Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

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any other provision of §§ 8-36-708 – 8-36-712, no increase in the retirement allowance of any beneficiary of a superseded system shall be granted on or after July 1, 1972, except as provided in § 8-36-701 or §§ 8-36-708 – 8-36-712.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(a) Except as provided in this part, any retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, or of any superseded system, or of any local retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 35, part 3 of this title who accepts employment in a position covered by the Tenne…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…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and except as provided in this section, any person otherwise eligible to participate in the retirement system or in the optional retirement program established in the Optional Retirement Program for Employees of Public Institution…

(a) Participants in the hybrid plan shall be excluded from the noncontributory provisions of § 8-34-206 and shall be required to make employee contributions to the defined benefit component of the plan equal to five percent (5%) of the participant's earnable compensation. (b) Eac…

Any participant who desires to establish service credit pursuant to chapters 34-37 of this title shall pay employee contributions to the defined benefit component of the plan equal to the amount of the employee contributions required under the terms of the hybrid plan as they exi…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in § 8-36-921, any participant shall be eligible for a service retirement allowance from the defined benefit component of the plan upon attainment of sixty-five (65) years of age and completion of five (5) years of creditab…

(a) Except as provided in §§ 8-36-908 and 8-36-909, the service retirement allowance payable to a participant under § 8-36-906 shall consist of a member annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the participant's accumulated contributions in the defined benefit component…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the base annual service retirement allowance payable to a participant under the defined benefit component of the plan shall not exceed the amount determined and in effect on July 1, 2014, pursuant to § 8-35-256(h); provided, however, t…

(a) Notwithstanding § 8-36-209 or any other law to the contrary, there shall be no minimum service retirement allowance payable under the defined benefit component of the plan except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c). Instead, the retirement allowance shall be dete…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in § 8-36-921, any participant shall be eligible for an early service retirement allowance from the defined benefit component of the plan upon attainment of sixty (60) years of age and completion of five (5) years of creditable…

(a) Except as provided in § 8-36-912, the early service retirement allowance payable to a participant under § 8-36-910 shall be computed as a service retirement allowance in accordance with § 8-36-907, but reduced by an actuarially determined factor as set by the board from time …

The minimum early service retirement allowance payable under the defined benefit component of the plan pursuant to § 8-36-911 shall be the minimum service retirement allowance computed in accordance with § 8-36-909 on the basis of the participant's creditable service at the time …

Any participant may apply for a disability retirement benefit pursuant to the provisions and criteria set forth in part 5 of this chapter. All of part 5 of this chapter shall be applicable, except that the disability retirement allowance shall be equal to nine-tenths (9⁄10) of a …

Sections 8-36-109(b)(1)(C) and 8-36-123(a)(3) shall not apply in determining the retirement allowance payable under § 8-36-109(b) or under § 8-36-123(a) to a deceased participant's surviving spouse, if any. Instead, the retirement allowance payable under such sections shall be re…

Except as otherwise provided in this part, administration of the defined benefit component of the hybrid plan shall be governed by chapters 34-37 of this title and administration of the optional retirement program shall be governed by chapter 25; provided, however, that any refer…

(a) There is established the defined contribution component of the hybrid plan that provides a defined contribution plan within the profit sharing and/or salary reduction plan established under chapter 25, part 3 of this title and as supplemented pursuant to this part. (b) (1) An…

Except as otherwise provided in part 8 of this chapter, any retired participant who returns to service in a position covered by the retirement system shall have such participant's retirement allowance under the defined benefit component of the plan suspended while so employed. Th…

(a) Notwithstanding § 8-35-124 or any other law to the contrary, an employee or elected or appointed official of this state, an employee or elected or appointed official of any political subdivision thereof, or a teacher employed with a local education agency who is convicted in …

(a) (1) A political subdivision that is not otherwise participating under any of the plans afforded under chapters 34-37 of this title may, by resolution legally adopted and approved by its chief governing body and in accordance with the procedure set out in § 8-35-201, authorize…

(a) There shall be established in the retirement system trust fund a hybrid plan benefits trust account into which contributions made to the defined benefit component of the plan shall be deposited. (b) All interest and dividends earned on the funds of the defined benefit compone…

The general assembly shall have the right to freeze, suspend, or modify benefits, employee and employer contributions, plan terms, and design of the hybrid plan on a prospective basis through amendments to or repeals of chapters 34-37 of this title. Nothing under state law may co…

(a) (1) Every employer participating in the hybrid plan shall contribute each year a sum equal to the greater of:(A) The normal contribution rate and the accrued liability contribution rate as determined pursuant to subsection (b), multiplied by the earnable compensation of all i…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and except as otherwise provided in § 8-36-903(c), any person who enters service with a state-supported institution of higher education on or after July 1, 2014, and who is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201…

(a) Any participant who previously served as a state employee or teacher whose membership in the retirement system was optional, but who elected not to participate, may establish retirement credit in the hybrid plan for the previous service pursuant to § 8-36-905. (b) Any politic…

All of the assets of the retirement system shall be credited, according to the purpose for which they are held, between two (2) funds, namely, the members' fund and the state accumulation fund.

(a) The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the retirement system. (b) All payments from such funds shall be made by the state treasurer on warrants or vouchers issued and signed by such person as is designated by the board. (c) A duly attested copy of a resolu…