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TN Code § 8-35-249 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 2 - Local Governmental Units|§ 8-35-249. Regional Jail Authority as Participating Employer

  A regional jail authority created by two (2) or more counties or municipalities pursuant to title 41, chapter 12 may request approval of the board of trustees to become a participating employer in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system upon satisfying the following conditions:  The board of commissioners of the authority passes a resolution authorizing an actuarial study to determine the liability associated with such participation, and accepting responsibility for the costs of the study; and   Following receipt of the actuarial study, the board of commissioners of the authority passes a resolution authorizing such participation and accepting the liability for participation.     The employees of the authority shall make the same contributions, participate in the same manner and shall be eligible for the same benefits as employees of other local governments participating in the retirement system under this part.   The employees shall be entitled to credit for prior service as approved by the board of commissioners of the authority under the same provisions that apply to employees of other local governments.   The retirement system shall not be liable for the payment of retirement allowances or other payments on account of employees of the authority or their beneficiaries, for which reserves have not been previously created from funds contributed by the authority or its employees, or both.   It is the legislative intent that the state shall realize no increased cost as a result of this section. All costs associated with retirement coverage, including administrative costs, shall be the responsibility of the authority.   If an authority is admitted and participates in the retirement system pursuant to this section, any county or municipality becoming a member of the authority by agreement after its coverage in the retirement system shall, as a condition of the agreement, be deemed to have accepted its share of the liability incurred by the authority's participation.   In case of the withdrawal of an authority as a participating employer, the benefits of the members and beneficiaries shall be determined in accordance with § 8-35-211.
TN Code § 8-35-250 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 2 - Local Governmental Units|§ 8-35-250. Resolution to Discontinue Noncontributory Provisions of § 8-34-206

  The chief governing body of any employer participating in the retirement system pursuant to this part may by resolution, legally adopted and approved by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of that body, elect to discontinue the noncontributory provisions of § 8-34-206 for all employees employed after the effective date of the resolution and to have the contributions made by the employees treated as employer contributions pursuant to § 8-37-216. Employees who were employed prior to this date will continue to be eligible for the noncontributory provisions of § 8-34-206; provided, however, any such employee who thereafter leaves or is discharged from employment with that employer and later returns to employment with that employer shall not be eligible for the noncontributory provisions of § 8-34-206. Any such resolution shall set forth the effective date of the discontinuance; provided, that the date shall be on the first day of any quarter following a minimum of three (3) months' notice to the retirement system.   Any resolution to discontinue the noncontributory provisions of § 8-34-206 that is adopted pursuant to this section shall be irrevocable and the employer shall not be permitted to elect at a later date to provide the noncontributory provisions of § 8-34-206.
TN Code § 8-35-251 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 2 - Local Governmental Units|§ 8-35-251. Resolution to Discontinue the Mandatory Retirement Provisions of § 8-36-205

  The chief governing body of any political subdivision participating in the retirement system may by resolution, legally adopted and approved by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of that body, elect to discontinue the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205 for all its firefighters and police officers, and for anyone who has been transferred from such a position to a supervisory or administrative position within the police or fire department of the political subdivision. All such employees who were employed prior to the effective date of the resolution will continue to be subject to the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205 and will continue to be eligible for the supplemental bridge benefit established pursuant to § 8-36-211. Such resolution shall set forth the effective date of the discontinuance; provided, that the date shall be on the first day of any quarter following a minimum of three (3) months' notice to the retirement system.   Any resolution to discontinue the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205 that is adopted pursuant to this section shall be irrevocable and the political subdivision shall not be permitted to elect at a later date to provide the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205.
TN Code § 8-35-252 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 2 - Local Governmental Units|§ 8-35-252. Resolution to Discontinue the Base Benefit Improvement Provisions of § 8-36-124

