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TN Code § 8-36-821 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 8 - Reemployment After Retirement|§ 8-36-821. Employment as a Teacher

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person retired for at least one (1) year from the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, from any superseded system administered by the state, or from any local retirement fund pursuant to chapter 35, part 3 of this title may accept employment as a kindergarten through twelfth (K-12) grade teacher without loss or suspension of retirement benefits under the following conditions:  The retired member holds any teacher's professional license or certificate as may be required in title 49, chapter 5;   The superintendent or director of schools of the employing school system certifies in writing to the division of retirement and to the commissioner of education that the retired member has the requisite experience, training and expertise for the position to be filled and that no other qualified persons are available to fill the position;   The commissioner certifies in writing to the division that the employing school system serves an area that lacks qualified teachers to serve in the position to be filled;   The retired member shall not be entitled to tenure status as provided in title 49, chapter 5, part 5;   Such retired member shall not be eligible to accrue additional retirement benefits, accrue leave or receive medical insurance coverage as a result of such employment;   The retired member shall not receive automatic credit for years of experience in determining compensation; provided, that the salary paid to such retired member for performing the teaching services shall not be less than the rate of compensation set by the school system for teachers with no experience filling similar positions, nor shall such salary exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the rate of compensation set by the school system for teachers with comparable training and years of experience filling similar positions. Once such compensation is set, the retired member shall not be entitled to supplements paid under the career ladder program [repealed]; and   The retired member's appointment to serve as a teacher cannot exceed one (1) year. The retired member may be reappointed to additional one-year periods; provided, that the conditions contained in this section are met for each such reappointment, including the certifications required in subdivisions (a)(2) and (3).     This section shall not be construed to prohibit any retired member or prior class member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, or any retiree of a local retirement fund receiving benefits in accordance with chapter 35, part 3 of this title from returning to service temporarily in a position covered by the Tennessee consolidated retirement system pursuant to § 8-36-805.
TN Code § 8-36-823 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 8 - Reemployment After Retirement|§ 8-36-823. Employees of Subsidiaries of an Association or Independent Contractors

 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 for the association as an employee of a subsidiary of the association or an independent contractor.
TN Code § 8-36-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-901. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers.”
TN Code § 8-36-902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-902. Part Definitions

  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:  “County judge” means a judge of a general sessions court, probate judge, or judge of a juvenile and/or domestic relations court;   “Defined benefit component” means the portion of the hybrid plan that provides a defined benefit plan within the retirement system, but which has its own vesting, benefit structure, and contribution requirements as set forth in this part;   “Defined contribution component” means the portion 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;   “Hybrid plan” means a plan that provides a combination of a defined benefit plan and a defined contribution plan which, together, are intended to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.) that are applicable to governmental plans;   “Participant” means any state employee, teacher, or political subdivision employee participating in the hybrid plan;   “Political subdivision” means any entity authorized to participate in the retirement system pursuant to chapter 35, part 2 of this title;   “Political subdivision employee” means any person in the employ of a political subdivision, including a county judge, but does not include any person performing services on a contractual or percentage basis;   “State employee” means any person who is a state official, including members of the general assembly, the attorney general and reporter, district attorneys general, state judges, and district public defenders, or any person who is employed in the service of and whose compensation is payable by the state, or any person who is employed by the state whose compensation is paid in whole or in part from federal or other funds. “State employee” also means any person who is employed in the service of and whose compensation is payable by a public institution of higher education, or any person who is employed by a public institution of higher education whose compensation is paid in whole or in part from federal or other funds. For purposes of this part, “state employee” does not include the governor or any person employed on a contractual or percentage basis. Any retirement allowances payable in respect of a former governor shall be as prescribed by the provisions of chapter 39, part 2 of this title in lieu of any other benefits to which the governor may otherwise be entitled under Chapters 34 37 of this title;   “State judge” has the meaning set forth in § 8-34-101; and   “Teacher” has the meaning set forth in § 8-34-101(49)(B), but does not include any person employed by a public institution of higher education.     Terms used in this part that are not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in Chapters 34 37 of this title.
TN Code § 8-36-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-904. Requirement to Make Employee Contributions to Defined Benefit Component of the Plan — Employer to Pick Up Employee Contributions

