Section 742-5-03 - Contributing service credit(A) As used in this rule: (1) "Contributing service credit" means service credit earned by a member of the police and fire pension fund ("OP&F") as a result of OP&F receiving employee contributions on salary of that member, as required under section 742.31 of the Revised Code, for full-time contributing service rendered by an OP&F member to a covered employer.(2) Except as provided in this rule, "full-time contributing service credit" means a member has been compensated for working (including paid leave) a minimum average of forty hours per week over a twenty-eight day period. (3) "Partial contributing service credit" means prorated service credit allowed for members determined by OP&F to be full-time whose hours of service for each week included in any normal monthly payroll reporting period temporarily falls below "full-time contributing service credit," as defined in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule. For partial contributing service credit, OP&F shall prorate the service credit by dividing the hours compensated by the regularly reported hours for the monthly payroll reporting period.
(B) Not more than twelve months of contributing service credit can be allowed in a calendar year.(C) Notwithstanding this rule, no person shall be allowed contributing service credit before the date the person becomes a member of OP&F or after the member's effective date of termination or retirement. Ohio Admin. Code 742-5-03
Effective: 9/22/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 7/8/2024 and 09/22/2029
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 742.10
Rule Amplifies: 742.01, 742.32, 742.37, 742.39
Prior Effective Dates: 04/25/1997, 11/18/1999 (Emer.), 02/05/2000, 11/23/2000, 04/28/2006, 05/27/2008 (Emer.), 07/24/2008, 09/26/2013, 06/19/2020 (Emer.), 09/11/2020