As Reported by the House Finance Committee
132nd General Assembly
Regular Session Sub. S. B. No. 296
2017-2018
Senators LaRose, Hottinger
Cosponsors: Senators Manning, Hoagland, Thomas, Obhof, Uecker, Oelslager, Beagle, Balderson, Brown, Burke, Coley, Dolan, Eklund, Gardner, Hackett, Huffman, Kunze, Lehner, McColley, O'Brien, Peterson, Schiavoni, Sykes, Terhar, Yuko
A BILL
To amend sections 101.27, 141.01, 141.011, 141.04, 325.03, 325.04, 325.06, 325.08, 325.09, 325.10, 325.11, 325.14, 325.15, 325.18, 505.24, 507.09, 742.63, and 3501.12 and to enact sections 101.61, 107.71, and 124.824 of the Revised Code to revise the payments that surviving family members receive from the Ohio Public Safety Officers Death Benefit Fund and to permit surviving spouses and children to participate in the health, dental, and vision benefits offered to state employees as if the survivors were employees of this state; to increase the compensation of elected public officers through 2028; to create the Public Office Compensation Advisory Commission; to create the Office of InnovateOhio; to allow the Lieutenant Governor to receive the salary of the head of an office within the Governor's office in lieu of the Lieutenant Governor's statutory salary; and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 101.27, 141.01, 141.011, 141.04, 325.03, 325.04, 325.06, 325.08, 325.09, 325.10, 325.11, 325.14, 325.15, 325.18, 505.24, 507.09, 742.63, and 3501.12 be amended and sections 101.61, 107.71, and 124.824 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec.
101.27.
(A)(1) Every member of the senate, except the members
elected president, president pro tempore, assistant president
pro tempore, majority whip, minority leader, assistant minority
leader, minority whip, and assistant minority whip, shall
receive as compensation a salary of fifty-one
sixty-three
thousand
six
hundred seventy-four seven
dollars
a year during the senator's
term of office. Every member of the house of representatives,
except the members elected speaker, speaker pro tempore,
majority floor leader, assistant majority floor leader, majority
whip, assistant majority whip, minority leader, assistant
minority leader, minority whip, and assistant minority whip,
shall receive as compensation a salary of fifty-one
sixty-three
thousand
six
hundred seventy-four seven
dollars
a year during the
representative's term of office. Such salaries shall be
paid in equal monthly installments during such term. All monthly
payments shall be made on or before the fifth day of each
month. Upon the death of any member of the general assembly during
the member's term of office, any unpaid salary due such member
for the remainder of the member's term shall be paid to the
member's surviving spouse, children, mother, or father, in the
order in which the relationship is set forth in this section in
monthly installments.
(2) Each member shall receive a travel reimbursement per mile each way, at the same mileage rate allowed for the reimbursement of travel expenses of state agents as provided by rule of the director of budget and management pursuant to division (B) of section 126.31 of the Revised Code, for mileage not more than once a week during the session for travel incurred by a member from and to the member's place of residence, by the most direct highway route of public travel to and from the seat of government, to be paid quarterly on the last day of March, June, September, and December of each year.
(3)
The member of the senate elected president and the member
of the house of representatives elected speaker shall each
receive as compensation a salary of eighty
ninety-eight
thousand
five
two
hundred
forty-nine
fourteen
dollars
a year during
the president's or speaker's term of office.
The
member of the senate elected president pro tempore, the
member of the senate elected minority leader, the member of the
house of representatives elected speaker pro tempore, and the
member of the house of representatives elected minority leader
shall each receive as compensation a salary of seventy-three
eighty-nine
thousand
four
six
hundred
ninety-three
twelve
dollars
a year during the member's term of office. The
The
member
of the house of representatives elected majority
floor leader and the member of the senate elected assistant
president pro tempore shall each receive as compensation
a salary of sixty-nine
eighty-four
thousand
two
four
hundred
twenty-seven
ten
dollars
a year during the member's term
of office. The
The
member
of the senate elected assistant minority leader and
the member of the house of representatives elected assistant minority
leader shall each receive as compensation a salary of sixty-seven
eighty-one
thousand
ninety-nine
eight
hundred fifteen
dollars
a year during the member's term of office. The
The
member
of the senate elected majority whip and the member
of the house of representatives elected assistant majority
floor leader shall each receive a salary of sixty-four
seventy-nine
thousand
nine
two
hundred
sixty-seven
sixteen
dollars
a year during the member's term of office. The
The
member
of the senate elected minority whip, the member of
the house of representatives elected majority whip, and the member
of the house of representatives elected minority whip shall
each receive as compensation a salary of sixty
seventy-four
thousand
seven
hundred six twenty
dollars
a year during the member's
term of office. The
The
member
of the house of representatives elected assistant
majority whip shall receive as compensation a salary of
fifty-six
sixty-eight
thousand
four
eight
hundred
forty-three
twenty-two
dollars
a year during the member's term of office. The
The
member
of the house of representatives elected assistant
minority whip and the member of the senate elected assistant
minority whip shall each receive a salary of fifty-four
sixty-five
thousand
sixty
nine
hundred sixteen
dollars
a year
during the member's term of office.
(4)
The chairperson of the finance committee of each house shall
receive an additional sum of ten
thirteen
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
annually. The chairperson of each standing committee
of each house other than the finance committee shall receive
an additional sum of six
nine
thousand
five
hundred dollars
annually. The chairperson of each standing subcommittee of
a finance committee shall receive an additional sum of six
nine
thousand
five
hundred dollars
annually. The vice-chairperson
of the finance committee of each house shall receive an
additional sum of five
seven
thousand
five hundred dollars annually.
The ranking minority member of the finance committee of
each house shall receive an additional sum of six
nine
thousand
five
hundred dollars
annually. The ranking minority member
of each standing subcommittee of a finance committee shall
receive an additional sum of five
six
thousand
seven
hundred
fifty dollars
annually. The chairperson of each standing subcommittee
of each house other than a standing subcommittee of the
finance committee shall receive an additional sum of five
six
thousand
seven
hundred fifty dollars
annually. The vice-chairperson
and ranking minority member of each standing committee
of each house other than the finance committee shall each
receive an additional sum of five
six
thousand
seven
hundred
fifty dollars
annually. Except for the ranking minority member
of each standing subcommittee of a finance committee, the ranking
minority member of each standing subcommittee of each house
shall receive an additional sum of two
three
thousand
five
two
hundred
fifty
dollars
annually.
No member may receive more than one additional sum for serving as chairperson, vice-chairperson, or ranking minority member of a standing committee or standing subcommittee, regardless of the number of standing committees or standing subcommittees on which the member serves as chairperson, vice-chairperson, or ranking minority member.
(5) If a member is absent without leave, or is not excused on the member's return, there shall be deducted from the member's compensation twenty dollars for each day's absence.
(B)(1) The salary amounts under divisions (A)(1) and (3) of this section are for calendar year 2019.
(2)
Each
calendar year from 2002
2020
through
2008
2028,
the
salary amounts under divisions (A)(1) and (3) of this section
shall be increased
by the lesser of the following
as follows:
(2)
The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index
over the twelve-month period that ends on the thirtieth day
of September of the immediately preceding year, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per cent
(a) In calendar year 2020, by four per cent;
(b) In calendar year 2021, by three per cent;
(c) In calendar year 2022, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(d) In calendar year 2023, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(e) In calendar year 2024, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(f) In calendar year 2025, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(g) In calendar year 2026, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(h) In calendar year 2027, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(i) In calendar year 2028, by one and three-quarters per cent.
(1)
"Consumer price index" means the consumer price index
prepared
by the United States bureau of labor statistics (U.S. city
average for urban wage earners and clerical workers: all items,
1982-1984=100), or, if that index is no longer published, a
generally available comparable index.
