer of state's custody belonging to the Ohio police and fire pension fund. The record...

...The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall provide for the maintenance of an individual account with each member of the fund and other system retirant showing the amount of the member's or retirant's contributions.

...The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall establish and administer a deferred retirement option plan. In establishing and administering the plan, the board shall comply with sections 742.44 to 742.446 of the Revised Code and may do all things necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," as amended, applicable to governmental plans. The board ...

...shall complete and submit to the Ohio police and fire pension fund a form prescribed by the fund. At this time the member may, but is not required to, elect under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code to have the member's monthly pension calculated as a retirement allowance payable throughout the member's life or a retirement allowance under option 2 in division (A) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code. Unle...

...ll continue in the active service of a police or fire department but shall not earn service credit under this chapter for employment after the election's effective date. While the member is in the active service of a police or fire department, the member shall contribute to the Ohio police and fire pension fund in accordance with section 742.31 of the Revised Code and the employer shall contribute and report in accor...

...erred retirement option plan, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall determine under division (C)(1) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code the monthly pension amount that would be payable to the member had the member elected to receive a pension under that division. In determining the pension amount, the fund shall use the member's total service credit and average annual salary as of the last day of the em...

...all accrue to the member's benefit as follows: (a) During the period beginning on the first day of the first payroll period after the election's effective date and ending on the earlier of the date that is two years thereafter or the date the member ceases participation in the plan, fifty per cent of the member's contributions for that period; (b) During the period beginning on the date that is two years and ...

...the occurrence of the earliest of the following: (1) Termination of the member's active service in a police or fire department; (2) The last day of the eight-year period that begins on the effective date of the member's election to participate in the plan; (3) Acceptance by the member of a disability benefit awarded by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, unless the acceptance is ...

...d by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, both of the following apply: (A) The member shall forfeit all amounts that have accrued under section 742.443 of the Revised Code to the member's benefit under the deferred retirement option plan, and those amounts shall be treated as if the member had continued in the active service of a police or fire department and not participated in the plan. ...

...red retirement option plan, all of the following apply: (1) The amounts accrued to the member's benefit shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, the beneficiary designated by the member on a form provided by the Ohio police and fire pension fund. If there is no surviving spouse or designated beneficiary, the amounts accrued to the member's benefit shall be paid to the membe...