Ohio Administrative Code
Title 145 - Public Employees Retirement System
Chapter 145-3 - Contributions
Section 145-3-23 - Additional liability for service purchases in the combined plan

(1) Service credit that may be purchased or obtained under sections 145.20, 145.201, 145.291, 145.292, 145.293, 145.299, and 145.47 of the Revised Code, as those sections existed on and after January 7, 2013.

(2) Service credit that may be purchased or obtained under section 145.814 of the Revised Code or rule 145-3-40 of the Administrative Code for a plan change that is effective on or after July 7, 2013, and prior to January 1, 2022, under section 2.03 of the combined or member-directed plan document, as amended on January 7, 2013.

(1) Except as provided in this paragraph, the public employees retirement system shall calculate the cost to purchase service credit by using the greater of the member's final average salary or the member's earnable salary for the twelve months of contributing service under the combined plan immediately preceding the month in which the application to purchase is received by the system. If the member's election to purchase service described in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule occurs less than twelve months after the effective date of a plan change, the system shall calculate the cost to purchase service credit by using the final average salary or last twelve months of earnable salary in the prior plan.

(2) The public employees retirement board shall, based upon its actuary's recommendation, establish the percentage rate for the cost of the service credit under the combined plan.