(2)
"Finance ,
"finance
committee"
means the finance committee
of the senate and the finance-appropriations
finance
committee
of the house of representatives.
Sec. 101.61. (A)(1) The public office compensation advisory commission is created. The commission consists of the following nine voting members: two members appointed by the governor; two members appointed by the president of the senate; two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; one member appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; and one member appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court.
(2) The following are not eligible to be appointed as a member of the commission:
(a) An officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state or a spouse, child, sibling, or parent of an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state;
(b) An individual who, within twelve months before appointment, was a candidate for election to a public office in the state;
(c) An individual who engages during at least a portion of the individual's time to actively advocate legislation on behalf of another including a legislative agent as defined under section 101.70 of the Revised Code, or an executive agency lobbyist as defined under section 121.60 of the Revised Code.
As used in this section, "actively advocate" has the meaning defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code.
(3) Terms of members of the commission are for two years. Members may not serve more than four consecutive terms. The commission chairperson shall be selected annually not later than the first day of January by vote of at least five members of the commission. Members are not entitled to compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of commission duties. A vacancy among the members of the commission shall be filled in the manner prescribed for the original appointment. A member may be removed from the commission only by that member's designated appointing authority and only if the member's designated appointing authority finds that the member is inefficient or derelict in the discharge of the member's duties.
(B)(1) The public office compensation advisory commission shall meet as necessary to review the current compensation of each public office in the state whose compensation is set by the general assembly under the Ohio Constitution, Section 20 or 31 of Article II, Section 19 of Article III, or Section 6 of Article IV. The commission shall consider relevant factors such as the amount of compensation paid to similarly skilled individuals in the private sector, the amount of compensation paid to individuals in comparable public offices in other states, and the current financial condition of and within this state.
(2) Annually, not later than the fifteenth day of October, the commission, by vote of at least five of its members, shall prepare a proposed compensation plan and a report of the proposed compensation plan detailing the commission's recommendations. Annually, not later than the fifteenth day of October, the commission shall submit the plan and the report to the president and minority leader of the senate and to the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives.
Sec. 107.71. The office of innovateohio is hereby established within the office of the governor. The governor shall appoint a director of the office who shall receive an annual salary equal to the maximum compensation specified in pay range 48 of salary schedule E-2 in division (B)(1) of section 124.152 of the Revised Code. The governor shall appoint necessary professional, technical, and clerical personnel. The employees serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall set the duties of the office.
Sec. 124.824. (A) As used in this section, "death benefit fund recipient" means any recipient of a death benefit paid under section 742.63 of the Revised Code except a parent who receives a death benefit paid under division (E) of that section.
(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided under division (B)(3) of this section, a death benefit fund recipient may elect to participate in any health, medical, hospital, dental, surgical, or vision benefit the department of administrative services contracts for under section 124.82 of the Revised Code or otherwise provides for the benefit of state employees who are paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management. A death benefit fund recipient who elects to participate in a benefit under this section shall do both of the following:
(a) File a notice with the department of the death benefit fund recipient's election to participate that specifies the benefits or combination of benefits in which the recipient elects to participate.
(b) Pay to the department the percentage of the premium or cost for the applicable benefits that would be paid by a state employee who elects that coverage.
(2) A parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible for the care of a death benefit fund recipient who is under eighteen years of age or who is a surviving child entitled to extended benefits under division (H)(3) of section 742.63 of the Revised Code due to disability may file the election required by division (B)(1) of this section on the death benefit fund recipient's behalf.
(3) A death benefit fund recipient is ineligible to participate in a health, medical, hospital, dental, surgical, or vision benefit under division (B)(1) of this section if the recipient is eligible to enroll in the medicare program established by Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 79 Stat. 291 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1395c, as amended.
(C) For each death benefit fund recipient who participates in health, medical, hospital, dental, surgical, or vision benefits under division (B) of this section, the department shall pay the percentage of the premium or cost for the applicable benefits that would be paid by a state employer for a state employee who elects that coverage.
(D) The director of administrative services shall prescribe procedures for the administration of benefits for death benefit fund recipients under this section, including the development of required forms for death benefit fund recipients to enroll, disenroll, or re-enroll in benefits under this section.
(E) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall provide any information to the department that the department requires to provide benefits under this section, including information regarding the identities, ages, and family relationships of death benefit fund recipients.
Sec. 141.01. Except as provided in section 141.011 of the Revised Code, the annual salaries of the elective executive officers of the state are as follows:
(A)
Governor, one hundred twenty-two
fifty-four
thousand
eight
two
hundred
twelve
forty-eight
dollars;
(B)
Lieutenant governor, sixty-four
one
hundred thirteen
thousand
three
nine
hundred
seventy-five
forty-seven
dollars;
(C)
Secretary of state, ninety
one
hundred thirteen
thousand
seven
nine
hundred
twenty-five
forty-seven
dollars;
(D)
Auditor of state, ninety
one
hundred thirteen
thousand
seven
nine
hundred
twenty-five
forty-seven
dollars;
(E)
Treasurer of state, ninety
one
hundred thirteen
thousand
seven
nine
hundred
twenty-five
forty-seven
dollars;
(F)
Attorney general, ninety
one
hundred thirteen
thousand
seven
nine
hundred
twenty-five
forty-seven
dollars.
These salaries shall be paid according to the schedule established in division (B) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code. Upon the death of an elected executive officer of the state listed in divisions (A) to (F) of this section during the officer's term of office, an amount shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to the officer's estate. The amount shall equal the amount of the salary that the officer would have received during the remainder of the officer's unexpired term or an amount equal to the salary of the office held for two years, whichever is less.
Unless a higher salary is explicitly established by statute, no officer or employee elected or appointed, and no officer or employee of any state agency or state-assisted institution except a state institution of higher education or the Ohio board of regents for the positions of chancellor and vice chancellor for health affairs, shall be paid as an officer or employee, whether from appropriated or nonappropriated funds, a total salary that exceeds fifty-five thousand dollars per calendar year. This paragraph does not apply to the salaries of individuals holding or appointed to endowed academic chairs or endowed academic professorships at a state-supported institution of higher education or to the salaries of individuals paid under schedule C of section 124.15 or under schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code.
Sec.
141.011.
Beginning
in (A)
Each
calendar
year
2001
from
2020 through 2028,
the annual salaries of the elective officers
of the state shall
be as follows rather than as
prescribed
by divisions (A) to (F) of section 141.01 of the Revised
Code
shall be increased as follows:
(A)(1)
In calendar year 2001 the annual salary of the governor
shall be one hundred twenty-six thousand four hundred ninety-seven
dollars.
(2)
In calendar years 2002 through 2006 the annual salary of
the governor shall be one hundred thirty thousand two hundred
ninety-two
dollars.
(3)
In calendar year 2007 the annual salary of the governor
shall be the annual salary in 2006 increased by each of the
following percentages in succession:
(a)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2001,
to September 30, 2002, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent;
(b)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2002,
to September 30, 2003, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent;
(c)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2003,
to September 30, 2004, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent;
(d)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2004,
to September 30, 2005, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent;
(e)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2005,
to September 30, 2006, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent.
(4)
In calendar year 2008 and thereafter, the annual salary
of the governor shall be the annual salary in 2007 increased
by the lesser of the following:
(b)
The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index
from October 1, 2006, to September 30, 2007, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per cent.
(1) In calendar year 2020, by four per cent;
(2) In calendar year 2021, by three per cent;
(3) In calendar year 2022, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(4) In calendar year 2023, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(5) In calendar year 2024, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(6) In calendar year 2025, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(7) In calendar year 2026, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(8) In calendar year 2027, by one and three-quarters per cent;
(9) In calendar year 2028, by one and three-quarters per cent.
