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...The public employees retirement board shall elect from its membership a chairperson. The board shall appoint an executive director who shall serve as secretary to the board, an actuary, and other employees as necessary for the transaction of the business of the public employees retirement system. The compensation of all persons so appointed shall be fixed by the board. Such persons appointed by the board are not empl...

...Bonds purchased from any taxing district of the state shall be in the denomination required by the public employees retirement board in its resolution of purchase.

...(A) Any elective official of the state of Ohio or of any political subdivision thereof having employees in the public employees retirement system shall be considered as an employee of the state or such political subdivision, and may become a member of the system upon application to the public employees retirement board, with all the rights, privileges, and obligations of membership. An elective official who bec...

...(A) Subject to the limit described in division (C) of this section, any member who is or has been an elected official of the state or any political subdivision thereof or has been appointed either by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate or directly by the speaker of the house of representatives or president of the senate to serve full-time as a member of a board, commission, or other public body may...

...tate teachers retirement system, or the school employees retirement system who exempted self from membership in one or more of the systems pursuant to section 145.03 or 3309.23 of the Revised Code, or former section 3307.25 or 3309.25 of the Revised Code, or was exempt under section 3307.24 of the Revised Code, may purchase credit for each year or portion of a year of service for which the member was exempted. (2) A...

...(A) As used in this section, "school board member" means a member of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district board of education and "governing board member" means a member of an educational service center governing board. (B) A member of the public employees retirement system may purchase credit for service as a school board member if all of the following conditions are met: (1) ...

...This section does not apply to a disability recipient who, at the time contributing service terminated, was a PERS law enforcement officer. (A) A recipient of a disability benefit granted under this chapter whose application for such benefit is received by the public employees retirement system on or after January 7, 2013, shall, regardless of when the disability occurred, apply for social security disability insura...

...Each PERS defined contribution plan shall qualify as a governmental plan under section 414(d) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 414(d), as amended, and meet the requirements of section 401(a), of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 26 U.S.C.A. 401(a), as amended, applicable to governmental plans.

...Each PERS defined contribution plan shall meet the requirements necessary to qualify as a retirement system maintained by a state or local government entity under section 3121(b)(7)(F) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 3121(b)(7)(F), as amended. Each participant in a plan shall qualify as a member of that system.

...If the premium is not paid as provided in division (A) of section 146.07 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall certify such failure as an assessment against the member of the fund to the auditor of the county within which the member is located. The county auditor shall then withhold the amount of such assessment, together with interest at the rate of six per cent from the due date of the premium, from the...

...(A)(1) As used in this division, "personal history record" means information maintained by the public employees retirement board on an individual who is a participating employee or continuing member that includes the address, telephone number, social security number, record of contributions, records of benefits, correspondence with the Ohio public employees deferred compensation program, or other information the boar...

...Each elective state officer, the adjutant general, the adult parole authority, the department of agriculture, the director of administrative services, the public utilities commission, the superintendent of insurance, the superintendent of financial institutions, the superintendent of purchases and printing, the fire marshal, the industrial commission, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state department o...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio history fund, which shall consist of money contributed to it under section 5747.113 of the Revised Code for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and of contributions made directly to it. Any person may contribute directly to the fund in addition to or independently of the income tax refund contribution system established in section 5747.113 of the...

...ailable to county, municipal, township, school district, library, and special taxing district records commissions upon request. The archivist shall be designated as the "state archivist." (B) The archives administration may purchase or procure for itself, or authorize the board of trustees of an archival institution to purchase or procure, from an insurance company licensed to do business in this state policies of i...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 307.847 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created in each county a county records commission, composed of a member of the board of county commissioners as chairperson, the prosecuting attorney, the auditor, the recorder, and the clerk of the court of common pleas. The commission shall appoint a secretary, who may or may not be a member of the commission and who shall ser...

