Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 144 | Old Age and Survivors Insurance - Municipal Employees
Section 144.02 | Agreement for Extending Benefits of Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance System.

Effective: September 14, 1970
Latest Legislation: House Bill 988 - 108th General Assembly
The state agency as defined in Chapter 144. of the Revised Code is hereby authorized to enter on behalf of the state into an agreement with the secretary of health, education, and welfare consistent with Chapter 144. of the Revised Code, for the purpose of extending the benefits of the federal old age and survivors insurance system to employees of any county-related corporation or city with respect to services specified in such agreement which constitute "employment". Such agreement may contain such provisions relating to coverage, benefits, contributions, effective date, modification, and termination of the agreement, administration, and other appropriate provisions as the state agency and secretary of health, education, and welfare agree upon, but, except as may be otherwise required by or under the "Social Security Act" as to the services to be covered, such agreement shall provide and include the following:
(A) Benefits will be provided for employees whose services are covered by the agreement, and their dependents and survivors, on the same basis as though such services constituted employment within the meaning of Title II of the "Social Security Act."
(B) The state agency shall pay to the secretary of treasury of the United States from the social security contribution fund established in section 144.05 of the Revised Code, at such time or times as may be prescribed under the "Social Security Act," contributions with respect to wages, as defined in section 144.01 of the Revised Code, equal to the sum of the taxes which would be imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act" if the services covered by the agreement constituted employment within the meaning of that act.
(C) Such agreement shall be effective with respect to services in employment covered by the agreement performed after a date specified therein but in no event may it be effective with respect to any such services performed prior to the first day of the calendar year in which such agreement is entered into or in which the modification of the agreement making it applicable to such services, is entered into, except that such agreement, or any modification thereof, may be made retroactive where authorized by the federal "Social Security Act."
(D) Services which constitute employment performed in the employ of a county-related corporation or city shall be covered by such an agreement when they are included in a plan which is in conformity with the terms of the agreement and has been approved by the state agency under section 144.04 of the Revised Code.
(E) The agreement shall include all services described in division (D) of this section and performed by individuals in positions covered by a retirement system with respect to which the governor has issued a certificate to the secretary of health, education, and welfare pursuant to section 144.06 of the Revised Code.
(F) If the federal "Social Security Act" is amended to include Ohio among the states which are permitted to divide their retirement systems into two parts to obtain coverage for only those members of a system who so desire, a retirement system for this purpose may be divided into two divisions or parts, one of which shall be composed of positions of members of such systems who desire coverage under old-age survivors and disability insurance in accordance with the provisions of the federal "Social Security Act" and the other of which shall be composed of positions of members of such system who do not desire such coverage, and each such division, for the purpose of Chapter 144. of the Revised Code, shall be a separate retirement system. Where such division is made positions of individuals who become members of such systems after old-age survivors and disability insurance coverage is extended shall be included in such division or part which is composed of members desiring such coverage.

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