(B)(1)
In calendar year 2001 the annual salary of the lieutenant
governor shall be sixty-six thousand three hundred six
dollars.
(2)
In calendar years 2002 through 2006 the annual salary of
the lieutenant governor shall be sixty-eight thousand two hundred
ninety-five dollars.
(3)
In calendar year 2007 the annual salary of the lieutenant
governor shall be the annual salary in 2006 increased by
each of the following percentages in succession:
(a)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2001,
to September 30, 2002, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent;
(b)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2002,
to September 30, 2003, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent;
(c)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2003,
to September 30, 2004, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent;
(d)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2004,
to September 30, 2005, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent;
(e)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2005,
to September 30, 2006, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent.
(4)
In calendar year 2008 and thereafter, the annual salary
of the lieutenant governor shall be the annual salary in 2007
increased by the lesser of the following:
(b)
The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index
from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007, rounded to the nearest
one-tenth of one per cent.
If the governor appoints the lieutenant governor as an administrative department head or as the head of an office within the office of the governor, the lieutenant governor may accept the salary for that office while serving as its head in lieu of the salary for the office of lieutenant governor.
(C)(1)
In calendar year 2001 the annual salary of the secretary
of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and attorney
general shall be ninety-three thousand four hundred forty-seven
dollars.
(2)
In calendar year 2002 the annual salary of the secretary
of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and attorney
general shall be ninety-six thousand two hundred fifty dollars.
(3)
In each calendar year from 2003 through 2008, the annual
salary of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer
of state, and attorney general shall be increased by the
lesser of the following:
(b)
The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index
over the twelve-month period that ends on the thirtieth day
of September of the immediately preceding year, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per cent.
(D)
Upon
the death of an elected executive officer of the state
listed in divisions (A) to (F) of section 141.01 of the Revised
Code during that person's term of office, an amount shall
be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code,
or to that person's estate. The amount shall equal the amount
of the salary that the officer would have received during the
remainder of the officer's unexpired term or an amount equal to
the salary of that person's office for two years, whichever is
less.
(E)
As used in this section, "consumer price index" has the
same meaning as in section 101.27 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 141.04. (A) The annual salaries of the chief justice of the supreme court and of the justices and judges named in this section payable from the state treasury are as follows:
(1) For the chief justice of the supreme court, the following amounts effective in the following years:
(a)
Beginning
January 1, 2014, one hundred fifty thousand eight
hundred fifty dollars;
(b)
Beginning on the effective date of this amendment , one
hundred fifty-eight thousand four hundred dollars;
(c)
Beginning January 1, 2017, one hundred sixty-six thousand
three hundred fifty dollars;
(d)
Beginning
January 1, 2018, one hundred seventy-four thousand
seven hundred dollars;
(e)
(b)
Beginning
January 1, 2019, and
each calendar year thereafter,
one
hundred eighty-three thousand four hundred fifty dollars;
(c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2028 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent.
(2) For the justices of the supreme court, the following amounts effective in the following years:
(a)
Beginning
January 1, 2014, one hundred forty-one thousand
six hundred dollars;
(b)
Beginning on the effective date of this amendment , one
hundred forty-eight thousand seven hundred dollars;
(c)
Beginning January 1, 2017, one hundred fifty-six thousand
one hundred fifty dollars;
(d)
Beginning
January 1, 2018, one hundred sixty-four thousand
dollars;
(e)
(b)
Beginning
January 1, 2019, and
each calendar year thereafter,
one
hundred seventy-two thousand two hundred dollars;
(c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2028 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent.
(3) For the judges of the courts of appeals, the following amounts effective in the following years:
(a)
Beginning
January 1, 2014, one hundred thirty-two thousand
dollars;
(b)
Beginning on the effective date of this amendment , one
hundred thirty-eight thousand six hundred dollars;
(c)
Beginning January 1, 2017, one hundred forty-five thousand
five hundred fifty dollars;
(d)
Beginning
January 1, 2018, one hundred fifty-two thousand
eight hundred fifty dollars;
(e)
(b)
Beginning
January 1, 2019, and
each calendar year thereafter,
one
hundred sixty thousand five hundred dollars;
(c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2028 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent.
(4) For the judges of the courts of common pleas, the following amounts effective in the following years, reduced by an amount equal to the annual compensation paid to that judge from the county treasury pursuant to section 141.05 of the Revised Code:
(a)
Beginning
January 1, 2014, one hundred twenty-one thousand
three hundred fifty dollars;
(b)
Beginning on the effective date of this amendment , one
hundred twenty-seven thousand four hundred fifty dollars;
(c)
Beginning January 1, 2017, one hundred thirty-three thousand
eight hundred fifty dollars;
(d)
Beginning
January 1, 2018, one hundred forty thousand five
hundred fifty dollars;
(e)
(b)
Beginning
January 1, 2019, and
each calendar year thereafter,
one
hundred forty-seven thousand six hundred dollars;
(c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2028 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent.
(5) For the full-time judges of a municipal court or the part-time judges of a municipal court of a territory having a population of more than fifty thousand, the following amounts effective in the following years, reduced by an amount equal to the annual compensation paid to that judge pursuant to division (B)(1)(a) of section 1901.11 of the Revised Code from municipal corporations and counties:
(a)
Beginning
January 1, 2014, one hundred fourteen thousand
one hundred dollars;
(b)
Beginning on the effective date of this amendment , one
hundred nineteen thousand eight hundred fifty dollars;
(c)
Beginning January 1, 2017, one hundred twenty-five thousand
eight hundred fifty dollars;
(d)
Beginning
January 1, 2018, one hundred thirty-two thousand
one hundred fifty dollars;
(e)
(b)
Beginning
January 1, 2019, and
each calendar year thereafter,
one
hundred thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars;
(c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2028 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent.
(6) For judges of a municipal court designated as part-time judges by section 1901.08 of the Revised Code, other than part-time judges to whom division (A)(5) of this section applies, and for judges of a county court, the following amounts effective in the following years, reduced by an amount equal to the annual compensation paid to that judge pursuant to division (A) of section 1901.11 of the Revised Code from municipal corporations and counties or pursuant to division (A) of section 1907.16 of the Revised Code from counties:
(a)
Beginning
January 1, 2014, sixty-five thousand six hundred
fifty dollars;
(b)
Beginning on the effective date of this amendment , sixty-eight
thousand nine hundred fifty dollars;
(c)
Beginning January 1, 2017, seventy-two thousand four hundred
dollars;
(d)
Beginning
January 1, 2018, seventy-six thousand fifty dollars;
(e)
(b)
Beginning
January 1, 2019, and
each calendar year thereafter,
seventy-nine
thousand nine hundred dollars;
(c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2028 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent.
(B) Except as provided in sections 1901.122 and 1901.123 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided in this division, and except for the compensation to which the judges described in division (A)(5) of this section are entitled pursuant to divisions (B)(1)(a) and (2) of section 1901.11 of the Revised Code, the annual salary of the chief justice of the supreme court and of each justice or judge listed in division (A) of this section shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the state treasury. If the chief justice of the supreme court or any justice or judge listed in division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section delivers a written request to be paid biweekly to the administrative director of the supreme court prior to the first day of January of any year, the annual salary of the chief justice or the justice or judge that is listed in division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section shall be paid, during the year immediately following the year in which the request is delivered to the administrative director of the supreme court, biweekly from the state treasury.
(C) Upon the death of the chief justice or a justice of the supreme court during that person's term of office, an amount shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to that person's estate. The amount shall equal the amount of the salary that the chief justice or justice would have received during the remainder of the unexpired term or an amount equal to the salary of office for two years, whichever is less.