...r section 149.39 of the Revised Code, a school district records commission and an educational service center records commission created under section 149.41 of the Revised Code, a library records commission created under section 149.411 of the Revised Code, a special taxing district records commission created under section 149.412 of the Revised Code, and a township records commission created under section 149.42 of ...

...(A) Except as provided in sections 9.833, 2744.081, and 3345.203 of the Revised Code, any governmental entity or agency and any nonprofit corporation or association, except a corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 1719. of the Revised Code prior to January 1, 1980 or organized pursuant to Chapter 3941. of the Revised Code, that enters into a contract or other agreement with the federal government, a unit of state ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Personal information" means any of the following: (a) An individual's social security number; (b) An individual's state or federal tax identification number; (c) An individual's driver's license number or state identification number; (d) An individual's checking account number, savings account number, credit card number, or debit card number; (e) An individual's demand de...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Authority" means the Ohio venture capital authority created under section 150.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Issuer" means a port authority organized and existing under applicable provisions of Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code that, pursuant to an agreement entered into under division (E) of section 150.02 of the Revised Code, issues or issued obligations to fund one or more l...

...Within ninety days after April 9, 2003, the authority shall establish, and subsequently may modify as it considers necessary, a written investment policy governing the investment of money from the program fund, which is hereby created. The program fund shall consist of the proceeds of loans acquired by a program administrator. The authority is subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code with respect to the ...

...The chief of the division of forestry may declare any property to be a public nuisance which by reason of its condition or operation is a special forest-fire hazard and as such endangers property. He shall notify the owner of the property or person responsible for the condition declared to be a public nuisance and shall advise him as to the abatement or removal of the nuisance. In the case of a railroad, the notice s...

...No owner or lessee of land upon which fire may burn or be started and no person during employment with such an owner or lessee shall receive compensation under sections 1503.07 to 1503.27 of the Revised Code for extinguishing fire upon his land or the land to which his interest is attached. No person who is responsible for the spreading of a fire to a woodland, forest, or wild land and no person in his employ may rec...

...(A) The director of natural resources, using the best available scientific records, data, and analyses of shoreline recession, shall make a preliminary identification of Lake Erie coastal erosion areas, which are the land areas anticipated to be lost by Lake Erie-related erosion within a thirty-year period if no additional approved erosion control measures are completed within that time. The preliminary identificatio...

...(A) An application for a permit to drill a new well, drill an existing well deeper, reopen a well, convert a well to any use other than its original purpose, or plug back a well to a different source of supply, including associated production operations, shall be filed with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management upon such form as the chief prescribes and shall contain each of the following that...

...(A)(1) No person shall operate a well in this state unless the person first registers with and obtains an identification number from the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. (2) Whenever the entire interest of an oil and gas lease is assigned or otherwise transferred, the assignor or transferor shall notify the holders of the royalty interests, and, if a well or wells exist on the lease, the d...

...al administration and management of the school employees retirement system and making effective Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code are hereby vested in the school employees retirement board which may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and may authorize its administrative officers, or committees composed of members of said board, to act for the board in accordance with such policies and s...

...The school employees retirement board shall do all of the following: (A) In consultation with the Ohio ethics commission, review any existing policy regarding the travel and payment of travel expenses of members and employees of the school employees retirement board and adopt rules in accordance with section 3309.04 of the Revised Code establishing a new or revised policy regarding travel and payment of travel expen...

...The school employees retirement board 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 determines...

...(A) The school employees retirement board shall designate a person who is a licensed state retirement system investment officer to be the chief investment officer for the school employees retirement system. The board shall notify the division of securities of the department of commerce in writing of its designation and of any change in its designation within ten calendar days of the designation or change. (B) The ch...

...The school employees retirement board 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 committee shall annu...

...(A) The school employees retirement board shall consist of the following members: (1) One member, known as the treasurer of state's investment designee, who shall be appointed by the treasurer of state for a term of four years and who shall have the following qualifications: (a) The member is a resident of this state. (b) Within the three years immediately preceding the appointment, the member has not been e...

