Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

Any prior Class B member who limited such member's deduction to four thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200) of such member's annual salary may, upon proper authorization from the board of trustees, make a deposit in a lump sum equal to the amount which the member would have paid h…

(a) A beneficiary may, for personal reasons and without disclosure thereof, apply to the board of trustees to suspend for any period payment of all or any part of the retirement allowance otherwise payable to the beneficiary under chapters 34-37 of this title. (b) Upon approval, …

(a) Upon the death of a member prior to retirement on account of whom no benefit is payable under §§ 8-36-108, 8-36-109 or part 6 of this chapter, the member's accumulated contributions shall be paid to such entity as the member shall have nominated by written designation, duly e…

(a) (1) If a member in service in Group 2 dies prior to retirement and the board of trustees determines that the member's death was the natural and proximate result of an accident or was occasioned as the direct result of physical violence against the member's person occurring wh…

(a) Upon the death of a member in service who has reached the applicable eligibility requirements for an early or service retirement allowance as set forth in part 2 or 3 of this chapter, a retirement allowance shall be paid to the member's surviving designated beneficiary, if an…

(a) Anything in chapters 34-37 of this title to the contrary notwithstanding, if any member's creditable service includes a period or periods of service in an employment classification other than such member's classification at the time of separation from service for which the be…

All retirement allowances and other benefits accrued or accruing to any person under chapters 34-37 of this title, the accumulated contributions of members and the cash and assets in the funds created under chapters 34-37 of this title shall not be subject to execution, attachmen…

Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit the withholding of insurance premiums for retirees under a plan approved by the state insurance committee, or for retired teachers or other retired local government employees for payment of insurance premiums under any Tennessee…

(a) Notwithstanding § 8-36-111, the board may withhold payment of a member's accumulated contributions and interest or monthly benefit upon:(1) The filing of criminal charges or a civil suit against a member relating to the member's employment with an employer;(2) An audit findin…

If any member found to owe funds to an employer participating in the retirement system, within the meaning of § 8-36-113, elects to retire, the member's debt to the employer may be satisfied from the member's monthly benefit.

Should any change or errors in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than such member or beneficiary would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then on discovery of any such error the board shall corre…

(a) It is the intent of the general assembly to recover amounts that have been overpaid in error to members, beneficiaries, or persons who are not entitled to receive the payment or payments. (b) These overpayments may be recovered through any one (1) or more methods, including, …

(a) Except for the month of December, 1999, monthly benefit payments shall be remitted to beneficiaries on the last working day of the month which shall represent payment for that month. Monthly benefit payments for the month of December, 1999, shall be remitted to beneficiaries …

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all former, present and future employees of the University of Tennessee extension, holding joint appointments with the United States department of agriculture, shall be eligible for a retirement benefit based solely on longevity pay wh…

(a) An employer participating in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system shall allow the dissemination of information and educational materials developed by a private entity regarding the entity's alternative retirement plans and life contracts to its employees on the employ…

(a) In cases where a lump sum is payable to an individual's estate under chapters 34-37 of this title, payment shall be made to the duly qualified executor or administrator of the estate. When no executor or administrator has qualified and given notice of such qualifications to t…

(a) A member's nomination of a person as beneficiary to receive payments under chapters 34-37 of this title shall be made by the member in writing, duly executed and filed with the retirement division. (b) Except as provided in subsection (f), a member may change such member's no…

The retirement allowance payable to any member participating in the retirement system pursuant to § 8-35-121 who retires before January 1, 1996, shall be computed as if such member had received the same annual cost-of-living increases and longevity payments as that received by ot…

(a) (1) Upon the death of a member not in service whose death occurs on or after July 1, 1991, and who has completed ten (10) years of creditable service, a retirement allowance shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse, if any, if the spouse is designated as beneficiary.(2)…

(a) If the board of trustees determines, after reviewing the actuarial valuation as of June 30, 1993, that the recommended employer contribution rate for state employees and teachers is less than the rate in effect on June 30, 1993, any excess appropriation contained in the gener…

(a) A person designated as the beneficiary to receive a death benefit under chapters 34-37 of this title may disclaim the benefit upon the death of the member. Such disclaimer may be made by the person's trustee, guardian, conservator, or attorney-in-fact. If the disclaimer is ma…

(a) No benefit payable to a minor child under chapters 34-37 of this title shall be made until the guardian of such child has provided the retirement division with documentation establishing such guardianship. In the case of a parent, the documentation may consist of the child's …

(a) (1) Notwithstanding § 8-36-121 or any other law to the contrary, members, upon retirement, may, on or after the date determined pursuant to subsection (c), name more than one (1) person as beneficiary under one (1) of the options named in § 8-36-601(b). A member may not desig…

