Chapter 145 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Section 145.01 - Public employees retirement system definitions
Section 145.011 - Certain university and college employees included
Section 145.012 - Public employee defined
Section 145.013 - Fireman electing to remain in system
Section 145.014 - Regional council of governments employees
Section 145.015 - County historical society employee electing to remain in system
Section 145.016 - Credit for contributing service
Section 145.017 - Calculation of final average salary
Section 145.018 - Conditions for full year of credit
Section 145.02 - [Repealed]
Section 145.03 - Public employees retirement system - exemption from compulsory membership
Section 145.031 - Exemption requests by Hamilton county municipal court employees
Section 145.032 - Exemption requests by Hamilton county air pollution control employees
Section 145.033 - Exemption requests by Cincinnati correctional institute employees
Section 145.034 - Exemption requests by members becoming subject to social security tax
Section 145.035 - Exemption requests by department of development employees located in foreign countries
Section 145.036 - Transmission of list of independent contractors; determination of status by board
Section 145.037 - Request to be classified as public employee
Section 145.038 - Acknowledgement of independent contractor status
Section 145.04 - Public employees retirement board
Section 145.041 - Orientation program required for members - continuing education
Section 145.042 - Members with excessive travel expenses ineligible for another term
Section 145.05 - Term of office - election of employee members - eligibility - nomination by petition
Section 145.051 - Special election where person elected unable to serve
Section 145.052 - Board member election unnecessary if only one candidate nominated
Section 145.053 - Candidate campaign finance statements - donor statement of independent expenditures
Section 145.054 - Filing of statements - prohibited campaign activities
Section 145.055 - Complaint alleging violation of RC 145.054 - procedure - fine
Section 145.057 - Disqualification of convicted member - misconduct in office - removal procedure
Section 145.058 - Adoption of election rules - certification of nominating petitions and election results
Section 145.06 - Vacancies
Section 145.07 - Oath of office - quorum - meetings
Section 145.08 - Reimbursing expenses of board members - liability insurance
Section 145.09 - Election of chairperson and appointment of executive director - powers and duties of board
Section 145.091 - Administering defined benefit and defined contribution plans
Section 145.092 - Travel expense policies - bonus policy - budget
Section 145.093 - Ethics policy - commission approval - ethics training
Section 145.094 - Chief investment officer - supervision duties - monitoring of securities transactions
Section 145.095 - Selection of internal auditor
Section 145.10 - Legal adviser
Section 145.101 - Venue for court actions
Section 145.11 - Investment powers and fiduciary duties of board
Section 145.111 - No board member or employee shall have an interest in board funds
Section 145.112 - Prohibited business transactions
Section 145.113 - Restrictions on fiduciaries
Section 145.114 - Designation of Ohio-qualified agents - selection policy - utilization - annual report
Section 145.115 - Annual disclosures to Ohio Ethics Commission
Section 145.116 - Designation of Ohio-qualified investment managers - utilization - annual report
Section 145.12 - Certifying rate necessary to pay employer contributions
Section 145.13 - Denomination of bonds
Section 145.14 - Percentage of funds available for annuities and other payments - deposit
Section 145.15 - Employee information provided by each department
Section 145.16 - Statement to be filed by employee member
Section 145.17 - Department monthly statement
Section 145.171 - Information to new employees
Section 145.18 - Records kept by department heads
Section 145.19 - Electing defined benefit or defined contribution plan
Section 145.191 - Employee with less than 5 years of service electing to participate in defined contribution plan
Section 145.192 - Effect of electing defined contribution plan
Section 145.193 - Election after reemployment
Section 145.194 - Contributions by law enforcement or public safety officers to defined contribution plan
Section 145.195 - Participants in both defined benefit and defined contribution plans
