3309-1-08. Payment of benefits and allowances

(A) Effective July 1, 1953 all annuities, retirement allowances, and benefits provided by law and payable in monthly installments shall be due and payable in full on the first day of the month.

(B) All annuities, retirement allowances, and benefits shall be paid on the first day of the month due.

(C) The retirement system may suspend any annuity, retirement allowance or benefit under the following circumstances:

(1) If the system has good cause to believe either of the following:

(a) That a retirant or benefit recipient may be incapacitated, and no other person has authority to act or receive payment on the retirant or benefit recipient's behalf; or

(b) That a retirant or benefit recipient is deceased or missing.

(2) If correspondence sent to the most recent mailing address provided by a retirant or benefit recipient is returned to the system as undeliverable and the system does not receive an updated mailing address within thirty days of receipt of the undeliverable correspondence.

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 2/1/2019 and 02/01/2024
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3309.04
Rule Amplifies: 3309.341, 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.381, 3309.40, 3309.401, 3309.45, 3309.46
Prior Effective Dates: 12/24/1976, 01/07/2013, 03/30/2015, 10/11/2018

Prior History: (Effective: 10/11/2018
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 2/1/2019
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3309.04
Rule Amplifies: 3309.341, 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.381, 3309.40, 3309.401, 3309.45, 3309.46
Prior Effective Dates: 12/24/1976, 01/07/2013, 03/30/2015)