Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

(a) The medical advisors, after an examination of the medical records of such member, shall certify, and the board of trustees shall find, that the member is disabled and should be retired. (b) (1) In making the disability determination, primary consideration is given to the seve…

Any member eligible for a disability retirement may set the effective date of such member's retirement at any date within one hundred fifty (150) days before or after the date such member's application is filed with the board; provided, that such effective date of retirement foll…

(a) Any disability retiree who has not attained service retirement age may be required to submit current medical records annually until attaining service retirement age, by a physician or physicians designated by the board of trustees. (b) Should any disability beneficiary who ha…

(a) Should the medical advisors report and certify to the board of trustees that such disability beneficiary is able to engage in substantial gainful activity, and should the board of trustees concur in such report, then the amount of the beneficiary's monthly benefit shall be re…

(a) Any disability beneficiary, upon recommendation of the medical advisors, may be referred to the division of vocational rehabilitation, or other rehabilitation agencies, to determine whether the beneficiary is physically and/or mentally capable of retraining for some type of g…

(a) Any teacher, prior to July 1, 1972, who became disabled and who was retired on a service retirement allowance rather than under a disability because the teacher had met the conditions of service retirement, may have the benefit recomputed under the applicable disability provi…

(a) Any medical records submitted to, or compiled by, the retirement system pursuant to this part are confidential and shall not be disclosed except as follows:(1) To the extent that the member or the member's legal representative consents to disclosure;(2) To employees of the re…

(a) Any member may elect to convert the retirement allowance otherwise payable on the member's account after retirement, exclusive of any portion of a disability allowance not payable after commencement of unreduced social security benefits, into a retirement allowance of equival…

The election of an option shall become effective on the member's effective date of retirement in accordance with § 8-36-203 or § 8-36-303; provided, that written application is filed with the board of trustees and the member is eligible for service or early service retirement.

Any other provisions to the contrary notwithstanding, any retired member of any superseded system as defined in § 8-34-101, or this system, who upon retirement did not elect an option, but who now desires to do so may in the manner prescribed by the board of trustees have benefit…

The election of an option may not be changed or revoked by the member after such member's retirement date, except in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board of trustees.

(a) A retired member who has not selected an optional retirement allowance under § 8-36-601(b) may change the retiree's designated beneficiary at any time; provided, that the change is in writing, duly executed and filed with the retirement system. (b) The election of a designate…

For death benefit purposes, a member who dies prior to retirement shall be considered as having been retired on the date death occurs or on the date such member's annual leave is exhausted, whichever is later.

If a member of a superseded system has made an effective election of an option under such superseded system, the election shall be effective under this retirement system as of the date of establishment; provided, that the member is then eligible for service retirement or early se…

(a) If a retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, including a retired prior class member, has, under the options of provisions of the preceding systems in this part, designated the spouse of the retired member as such retired member's beneficiary on the dea…

(a) (1) As of the end of each calendar year commencing with the year ending December 31, 1972, the difference between:(A) The percentage representing the consumer price index as of the end of such calendar year divided by that index as of December 31, 1971, or the most recent Dec…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, in any year in which there is a change in the formula for retirement allowances, any beneficiary of the Tennessee teachers' retirement system, the Tennessee state retirement system, or of Group 1 of the Tennessee consolida…

Whenever a beneficiary of the Tennessee teachers' retirement system and the Tennessee state retirement system shall have been retired under a ten-year arithmetic average, the beneficiary shall have such beneficiary's benefits recomputed under a five-year arithmetic average. The r…

Any retired member of the Tennessee teachers' retirement system, Tennessee state retirement system, Group 1 of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system and of any local retirement system who retired prior to July 1, 1972, or thereafter, shall have such member's benefits recom…

(a) (1) In the case of a retired member of the superseded Tennessee teachers' retirement system, the superseded Tennessee state retirement system, or the Tennessee consolidated retirement system who elected an optional form of benefit, the recomputation of the member's retirement…

(a) (1) Beginning July 1, 1978, each retired teacher and retired general employee who retired prior to July 1, 1976, shall receive a monthly retirement allowance equal to a percentage of the total retirement allowance received in January 1978, from the state by such teacher or em…

(a) The retirement allowance of any beneficiary under the Tennessee teachers' retirement system or the Tennessee state retirement system shall be increased as of July 1, 1972, as follows:(1) The retirement allowance which would otherwise be payable, without regard to the election…

The retirement allowance of any beneficiary of a superseded system not entitled to an increase in retirement allowance under § 8-36-708 shall be increased as of July 1, 1972, as follows. The retirement allowance which would otherwise be payable without regard to the election of a…

(a) In the case of a retired member of a superseded system who elected an optional form of benefit, the increase in the member's retirement allowance determined under § 8-36-708 or § 8-36-709 shall be adjusted on the basis of the appropriate actuarial equivalent factor applicable…

Notwithstanding any other provision of §§ 8-36-708 – 8-36-712, no increase in the retirement allowance of any beneficiary of a superseded system shall be granted on or after July 1, 1972, except as provided in § 8-36-701 or §§ 8-36-708 – 8-36-712.