  The chief governing body of any employer participating in the retirement system pursuant to this part may by resolution, legally adopted and approved by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of that body, elect to discontinue the base benefit improvement provisions of § 8-36-124 for all employees employed with such employer after the effective date of the resolution. Employees who were employed prior to the effective date of the resolution will continue to be eligible for the base benefit improvement described in § 8-36-124. Such resolution shall set forth the effective date of the discontinuance; provided, that the date shall be on the first day of any quarter following a minimum of three (3) months' notice to the retirement system.   Any resolution to discontinue the base benefit improvement provisions of § 8-36-124 that is adopted pursuant to this section shall be irrevocable and the employer shall not be permitted to elect at a later date to provide the base benefit improvement provisions of § 8-36-124.
TN Code § 8-35-254 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 2 - Local Governmental Units|§ 8-35-254. Continuation of Prior Retirement System — Employee Contributions for New Employees

  A political subdivision participating in the retirement system prior to July 1, 2012, may continue to do so under the terms and conditions in effect on July 1, 2012, without taking any additional action.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and only as it applies to new employees hired on or after July 1, 2012, the political subdivision may require employee contributions of zero percent (0%) of the employees' earnable compensation, or may require employee contributions of two and five-tenths percent (2.5%) of the employees' earnable compensation, or employee contributions of five percent (5%) of the employees' earnable compensation. Any employee contributions assumed or paid by a political subdivision on behalf of its employees shall not be credited to the individual account balances of the employees. In order to effectuate a change in the employee contributions, the political subdivision must pass a resolution legally adopted by a majority of the membership of the chief governing body of the subdivision. Any such resolution shall set forth the effective date of the change in employee contributions; provided, that the date shall be on the first day of any quarter following a minimum of three (3) months' notice to the retirement system.
TN Code § 8-35-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-301. Teachers Participating in Local Funds

 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, and shall be eligible for benefits under this retirement system only as provided in this part.
TN Code § 8-35-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-302. Teachers Not Eligible to Participate in Local Funds

 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 benefits of Chapters 34 37 of this title.
TN Code § 8-35-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-303. State Annuity for Teachers Eligible to Participate in Local Funds

 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 board of trustees shall pay from the state accumulation fund of this retirement system to the managing board of the local retirement fund a state annuity equal to the state annuity which would have been payable under this retirement system if such teacher had been a member of this retirement system during service with such employer subsequent to the date of establishment to the time of retirement and a member of the Tennessee teachers' retirement system during service with such employer prior to the date of establishment:   The excess of any such state annuity payable under this system over the retirement income provided by the local retirement fund by contributions of the employer shall be payable to the retired teacher and not to the local retirement fund;   Payments to beneficiaries of local retirement funds shall be based upon the amount of money expended through the Tennessee consolidated retirement system on behalf of the beneficiary and shall be paid directly to the beneficiary;   In the case of a teacher whose service commenced prior to the date of establishment, the state annuity shall be computed as if the teacher had been a Class B member of the Tennessee teachers' retirement system and a prior class member of this retirement system;   The payment of the state annuities under this part shall be subject to all the conditions and requirements governing the payment of state annuities to members retired under this retirement system, and payment of such state annuities to be withheld until such members meet the conditions and requirements of this retirement system; and   Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, the board of trustees shall, upon the request of the managing board of a local retirement fund, henceforth pay the entire amount of the state annuity directly to the members of the local retirement fund.
TN Code § 8-35-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-304. Teachers Becoming Members After July 1, 1972

 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.
TN Code § 8-35-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-305. Information From Operators of Local Funds

 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 establishing the prospective benefits of the member and for administering this part.
TN Code § 8-35-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-306. Teacher Dying Prior to Retirement — Lump Sum Payment

  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 under § 8-36-107, in addition to the payment of the teacher's accumulated contributions, the board of trustees shall pay from the state accumulation fund to the managing board of the local retirement fund, or upon the request of the managing board directly to the estate of such deceased teacher or to the person designated by the teacher, a lump sum in the amount of the employer-provided lump sum benefit which would have been payable had the teacher been a member of the retirement system.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the lump sum payment exceeds the employer-provided benefits payable from the local retirement fund on account of the teacher's death, either in the form of a lump sum benefit or in the form of an annuity to some other person, any such excess shall be paid to the estate of the deceased teacher or to the person nominated by the teacher by written designation, duly executed and filed with the managing board of the local retirement fund.
TN Code § 8-35-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-307. Member of State System Entering Service of Operator of Local Fund — Establishment of Prior Service

