§ 203-1-M1. Member.  


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  • "Member" shall mean any person enrolled in the membership of the Retirement System as provided in Section 203-3. Membership in the Retirement System is terminated by the death of the Member or by the withdrawal of the Member's Accumulated Contributions as provided in Section 203-11. Except for Inactive Members and Members who were Deferred Vested Members on July 1, 2011, effective on and after July 1, 2011, Members shall be designated a Member in one of the following groups. For purposes of determining the group in which a Member is placed, years of service will include only service earned through June 30, 2011, or service credited pursuant to a service purchase through June 25, 2011.

    (a)

    "Groups A and B" shall mean any Member who has retired under the Plan prior to July 1, 2011;

    (b)

    "Group C" shall mean any Member who, as of June 30, 2011, was an Active Member or a Deferred Vested Member and has either (i) completed at least thirty (30) years of service, or (ii) reached age sixty (60) and completed at least five (5) years of service, regardless of the Member's Retirement date;

    (c)

    "Group D" shall mean any Member who, as of June 30, 2011, was either:

    (i)

    An Active Member and who, during the period beginning on July 1, 2011 and ending on December 31, 2013, both:

    (A)

    Retired, and

    (B)

    Either

    (I)

    Completed at least thirty (30) years of service, or

    (II)

    Reached age sixty (60) and completed at least five (5) years of service; or

    (ii)

    A Deferred Vested Member and who, regardless of the Member's Retirement date, during the period beginning on July 1, 2011 and ending on December 31, 2013, either:

    (A)

    Completed at least thirty (30) years of service, or

    (B)

    Reached age sixty (60) and completed at least five (5) years of service.

    (d)

    "Group E" shall mean any Member who, as of June 30, 2011, was an Active Member and who:

    (i)

    During the period beginning on July 1, 2011 and ending on December 31, 2013, either:

    (A)

    Completed at least thirty (30) years of service, or

    (B)

    Reached age sixty (60) and completed at least five (5) years of service; and

    (ii)

    Retired after January 1, 2014.

    (e)

    "Group F" shall mean any Member whose most recent membership enrollment date was prior to January 1, 2010, and who is not in Groups A through E.

    (f)

    "Group G" shall mean any Member whose most recent membership enrollment date is on or after January 1, 2010, or a Retiree of the Cincinnati Retirement System who is receiving a Service Retirement Allowance and is re-employed on or after April 1, 2013 pursuant to Section 203-137.

(C.O. 203-m2; renumbered to C.M.C. 203-1-M1, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 545-1983. eff. Dec. 23, 1983; a. Ord. No. 084-2011, § 3, eff. April 16, 2011; Emer. Ord. No. 083-2013, § 2, eff. April 10, 2013; a. Ord. No. 336-2016, § 1, eff. Nov. 26, 2016; a. Emer. Ord. No. 343-2018, § 1, eff. Oct. 31, 2018)