STATE STATUTES & CODES

OHIO STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 3309: PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

• 3309.01 Public school employees retirement system definitions.
• 3309.011 Exclusions from definition of employee.
• 3309.012 Board member to elect whether to become member of system.
• 3309.02 Credit for military service.
• 3309.021 Purchasing military service credit.
• 3309.022 Purchasing uniformed services credit.
• 3309.03 School employees retirement system - board.
• 3309.031 System consists of plans established by chapter.
• 3309.04 General administration and management vested in board.
• 3309.041 Travel expense policies - bonus policy - budget.
• 3309.042 Ethics policy - commission approval - ethics training.
• 3309.043 Chief investment officer - supervision duties - monitoring of securities transactions.
• 3309.044 Selection of internal auditor.
• 3309.05 Board membership.
• 3309.051 Orientation program required for new members - continuing education.
• 3309.052 Members with excessive travel expenses ineligible for another term.
• 3309.06 Board elections.
• 3309.061 Disqualification of convicted member - misconduct in office - removal procedure.
• 3309.07 Electing employee and retirant members.
• 3309.071 Board elections.
• 3309.072 Candidate campaign finance statements - donor statement of independent expenditures.
• 3309.073 Filing of statements - prohibited campaign activities.
• 3309.074 Complaint alleging violation of RC 3309.073 - procedure - fine.
• 3309.075 Adoption of election rules - certification of nominating petitions and election results.
• 3309.08 Oath of office.
• 3309.09 Quorum.
• 3309.10 Expenses - liability insurance.
• 3309.11 Officers - executive director.
• 3309.12 Treasurer of state is custodian of funds.
• 3309.13 Legal adviser.
• 3309.14 Technical and administrative employees - retirement applications.
• 3309.15 Investment and fiduciary duties of board.
• 3309.151, 3309.152 [Repealed].
• 3309.153 [Repealed].
• 3309.154 [Repealed].
• 3309.155 Prohibited business transactions.
• 3309.156 Restrictions on fiduciaries.
• 3309.157 Designation of Ohio-qualified agents - selection policy - utilization - annual report.
• 3309.158 Annual disclosures to Ohio Ethics Commission.
• 3309.159 Designation of Ohio-qualified investment managers - utilization - annual report.
• 3309.16 Denomination or consolidation of bonds.
• 3309.17 Record of proceedings between board and taxing district.
• 3309.18 Interest credited annually.
• 3309.19 Trustee or employee of board shall have no interest in profits nor borrow funds.
• 3309.20 Maintenance of individual account.
• 3309.21 Actuarial valuation of pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements.
• 3309.211 Amortizing unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability.
• 3309.22 Annual statement of funds.
• 3309.23 Contributors to school employees retirement system.
• 3309.24 Members of local district pension system excluded from membership - membership by petition.
• 3309.25 Information to new employees.
• 3309.251 Electing defined benefit or defined contribution plan.
• 3309.252 Employee with less than 5 years of service electing to participate in defined contribution plan.
• 3309.253 Effect of electing defined contribution plan.
• 3309.26 Restoring service credit.
• 3309.261 Payroll deduction plans - restoring PERS or STERS credit.
• 3309.262 Proceedings on request for restoration of service credit.
• 3309.27 Payroll deduction plans.
• 3309.28 Statement to be filed by employee member.
• 3309.29 Verifying termination of active service.
• 3309.30 Service credit.
• 3309.301 Purchase of service credit for period of self-exemption.
• 3309.31 Credit for prior service - comparable public position.
• 3309.311 Purchasing credit for service as school board member.
• 3309.312 Akron University law enforcement officers electing to transfer to public employees retirement system.
• 3309.32 Prior service credit.
• 3309.33 Retirement incentive plan.
• 3309.34 Eligibility for service retirement.
• 3309.341 Employment of retirant.
• 3309.342 Waiver of penalties against retirant.
• 3309.343 Continuing contributions to state system after retirement.
• 3309.344 Retirant may apply for monthly annuity or lump sum payment.
• 3309.345 Reemployed superannuate or rehire in position filled by vote of members of board or commission.
• 3309.35 Coordinating and integrating membership in state retirement systems.
• 3309.351 Amended and Renumbered RC 3309.73.
• 3309.353 Increase in benefits established prior to 2-1-83.
• 3309.354 Increase in benefits where eligibility established prior to 9-9-88.
• 3309.36 Allowances for service retirement.
• 3309.361 Annual lifetime benefit.
• 3309.362 Increase in annual amount of benefit effective 7-1-81.