Notwithstanding any other provision of chapters 34-37 of this title to the contrary, teachers who have retired from a local retirement fund shall be paid directly by the Tennessee consolidated retirement system any increases resulting from §§ 8-36-708 – 8-36-712.

(a) (1) In addition to any other increase in retirement benefits provided by this part, effective July 1, 1985, retired teachers and general employees shall be entitled to an increase in their monthly retirement benefit in accordance with the following schedule: Date of Retiremen…

(a) The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee may grant to any former president of the University of Tennessee the title “president emeritus.” A state university board or the board of regents may grant to any former president of any college or university it governs a s…

(a) (1) The retirement allowance of each retired teacher, wildlife officer, state police officer, firefighter, police officer and general employee shall be increased effective January 1, 2007, in accordance with the following schedule: Date of Retirement Percentage Increase prior…

(a) Except as provided in this part, any retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, or of any superseded system, or of any local retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 35, part 3 of this title who accepts employment in a position covered by the Tenne…

(a) If a retiree restored to employment reenrolls as an active member of the retirement system, the excess, if any, of the retired member's accumulated contributions at retirement over the sum of the retirement allowance payments received by the retired member shall be credited t…

Should the reemployed retiree elect not to participate as provided in § 8-36-801, the retiree shall make no further contributions nor establish any additional service, but, upon final retirement, shall be entitled to the same benefits to which the retiree was entitled before rest…

No member shall be entitled to establish retirement credit for any period during which the member received a retirement allowance; however, should a member return to a position covered by the retirement system, the member shall be able to obtain retirement credit for the month in…

(a) A retired member or prior class member of the retirement system, and a retiree of a local retirement fund receiving benefits in accordance with chapter 35, part 3 of this title may return to service temporarily in a position covered by the retirement system and continue to dr…

(a) The chief justice of the supreme court is empowered to assign any retired state judge to:(1) Hold any court in the state whenever in the chief justice's judgment it is necessary to do so in order to relieve congested dockets; or(2) Sit for judges who may be incapacitated or w…

(a) The chief justice of the supreme court shall likewise be empowered to assign and designate any retired attorney general to sit as judge and hold any court in the same manner, for the same purpose and such person shall have the same authority, duty and jurisdiction as any reti…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or of any superseded system administered by the state of Tennessee who becomes a member of the general assembly after November 1, 1982, may continue service in the gene…

(1) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a retired member or prior class member of the retirement system, and any retired member of a local retirement fund receiving benefits pursuant to chapter 35, part 3 of this title may be reemployed in a position covered by the retir…

(1) Any retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or of any superseded system administered by the state of Tennessee may accept employment in a position covered under § 8-35-113(c) without loss or suspension of retirement benefits; provided, that:(1) The reti…

Nothing in this part shall be interpreted to relieve the employer from filing the required employee wage reports with the appropriate federal agencies on behalf of retired members that are reemployed under this part.

For a member returning to temporary reemployment pursuant to this part with an effective date of retirement between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2027, if the retirement system discovers that the member did not have a bona fide separation of service as defined in § 8-36-805, then th…

(1) Any retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or of any superseded system administered by the state of Tennessee may accept employment in a position covered under § 8-35-226(a) without loss or suspension of retirement benefits; provided, that:(1) Such ret…

(1) Within a one-year period, a retiree who is reemployed in a position covered by the Tennessee consolidated retirement system pursuant to this part must not:(1) Switch from one (1) reemployment provision under this part to another; or(2) Simultaneously be reemployed under more …

An association whose employees participate in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system under § 8-35-209 shall annually submit to the board of trustees a list of retired members of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system who are assigned to perform any functions or duties…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers.”

(a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “County judge” means a judge of a general sessions court, probate judge, or judge of a juvenile and/or domestic relations court;(2) “Defined benefit component” means the portion of the hybrid plan that provides a…