The surviving spouse of a member who dies on or after the effective date of this amendment may continue any service credit purchase the member initiated before death. A purchase shall be considered to have been initiated before the member’s death if the member made one or more payments for the purchase before death.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 145.452

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Member: includes a PERS retirant who becomes a member under division (C) of section 145. See Ohio Code 145.01

Any service credit purchased under this section shall be applied under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as it would have been applied had it been purchased by the deceased member during the deceased member’s lifetime.

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