(D) Neither the chief justice of the supreme court nor any justice or judge of the supreme court, the court of appeals, the court of common pleas, or the probate court shall hold any other office of trust or profit under the authority of this state or the United States.
(E) In addition to the salaries payable pursuant to this section, the chief justice of the supreme court and the justices of the supreme court shall be entitled to a vehicle allowance of five hundred dollars per month, payable from the state treasury. The allowance shall be increased on the first day of January of each odd-numbered year by an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index for the immediately preceding twenty-four month period for which information is available.
(F) On or before the first day of December of each year, the Ohio supreme court, through its chief administrator, shall notify the administrative judge of the Montgomery county municipal court, the board of county commissioners of Montgomery county, and the treasurer of the state of the yearly salary cost of five part-time county court judges as of that date. If the total yearly salary costs of all of the judges of the Montgomery county municipal court as of the first day of December of that same year exceeds that amount, the administrative judge of the Montgomery county municipal court shall cause payment of the excess between those two amounts less any reduced amount paid for the health care costs of the Montgomery county municipal court judges in comparison to the health care costs of five part-time county court judges from the general special projects fund or the fund for a specific special project created pursuant to section 1901.26 of the Revised Code to the treasurer of Montgomery county and to the treasurer of the state in amounts proportional to the percentage of the salaries of the municipal court judges paid by the county and by the state.
(1) "Consumer price index" has the same meaning as in section 101.27 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Salary" does not include any portion of the cost, premium, or charge for health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical benefits, or any combination of those benefits, covering the chief justice of the supreme court or a justice or judge named in this section and paid on the chief justice's or the justice's or judge's behalf by a governmental entity.
Sec. 325.03. Each county auditor shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All county auditors shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEAR
2017 AND THEREAFTER
2018
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
Sec. 325.04. Each county treasurer shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All county treasurers shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEAR
2017 AND THEREAFTER
2018
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
Sec. 325.06. (A) Each sheriff shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All sheriffs shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEARS
YEAR
2019
AND THEREAFTER
Class Population Range Compensation
(B) In addition to the annual compensation that a sheriff receives under this section for performing the duties of sheriff prescribed by law, each sheriff shall receive in consideration of the impact of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 2 of the 121st general assembly on the workload of the sheriff, an additional amount equal to one-eighth of the annual compensation that the sheriff receives under division (A) of this section and section 325.18 of the Revised Code. This additional compensation shall be paid biweekly from the county treasury if adequate funds have been appropriated by the general assembly. If adequate funds have been appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of this section, not later than the fifteenth day of March and September of each year, the attorney general shall reimburse the fiscal officer of the county the amount of additional compensation paid under this division, the related amount of employer contributions made under Chapter 145. of the Revised Code as required by the public employees retirement board, and the related amount of the payments to the social security administration for employer contributions for Medicare part A. The fiscal officer shall deposit the revenue in the county treasury.
Sec. 325.08. Each clerk of the court of common pleas shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All clerks of the court of common pleas shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEAR
2017 AND THEREAFTER
2018
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
Sec. 325.09. Each county recorder shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All county recorders shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEAR
2017 AND THEREAFTER
2018
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
Sec. 325.10. Each county commissioner shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All county commissioners shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEAR
2017 AND THEREAFTER
2018
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
Class Population Range Compensation
Sec. 325.11. (A) Each prosecuting attorney shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All prosecuting attorneys shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
PROSECUTING
ATTORNEYS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
PROSECUTING
ATTORNEYS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
PROSECUTING
ATTORNEYS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
PROSECUTING
ATTORNEYS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
PROSECUTING
ATTORNEYS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
PROSECUTING
ATTORNEYS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEARS
YEAR
2019
AND
THEREAFTER FOR
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEARS
YEAR
2019
AND
THEREAFTER FOR
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population Range Compensation
(B)
Notwithstanding
the compensation specified in division (A)
of this section, a prosecuting attorney in a county with a population
of one million one or more who does not engage in the private
practice of law shall receive in calendar year 2020 and in
each calendar year thereafter annual compensation in an amount
equal to the total compensation paid to a judge of the court
of common pleas of that county pursuant to sections 141.04 and
141.05 of the Revised Code for the same calendar year, reduced
by one hundred dollars.
(C)
A
prosecuting attorney shall not engage in the private practice
of law unless before taking office the prosecuting attorney
notifies the board of county commissioners of the intention
to engage in the private practice of law.
A prosecuting attorney may elect to engage or not to engage in the private practice of law before the commencement of each new term of office, and a prosecuting attorney who engages in the private practice of law who intends not to engage in the private practice of law during the prosecuting attorney's next term of office shall so notify the board of county commissioners. A prosecuting attorney who elects not to engage in the private practice of law may, for a period of six months after taking office, engage in the private practice of law for the purpose of concluding the affairs of private practice of law without any diminution of salary as provided for in division (A) of this section and in section 325.18 of the Revised Code.
(D)
(C)
As
used in this section, "salary" does not include any
portion of the cost, premium, or charge for health, medical,
hospital,
dental, or surgical benefits, or any combination of those
benefits, covering the prosecuting attorney and paid on that
person's behalf by a governmental entity.
Sec. 325.14. (A) Each county engineer shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All county engineers shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
COUNTY
ENGINEERS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
COUNTY
ENGINEERS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
COUNTY
ENGINEERS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
COUNTY
ENGINEERS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEAR 2017
AND THEREAFTER 2018
FOR
COUNTY ENGINEERS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEAR 2017
AND THEREAFTER 2018
FOR
COUNTY ENGINEERS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019 FOR COUNTY ENGINEERS
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019 FOR COUNTY ENGINEERS
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 FOR COUNTY ENGINEERS
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 FOR COUNTY ENGINEERS
Class Population Range Compensation
Such salary may be paid monthly out of the general county fund or out of the county's share of the fund derived from the receipts from motor vehicle licenses, as distributed by section 4501.04 of the Revised Code, and the county's share of the fund derived from the motor vehicle fuel tax, as distributed by section 5735.27 of the Revised Code, as the board of county commissioners directs, upon the warrant of the county auditor and shall be in lieu of all fees, costs, per diem or other allowances, and other perquisites, of whatever kind, which any engineer collects and receives. The engineer shall be the county tax map draftperson, but shall receive no additional compensation for performing the duties of that position. When the engineer performs service in connection with ditches or drainage works, the engineer shall charge and collect the per diem allowances or other fees provided by law and shall pay all of those allowances and fees, monthly, into the county treasury to the credit of the general county fund. The engineer shall pay into the county treasury all allowances and fees collected when the engineer performs services under sections 315.28 to 315.34 of the Revised Code.
(B) A county engineer may elect to engage or not to engage in the private practice of engineering or surveying before the commencement of each new term of office, and a county engineer who elects not to engage in the private practice of engineering or surveying may, for a period of six months after taking office, engage in the private practice of engineering or surveying for the purpose of concluding the affairs of private practice without any diminution of salary as provided in division (A) of this section and in section 325.18 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 325.15. (A) Each coroner shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All coroners shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
CORONERS
WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
CORONERS
WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
CORONERS
WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
CORONERS
WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population
Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEAR 2017
AND THEREAFTER 2018
FOR
CORONERS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR
CALENDAR YEAR 2017
AND THEREAFTER 2018
FOR
CORONERS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019 FOR CORONERS
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019 FOR CORONERS
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 FOR CORONERS
Class Population Range Compensation
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 FOR CORONERS
Class Population Range Compensation
(B)(1) A coroner in a county with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand one or more shall not engage in the private practice of medicine unless, before taking office, the coroner notifies the board of county commissioners of the intention to engage in that private practice. A coroner in such a county shall elect to engage or not to engage in the private practice of medicine before the commencement of each new term of office. A coroner in such a county who engages in the private practice of medicine, but who intends not to engage in the private practice of medicine during the coroner's next term of office, shall so notify the board of county commissioners as specified in this division. For a period of six months after taking office, a coroner who elects not to engage in the private practice of medicine may engage in the private practice of medicine, without any reduction of compensation as provided in division (A) of this section and in section 325.18 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of concluding the affairs of the coroner's private practice of medicine.
(2) A coroner in a county with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand one or more who elects not to engage in the private practice of medicine under division (B)(1) of this section may, during the coroner's term of office, elect to engage in the private practice of medicine by notifying the board in writing of the intention to so engage. The notice shall state the date on which the coroner will commence the private practice of medicine and shall be given to the board at least thirty days before that date. On the date stated in the notice, the coroner's compensation shall be reduced as provided in division (A) of this section and in section 325.18 of the Revised Code for coroners with a private practice.
(C) Each coroner who is the coroner in a county with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand one or more and who is without a private practice of medicine shall receive supplemental compensation of an additional fifty per cent of the annual compensation calculated under division (A) of this section and section 325.18 of the Revised Code in each calendar year in which the office of the coroner satisfies all of the following:
(1) The office operates as a regional forensic pathology examination referral center, and the operation generates coroner's laboratory fund income, for purposes of section 313.16 of the Revised Code, that is in excess of the fund's expenses and is sufficient to provide the supplemental compensation specified in division (C) of this section;
(2) The coroner is a forensic pathologist certified by the American board of pathology; and
(3) The coroner performs a minimum of seventy-five post mortem examinations annually.
(D) Each coroner who is the coroner in a county with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand one or more and who is without a private practice of medicine and does not operate a regional forensic pathology examination referral center may, on approval of the board of county commissioners, receive supplemental compensation of up to an additional twenty-five per cent of the annual compensation calculated under division (A) of this section and section 325.18 of the Revised Code in each calendar year in which the coroner is a forensic pathologist certified by the American board of pathology and is performing the forensic examinations of the county.
Sec.
325.18.
(A)
As used in this section, "consumer price index"
means the consumer price index prepared by the United States
bureau of labor statistics (U.S. city average for urban wage
earners and clerical workers: all items, 1982-1984=100) or, if
that index is no longer published, a generally available comparable
index.
(B)(1)
In calendar year 2003, the annual compensation amounts
for county auditors under division (D) of section 325.03 of
the Revised Code shall be increased by first increasing the amounts
by the percentage under division (B)(1)(a) of this section
then further increasing them by the percentage under division
(B)(1)(b) of this section. Such percentages are:
(a)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2000,
to September 30, 2001, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent;
(b)
The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2001,
to September 30, 2002, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one
per cent.
Beginning in calendar year 2020 and in each calendar
year thereafter through calendar year 2028, the salary amounts
under sections 325.06 and 325.11 of the Revised Code shall
be increased by
one
and three-quarters
per cent.
(2)
Each calendar year from 2004 through 2008, the annual compensation
of each county auditor shall be increased by the lesser
of the following:
(b)
The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index
over the twelve-month period that ends on the thirtieth day
of September of the immediately preceding calendar year, rounded
to the nearest one-tenth of one per cent.
(C)
Each calendar year from 2002 through 2008, the annual compensation
of each county treasurer, sheriff, clerk of the court
of common pleas, county recorder, county commissioner, prosecuting
attorney, county engineer, and coroner shall be increased
by the lesser of the following:
(2)
The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index
over the twelve-month period that ends on the thirtieth day
of September of the immediately preceding calendar year, rounded
to the nearest one-tenth of one per cent.
(D)
(B)
Beginning in calendar year 2021 and in each calendar
year thereafter through calendar year 2028, the salary amounts
under sections 325.03, 325.04, 325.08, 325.09, 325.10, 325.14,
and 325.15 of the Revised Code shall be increased by
one
and
three-quarters
per cent.
(C) Notwithstanding this section and sections 325.06, 325.11, 325.14, and 325.15 of the Revised Code, when computing a salary for any elected county officer under any of those sections, if the population range for the class under which the officer is to be compensated is not the same as the population range for that class for any other such elected county office, the class at which the officer's salary is determined shall be the highest class at which any officer from that same county is compensated under the population range applicable to that officer.
Sec.
505.24.
(A) In calendar year
2016
2018,
each township trustee
is entitled to compensation in an amount for each day of service
in the business of the township, to be paid from the township
treasury as follows:
(1)
In townships having a budget of two hundred fifty thousand
dollars or less, thirty-eight
forty
dollars
and forty-nine
forty-one
cents
per day for not more than two hundred days;
(2)
In townships having a budget of more than two hundred fifty
thousand but not more than five hundred thousand dollars, forty-four
forty-six
dollars
and fifty-seven
eighty
cents
per day
for not more than two hundred days;
(3)
In townships having a budget of more than five hundred thousand
but not more than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, forty-seven
forty-nine
dollars
and twenty-seven
sixty-three
cents
per day for not more than two hundred days;
(4)
In townships having a budget of more than seven hundred
fifty thousand but not more than one million five hundred
thousand dollars, fifty-four
fifty-six
dollars
and one
cent
seventy-one
cents per
day for not more than two hundred days;
(5)
In townships having a budget of more than one million five
hundred thousand but not more than three million five hundred
thousand dollars, fifty-nine
sixty-two
dollars
and forty-two
thirty-nine
cents
per day for not more than two hundred
days;
(6)
In townships having a budget of more than three million
five hundred thousand but not more than six million dollars,
sixty-four
sixty-eight
dollars
and eighty-two
six
cents
per
day for not more than two hundred days;
(7)
In townships having a budget of more than six million but
not more than ten million dollars, eighty-three
eighty-eight
dollars
and ninety-nine
nineteen
cents
per day for not more than two
hundred days;
(8)
In townships having a budget of more than ten million dollars,
one hundred seven
thirteen
dollars
and ninety-eight
thirty-eight
cents
per day for not more than two hundred days.
(B)
In calendar year
2017
2019 and in each calendar year thereafter
through calendar year 2028,
the amounts paid as specified
in division (A) of this section shall be increased by
five
one
and three-quarters per
cent.
(C)
In
calendar year 2018 and thereafter, each township trustee
is entitled to compensation in the amount determined under
division (B) of this section.
(D)
Whenever
members of a board of township trustees are compensated
per diem and not by annual salary, the board shall establish,
by resolution, a method by which each member of the board
shall periodically notify the township fiscal officer of the
number of days spent in the service of the township and the kinds
of services rendered on those days. The per diem compensation
shall be paid from the township general fund or from
other township funds in such proportions as the kinds of services
performed may require. The notice shall be filed with the
township fiscal officer and preserved for inspection by any persons
interested.
By unanimous vote, a board of township trustees may adopt a method of compensation consisting of an annual salary to be paid in equal monthly payments. If the office of trustee is held by more than one person during any calendar year, each person holding the office shall receive payments for only those months, and any fractions of those months, during which the person holds the office. The amount of the annual salary approved by the board shall be no more than the maximum amount that could be received annually by a trustee if the trustee were paid on a per diem basis as specified in this division, and shall be paid from the township general fund or from other township funds in such proportions as the board may specify by resolution. Each trustee shall certify the percentage of time spent working on matters to be paid from the township general fund and from other township funds in such proportions as the kinds of services performed. A board of township trustees that has adopted a salary method of compensation may return to a method of compensation on a per diem basis as specified in this division by a majority vote. Any change in the method of compensation shall be effective on the first day of January of the year following the year during which the board has voted to change the method of compensation.