  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.   Each employer shall pick up the employee contributions required under this section. The contributions so picked up shall be treated as employer contributions pursuant to § 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 414(h)) in determining tax treatment under said Code. The employee shall not have the option of choosing to receive the contributions in the form of cash or cash equivalents instead of having them paid by the employer into the hybrid plan benefits trust account created pursuant to § 8-36-920.
TN Code § 8-36-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-905. Establishing Service Credit Under Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System

 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 existed at the time the service was established, plus interest at the rate provided in § 8-37-214. In the case of refunded service, the amount shall be equal to the total amount that was previously withdrawn, plus interest at the rate provided in § 8-37-124. Any service established or reestablished pursuant to this section shall be credited under the terms of the hybrid plan as they existed at the time the service was established and not at the time the service was rendered.
TN Code § 8-36-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-907. Service Retirement Allowance as an Annuity

  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 of the plan at retirement, plus a state annuity which, when added to the member annuity, shall be equal to:  In the case of a participant, other than those participants described in subdivision (a)(2), one percent (1.0%) of the participant's average final compensation, multiplied by the number of years of creditable service, unless reduced in accordance with § 8-36-921 or § 8-36-922; and   In the case of a participant who is the attorney general and reporter, a district attorney general, district public defender, or state judge, one and six-tenths percent (1.6%) of the participant's average final compensation, multiplied by the number of years of creditable service, unless reduced in accordance with § 8-36-921 or § 8-36-922.     Section 8-36-124 shall not apply in determining the retirement allowance payable under this section.
TN Code § 8-36-908 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-908. Determination of the Amount of Annual Service Retirement Allowance

  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, that commencing on July 1, 2015, and on each July 1 thereafter, this amount shall be increased or decreased in accordance with the consumer price index as defined in § 8-36-701(c), and the amount of increase or decrease shall be based on the prior calendar year. Such participant's annual pension benefit shall be limited to the base benefit in effect at the time of the participant's retirement, but shall be subject to increase in accordance with the cost-of-living provisions of § 8-36-701(b)(1) and (b)(2).   Notwithstanding subsection (a), the service retirement allowance payable under this part shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the participant's average final compensation as may be adjusted by the cost-of-living provisions of § 8-36-701(b)(1) and (b)(2).
TN Code § 8-36-910 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-910. Early Service Retirement Allowance

  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 service, or upon attainment of a combination of age and years of creditable service as to equal eighty (80).   Any participant serving in a position covered by the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205 shall be eligible for an early service retirement allowance from the defined benefit component of the plan upon attainment of fifty-five (55) years of age and upon completion of five (5) years of creditable service, or at any age upon completion of twenty-five (25) years of creditable service.   Any participant serving as the attorney general and reporter, a district attorney general, district public defender, state judge, or as a member of the general assembly shall not be eligible for an early service retirement allowance under the defined benefit component of the plan. Instead, such participants shall be eligible for a retirement allowance from the defined benefit component of the plan upon meeting the applicable conditions set forth in § 8-36-906.
TN Code § 8-36-911 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-911. Computation of Early Service Retirement Allowance

  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 to time.   Section 8-36-124 shall not apply in determining the retirement allowance payable under this section. Further, §  8-36-211(a)(2) shall not apply in calculating the supplemental bridge benefit for participants covered by the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205(a)(1) who retire on an early service retirement allowance pursuant to this section, nor shall § 8-36-211(b)(2) apply in calculating the supplemental bridge benefit for participants covered by the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205(a)(2) who retire on an early service retirement allowance pursuant to this section and whose employer adopted this part. Instead, the supplemental bridge benefit shall be equal to three-fourths of one percent (0.75%) of the participant's average final compensation, multiplied by the participant's years of creditable service when the participant was in a position covered by the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205, but reduced by an actuarially determined factor as set by the board from time to time.
TN Code § 8-36-912 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-912. Computation of Minimum Early Service Retirement Allowance