  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 retirement fund, but shall not lose previous accrued credits in the retirement system so long as the teacher continues in the service of such employer.   Any teacher who is a member of a local retirement fund and who had teaching service in the Tennessee teachers' retirement system or the Tennessee consolidated retirement system may establish this service in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system at any time prior to retirement; provided, that the teacher has taught at least ten (10) years in the public schools of Tennessee; and provided further, that the teacher makes redeposit of the contributions withdrawn plus interest at the rate provided for in § 8-37-214. Any teacher who is eligible to receive retirement credit in the local fund for service withdrawn from the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or the superseded system shall not be entitled to establish retirement credit for the withdrawn service in this system.
TN Code § 8-35-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-308. Member of Local Fund Entering Service of Employer Without Local Fund

 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 the previous service credits in the retirement system which the teacher had at the time of becoming a member, as if the teacher had been a member during such period of service.
TN Code § 8-35-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-309. Determination of Normal and Accrued Liability Contributions

 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 shall include the liability on account of teachers in the employ of employers having local retirement funds, and the state annuities payable from the state accumulation fund shall include those payable on account of teachers in the service of employers having local retirement funds as provided in this part.
TN Code § 8-35-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-310. Consideration of Creditable Service Not Recognized by Local Fund

 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 creditable service under the retirement system as prescribed herein and then divided into two (2) parts and paid as follows:   The payment to the local retirement system shall be based only on the number of years service creditable on which benefits are computed under the local retirement fund; and   The payment based upon the additional years of service creditable under the retirement system shall be paid directly to the retired member of the local retirement fund.
TN Code § 8-35-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-311. Adoption of Provisions of This Part by Operator of Local Fund

 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.
TN Code § 8-35-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-312. Adjustment of Teachers' Benefits When Local Fund Includes Certain Nonteachers

 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 pay monthly to each retired teacher, in addition to whatever retirement income such retired teacher is otherwise entitled to receive from the local retirement fund, an amount not less than such retired teacher's proportionate part of the excess of the total of the state annuities received by the managing board for all retired teachers for that month over that for the corresponding month of 1961.
TN Code § 8-35-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-313. Payment of State Annuity Direct to Retiree

 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 other local regulations to pay to retired teachers all or part of the state annuity in addition to the retirement income to which they are entitled from the local retirement fund.
TN Code § 8-35-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-314. Optional Retirement Allowances

 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 convert the retirement allowance otherwise payable to such member to a reduced retirement allowance of equivalent actuarial value as provided in chapter 36, part 6 of this title.
TN Code § 8-35-315 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-315. Deduction of Amount of State Annuity From Allowances or Supplements

 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 benefit supplement under chapter 36 of this title becomes payable, there shall be deducted from such amount the teacher annuity that would have been payable to the teacher had the teacher been a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system.
TN Code § 8-35-316 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-316. Payment of Minimum Benefit Supplements to Certain Local Fund Retirees

 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 and after July 1, 1967, by the Tennessee consolidated retirement system on account of the retired members of such fund shall include the increases resulting from any minimum benefit amendments to chapter 36 of this title which have become effective on or after July 1, 1963, and such increases shall be paid directly to the retired members of such local fund.
TN Code § 8-35-318 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems|§ 8-35-318. Local Board of Education Not Entitled to Establish Local Fund

  Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, a local board of education shall not be entitled to establish a local teacher retirement fund.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section shall not affect the rights, benefits and privileges of teachers presently participating in a local retirement fund.
TN Code § 8-35-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 5 - Tennessee Sheriffs' Association|§ 8-35-501. Participation in Consolidated Retirement System

 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 participation of its employees.
TN Code § 8-35-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 5 - Tennessee Sheriffs' Association|§ 8-35-502. Employees Comparable to Participating Local Government Employees — Credit for Prior Service

  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.   Such employees shall be entitled to credit for such prior service as the board of directors of the association may authorize and accept the liability therefor.