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TN Code § 8-34-707 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-707. Disability Retirement Under Superseded Systems

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any prior class member of a superseded system who meets the applicable service requirements for an ordinary or an accidental disability retirement in such member's superseded retirement system shall not be retired on disability, unless the member is disabled from gainful employment in accordance with chapter 36, part 5 of this title. These members shall continue to be covered by the applicable benefit provisions of their superseded systems.
TN Code § 8-34-708 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-708. Benefit Base for Judges and Attorneys General Systems

  The “benefit base” under the Tennessee judges' retirement system, the retirement system for county paid judges of Tennessee and the attorneys general retirement system of Tennessee shall be the annual rate of compensation in effect for the office from which the prior class member retired on the date of retirement or on May 1, 1975, if greater. However, this section shall not apply to those members who were vested under the superseded system on June 30, 1975, or who were vested at the end of their term of office in effect on June 30, 1975, whichever is applicable.   If any retired member under such superseded system held an office for which a salary was not fixed by statute on May 1, 1975, the benefit base of such member shall not be reduced below the benefit base established for such member as of May 1, 1975.
TN Code § 8-34-709 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-709. Rights of Certain Commissioned Members of Department of Safety Who Were Over 35 When Hired

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any prior Class C member that is a presently employed commissioned member of the department of safety, and who was employed subsequent to such member's thirty-fifth birthday, shall be allowed to remain in the service of the department and to participate in the retirement system until such member obtains twenty-five (25) years of creditable service or reaches sixty (60) years of age.   Any person covered under this provision shall make contributions at the rate applicable to prior Class C members and shall be entitled, upon retirement, to receive a retirement allowance at the rate specified for prior Class C members based upon the total years of creditable service.   This section shall have application to all persons retiring after January 1, 1979.
TN Code § 8-34-710 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-710. Transfer of Assets From Superseded Systems

  As of July 1, 1972, all of the assets of each superseded system shall be transferred to the credit of the retirement system established by Chapters 34 37 of this title.   Thereafter, the managing boards of the superseded systems shall have no further power to hold or invest such assets, and the board of trustees of the retirement system shall be the trustees of such assets, with all of the powers provided by chapter 37, part 1 of this title.   The contributions made by each member of a superseded system to that system, together with the interest credited thereon in accordance with the provisions of the superseded system, shall be credited to the member's individual account in the members' fund.   The remaining assets of the superseded systems shall be credited to the state accumulation fund.
TN Code § 8-34-711 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-711. Transfer of Members and Beneficiaries From Superseded Systems

  As of July 1, 1972, the members and beneficiaries of the superseded systems shall cease to have any rights to benefits thereunder and shall be entitled only to the benefits provided by this chapter and Chapters 35 37 of this title. Thereafter, no contributions shall be made to the superseded systems by either the members or the employers.   The members of the superseded systems shall become members of the retirement system in accordance with § 8-35-101(b).   Each beneficiary of a superseded system shall become a beneficiary of the retirement system established by this chapter and Chapters 35 37 of this title, and such beneficiary's retirement allowance shall thereafter be paid from the retirement system under the conditions which were applicable to such beneficiary under the superseded system, except as hereinafter provided.   Any former member of a superseded system who, upon termination of membership, was eligible for a deferred retirement allowance under the superseded system, the payment of which has not commenced as of July 1, 1972, shall continue to be so eligible, and such retirement allowance shall be paid from the retirement system, subject to the conditions which were applicable to such former member under the superseded system, except as hereinafter provided.   Any former teacher:  Who rendered service as a member of a local retirement fund;   Who on June 30, 1972, was not a member of a superseded system; and   Who upon termination of service as a teacher was eligible for a deferred retirement allowance payable to such former teacher or to the local retirement fund from the Tennessee teachers' retirement system, the payment of which has not commenced as of July 1, 1972;  shall continue to be entitled to have such retirement allowance paid to such former teacher or on such former teacher's account and such retirement allowance shall be paid from the retirement system, subject to the conditions which were applicable under the Tennessee teachers' retirement system.
TN Code § 8-34-712 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-712. Transfer of Certain County Officials From Superseded System

  Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, any county official and any county commissioner elected by popular vote, serving in a county having a county commission form of government, taking office on or before July 1, 1974, shall become a member and have the privilege of claiming any prior service such member was entitled to claim under the applicable provision of the superseded Tennessee county officials' retirement system, by completing a form prescribed by the board of trustees, and paying a lump sum in an amount equal to the amount the official would have paid had such official been a member of the Tennessee county officials' retirement system, plus interest at the rate designated in § 8-37-214.   Any county official, as defined in § 8-34-101, may transfer that part of the official's membership so defined and contributions from the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, by completing the necessary forms as prescribed by the board of trustees, and paying in a lump sum the difference between what the official would have contributed had the official been a member of the Tennessee county officials' retirement system and the amount so transferred.    Any member so transferring shall be eligible to use the aggregate number of years of credit in both systems to qualify for the condition of retirement.   Such member's benefits for creditable service years in this system shall be computed under this system and added to the amount of benefits payable under the superseded Tennessee county officials' retirement system.
TN Code § 8-34-713 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-713. Effect of Change in Compensation for the Position From Which a Beneficiary Has Retired

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the retirement allowance of any member who retires under a superseded system shall not be increased by any future increase in salary, base compensation, or other increases in compensation as allowed for the position from which the member retires. This section shall not be construed to prevent any increase in such retirement allowance when such increase is in accordance with § 8-36-701.
TN Code § 8-34-714 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-714. Eligibility of Prior Class C Members

 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, all prior Class C members shall be eligible for service retirement benefits after completion of twenty-five (25) years of creditable service regardless of age.
TN Code § 8-34-715 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-715. Retirement Credit for State Judges

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a state judge shall receive full retirement credit for service rendered after such judge's seventieth birthday.
TN Code § 8-34-716 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-716. State Judge Membership Transfer Into Group 4

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any state judge, as defined in § 8-34-101, who, prior to September 1, 1990, participated in Group 1 or 3 classifications of the retirement system, may elect, in the manner prescribed by the retirement system, to transfer membership to Group 4 of the retirement system from and after September 1, 1990. The election to transfer membership shall become effective on the date of election.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any attorney general and reporter who meets the requirements of § 8-34-623(b) may elect in the manner prescribed by the retirement system, to transfer membership to Group 4 of the retirement system, from and after July 1, 2005. The election to transfer membership shall become effective on the date of election.
TN Code § 8-34-717 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 34 - Retirement—generally|Part 7 - Superseded Systems|§ 8-34-717. Return to Service — Judges Retired Under Superseded County Paid System

 Any judge retired from the superseded county paid judges retirement system may return to service in a position not covered by the Tennessee consolidated retirement system and continue to draw such judge's retirement allowance.
TN Code § 8-35-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-35-101. Eligibility

   Any person who becomes a teacher, a general employee, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter or a police officer on or after July 1, 1972, shall become a member of the retirement system as a condition of employment.   Notwithstanding this section or any other law to the contrary, no state department, commission, institution, board, agency, instrumentality or entity of or affiliated with state government shall be authorized to cover its otherwise eligible employees in the retirement system unless the general assembly approves the annual operating budget for the entity, or unless the entity has specific Tennessee state statutory authority to cover its otherwise eligible employees in the retirement system and the entity obtains written advice from nationally recognized counsel employed by the retirement system in the area of government employee benefit plans that the entity is eligible to participate in a governmental plan as defined by Internal Revenue Code § 414(d) (26 U.S.C. § 414(d)), as amended. The foregoing also applies to any person seeking admission to the retirement system whose compensation is paid, in whole or in part, from funds not appropriated by the general assembly. Notwithstanding this section or any other law to the contrary, the funds necessary to fund any prior service of such persons must be appropriated by the general assembly or paid by another governmental entity.     Any person who on June 30, 1972, is a member of a superseded system shall become a member of the retirement system as of July 1, 1972.   Any person who on June 30, 1972, is not a member of a superseded system and who is employed as a general employee, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner, a person in the employ of a political subdivision of the state participating in the retirement system pursuant to part 2 of this chapter or a teacher other than a teacher eligible for membership in a local retirement system, may elect to become a member of the retirement system as of July 1, 1972; provided, that within ninety (90) days following July 1, 1972, such person files with the board of trustees on a form prescribed by the board a notice of such person's election to become a member. Any employee may elect to become a member; provided, that such person files with the board of trustees a notice of election to become a member.
TN Code § 8-35-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-35-102. Informing New Employees of Duties and Obligations as a Condition of Employment

 Each employee, upon employment, shall be informed by the appointing authority of such employee's duties and obligations in connection with the retirement system as a condition of employment.
TN Code § 8-35-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-35-103. Part-Time Employment

  Any person who becomes a part-time employee or who is currently serving as a part-time employee on July 1, 1984, may elect to join the Tennessee consolidated retirement system. The election shall be made in the manner prescribed by the retirement system and shall be filed with the retirement system; provided, that the following employees shall not be eligible for membership:  Students;   Seasonal or temporary employees under twenty-five (25) years of age;   Temporary employees in institutions of higher education; or   Substitute teachers, unless such substitutes are under contract and scheduled to work the same time as a regular teacher.     The employee's date of membership shall be the date the election is filed with the retirement system and shall be used to determine all rights and benefits under Chapters 34 37 of this title.   Part-time employees working in institutions of higher education shall be eligible for membership in the optional retirement plan found in chapter 25, part 2 of this title if it is certified by the institution that the employee is a teacher.   In cases of doubt as to the classification of an employee, the board of trustees shall determine from objective criteria whether an employee is properly classified.   Any retiree-beneficiary who accepts part-time employment with an employer participating in this system will be considered as restored to employment within the meaning of chapter 36, part 8 of this title, regardless of whether such retiree-beneficiary is eligible for membership.
TN Code § 8-35-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-35-104. Termination of Membership by Absence From Service — Members Serving in Armed Forces

  A member shall cease to be a member if such member:  Is absent from service more than seven (7) consecutive years after last becoming a member and is not eligible for a deferred retirement allowance as provided in § 8-36-204;   Withdraws such member's accumulated contributions;   Becomes a beneficiary; or   Dies.     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the board of trustees shall continue the membership of a member during such member's period of active service in the armed forces of the United States; provided, that such member does not withdraw such member's accumulated contributions.   It is further provided that any member who has established both contributory and noncontributory service shall lose membership upon withdrawal of such member's accumulated contributions or as provided by subsection (a).
TN Code § 8-35-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-35-105. Classification of Employees

  The board of trustees shall require from any employer of members of the retirement system such information as the board may deem necessary including, but not limited to, name, address, title, social security number, compensation, duties, date of birth and length of service of each member in its employ. On the basis of such information, the board shall classify each person who becomes a member in accordance with § 8-35-101 or this section in one (1) of the following groups:  Group 1.  Teachers and general employees;   Group 2.  State police officers, wildlife officers, game and fish officers so classified prior to April 1, 1974, firefighters and police officers;   Group 3.  State judges, county judges, county officials, attorneys general, and commissioners; or   Group 4.  State judges entering service on or after September 1, 1990, state judges transferring membership under chapter 34, part 7, any attorney general and reporter who meets the requirements of § 8-34-623(b) and enters service on or after July 1, 2005, and any attorney general and reporter who meets the requirements of § 8-34-623(b) and transfers membership under chapter 34, part 7.     The board shall certify to each member the group in which the member is placed and the date of the member's admission to membership therein. When the duties of a member so require, the board may classify the member in another group and shall certify to the member the group to which the member has been reclassified.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person becoming a member of the retirement system after June 30, 1976, shall be classified as a Group 1 member, except a state judge, and an attorney general and reporter who meets the requirements of § 8-34-623(b). A state judge becoming a member of the retirement system on or after September 1, 1990, shall be classified as a Group 4 member. An attorney general and reporter who meets the requirements of § 8-34-623(b) and becomes a member of the retirement system on or after July 1, 2005, shall also be classified as a Group 4 member.   The classification and membership rights of any county judge or county official who is currently a member or a prior class member of the retirement system shall continue in force without interruption and remain applicable when such member remains in the county office for which such classification eligibility originated, notwithstanding any change in the title of such office as a result of any act to implement the amendments of the Constitution of Tennessee, Article VII, § 1, ratified on March 7, 1978.   In all cases of doubt, the board of trustees shall determine whether a person is in a specific employment category.   The board of trustees is authorized to promulgate substantive and procedural rules and regulations requiring that the information described in subsection (a) be transmitted by the employer through an electronic medium.
TN Code § 8-35-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-35-106. Certain Prior Class Members