Sec.
507.09.
(A) In calendar year
2016
2018,
the township fiscal
officer shall be entitled to compensation as follows:
(1)
In townships having a budget of two hundred fifty thousand
dollars or less, ten
thousand three hundred ninety-eight
ten
thousand nine hundred eighteen dollars;
(2)
In townships having a budget of more than two hundred fifty
thousand but not more than five hundred thousand dollars, thirteen
thousand three hundred seventy fourteen
thousand thirty-nine
dollars;
(3)
In townships having a budget of more than five hundred thousand
but not more than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, fourteen
thousand eight hundred fifty-four fifteen
thousand five hundred
ninety-seven dollars;
(4)
In townships having a budget of more than seven hundred
fifty thousand but not more than one million five hundred
thousand dollars, seventeen
thousand eight hundred twenty-six
eighteen
thousand seven hundred seventeen dollars;
(5)
In townships having a budget of more than one million five
hundred thousand but not more than three million five hundred
thousand dollars, twenty
thousand seven hundred ninety-six
twenty-one
thousand eight hundred thirty-six dollars;
(6)
In townships having a budget of more than three million
five hundred thousand but not more than six million dollars,
twenty-two
thousand two hundred eighty-two twenty-three
thousand
three hundred ninety-six dollars;
(7)
In townships having a budget of more than six million but
not more than ten million dollars, twenty-five
thousand five hundred
seventy-three twenty-six
thousand eight hundred fifty-two
dollars;
(8)
In townships having a budget of more than ten million dollars,
twenty-nine
thousand five hundred eighty-five thirty-one
thousand sixty-four dollars.
(B)
In calendar year
2017
2019 and in each calendar year thereafter
through calendar year 2028,
the compensation determined
under division (A) of this section shall be increased by
five one
and three-quarters per
cent.
(C)
In
calendar year 2018 and thereafter, the township fiscal
officer shall be entitled to the compensation determined under
division (B) of this section.
(D)
Any
township fiscal officer may elect to receive less than
the compensation the fiscal officer is entitled to under this
section. Any township fiscal officer electing to do this shall
so notify the board of township trustees in writing, and the
board shall include this notice in the minutes of its next board
meeting.
(E)
(D)
The
compensation of the township fiscal officer shall
be paid in equal monthly payments. If the office of township
fiscal officer is held by more than one person during any
calendar year, each person holding the office shall receive payments
for only those months, and any fractions of those months,
during which the person holds the office.
A township fiscal officer may be compensated from the township general fund or from other township funds based on the proportion of time the township fiscal officer spends providing services related to each fund. A township fiscal officer must document the amount of time the township fiscal officer spends providing services related to each fund by certification specifying the percentage of time spent working on matters to be paid from the township general fund or from other township funds in such proportions as the kinds of services performed.
Sec. 742.63. The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall adopt rules for the management of the Ohio public safety officers death benefit fund and for disbursements of benefits as set forth in this section.
(1) "Member" means all of the following:
(a) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, including a member of the fund who has elected to participate in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code or a member of or contributor to a police or firemen's relief and pension fund established under former Chapter 521. or 741. of the Revised Code;
(b) A member of the state highway patrol retirement system, including a member who is participating in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 5505.50 of the Revised Code;
(c) A member of the public employees retirement system who at the time of the member's death was one of the following:
(i) A county sheriff or deputy sheriff;
(ii) A full-time regular police officer in a municipal corporation or township;
(iii) A full-time regular firefighter employed by the state, an instrumentality of the state, a municipal corporation, a township, a joint fire district, or another political subdivision;
(iv) A full-time park district ranger or patrol trooper;
(v) A full-time law enforcement officer of the department of natural resources;
(vi) A full-time department of public safety enforcement agent;
(vii) A full-time law enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of a municipal corporation;
(viii) A full-time law enforcement officer of a conservancy district;
(ix) A correction officer at an institution under the control of a county, a group of counties, a municipal corporation, or the department of rehabilitation and correction;
(x) A state university law enforcement officer;
(xi) An investigator, as defined in section 109.541 of the Revised Code, or an investigator commissioned as a special agent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation;
(xii) A drug agent, as defined in section 145.01 of the Revised Code;
(xiii) A gaming agent, as defined in section 3772.01 of the Revised Code;
(xiv) An employee of the department of taxation who has been delegated investigation powers pursuant to section 5743.45 of the Revised Code for the enforcement of Chapters 5728., 5735., 5739., 5741., 5743., and 5747. of the Revised Code.
(d) A member of a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation who at the time of death was a full-time law enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of the municipal corporation.
(2) Notwithstanding section 742.01 of the Revised Code, "fire or police department" includes a fire department of the state or an instrumentality of the state or of a municipal corporation, township, joint fire district, or other political subdivision, the state highway patrol, a county sheriff's office, the security force of an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, the security force of a jail or workhouse under the control of a county, group of counties, or municipal corporation, the security force of a metropolitan, county, or township park district, the security force of lands under the control of the department of natural resources, department of public safety enforcement agents, the security force of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of a municipal corporation, the security force of a conservancy district, the police department of a township or municipal corporation, and the police force of a state university.
(3) "Firefighter or police officer" includes a state highway patrol trooper, a county sheriff or deputy sheriff, a correction officer at an institution under the control of a county, a group of counties, a municipal corporation, or the department of rehabilitation and correction, a police officer employed by a township or municipal corporation, a firefighter employed by the state, an instrumentality of the state, a municipal corporation, a township, a joint fire district, or another political subdivision, a full-time park district ranger or patrol trooper, a full-time law enforcement officer of the department of natural resources, a full-time department of public safety enforcement agent, a full-time law enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of a municipal corporation, a full-time law enforcement officer of a conservancy district, and a state university law enforcement officer.
(4) "Correction officer" includes, in addition to any correction officer, any correction corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, or captain, and the equivalents of all such persons.
(5) "A park district ranger or patrol trooper" means a peace officer commissioned to make arrests, execute warrants, and preserve the peace upon lands under the control of a board of park commissioners of a metropolitan, county, or township park district.
(6) "Metropolitan, county, or township park district" means a park district created under the authority of Chapter 511. or 1545. of the Revised Code.
(7) "Conservancy district" means a conservancy district created under the authority of Chapter 6101. of the Revised Code.
(8) "Law enforcement officer" means an officer commissioned to make arrests, execute warrants, and preserve the peace upon lands under the control of the governmental entity granting the commission.
(9) "Department of natural resources law enforcement officer" includes a forest officer designated pursuant to section 1503.29 of the Revised Code, a preserve officer designated pursuant to section 1517.10 of the Revised Code, a wildlife officer designated pursuant to section 1531.13 of the Revised Code, a park officer designated pursuant to section 1541.10 of the Revised Code, and a state watercraft officer designated pursuant to section 1547.521 of the Revised Code.
(10) "Retirement eligibility date" means the last day of the month in which a deceased member would have first become eligible, had the member lived, for the retirement pension provided under section 145.332, Chapter 145., 521., or 741., division (C)(1) of section 742.37, or division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code or provided by a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation.
(11)
"Death benefit amount" means an amount equal to the full
monthly salary received by a deceased member prior to death,
minus an amount equal to the benefit received under section
145.45, 742.37, 742.3714, or 5505.17 of the Revised Code or
the benefit received from a retirement system operated by a municipal
corporation, plus any increases in
salary that would have been granted the deceased member.
(12) "Killed in the line of duty" means either of the following:
(a) Death in the line of duty;
(b) Death from injury sustained in the line of duty, including heart attack or other fatal injury or illness caused while in the line of duty.
