The increasing contribution determined as provided in sections 3309.63 and 3309.64 of the Revised Code by the actuary shall be paid by the employer instead of the deficiency contribution computed as otherwise provided by this chapter. In the event of merger, the moneys and securities to the credit of the local district pension system, not exceeding an aggregate amount equal to the present value of the payments to be made on account of all pensions to the pensioners on the rolls of the local district pension system, shall be transferred to the employers’ accumulation fund and the pensions then payable by the local district pension system shall thereafter be paid from the employers’ accumulation fund until the reserves on these pensions with the other pensions payable from the employers’ accumulation fund have been accumulated and shall be transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund, from which fund they shall thereafter be payable. The pensions of the active members of the local district pension system and of the new entrants shall thereafter be payable as are the pensions of other members of the school employees retirement system. The amount of the excess of the moneys and securities of the local district pension system over and above the present value of the payments to be made on account of all pensions to the pensioners of the rolls of the local district pension system shall be transferred to the employees’ savings fund and shall be credited pro rata to the active employees of such local district pension system on the basis of the amounts of their previous contributions to the local district pension system. In case such method of distribution is not found practicable by the school employees retirement board, the board may use such other method of apportionment as seems fair and equitable to such board. The amount so credited shall be considered as a part of the employee‘s accumulated contributions, and (1) in the case of service or commuted service retirement shall be considered as an amount in excess of the employee’s accumulated contributions and may be used in purchasing from the annuity and pension reserve fund an annuity, in addition to any other annuity or pension benefit otherwise provided by this chapter, and (2) in case the beneficiary elects to take a survivor benefit under division (B) of section 3309.45 of the Revised Code, the amount shall be refunded to the beneficiary.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3309.65

  • Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all amounts credited to a contributor's account in the employees' savings fund together with any regular interest credited thereon at the rates approved by the retirement board prior to retirement. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Actuary: means an individual who satisfies all of the following requirements:

    (1) Is a member of the American academy of actuaries;

    (2) Is an associate or fellow of the society of actuaries;

    (3) Has a minimum of five years' experience in providing actuarial services to public retirement plans. See Ohio Code 3309.01

  • Annuity: means payments for life derived from contributions made by a contributor and paid from the annuity and pension reserve fund as provided in this chapter. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Benefit: means a payment, other than a retirement allowance or the annuity paid under section 3309. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Employee: means all of the following:

    (1) Any person employed by a public employer in a position for which the person is not required to have a registration, certificate, or license issued pursuant to section 3301. See Ohio Code 3309.01

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Local district pension system: means any school employees' pension fund created in any school district of the state prior to September 1, 1937. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Pension: means annual payments for life derived from appropriations made by an employer and paid from the employers' trust fund or the annuity and pension reserve fund. See Ohio Code 3309.01
  • Pension reserve: means the present value, computed upon the basis of mortality tables adopted by the school employees retirement board, of all payments to be made on account of any pension, or benefit in lieu of any pension, granted to a retirant or a beneficiary. See Ohio Code 3309.01

After the moneys and securities of any local district pension system have been transferred to the employers’ accumulation fund or to the employees’ savings fund, such local district pension system shall cease to exist.