Ohio § 5505.173
Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 5505.173, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5505.173.
(A) Effective July 1, 1981, each person eligible to receive an age and service or disability
pension, allowance, or benefit pursuant to Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code, that
was based upon an award made effective before October 1, 1974, shall have the person's
monthly pension increased by five per cent of the first five thousand dollars of the
annual pension, allowance, or benefit. (B) Effective July 1, 1981, each person eligible to receive a survivor's benefit pursuant
to Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code that was based upon an award made effective before
July 1, 1981, shall have the person's monthly benefit increased by five per cent,
except that the twelve-month sum of such increases shall not exceed five per cent
of the first five thousand dollars of the annual benefit. (C) The increases provided in divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall be applied
to the benefit payable on and after July 1, 1981. (D) The benefits provided in divisions (A) and (B) of this section are a continuation
of those first provided in Am. Sub. H. B. 204 as passed by the 113th general assembly.
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