Ohio Code 145.334 – Election as PERS law enforcement officer or public safety officer
A member who, on the effective date of this section , meets the definition of bureau of criminal identification and investigation investigator, gaming agent, department of taxation investigator, special police officer for a port authority, or special police officer for a municipal airport in section 145.01 of the Revised Code may make the election to be considered a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer by giving notice to the public employees retirement system on a form provided by the public employees retirement board. To be valid, the notice must be received by the retirement system not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section . The election, once made, causes the member to be considered a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer and is irrevocable.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 145.334
- Bureau of criminal identification and investigation investigator: means a person who is in compliance with section 109. See Ohio Code 145.01
- Department of taxation investigator: means a person employed full time with the department of taxation to whom both of the following apply:
(1) The person has been delegated investigation powers pursuant to section 5743. See Ohio Code 145.01
- Gaming agent: means a person who is in compliance with section 109. See Ohio Code 145.01
- Member: includes a PERS retirant who becomes a member under division (C) of section 145. See Ohio Code 145.01
- PERS law enforcement officer: means a sheriff or any of the following whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state: a deputy sheriff, township constable or police officer in a township police department or district, drug agent, department of public safety enforcement agent, natural resources law enforcement staff officer, wildlife officer, forest-fire investigator, natural resources officer, park district police officer, conservancy district officer, veterans' home police officer, special police officer for a mental health institution, special police officer for an institution for persons with developmental disabilities, state university law enforcement officer, municipal police officer, house sergeant at arms, assistant house sergeant at arms, regional transit authority police officer, or state highway patrol police officer. See Ohio Code 145.01
- PERS public safety officer: means a Hamilton county municipal court bailiff, or any of the following whose primary duties are other than to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state: a deputy sheriff, township constable or police officer in a township police department or district, drug agent, department of public safety enforcement agent, natural resources law enforcement staff officer, wildlife officer, forest-fire investigator, natural resources officer, park district police officer, conservancy district officer, veterans' home police officer, special police officer for a mental health institution, special police officer for an institution for persons with developmental disabilities, state university law enforcement officer, municipal police officer, house sergeant at arms, assistant house sergeant at arms, regional transit authority police officer, or state highway patrol police officer. See Ohio Code 145.01
- Special police officer for a municipal airport: means a person to whom both of the following apply:
(1) The person is employed full time as a special police officer with a municipal corporation at a municipal airport or other municipal air navigation facility that meets both of the following requirements:
(a) The airport or navigation facility has scheduled operations, as defined in 14 C. See Ohio Code 145.01
- Special police officer for a port authority: means a person who is in compliance with section 109. See Ohio Code 145.01
Service credit earned by a member of the public employees retirement system before the first day of the first month following the retirement system’s receipt of the notice of election shall not be considered service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer.