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OH HB162
Bill
Status
3/26/2014
Primary Sponsor
Michael Dovilla
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AI Summary
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Expands offenses that trigger forfeiture of retirement benefits for public employees to include extortion, perjury, and certain federal crimes (organized crime, public corruption, extortion, mail/wire fraud) committed in a position of honor, trust, or profit.
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Creates new sections allowing the Attorney General to seek court orders forfeiting federal offense convictions' retirement benefits, with offenders having right to hearing on whether their disability arose from the criminal offense.
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Makes long-term care insurance programs discretionary rather than mandatory for public retirement systems (PERS, STRS, SERB, HPRF, Cincinnati).
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Requires prosecutors to notify retirement systems when public employees are charged with qualifying offenses, and retirement systems to notify prosecutors/Attorney General of disability benefits; establishes procedures for terminating disability benefits if condition arose from the crime.
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Adds new criminal penalty for failure to send required notices to public retirement systems or alternative retirement plans regarding charges or convictions.
Legislative Description
To add extortion and perjury and certain federal offenses to the offenses committed by a public retirement system member in the context of the member's public employment in a position of honor, trust, or profit that may result in forfeiture of retirement system benefits or the termination of retirement system disability benefits and to make the establishment of a long term care insurance program by a public retirement system discretionary.
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Last Action
To State Government Oversight & Reform
3/27/2014