Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

In cases where the employer contributions have been refunded, former CETA employees who reenroll as members of the retirement system shall not be entitled to reestablish the period of withdrawn CETA service as creditable service in the retirement system.

(a) Any member of the retirement system or of a superseded system shall be entitled to establish retirement credit for previous service rendered as a public defender upon the making of a lump sum payment of the contributions such member would have made had such member been a memb…

(a) For the purpose of determining eligibility for service retirement benefits, any teacher or state employee may establish retirement credit for previous service rendered as a public school teacher or full-time state employee in a state other than Tennessee or as a teacher in an…

(a) Any member or retired member may establish retirement credit for service rendered as a part-time employee upon making application therefor to the board of trustees. If such service is claimed within one (1) year of the member's date of membership or July 1, 1984, whichever is…

Any member in Group 4 may establish creditable service only for service rendered and contributions made as a state judge, an attorney general and reporter who meets the requirements of § 8-34-623(b), constitutional convention member, as provided by § 8-34-608, and for military se…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any Group 1 or 3 state judge defined herein shall be eligible to elect to transfer any service previously established as a state judge, member of a constitutional convention as provided by § 8-34-608, and military service as provided b…

Any attorney general who was transferred from the state payroll to a full-time county law enforcement administration career criminal grant position and subsequently transferred directly back to the state payroll, may establish retirement credit for the period of service in the gr…

(a) Subject to the approval of the board of trustees, a member, other than an employee of a political subdivision, who receives temporary disability benefits under a workers' compensation program administered by or on behalf of an employer is entitled to establish retirement cred…

Any vested Group I general employee of the state who was a full-time civilian employee of the Tennessee national guard prior to January 1, 1969, and who has never been allowed credit for such service in any other retirement system, may establish such service upon proper documenta…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, any member may establish retirement credit for previous service rendered as an attorney general upon making a lump sum payment equal to the employee contributions the member would have made had the member been a member for …

(1) The following sections and chapters of the Code are hereby repealed as of July 1, 1972:(1) Section 8-107 (former governors and spouses);(2) Sections 8-618 — 8-622 (Attorneys General retirement system);(3) Chapters 34, 35, 36, 37 and 40 of this title (Tennessee state retiremen…

Each and all of the sections and chapters repealed by § 8-34-701 will remain in full effect for the purpose of defining rights, benefits and privileges preserved under § 8-34-703.

(1) Any prior class member shall be entitled to benefits under the retirement system determined in accordance with the superseded system of which such member shall have been a member, as in effect on July 1, 1972, with the following modifications:(1) The rate of benefits applicab…

Nothing in this section or § 8-34-703 or §§ 8-34-706 – 8-34-713 shall be construed to change the retirement classification or remove from the system of which such judge is a member any state judge who continues in a state judicial office.

The former § 49-3333, which was repealed with the specific intent that employees of the University of Tennessee will be covered solely by chapters 34-37 of this title, will remain in full effect for the purpose of defining the rights, benefits and privileges of employees covered …

Any member of any superseded retirement system who upon termination, or retirement, fails to meet the qualification of the benefit provision of that system, shall have the privilege of electing to retire under this system.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any prior class member of a superseded system who meets the applicable service requirements for an ordinary or an accidental disability retirement in such member's superseded retirement system shall not be retired on disability, unle…

(a) The “benefit base” under the Tennessee judges' retirement system, the retirement system for county paid judges of Tennessee and the attorneys general retirement system of Tennessee shall be the annual rate of compensation in effect for the office from which the prior class me…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any prior Class C member that is a presently employed commissioned member of the department of safety, and who was employed subsequent to such member's thirty-fifth birthday, shall be allowed to remain in the service of the depar…

(a) As of July 1, 1972, all of the assets of each superseded system shall be transferred to the credit of the retirement system established by chapters 34-37 of this title. (b) Thereafter, the managing boards of the superseded systems shall have no further power to hold or invest…

(a) As of July 1, 1972, the members and beneficiaries of the superseded systems shall cease to have any rights to benefits thereunder and shall be entitled only to the benefits provided by this chapter and chapters 35-37 of this title. Thereafter, no contributions shall be made t…

(a) Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, any county official and any county commissioner elected by popular vote, serving in a county having a county commission form of government, taking office on or before July 1, 1974, shall become a member and have the privilege of claim…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the retirement allowance of any member who retires under a superseded system shall not be increased by any future increase in salary, base compensation, or other increases in compensation as allowed for the position from which the member r…

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, all prior Class C members shall be eligible for service retirement benefits after completion of twenty-five (25) years of creditable service regardless of age.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a state judge shall receive full retirement credit for service rendered after such judge's seventieth birthday.

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any state judge, as defined in § 8-34-101, who, prior to September 1, 1990, participated in Group 1 or 3 classifications of the retirement system, may elect, in the manner prescribed by the retirement system, to transfer membership to …

Any judge retired from the superseded county paid judges retirement system may return to service in a position not covered by the Tennessee consolidated retirement system and continue to draw such judge's retirement allowance.