Ohio Code 5505.19 – Cessation of membership – disposition of accumulations
Subject to section 5505.26 of the Revised Code, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system who ceases to be an employee of the state highway patrol for any cause except death, disability, or retirement, upon application filed in writing with the state highway patrol retirement board, shall be paid the accumulated contributions, less interest, standing to the credit of the member’s individual account in the employees’ savings fund.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5505.19
- Accumulated contributions: means the sum of the following credited to a member's individual account in the employees' savings fund:
(1) All amounts deducted from the salary of the member;
(2) All amounts paid by the member to purchase state highway patrol retirement system service credit pursuant to this chapter or other state law. See Ohio Code 5505.01
- board: means the state highway patrol retirement board provided for in the plan. See Ohio Code 5505.01
- Employee: includes the superintendent of the state highway patrol. See Ohio Code 5505.01
- in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
- 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
- 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
A member described in this section who is married at the time of application for payment and would be eligible for a pension payable under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code but for a forfeiture ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code shall submit with the application a written statement by the member’s spouse attesting that the spouse consents to the payment of the member’s accumulated contributions. Consent shall be valid only if it is signed and witnessed by a notary public. The board may waive the requirement of consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located, or for any other reason specified by the board. Consent or waiver is effective only with regard to the spouse who is the subject of the consent or waiver.