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...All amounts due the state highway patrol retirement system 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.

...(A) The state highway patrol retirement board may enter into an agreement with insurance companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, or surgical benefits, or any combination thereof, for those persons receiving pensions and subscribing to the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of ...

...The state highway patrol retirement board may establish a program under which a member or a member's employer is permitted to make additional deposits for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of health, medical, hospital, surgical, dental, or vision care expenses, including insurance premiums, deductible amounts, or copayments. The program may be a voluntary employees' beneficiary association, as described ...

...The state highway patrol retirement board shall refund the cost of service credit restored under section 5505.20 or purchased under division (D) of section 5505.16, division (C) of section 5505.17, or section 5505.201, 5505.25, 5505.40, or 5505.402 of the Revised Code to the extent the credit does not, or, in the case of a person who retired or died prior to June 30, 2000, did not, increase the pension provided to th...

...On the death of a retirant, a lump-sum payment of five thousand dollars shall be paid to the retirant's surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, the payment shall be made to the beneficiary designated by the retirant on a form provided by the state highway patrol retirement system. A retirant may designate an individual or a trust as a beneficiary. If there is no surviving spouse or designated beneficiar...

...(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 state highway patrol retirement board may establish a program under which members of the retirement system, employers on behalf of members, and persons receiving service or disabil...

...If a person is paid any benefit or payment by the state highway patrol retirement system to which the person is not entitled, the benefit or payment shall be repaid to the retirement system by the person. If the person fails to make the repayment, the retirement system shall withhold the amount due from any benefit or payment due the person or the person's beneficiary or may collect the amount in any other manner pro...

...Any person receiving from the state highway patrol retirement system an allowance, pension, or benefit may authorize the system to make deductions therefrom for the payment of dues and other membership fees to any retirement association or other organization composed primarily of retired state highway patrol employees or retired state highway patrol employees and their spouses if the association or organization adopt...

...(A) As used in this section and section 5505.41 of the Revised Code: (1) "Full-time service" means full-time service as defined by rule which shall be adopted by the state highway patrol retirement board. (2) "Military service credit" means credit for service in the armed forces of the United States purchased or obtained under this chapter or Chapter 145., 3307., or 3309. of the Revised Code. (3) "Non-uniform ret...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 5505.402 and 5505.403 of the Revised Code, "military service credit" means credit purchased or obtained from the state highway patrol retirement system or city of Cincinnati retirement system for service in the armed forces of the United States. (B) Service credit and contributions may be transferred between the state highway patrol retirement system and the Cincinnati retire...

...(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 5505.401 of the Revised Code are met, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the state highway patrol retirement system is eligible to obtain credit for service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system under this section. (B) A member of the state highway patrol retirement system who has c...

...(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 5505.401 of the Revised Code are met and a person who is a member or former member of the state highway patrol retirement system but not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the state highway patrol retirement system elects to receive credit under the Cincinnati retirement system for service for which the person contributed...

...(A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 145.295, 145.2913, 3307.761, 3307.765, 3309.73, or 3309.731 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the state highway patrol retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system. (B) A member of the state highway patrol retirement syst...

...The state highway patrol retirement board shall establish and administer a deferred retirement option plan. In establishing and administering the plan, the board shall comply with sections 5505.51 to 5505.59 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," (26 U.S.C. 401(a)) as amended, applicable to governmental plans. The board s...

...A state highway patrol retirement system member who meets the following requirements may, at any time prior to applying for retirement under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, elect to participate in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 5505.50 of the Revised Code: (A) The member is younger than fifty-eight years of age. (B) The member is eligible to apply for retirement under section 550...

...(A) A member who makes an election under section 5505.51 of the Revised Code shall continue in the active service of the state highway patrol 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 the state highway patrol, the member shall contribute, and the state shall contribute and report, to the state highway patrol re...

...For each member who elects to participate in the deferred retirement option plan, the state highway patrol retirement system shall determine the member's pension amount under section 5505.17 of the Revised Code. In determining the pension amount, the retirement system shall use the member's total service credit and final average salary as of the last day of the employer's payroll period immediately prior to the effec...

...(A) During the period beginning on the effective date of an election to participate in the deferred retirement option plan and ending on the date participation ceases, a member's monthly pension amount determined under section 5505.53 of the Revised Code shall accrue to the member's benefit. To this amount shall be added any benefit increases the member would be eligible for under section 5505.174 of the Revise...

...A member's participation in the deferred retirement option plan ceases on the occurrence of the earliest of the following: (A) Termination of the member's active service in the state highway patrol; (B) The last day of the eight-year period that begins on the effective date of the member's election to participate in the plan; (C) The member's sixtieth birthday; (D) Acceptance by the member of a disability benefit...

...(A) A member participating in the deferred retirement option plan who terminates active service in the state highway patrol shall notify the state highway patrol retirement system of the date of termination on a form prescribed by the retirement system. The member is not eligible to make another election under section 5505.51 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) With regard to a member who was younger than age fifty-two on ...

...(A) On ceasing participation in the deferred retirement option plan as described in division (A), (B), or (C) of section 5505.55 of the Revised Code, a member shall select as the method of distribution of the amount accrued to the member under the plan one of the distribution options provided under section 401(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," (26 U.S.C. 401(a)) as amended, applicable to governmental plans. ...

...(A) A member participating in the deferred retirement option plan who qualifies for disability retirement under division (B)(1) of section 5505.18 of the Revised Code shall elect to receive one of the following: (1) The applicable pension provided for in section 5505.53 of the Revised Code, plus any amounts that have accrued under section 5505.54 of the Revised Code to the member's benefit under the deferred retirem...

...If a member dies while participating in the deferred retirement option plan, all of the following apply: (A) 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 state highway patrol retirement system. A member may designate an individual or a trust as a beneficiary. If there ...

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5505.045 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 5505.045 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 i...

...In pursuance of section 5501.31 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation, in vacating any highway or portion thereof on the state highway system that the director finds is no longer necessary for the purposes of a public highway, shall issue such a finding, which shall contain a description of the highway or part thereof to be vacated. Notice of such finding shall be published once a week, for two consecut...