 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 of early retirement, reduced by an actuarially determined factor as set by the board from time to time. Section 8-36-124 shall not apply in determining the retirement allowance payable under this section.
TN Code § 8-36-913 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-913. Applying for a Disability Retirement Benefit

 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 service retirement allowance as computed in § 8-36-907 and as may be further reduced in accordance with part 5 of this chapter. Sections 8-36-124 and 8-36-209 shall not apply in determining any disability retirement benefit allowance payable under this section. The minimum disability retirement allowance, if applicable, shall be computed in accordance with § 8-36-909.
TN Code § 8-36-914 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-914. Determining the Retirement Allowance Payable to a Deceased Participant's Surviving Spouse

 Sections 8-36-109(b)(1)(C) and 8-36-123(a)(2) 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 reduced by an actuarially determined factor as set by the board from time to time.
TN Code § 8-36-915 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-915. Administration of the Defined Benefit Component of the Hybrid Plan

 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 reference in Chapters 34 37 of this title to the eligibility requirements for an early or service retirement allowance under the hybrid plan shall for purposes of this part mean the eligibility requirements set forth in §§ 8-36-906 and 8-36-910. Any reference in Chapters 34 37 of this title to the formula for computing an early or service retirement allowance, or for computing a disability retirement allowance under the hybrid plan shall for purposes of this part mean the applicable formula as set out in §§ 8-36-907 — 8-36-909 and §§ 8-36-911 — 8-36-913.
TN Code § 8-36-917 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-917. Reemployment in a Covered Position

 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. The participant shall be subject to §§ 8-36-801 — 8-36-804; provided, however, that reemployment in a covered position shall have no effect on a payment under the defined contribution component of the plan.
TN Code § 8-36-918 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-918. Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits Due to Conviction of Felony Arising Out of Employment

  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 any state or federal court of a felony arising out of that employee's or official's employment or official capacity constituting malfeasance in office shall forfeit that person's retirement benefits under the defined benefit component of the plan.   Upon initial conviction, or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, any person subject to this section shall:  Have the employee's or official's benefit stopped immediately, if the employee or official is receiving a benefit under the defined benefit component of the plan; and   Receive a refund of the employee contributions and interest credited to the employee's or official's account, less any benefits received, unless the person elected to have a monthly retirement allowance paid upon such person's death in accordance with subsection (e).     The employing agency is responsible for immediately notifying the administrator of the retirement system of the conviction of any person subject to this section.   In the event the conviction of such person is later overturned in any court and such person is acquitted, or is granted a full pardon, the person shall be restored to all rights, privileges and benefits as if the conviction had never occurred.   Any person convicted of a felony as provided in this section may elect, within six (6) months of the person's conviction, to have a monthly retirement allowance paid to whomever that person had designated as beneficiary on file with the retirement system at the time of that person's conviction; provided, that such beneficiary must have been that person's spouse or child at the time of that person's conviction. The amount of any allowance payable hereunder shall be equal to the retirement allowance which would have been payable under the defined benefit component of the plan had the person retired under an effective election of Option 1 as provided in part 6 of this chapter. The benefits shall be paid to such beneficiary following the person's death and upon meeting all other eligibility requirements applicable to a beneficiary.
TN Code § 8-36-921 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36 - Retirement Benefits|Part 9 - Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers|§ 8-36-921. Right of Legislature to Change Hybrid Plan on Prospective Basis

 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 confer to participants in the hybrid plan an implied right to future retirement benefit arrangements and such participants may not assert the indefinite continuation of the retirement formulas, contribution rates, eligibility ages, or any other provision of the plan; provided, however, that the actuarial value of accrued benefits earned by participants prior to the effective date of any such amendment or repeal shall remain an enforceable right and may not be reduced or otherwise forfeited except by the consent of the participant or in accordance with § 8-36-918. Notwithstanding this section or any other law to the contrary, the cost-of-living provisions of § 8-36-701 shall not be deemed an accrued benefit and may be subject to change pursuant to this section and § 8-36-922.