Section 145.196 - Consolidation of combined plan with defined benefit plan
Section 145.20 - Elective officials may become members of system - credit for prior service
Section 145.201 - Additional service credit purchased by elected or appointed officials
Section 145.202 - [Repealed]
Section 145.203 - [Repealed]
Section 145.21 - Individual accounts for each member - mortality tables
Section 145.22 - Actuarial valuation of pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements
Section 145.221 - Amortizing unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability
Section 145.222 - Study to determine percentage of employee's compensation to be contributed by public institution of higher education
Section 145.23 - Creation of funds
Section 145.24 - Inequality of contributions by employer
Section 145.25 - Each fund is separate legal entity
Section 145.26 - Treasurer of state custodian of funds
Section 145.27 - Annual statement of funds
Section 145.28 - Purchase of service credit for period of self-exemption
Section 145.29 - Procedure for purchasing credit
Section 145.291 - Purchasing service credit for time spent on pregnancy or adoption
Section 145.292 - Credit for prior service
Section 145.293 - Credit for prior service - comparable public position
Section 145.294 - Payroll deduction plans
Section 145.295 - Credit for service in uniform retirement system
Section 145.296 - Contributions during disability leave
Section 145.297 - Retirement incentive plan
Section 145.298 - Retirement incentive plan - closing of or layoff at state institution
Section 145.299 - Purchasing credit for service as school board member
Section 145.2910 - Transferring service credit and contributions between PERS and Cincinnati retirement system
Section 145.2911 - Eligibility for credit for service in Cincinnati retirement system
Section 145.2912 - Transferring contributions to Cincinnati retirement system
Section 145.2913 - Transferred service credit from uniform retirement system
Section 145.2914 - Non-law enforcement service as law enforcement service
Section 145.2915 - Credit for work missed while receiving workers' compensation
Section 145.2916 - Credit for salary increases for elected officials
Section 145.30 - Credit for military service
Section 145.301 - Purchasing military service credit
Section 145.302 - Purchasing uniformed services credit
Section 145.31 - Restoring service credit
Section 145.311 - Payroll deduction plans - restoring SERS or STERS credit
Section 145.312 - Proceedings on request for restoration of service credit
Section 145.32 - Age and service retirement
Section 145.321 - [Repealed]
Section 145.322 - [Repealed]
Section 145.323 - Cost of living increase
Section 145.324 - [Repealed]
Section 145.325 - [Renumbered]
Section 145.326 - [Repealed]
Section 145.327 - [Repealed]
Section 145.328 - [Repealed]
Section 145.329 - [Repealed]
Section 145.3210 - [Repealed]
Section 145.3211 - [Repealed]
Section 145.3212 - [Repealed]
Section 145.3213 - [Repealed]
Section 145.33 - Allowance upon age and service retirement
Section 145.331 - Disability allowance recipient applying for service retirement
Section 145.332 - Determination of eligibility for age and service retirement
Section 145.333 - Contribution based benefit cap
Section 145.334 - Election as PERS law enforcement officer or public safety officer
Section 145.335 - Age and service retirement for former combined plan members
Section 145.34 - [Repealed]
Section 145.35 - Providing disability coverage for on-duty illness or injury
Section 145.351 - Annual report disability retirement experience of each employer
Section 145.36 - Benefits upon disability retirement
Section 145.361 - Annual amount of disability allowance
Section 145.362 - Disability benefit recipient to retain membership status
Section 145.363 - Social security disability insurance benefits
Section 145.37 - Coordinating and integrating membership in state retirement systems
Section 145.38 - Employment of retirant
Section 145.381 - Re-employing retirant
Section 145.382 - Employment of certain retirants notwithstanding restrictions
Section 145.383 - Continuing contributions to state system after retirement
Section 145.384 - Retirant may apply for monthly annuity or lump sum payment
Section 145.385 - Reemployed retirant electing to resume retirement allowance
Section 145.39 - Increasing pension, benefit, or allowance when limits of 26 USC 415 are raised
Section 145.391 - Establishing and maintaining qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement
Section 145.40 - Payment to member who ceases to be a public employee
Section 145.401 - Making additional payment upon death of member or withdrawal of contributions
Section 145.402 - Payments to members who are members of another state retirement system
Section 145.41 - Termination of membership - leave of absence
Section 145.42 - [Repealed]
Section 145.43 - Designation or qualification of beneficiaries
Section 145.431 - Designation of beneficiary
Section 145.44 - [Repealed]
Section 145.45 - Beneficiary may substitute other benefits
Section 145.451 - Payment of death benefit
Section 145.452 - Continuation of service credit purchase upon death of member
Section 145.453 - [Repealed]
Section 145.46 - Electing a plan of payment
Section 145.461 - [Repealed]
Section 145.462 - [Repealed]
Section 145.47 - Per cent of compensation required as contribution - deductions
Section 145.471 - Crediting of interest to individual accounts of contributors
Section 145.472 - Crediting of interest on account balances of contributors as of 12-31-98
Section 145.473 - Interest rates
Section 145.48 - Rate of employer contribution
Section 145.481, 145.482 - [Repealed]
Section 145.483 - Statement of delinquent contributions
Section 145.49 - Calculations of employee and employer contribution rates separately
Section 145.491 - Amended and Renumbered RC 145.49
Section 145.50 - [Repealed]
Section 145.51 - Payments into employer's accumulation fund
Section 145.52 - Transitional liability - installment payments
Section 145.53 - Amounts credited to employer transitional liability
Section 145.531 - [Repealed]
Section 145.54 - Annual estimate of amount necessary to defray expenses; transfer of funds
Section 145.55 - Members deemed to consent to deductions
Section 145.56 - Tax exemptions
Section 145.561 - Acquiring vested right in pension when granted
Section 145.562 - Waiver of rights
Section 145.563 - Adjustment for and recovery of erroneous payments
Section 145.564 - Payroll deduction of membership dues and fees of retiree organizations
Section 145.57 - Restitution order based on theft in office or certain sex offenses
Section 145.571 - Order for division of marital property
Section 145.572 - Forfeiture of retirement benefits under RC 2929.192
Section 145.573 - Benefits subject to termination
Section 145.574 - Forfeiture
Section 145.58 - Group health insurance coverage for retired persons and survivors
Section 145.581 - Establishing programs for long term health care insurance
Section 145.582 - Providing health care coverage for elected officials given erroneous information
Section 145.583 - Deposits to fund payments under plan
Section 145.584 - Benefits equivalent to medicare
Section 145.59 - Renumbered RC 145.70
Section 145.62 - Additional deposits in employee savings fund
Section 145.63 - Refund of additional deposits
Section 145.64 - Application for benefit where refund not received
Section 145.65 - Payment of deposits made by deceased contributor
Section 145.69 - Budgeting amount necessary to pay the state's obligation as employer
Section 145.70 - Payment of amounts due retirement system from treasury
Section 145.71 - Amended and Renumbered RC 148.01
Section 145.72 - Amended and Renumbered RC 148.02
Section 145.73 - Amended and Renumbered RC 148.04
Section 145.74 - Amended and Renumbered RC 148.06
Section 145.75 - Amended and Renumbered RC 148.09
Section 145.76 - Amended and Renumbered RC 148.10
Section 145.80 - Rules for defined contribution plans
Section 145.81 - Establishment and administration of defined contribution plan
Section 145.811 - Qualification of plan as governmental plan for federal tax purposes
Section 145.812 - Qualification of plan as retirement system maintained by a state or local government entity for federal tax purposes
Section 145.813 - Maintaining individual account for each participant
Section 145.814 - Electing to participate in different plan
Section 145.82 - Application of chapter to defined contribution plan
Section 145.83 - Accumulating contributions to pay medical and insurance expenses
Section 145.85 - Contributions of members
Section 145.86 - Contributions of employers
Section 145.87 - Transferring portion of employer contribution to employers' accumulation fund
Section 145.88 - Withholding
Section 145.91 - Member rights governed by plan selected
Section 145.92 - Spousal consent or waiver
Section 145.95 - Right to payment or benefit vested
Section 145.97 - Deposits of members
Section 145.98 - Ceasing contributions
Section 145.99 - Penalty