  Any person who becomes a member in accordance with § 8-35-101(b), who immediately prior to becoming a member has been a Class A member of the Tennessee teachers' retirement system or the Tennessee state retirement system shall be classified in Group 1, unless such person shall elect, within ninety (90) days after July 1, 1972, or if such person is on leave of absence or otherwise not in service on July 1, 1972, within ninety (90) days after returning to service, on a form prescribed by the board of trustees, to remain covered by the benefit and contribution provisions of the superseded system of which such person is a member.   A member making this election shall be classified as a prior class member and shall be subject to §§ 8-34-602(e), 8-34-703, 8-34-706 and 8-34-712.   Any other person who becomes a member in accordance with § 8-35-101(b) shall be classified as a prior class member and shall be subject to §§ 8-34-602(e), 8-34-703, 8-34-706 and 8-34-712, unless such person shall elect, within ninety (90) days after July 1, 1972, or if such person is on leave of absence or otherwise not in service on July 1, 1972, within ninety (90) days after returning to service, on a form prescribed by the board of trustees, to become covered by the benefit and contribution provisions of this retirement system applicable to new employees.   Any member making this election shall be classified in Group 1, 2 or 3 on the basis of such member's employment category in the same manner as provided in § 8-35-105.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, any state judge, county judge or attorney general who becomes a member in accordance with § 8-35-101(b) may make the election herein provided at any time after July 1, 1972, but any such member making such election shall be required to contribute to the retirement system an amount equal to the excess of the contributions which such member would have made during the period since July 1, 1972, had such member made such election on such date over the actual contributions made during such period, together with interest on such amount at the rate or rates credited to members' accumulated contributions during such period.
TN Code § 8-35-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-35-107. Temporary Employment Period

  Any state agency, department, board, commission, institution, or political subdivision, covered on July 1, 1972, by Chapters 34 37 of this title, or who may thereafter elect to bring its employees into the retirement system as general employees, shall have the option of establishing a period of temporary employment not to exceed six (6) months.    At the request of a political subdivision employer and upon approval by the board of trustees, the six-month temporary employment period may be extended for specific groups of employees. These employees are ones employed for specific construction projects expected to be completed within four (4) years. Such projects must be outside the usual duties and/or customary responsibilities of the employer.   Requests from political subdivisions for board approval for an extended temporary employment period shall contain all information considered necessary by the board including, but not limited to, the nature of the construction project, expected duration and the number of employees to be temporarily employed.   No service credit may be established for extended temporary employment as provided by this subsection (b).     Notwithstanding any provision of this section or any other law to the contrary, any employer participating in the retirement system on July 1, 1995, who has not established a temporary employment period on such date, and any employer who thereafter becomes a participating employer, shall be prohibited from establishing a temporary employment period pursuant to this section.   In the event an employee completes a period of temporary employment with an employer pursuant to this section and subsequently terminates employment for any reason, such employer shall not require the employee to complete an additional period of temporary employment in the event the employee is ever rehired by the same employer.
TN Code § 8-35-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 35 - Retirement—membership|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-35-108. Teachers in Local Retirement Systems

 A teacher participating in a local retirement fund shall not be eligible for membership in the retirement system.