(A)(1) The members of the state teachers retirement board holding office under divisions (A)(3) to (6) of section3307.05of the Revised Code, for their service on the board, are entitled to both of the following:
(a)Two hundred dollars for each regular board meeting attended, provided that no member shall be entitled to more than four hundred dollars per month, regardless of the number of regular board meetings held in a month;
(b)Health care benefits comparable to those generally available to employees of the state teachers retirement system.
(2)Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, the members of the board other than the appointed members described under division (A)(1) of this section shall serve without compensation.
(3)All of the members of the board shall be r
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(A)(1) The members of the state teachers retirement board holding office under divisions (A)(3) to (6) of section3307.05of the Revised Code, for their service on the board, are entitled to both of the following:
(a) Two hundred dollars for each regular board meeting attended, provided that no member shall be entitled to more than four hundred dollars per month, regardless of the number of regular board meetings held in a month;
(b) Health care benefits comparable to those generally available to employees of the state teachers retirement system.
(2) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, the members of the board other than the appointed members described under division (A)(1) of this section shall serve without compensation.
(3) All of the members of the board shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for all actual necessary expenses incurred while serving on the board.
(4) The payment to which a board member is entitled for attending a regular board meeting under division (A)(1)(a) of this section does not entitle the member to payment for attending a special meeting or a committee meeting of the board.
(5) Health care benefits provided to a board member under division (A)(1)(b) of this section shall be provided on the same terms and at the same cost as to employees of the system.
(B) The board may secure insurance coverage designed to indemnify board members and employees for their actions or conduct in the performance of official duties, and may pay required premiums for such coverage from the expense fund.
(C) If the officers of the board determine that a meeting of the entire membership, or any part thereof, is necessary, such determination shall be final, and contributing members shall be given time off from their employment to attend any such meeting. The employer of a contributing member shall not reduce the member's earned compensation as a teacher or any contribution required under section3307.26of the Revised Code, because of the contributing member's absence from employment to attend any such meeting.
The portion of the employer contribution required under section3307.28of the Revised Code that represents earned compensation of a contributing member paid for the period of an absence from employment to attend a board meeting, shall be annually transferred from the expense fund and forwarded to the employer of the contributing member.
(D) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with section111.15of the Revised Code establishing a policy for reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by board members in the performance of their official duties. As part of any audit performed under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code, an inquiry shall be made into whether board members have complied with these rules.
(E) No board member shall accept payment or reimbursement for travel expenses, other than for meals and other food and beverages provided to the member, from any source other than the expense fund. Except in the case of an emergency, no out-of-state travel expenses shall be reimbursed unless approved in advance by a majority of the board at a regular board meeting.
(F) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections145.38,742.26,3307.35, or3309.341of the Revised Code, a board member's service on the board shall not forfeit the member's allowance or benefit under any of those sections.
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