...Each member of the school employees retirement 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 less than twice each year, attend one or more pro...

...s an elected or appointed member of the school employees retirement board 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.

...or employee and retirant members of the school employees retirement board shall be held on the first Monday of March. Terms of office of the employee and retirant members of the board shall be for four years each, commencing on the first day of July following the election and ending on the thirtieth day of June. The initial terms of the first retirant member and the new employee member shall commence on July 1, 1984,...

...(A) The office of a member of the school employees retirement board who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of section 102.02, 102.03, 102.04, 2921.02, 2921.11, 2921.13, 2921.31, 2921.41, 2921.42, 2921.43, or 2921.44 of the Revised Code shall be deemed vacant. A person who has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of an of...

...or employee or retirant members of the school employees retirement board shall be held under the direction of the board in accordance with rules adopted under section 3309.075 of the Revised Code. (B) Any member of the school employees retirement system, other than a disability benefit recipient, shall be eligible to be nominated for election as an employee member of the board who has been nominated by a peti...

...6, and 3309.07 of the Revised Code, the school employees retirement board is not required to hold an election for a position on the board as an employee member or retirant member if only one candidate has been nominated for the position by petition in accordance with section 3309.07 of the Revised Code. The candidate shall take office as if elected. The term of office shall be four years beginning on the first day of...

...f the Revised Code for election to the school employees retirement board or who is seeking to be elected to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to division (D) of section 3309.06 of the Revised Code. (3) "Contribution" means a loan, gift, deposit, forgiveness of indebtedness, donation, advance, payment, transfer of funds or transfer of anything of value including a transfer of funds from an inter vivos or tes...

...uring any campaign for, election to the school employees retirement board, shall knowingly and with intent to affect the nomination or the outcome of the campaign do any of the following by means of campaign materials, an advertisement on radio or television 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 ...

...A complaint alleging a violation of section 3309.073 of the Revised Code may be filed in accordance with section 3517.16 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The school employees retirement board, after consultation with the secretary of state, shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, governing all of the following: (1) The administration of elections of members of the board under section 3309.07 of the Revised Code and elections held under section 3309.06 of the Revised Code to fill vacancies on the board; (2) Nominating petit...

...Each member of the school employees retirement board upon appointment or election shall take an oath of office that he will support the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state, and that he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the said board and that he will not knowingly violate or willfully permit to be violated any law applicable to Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code. Suc...

...A majority of the members of the school employees retirement board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any business. Any action taken by the board shall be approved by a majority of the members of the board. All meetings 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 reco...

...section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the school employees retirement board may adopt a policy that allows a board member to attend a meeting of the board by means of video conference. The board shall include in the policy, if adopted, both of the following: (1) The number of regular meetings at which each board member shall be present in person, provided that number is not less than three-quarters of the regular mee...

...(A) No member of the school employees retirement board shall be subject to disciplinary action by an employer for absence from the member's regular employment for service to the board. Members of the board shall serve without compensation from the retirement system, but an employer shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for any compensation paid to an employee member of the board or a retirant member emplo...

...The school employees retirement board shall elect, from its membership, a chairperson, and shall employ an executive director who shall serve as secretary.

...ll be the custodian of the funds of the school employees retirement system, and all disbursements therefrom shall be paid by the treasurer of state only upon instruments duly authorized by the school employees retirement board and bearing the signatures of the board; provided, that such instruments may bear the names of the board members printed thereon and the signatures of the president and secretary of the board. ...

...neral shall be the legal adviser of the school employees retirement board.

...The school employees retirement board shall secure the service of such technical and administrative employees as are necessary for the transaction of the business of the school employees retirement system. Effective ninety days after the effective date of this amendment, the board may not employ a state retirement system investment officer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, who does not hold a valid...

...(A) The members of the school employees retirement board shall be the trustees of the funds created by section 3309.60 of the Revised Code. The board shall have full power to invest the funds. The board and other fiduciaries shall discharge their duties with respect to the funds solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries; for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and their bene...