Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

Any teacher in the service of an employer operating a local retirement fund, who is eligible and participates in membership therein, shall not be a member of the retirement system established by chapters 34-37 of this title, shall make no contributions to this retirement system, …

Any teacher employed by an employer operating a local retirement fund who is not eligible for membership in the local retirement fund shall be eligible for membership in the system established by chapters 34-37 of this title, and shall contribute to and participate in the benefit…

(1) If a teacher in the service of an employer operating a local retirement fund who is eligible for membership therein ceases to be a teacher, and if at such time such person would have been eligible for retirement under this retirement system had such person been a member, the …

Any teacher who becomes a member after July 1, 1972, shall be retired as if such teacher were a member of Group 1 of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system.

It is the duty of the employers operating local retirement funds to report to the board of trustees annually, or at such other intervals as shall be set by the board, the earnable compensation of each teacher in their employ and such other information as may be needed for establi…

(a) If a teacher who is a member of a local retirement fund dies prior to retirement under conditions which, if such teacher were a member of the retirement system, would entitle the teacher's estate or the teacher's designated beneficiary to an employer-provided lump sum payment…

(a) Should a teacher who is a member of the retirement system enter the employ of an employer operating a local retirement fund in which the teacher is eligible for membership, the teacher shall cease to contribute to the retirement system and become subject to the local retireme…

A teacher, in the service of an employer operating a local retirement fund, who becomes a member of this retirement system by entrance into the service of an employer without a local retirement fund, shall contribute to the retirement system while so employed and continue with th…

Notwithstanding any other provision of chapters 34-37 of this title, the actuary in determining the normal and accrued liability contributions and the board in setting such contributions and the amount of the appropriation to be paid by the state to the state accumulation fund sh…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary in chapters 34-37 of this title, if a local retirement fund does not allow a member retirement credit for all years creditable under this retirement system, the state annuity shall be computed on the basis of all years of c…

Any employer, as herein defined, which operates a local retirement system may adopt any of the provisions of chapters 34-37 of this title in effect on July 1, 1972, and as thereafter amended as modified, as part of the provisions and regulations of such local retirement system.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the managing board of a local retirement fund includes municipal employees who are not elected by the people and who are not members of the board of education, nor employed or appointed by the board of education, the managing board shall pa…

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the board of trustees shall pay the entire amount of the state annuity directly to the retired members of a local retirement fund whenever the managing board of the local retirement fund is not permitted by municipal charter or…

Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, optional retirement allowances may be selected in accordance with chapter 36, part 6 of this title. Until the first payment on account of any benefit becomes normally due, any member of any local retirement system may elect to…

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in chapters 34-37 of this title, any member of a local retirement fund whose retirement becomes effective on or after July 1, 1967, and to whom or on whose account a state service or disability retirement allowance or minimum be…

Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, whenever a local board of education which is a part of a consolidated county-city form of government which was established prior to February 18, 1970, administers a local teacher retirement fund, the retirement payments due on…

(a) Local Board of Education Administering Plan. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary in chapters 34-37 of this title, any teacher who is a member of any local teacher retirement plan shall be eligible to transfer membership into the Tennessee consolidated ret…

(a) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, a local board of education shall not be entitled to establish a local teacher retirement fund. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section shall not affect the rights, benefits and privileges of teachers presently participati…

The Tennessee Sheriffs' Association shall be a participating employer in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system upon passage of a resolution by the association's board of directors authorizing such participation and accepting the liability incurred as a result of the partic…

(a) The employees of the association shall make the same contributions, participate in the same manner, and shall be eligible for the same benefits as employees of local governments participating in the retirement system. (b) Such employees shall be entitled to credit for such pr…

(a) In case of withdrawal of the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association as a participating employer, the benefits payable on account of service rendered as an employee of the association shall be determined in accordance with § 8-35-211. (b) The retirement system shall not be liable for…

It is the legislative intent that the state shall realize no increased cost in the retirement plan as a result of this part.

A current early service retiree shall not change to disability retirement. A current disability retiree shall not change to early service retirement.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no retirement allowance payable to any member retiring under the consolidated retirement system or any superseded system after June 30, 1975, shall exceed the average final compensation or benefit base of such member; provided, t…

Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, members and former members of the general assembly, whose term of office began prior to June 30, 1976, shall be entitled to a full retirement allowance based on their years of creditable service in accordance with §§ 8-34-616, 8-36-…

(a) Anything in chapters 34-37 of this title to the contrary notwithstanding, in determining any state annuity or lump sum death benefit payable to or on account of any retired teacher for any period of service in the employ of the University of Tennessee subsequent to September …

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…