Ohio Code 5505.176 – Increase in pension for certain retirees prior to 9-16-98
(A) The state highway patrol retirement system shall increase the pension payable to each person receiving a pension granted prior to September 16, 1998, that was calculated under division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code on the basis of total service credit of more than twenty-five years. The increase shall be an amount determined by multiplying the pension payable to the member on September 16, 1998, by the product obtained by multiplying by one-half of one per cent the member’s years and fraction of a year of service in excess of twenty-five years, except that the increased pension shall not exceed the limit established by section 415 of the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended. The increased pension shall be effective on October 1, 1998, and shall be used in determining the amount of the additional benefit paid under section 5505.174 of the Revised Code.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5505.176
- 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: means any employee included in the membership of the retirement system, whether or not rendering contributing service. See Ohio Code 5505.01
- Pension: means an annual amount payable by the retirement system throughout the life of a person or as otherwise provided in the plan. See Ohio Code 5505.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Retirement: means retirement as provided in sections 5505. See Ohio Code 5505.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- system: means the state highway patrol retirement system created and established in the plan. See Ohio Code 5505.01
- Total service: means all service rendered by an employee to the extent credited by the board. See Ohio Code 5505.01
(B) The state highway patrol retirement system shall increase the pension payable to each person receiving a pension granted prior to the effective date of this amendment that was calculated under division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code on the basis of total service credit of more than twenty years. The increase shall be an amount determined by multiplying the pension payable to the member on the effective date of this amendment by the product obtained by multiplying by one-quarter of one per cent the member’s years and fraction of a year of service in excess of twenty years but not in excess of twenty-five years, except that the increased pension shall not exceed the limit established by section 415 of the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended. The increased pension shall be effective on the first day of the first month following the effective date of this amendment and shall be used in determining the amount of the additional benefit paid under section 5505.174 of the Revised Code.