(13) "Maximum pension eligibility date" means the date on which a deceased member would have become eligible for the maximum annual retirement allowance or pension that may be paid to a member from the member's retirement system, as specified in section 145.33, 145.332, 742.37, or 5505.17 of the Revised Code or as provided by a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation, had the member continued to accrue service credit from that system.
(B)
A spouse of a deceased member shall receive a death benefit each
month equal to the full death benefit amount, provided that the
deceased member was a firefighter or police officer killed in the
line of duty and there are no surviving children eligible for a
benefit under this section. The spouse shall receive this benefit
during the spouse's natural life until the deceased member's
retirement
maximum
pension eligibility date, on which date the
benefit provided under this division shall terminate.
(C)(1) If a member killed in the line of duty as a firefighter or police officer is survived only by a child or children, the child or children shall receive a benefit each month equal to the full death benefit amount. If there is more than one surviving child, the benefit shall be divided equally among these children.
(2) If the death benefit paid under this division is divided among two or more surviving children and any of the children become ineligible to continue receiving a portion of the benefit as provided in division (H) of this section, the full death benefit amount shall be paid to the remaining eligible child or divided among the eligible children so that the benefit paid to the remaining eligible child or children equals the full death benefit amount.
(3)
Notwithstanding divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section, all death
benefits paid under this division shall terminate on the deceased
member's retirement
maximum
pension
eligibility date.
(D) If a member killed in the line of duty as a firefighter or police officer is survived by both a spouse and a child or children, the monthly benefit provided shall be as follows:
(1)(a) If there is a surviving spouse and one surviving child, the spouse shall receive an amount each month equal to one-half of the full death benefit amount and the child shall receive an amount equal to one-half of the full death benefit amount.
(b) If the surviving spouse dies or the child becomes ineligible as provided in division (H) of this section, the surviving spouse or child remaining eligible shall receive the full death benefit amount.
(2)(a) If there is a surviving spouse and more than one child, the spouse shall receive an amount each month equal to one-third of the full death benefit amount and the children shall receive an amount, equally divided among them, equal to two-thirds of the full death benefit amount.
(b) If a spouse and more than one child each are receiving a death benefit under division (D)(2)(a) of this section and the spouse dies, the children shall receive an amount each month, equally divided among them, equal to the full death benefit amount.
(c) If a spouse and more than one child each are receiving a benefit under division (D)(2)(a) of this section and any of the children becomes ineligible to receive a benefit as provided in division (H) of this section, the spouse and remaining eligible child or children shall receive a death benefit as follows:
(i) If there are two or more remaining eligible children, the spouse shall receive an amount each month equal to one-third of the full death benefit amount and the children shall receive an amount each month, equally divided among them, equal to two-thirds of the full death benefit amount;
(ii) If there is one remaining eligible child, the spouse shall receive an amount each month equal to one-half of the full death benefit amount, and the child shall receive an amount each month equal to one-half of the full death benefit amount.
(d) If a spouse and more than one child each are receiving a benefit under division (D)(2)(a) of this section and all of the children become ineligible to receive a benefit as provided in division (H) of this section, the spouse shall receive the full death benefit amount.
(3)
Notwithstanding divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section, death
benefits paid under this division to a surviving spouse shall
terminate on the member's retirement
maximum
pension
eligibility date. Death benefits paid to a
surviving child or children shall terminate on the deceased member's
retirement
maximum
pension
eligibility date unless earlier terminated
pursuant to division (H) of this section.
(E) If a member, on or after January 1, 1980, is killed in the line of duty as a firefighter or police officer and is survived by only a parent or parents dependent upon the member for support, the parent or parents shall receive an amount each month equal to the full death benefit amount. If there is more than one surviving parent dependent upon the deceased member for support, the death benefit amount shall be divided equally among the surviving parents. On the death of one of the surviving parents, the full death benefit amount shall be paid to the other parent.
(F)(1) The following shall receive a monthly death benefit under this division:
(a)
A surviving spouse whose benefits are terminated in accordance with
division (B) or (D)(3) of this section on the deceased member's
retirement
maximum
pension
eligibility date, or who would qualify for a
benefit under division (B) or (D) of this section except that the
deceased member reached the member's retirement
maximum
pension
eligibility date prior to the member's
death;
(b) A qualified surviving spouse of a deceased member of or contributor to a police or firemen's relief and pension fund established under former Chapter 521. or 741. of the Revised Code who was a firefighter or police officer killed in the line of duty.
(2)
The monthly death benefit shall be one-half
seventy-five
per cent of an amount equal to the monthly
salary received by the deceased member prior to the member's death,
plus any salary increases the deceased member would have received
prior to the member's retirement
maximum
pension eligibility date. The benefit shall
terminate on the surviving spouse's death. A
death benefit
payable under this division shall be reduced by an amount
equal to any allowance or benefit payable to the surviving
spouse under section 742.3714 of the Revised Code.
(3) A benefit granted to a surviving spouse under division (F)(1)(b) of this section shall commence on the first day of the month immediately following receipt by the board of a completed application on a form provided by the board and any evidence the board may require to establish that the deceased spouse was killed in the line of duty.
(G)(1)
If there is not a surviving spouse eligible to receive a death
benefit under division (F) of this section or the surviving spouse
receiving a death benefit under that division dies, a surviving child
or children whose benefits under division (C) or (D) of this section
are or have been terminated pursuant to division (C)(3) or (D)(3) of
this section or who would qualify for a benefit under division (C) or
(D) of this section except that the deceased member reached the
member's retirement
maximum
pension
eligibility date prior to the member's death
shall receive a monthly death benefit under this division. The
monthly death benefit shall be one-half
seventy-five
per cent
of an amount equal to the monthly salary
received by the deceased member prior to the member's death, plus any
salary increases the member would have received prior to the member's
retirement
maximum
pension
eligibility date. If there is more than one
surviving child, the benefit shall be divided equally among the
surviving children.
(2)
If two or more surviving children each are receiving a benefit under
this division and any of those children becomes ineligible to
continue receiving a benefit as provided in division (H) of this
section, the remaining eligible child or children shall receive an
amount equal to one-half
seventy-five
per
cent
of the monthly salary received by the
deceased member prior to death, plus any salary increases the
deceased member would have received prior to the retirement
member's
maximum pension
eligibility date. If there is more than one
remaining eligible child, the benefit shall be divided equally among
the eligible children.
(3)
A death benefit, or portion of a death benefit, payable
to a surviving child under this division shall be reduced
by an amount equal to any allowance or benefit payable to
that child under section 742.3714 of the Revised Code, but the
reduction in that child's benefit shall not affect the amount
payable to any other surviving child entitled to a portion
of the death benefit.
(H)(1) Except as provided in division (H)(3) of this section, before January 1, 2017, a death benefit paid to a surviving child under division (C), (D), or (G) of this section shall terminate on the earlier of the death of the child or the child attaining age eighteen, unless the child is unmarried, under age twenty-two, and is attending an institution of learning or training pursuant to a program designed to complete in each school year the equivalent of at least two-thirds of the full-time curriculum requirements of the institution, as determined by the trustees of the fund.
(2) Except as provided in division (H)(3) of this section, effective January 1, 2017, a death benefit paid to a surviving child under division (C), (D), or (G) of this section shall terminate on the earlier of the death of the child, the child attaining twenty-two years of age, or marriage.
Benefits to a surviving child who is at least eighteen years of age but under twenty-two years of age that under a former version of this section never commenced or were terminated due to a lack of attendance at an institution of learning or training and not commenced or resumed before January 1, 2017, shall commence or resume on the first day of the month immediately following receipt by the board of an application on a form provided by the board if the application is received on or before December 31, 2017. These benefits terminate on the child attaining twenty-two years of age.