• 3309.37 [Repealed].
• 3309.371 Supplementing allowance.
• 3309.372 Increase in benefits effective 11-1-65.
• 3309.373 Additional allowance on or after 7-1-68.
• 3309.374 Cost of living increase.
• 3309.375 Benefits equivalent to medicare.
• 3309.376 Additional monthly payment as of 12-31-71.
• 3309.377 Additional monthly payment where member died prior to 7-1-68.
• 3309.378 Additional monthly payment as of 12-19-73.
• 3309.379 Recalculating benefits.
• 3309.3710 Increase in monthly allowance, pension or benefit effective 7-1-81.
• 3309.3711 Increasing pension, benefit, or allowance when limits of 26 USC 415 are raised.
• 3309.3712 Establishing and maintaining qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement.
• 3309.38 Retirement allowance for commuted service.
• 3309.381 Disability allowance recipient applying for service retirement.
• 3309.39 Providing disability coverage for on-duty illness or injury.
• 3309.391 Annual report disability retirement experience of each employer.
• 3309.40 Benefits upon disability retirement.
• 3309.401 Annual amount of disability allowance.
• 3309.41 Disability benefit recipient to retain membership status.
• 3309.42 Payment to member who ceases to be a public employee.
• 3309.43 Withdrawing contributions by member who is member of another state retirement system.
• 3309.44 Designation or qualification of beneficiaries.
• 3309.45 Beneficiary may substitute other benefits.
• 3309.451 Service credit purchased upon death of member.
• 3309.46 Electing a plan of payment.
• 3309.47 Contribution of contributor.
• 3309.471 Contributions during disability leave.
• 3309.472 Purchasing service credit for time spent on pregnancy.
• 3309.473 Purchasing service credit for time spent on pregnancy or adoption.
• 3309.48 Employer failing to deduct employee contribution.
• 3309.49 Employer contribution.
• 3309.491 Employer minimum compensation contribution.
• 3309.492 [Repealed].
• 3309.50 Payment of death benefit.
• 3309.51 Payment into employers' trust fund.
• 3309.52 [Repealed].
• 3309.53 Written statement to employee of duties and obligations.
• 3309.54 Certifying names of covered employees.
• 3309.55 Notifying board of personnel changes.
• 3309.56 Deductions certified.
• 3309.57 Transmitting payments monthly.
• 3309.571 Failure of employer to transmit amounts due.
• 3309.58 [Repealed].
• 3309.59 Levying additional taxes.
• 3309.60 Creation of funds - trustees.
• 3309.61 Each fund is separate legal entity.
• 3309.62 Estimating expenses annually.
• 3309.63 Merger of local pension system with school employees retirement system - procedure.
• 3309.64 Payment of accrued liability - interest - rate.
• 3309.65 Procedure for transfer of moneys and securities in event of merger.
• 3309.66 Tax exemptions.
• 3309.661 Acquiring vested right in pension when granted.
• 3309.662 Waiver of rights.
• 3309.663 Payroll deduction of membership dues and fees of retiree organizations.
• 3309.67 Restitution order based on theft in office or certain sex offenses.
• 3309.671 Order for division of marital property.
• 3309.672 Forfeiture of retirement benefits under RC 2929.192.
• 3309.68 Payment of amounts due retirement system from treasury.
• 3309.69 Group health insurance coverage for retired persons and survivors.
• 3309.691 Establishing programs for long term health care insurance.
• 3309.692 Additional deposits to fund medical expenses.
• 3309.70 Recovering erroneous payments.
• 3309.73 Credit for service in uniform retirement system.
• 3309.731 Transferred service credit from uniform retirement system.
• 3309.74 Transferring service credit and contributions between SERS and Cincinnati retirement system.
• 3309.75 Eligibility for credit for service in Cincinnati retirement system.
• 3309.76 Transferring contributions to Cincinnati retirement system.
• 3309.80 Rules for defined contribution plans.
• 3309.81 Establishment and administration of defined contribution plan.
• 3309.811 Qualification of plan as governmental plan for federal tax purposes.
• 3309.812 Qualification of plan as retirement system maintained by a state or local government entity for federal tax purposes.
• 3309.813 Maintaining individual account for each participant.
• 3309.82 Application of chapter to defined contribution plan.
• 3309.85 Contributions of members.
• 3309.86 Contributions of employers.
• 3309.87 Deposit and crediting of contributions.
• 3309.88 Transfer of portion of employer contribution to employers' trust fund to mitigate negative financial impact on system.
• 3309.91 Member rights governed by plan selected.
• 3309.92 Spousal consent or waiver.
• 3309.95 Right to payment or benefit vested.
• 3309.97 Deposits of members.
• 3309.98 Ceasing contributions.
• 3309.99 Penalty.

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