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...the member has not been employed by the public employees retirement system, police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system or by any person, partnership, or corporation that has provided to one of those retirement systems services of a financial or investment nature, including management, analysis, supervision, or investmen...

...ees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund and each individual appointed to fill a vacancy on the board, shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code. Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a board member shall, not le...

...ees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund for one or more entire fiscal years in fiscal years 2000, 2001, or 2002 is ineligible for re-election or reappointment to the board if the board paid travel-related expenses of the person or reimbursed the person for travel-related expenses that averaged more than ten thousand dollars annually for those fiscal years.

...es of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be under the supervision and direction of the board in accordance with rules adopted under section 742.045 of the Revised Code. Nominating petitions for candidates for an employee member of the board elected by police officers shall be signed by at least one hundred police officers, with at least twenty signers from each of at least five counties of the state, ...

...es of the Ohio police and fire pension fund is not required to hold an election for a position on the board as an employee member, police retirant member, or firefighter retirant member if only one candidate has been nominated for the position by petition in accordance with section 742.04 of the Revised Code. The candidate shall take office as if elected. The term of office shall be four years beginning on the...

..., or the candidate's agent prior to the publication, distribution, display, or broadcast of the communication. An expenditure is presumed to be so made when it is any of the following: (i) Based on information about the candidate's plans, projects, or needs provided to the person making the expenditure by the candidate, or by the candidate's campaign committee or agent, with a view toward having an expenditure made;...

...sion or in a newspaper or periodical, a public speech, press release, or otherwise: (1) With regard to a candidate, identify the candidate in a manner that implies that the candidate is a member of the board or use the term "re-elect" when the candidate is not currently a member of the board; (2) Make a false statement concerning the formal schooling or training completed or attempted by a candidate; a degree, dipl...

...ission shall hold a hearing open to the public to determine whether the violation alleged in the complaint has occurred. The commission may administer oaths and issue subpoenas to any person in the state compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books, accounts, and reports. On the refusal of any person to obey a subpoena or to be sworn or to answer as a witness, the commission may...

...ees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, after consultation with the secretary of state, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, governing all of the following: (1) The administration of elections of members of the board of trustees under section 742.04 of the Revised Code and elections held under section 742.05 of the Revised Code to fill vacancies on the board of trustees; (2) ...

...n the complaint. The court shall hold a public hearing not later than thirty days after the filing of the complaint. The court may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance in the same manner as in civil cases. Process shall be served by the sheriff of the county in which the witness resides. Witness fees and other fees in connection with the proceedings shall be the same as in civil cases. The court may suspend...

... the board ceases to be a member of the fund, a vacancy shall exist. If as a result of changed circumstances a retirant member no longer qualifies for membership on the board as a retirant member, a vacancy shall exist. Any elected or appointed member of the board who fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the board, without valid excuse, shall be considered as having resigned from the board and the board sh...

...ees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, before entering upon the member's official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath of affirmation that the member will support the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state of Ohio, and that the member will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of the member's office. Such oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of t...

...tings of the board shall be open to the public except executive sessions as set forth in division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and any portions of any sessions discussing medical records or the degree of disability of a member excluded from public inspection by section 742.41 of the Revised Code. At its first meeting the board shall organize by electing from its membership a chairperson and a vice-chai...

...erence, the board shall ensure that the public can hear and observe the discussions and deliberations of all the members of the board, whether the member is participating in person or electronically. (D) Except as provided in this section, no person shall do any of the following: (1) Limit the number of board members who may attend a meeting by means of video conference; (2) Limit the total number of meetings t...

...ees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. An employee member of the board shall suffer no loss or penalty whatsoever because of absence from the employee member's regular employment while engaged in official duties as a member of the board. (B) The board may secure insurance...

...ees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund.

...gainst the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the Ohio police and fire pension fund b oard of trustees or its officers, employees, or board members in their official capacities shall be brought in the appropriate court in Franklin county, Ohio.

...ees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, employ and fix the compensation of employees, and adopt rules for the proper administration and management of the fund. Effective ninety days after September 15, 2004, the board of trustees may not employ a state retirement system investment officer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised ...

...ees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall estimate annually the amount required to pay its expenses for the ensuing year, and shall fix the amount which shall be transferred from the guarantee fund to the expense fund.

...board will improve the dissemination of public information pertaining to the board.

...trustees of the police and fire pension fund shall, in consultation with the Ohio ethics commission, develop an ethics policy to govern board members and employees in the performance of their official duties. The board shall submit this policy to the commission for approval. The commission shall review the policy and, if the commission determines that the policy is adequate, approve the policy. If the commission det...

...pension fund from misusing material, nonpublic information in violation of those laws, rules, and regulations. For purposes of this division, no chief investment officer shall be considered to have failed to satisfy the officer's duty of reasonable supervision if the officer has done all of the following: (1) Adopted and implemented written procedures, and a system for applying the procedures, that would reasonably...

...The Ohio police and fire pension fund board of trustees shall appoint a committee to oversee the selection of an internal auditor. The committee shall select one or more persons for employment as an internal auditor. The board shall employ the person or persons selected by the committee. The committee shall consist of the following board members: one retirant member, one employee member, and one other member. The co...

...nagement and research. (C) All bonds, notes, certificates, stocks, or other evidences of investments purchased by the board shall be delivered to the treasurer of state, who is hereby designated as custodian thereof, or to the treasurer of state's authorized agent, and the treasurer of state or the agent shall collect the principal, interest, dividends, and distributions that become due and payable and place them w...

...The Ohio police and fire pension fund shall make no investments through or purchases from, or otherwise do any business with, any individual who is, or any partnership, association, or corporation that is owned or controlled by, a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, an officer of, or a board member of the fund, or in which a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, an offi...