(3) If, regardless of age, a surviving child who at the time of the member's death because of physical or mental disability is totally dependent upon the deceased member for support at the time of death, the death benefit shall terminate on the child's death or when the child has recovered from the disability.
(I) Acceptance of any death benefit under this section does not prohibit a spouse or child from receiving other benefits provided under the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state highway patrol retirement system, the public employees retirement system, or a retirement system operated by a municipal corporation.
(J) No person shall receive a benefit under this section if any of the following occur:
(1)
The
person fails to exercise the right to a monthly survivor
benefit under division (A) or (B) of section 145.45, division
(D), (E), or (F) of section 742.37, or division (A)(3), (4),
or (6) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code; to a monthly survivor
benefit from a retirement system operated by a municipal
corporation; or to a retirement allowance under section
742.3714 of the Revised Code.
(2)
The member's accumulated contributions
under this chapter or Chapter 145. or 5505. of the Revised Code are
refunded unless the member had been a member of the public employees
retirement system and had fewer than eighteen months of total service
credit at the time of death.
(3)
(2)
In the case of a full-time park district
ranger or patrol trooper, a full-time law enforcement officer of the
department of natural resources, a full-time law enforcement officer
of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands under the control of a
municipal corporation, a full-time law enforcement officer of a
conservancy district, a correction officer at an institution under
the control of a county, group of counties, or municipal corporation,
or a member of a retirement system operated by a municipal
corporation who at the time of the member's death was a full-time law
enforcement officer of parks, waterway lands, or reservoir lands
under the control of the municipal corporation, the member died prior
to April 9, 1981, in the case of a benefit under division (B), (C),
or (D) of this section, or prior to January 1, 1980, in the case of a
benefit under division (E) of this section.
(4)
(3)
In the case of a full-time department of
public safety enforcement agent who prior to June 30, 1999, was a
liquor control investigator of the department of public safety, the
member died prior to December 23, 1986;
(5)
(4)
In the case of a full-time department of
public safety enforcement agent other than an enforcement agent who,
prior to June 30, 1999, was a liquor control investigator, the member
died prior to June 30, 1999.
(K) A surviving spouse whose benefit was terminated prior to June 30, 1999, due to remarriage shall receive a benefit under division (B), (D), or (F) of this section beginning on the first day of the month following receipt by the board of an application on a form provided by the board. The benefit amount shall be determined as of that date.
(1)
If the benefit will begin prior to the deceased member's retirement
maximum
pension
eligibility date, it shall be paid under
division (B) or (D) of this section and shall terminate as provided
in those divisions. A benefit paid to a surviving spouse under
division (D) of this section shall be determined in accordance with
that division, even if benefits paid to surviving children are
reduced as a result.
(2)
If the benefit will begin on or after the deceased member's
retirement
maximum
pension
eligibility date, it shall be paid under
division (F) of this section and shall terminate as provided in that
division. A benefit paid to a surviving spouse under division (F) of
this section shall be determined in accordance with that division,
even if benefits paid to surviving children are terminated as a
result.
(L)(1) If both of the following apply, death benefit payments to a surviving spouse or surviving child under division (B) or (C) of this section that under a former version of this section terminated before the effective date of this amendment shall resume in accordance with division (L)(2) of this section:
(a) Death benefit payments under the applicable division terminated on the deceased member's retirement eligibility date under division (B), (C), or (D)(3) of this section as it existed at the time of the benefit termination;
(b) The deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date is after the effective date of this amendment.
(2) A surviving spouse or surviving child's death benefit payment that resumes under division (L) of this section shall be paid as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, as applicable. The benefit shall continue until the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date, at which time the benefit shall terminate.
A surviving spouse or surviving child is not entitled to any additional payment under this division for the time between the deceased member's retirement eligibility date under a former version of this section and the effective date of this amendment.
(3) Any monthly death benefit a surviving spouse or surviving child receives under division (F) of this section ceases during the time that the spouse or child receives benefit payments under division (L)(2) of this section. The monthly death benefit payable under division (F) of this section shall resume following the deceased member's maximum pension eligibility date in the manner specified in that division.
Sec. 3501.12. (A) The annual compensation of members of the board of elections shall be determined on the basis of the population of the county according to the next preceding federal census, and shall be paid monthly out of the appropriations made to the board and upon vouchers or payrolls certified by the chairperson, or a member of the board designated by it, and countersigned by the director or in the director's absence by the deputy director. Upon presentation of any such voucher or payroll, the county auditor shall issue a warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount thereof as in the case of vouchers or payrolls for county offices and the treasurer shall pay such warrant.
(B)
In calendar year
2015
2018,
the amount of annual compensation
of each member of the board of elections shall be as
follows:
(1)
Ninety-two
One
hundred two dollars
and eighty-nine
forty-one
cents
for each full one thousand of the first one hundred
thousand population;
(2)
Forty-four
Forty-six
dollars
and twenty-six
fifty-nine
cents
for each full one thousand of the second one hundred thousand
population;
(3)
Twenty-four
Twenty-six
dollars
and four
fifty
cents
for
each full one thousand of the third one hundred thousand population;
(4)
Seven
Eight
dollars
and thirty-seven
thirteen
cents
for
each full one thousand above three hundred thousand population.
(C)
In
calendar year 2015, the compensation of a member of the
board shall not be less than three thousand six hundred eighty-seven
dollars and shall not exceed twenty-one thousand eight
hundred fifty-five dollars annually.
(D)
In
calendar year
2016
2019 and in each calendar year thereafter
through calendar year 2028,
the annual compensation of
each member of the board shall be computed after increasing the
dollar amounts specified in divisions
division
(B)
and
(C) of
this section by
five
one
and three-quarters per
cent.
Such compensation
shall not be less than four thousand eight hundred thirty
dollars.
(E)
In calendar year 2017, the annual compensation of each member
of the board shall be computed after increasing the dollar
amounts specified in division (D) of this section by five per
cent.
Such compensation shall not be less than six thousand dollars.
(F)
In calendar year 2018 and thereafter, the annual compensation
of each member of the board shall be the dollar amounts
computed under division (E) of this section.
(D) For the purposes of this section, members of boards of elections shall be deemed to be appointed and not elected, and therefore not subject to Section 20 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution.
Section 2. That existing sections 101.27, 141.01, 141.011, 141.04, 325.03, 325.04, 325.06, 325.08, 325.09, 325.10, 325.11, 325.14, 325.15, 325.18, 505.24, 507.09, 742.63, and 3501.12 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Section 742.63 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 520 and Sub. S.B. 293 of the 131st General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in this act.
Section 4. All public officers whose compensation is changed for calendar year 2019 or later under the amendments to sections 101.27, 141.01, 141.011, 141.04, 325.03, 325.04, 325.06, 325.08, 325.09, 325.10, 325.11, 325.14, 325.15, 325.18, 505.24, 507.09, and 3501.12 of the Revised Code made by this act shall receive for the remainder of calendar year 2018 the amount the public officer is entitled to under those sections before the effective date of the amendments to those sections by this act. All public officers whose compensation cannot be changed during the officer's term under Ohio Constitution, Section 20 or 31 of Article II, or Section 19 of Article III, shall continue receiving for the remainder of the officer's term the amount the official is entitled to under section 101.27, 141.01, 141.011, 325.03, 325.04, 325.06, 325.08, 325.09, 325.10, 325.11, 325.14, 325.15, 325.18, 505.24, or 507.09 of the Revised Code before the effective date of the amendments to those sections made by this act, until the officer begins a new term and may constitutionally receive the changed compensation amount.
Section 5. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is that immediate implementation is necessary for the efficient operation of state government and the betterment of its citizens and the effective operation of state government, local governments, and courts. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.