(a) The retirement system shall honor claims under a qualified domestic relations order at a time designated by the state treasurer. (b) For purposes of this section, “qualified domestic relations order” has the same meaning as provided in § 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of…

(a) Group 1. (1) Any member in Group 1 shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested in the member's service retirement benefit upon attainment of sixty (60) years of age or upon completion of thirty (30) years of creditable service; provided, that any member of Group 1 who became a…

Any eligible member may retire on a service retirement allowance subsequent to receipt by the board of trustees of an application filed by the member through such medium as shall be prescribed by the state treasurer. At such time designated by the state treasurer, the retirement …

(1) The retirement system shall pay all benefits in accordance with a good faith interpretation of the requirements of § 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 401(a)(9)), and the regulations in effect under that section, as applicable to a governmental plan within t…

(a) Notwithstanding this part and part 3 of this chapter, or any other law to the contrary, any member in Group 1, 2, or 3 prior to July 1, 1979, shall not be eligible for a service or early service retirement allowance unless such member has a minimum of four (4) years of credit…

(a) There shall not be a mandatory age requirement for any member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, except for the following:(1) Members who are employed as state police officers, wildlife officers or commissioned members of the alcoholic beverage commission and wh…

(1) Except as provided in § 8-36-209, the service retirement allowance of a member other than a prior class member shall consist of:(1) A member annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the member's accumulated contributions at retirement, plus a state annuity which, wh…

(1) Notwithstanding chapters 34-37 of this title to the contrary, any member, as defined in § 8-34-101, shall receive the greater of:(1) The service retirement allowance as provided in chapters 34-37 of this title; or(2) The service retirement allowance as would have been provide…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the service retirement allowance payable under this chapter shall not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the member's average final compensation, except as provided in subdivisions (a)(2)-(5).(2) In the case of Class C members of…

(a) (1) The minimum retirement allowance payable to any former member who retired from this system or the superseded Tennessee teachers' retirement system, the Tennessee state retirement system or any local teachers retirement system shall be:(A) Seven dollars ($7.00) per month f…

(1) Any Group 1 member employed as a sheriff on April 30, 1992, by a political subdivision participating under chapter 35, part 2 of this title who has creditable service in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system based upon service as a state police officer, wildlife office…

(a) Any Group 1 member who retires on a service retirement allowance with creditable service in a Group 1 position covered by the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205(a)(1) shall receive, in addition to that member's service retirement allowance, a supplemental bridge be…

(a) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, members employed as public safety officers are eligible to receive a hazardous duty supplemental benefit in addition to the member's retirement allowance if:(1) The member meets the eligibility requirements for retirement;(2) The m…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no benefit shall be paid to a member from the retirement system in excess of benefit limitations established in 26 U.S.C. § 415 and applicable federal rules and regulations. (b) The board may establish a separate qualified excess benef…

(a) Any member in Group 1 shall be eligible for early service retirement upon satisfying one (1) of the following:(1) Attainment of fifty-five (55) years of age with the applicable years of creditable service as set forth in § 8-36-204; or(2) At any age less than fifty-five (55) …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and beginning on November 1, 1982, any of the following employees who are not eligible for social security coverage shall be eligible for early service retirement upon the completion of ten (10) years of membership service in a po…

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

(1) The early service retirement allowance calculated under this part shall be computed as a service retirement allowance in accordance with part 2 of this chapter on the basis of the member's average final compensation and creditable service at the time of early service as follo…

(a) The minimum early service retirement allowance payable to any member in Group 1, 2 or 3 shall be the minimum service retirement allowance computed in accordance with § 8-36-209(a) on the basis of the member's creditable service at the time of early retirement, reduced by four…

(a) Any member in Group 1 shall be eligible for a retirement benefit upon completion of twenty-five (25) years of creditable service. (b) If the member is less than fifty-five (55) years of age, such benefit shall be the actuarial equivalent of the retirement benefit which would …

(a) Any member in Group 2 who is employed by a political subdivision and who elected to come under § 8-36-201(b)(2)(A) shall be eligible for early service retirement upon completion of twenty (20) years of service regardless of age. Any member retiring under this section shall be…

(a) Notwithstanding this part or any law to the contrary, a person in a position covered by the definition of emergency medical services personnel in § 68-140-302, police officer or firefighter who is a member of the retirement system, regardless of the person's, police officer's…

(a) A correctional officer who is a member of the retirement system, regardless of the correctional officer's participation in the legacy pension plan, the hybrid plan, or any other alternative plan, is eligible for early service retirement after attaining twenty-five (25) years …