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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-525 - Disability - Definition - Requirements

Disability means a physical or mental condition of a member which has persisted for six (6) months, which is likely to be permanent, and which has rendered him incapable of further performance of his duties; provided, however, that the event or illness which is deemed by the board to have resulted in the disability had its origin during the time the member was an actively employed judge. Loss of both hands by severance at or above the wrists, or both feet at or above the ankles, or the complete irrecoverable loss of the sight of both eyes, shall conclusively determine disability. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, disability as defined in this section shall not include a physical or mental condition which results directly or indirectly from:
(a)
injury intentionally self-inflicted; or
(b)
injury or disease resulting from military service.
The retirement board shall have exclusive authority to determine the existence of disability. The board, in its sole discretion, may secure such medical and other evidence as it deems necessary and appropriate. Once each calendar year, the board may require any retired member who is receiving a disability benefit and who has not reached his normal retirement date to undergo a medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the board, and such examination shall be made at the place of residence of such retired member or at any other place the retirement board designates. If a retired member refuses to submit to such medical examination, his disability benefit shall be discontinued until he shall actually undergo such medical examination; and if he fails to undergo such medical examination for one (1) year from the date the retirement board requests such medical examination, his disability benefit shall be discontinued permanently. If the board determines that he is no longer disabled, his disability benefit shall be discontinued as of the date of such determination; provided, however, that if the retired member reapplies for disability benefits and the board determines that disability exists, payment of his disability benefit shall resume as of the date of such determination that disability exists. If the disability benefit of a retired member is discontinued permanently prior to his normal retirement date and he is reemployed as a judge by the employer within six (6) months following the date his disability ceases, his credited service shall not be deemed to have been interrupted, but shall not include any time during which he was not an employee.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 25.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-526 - Disability - Conditions - Benefit

A member who is an employee, who has completed eight (8) years of credited service, and who has become disabled as defined in § 17-525 shall be eligible, upon retirement from the active employment of the employer on his disability retirement date, which shall be the first day of the month following the determination by the board that he is disabled, to receive a disability benefit as provided in this section. The monthly disability retirement benefit payable on a member's disability retirement date, as defined in this section, and on the first day of each month thereafter during the period of his disability, as defined in § 17-525, and during his lifetime, shall be computed in the same manner set forth in § 17-522 except that such computation shall be made as of his disability retirement date and the amount of such benefit shall not be less than one-fourth (1/4) of his average earnings per month. A member shall also receive, upon retirement on his disability retirement date, as defined in this section, a lump sum benefit equal to six (6) months of his monthly disability retirement benefits.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 26; 1970 (Adj. S.), ch. 556, § 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-527 - Death benefits before retirement - After retirement

If the date of death of a member occurs prior to the commencement of any benefits provided by this chapter and prior to the first day of the month following his fifty-fifth birthday or his completion of eight (8) years of credited service or at a time that the member is under age fifty-five (55) and is not a judge, his beneficiary shall receive a lump sum payment of the member's contributions credited to the deceased member. If the date of death of a member, who was in the active employment of the employer on such date, occurs prior to the commencement of any benefits provided by this chapter, but subsequent to the first day of the month following his fifty-fifth birthday or his completion of eight (8) years of credited service, a monthly survivor benefit shall be payable commencing on the first day of the month following the date of death of the member. Such monthly survivor benefit, if any, shall be the amount payable in accordance with the option elected by the member as though the member has retired on the day before his date of death; provided, however, that if no beneficiary is living on the date of death of the member, a refund of his contributions shall be payable to his estate; and provided further, in lieu of all other benefits payable to a beneficiary upon the death of a member, the beneficiary may elect to receive a lump sum payment of the member's contributions credited to the deceased member. No death benefits shall be payable in the case of a retired member whose date of death occurs after retirement, unless the deceased retired member elected an optional form of benefit which specifically provides for a death benefit.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, if a member is eligible for retirement or disability benefits, but dies without having elected an option, the beneficiary shall be entitled to receive a monthly survivor benefit in the same amount as the beneficiary would have been entitled had the member elected Option C of § 17-532, and retired on the day before his date of death.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 27; 1967, ch. 229, § 6; 1970 (Adj. S.), ch. 556, § 8.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-528 - Termination of employment before four years of credited service

If a member has completed less than four (4) years of credited service at the time of his termination of employment as judge, he shall receive, in lieu of all other benefits he is eligible to receive, a refund of the member's contributions standing to his credit, when he attains the age of sixty-two (62).
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 28; 1970 (Adj. S.), ch. 556, § 9.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-529 - Termination of employment after four years but before eight years of credited service

If a member has completed at least four (4) years but less than eight (8) years of credited service at the time of his termination of employment as judge he shall have a right to withdraw or leave his contributions in the fund. If he is not reemployed as a judge at the end of ten (10) years from his date of termination of employment as judge, he shall receive a refund of his contributions and thereafter shall have no rights under the system unless he is eligible for participation in accordance with § 17-517.
All other provisions of this title notwithstanding any person on February 1, 1970, who as of that date is a member of any retirement system of the state of Tennessee and who prior to that date had served as county judge for eight (8) years and had withdrawn his contributions from the retirement system for county paid judges shall be eligible to the amount of credited service which he had at the time of termination of membership in such system upon the repayment of his withdrawn contribution with interest at six per cent (6%) per annum from the time of his withdrawal of such contributions to the time of repayment of his withdrawn contributions.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 29; 1970 (Adj. S.), ch. 556, § 10; 1970 (Adj. S.), ch. 592, § 1; 1972 (Adj. S.), ch. 809, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-530 - Termination of employment after eight years of credited service

If a member has completed at least eight (8) years of credited service at the time of his termination of employment he may elect to receive, in lieu of all other benefits he is eligible to receive, either (a) or (b) as follows:
(a)
a refund of the contributions made by the member; or
(b)
a monthly deferred vested retirement benefit, which shall be payable on his normal retirement date; provided he is then living, and on the first day of each month thereafter during his lifetime, computed in the same manner set forth in § 17-522, except that such computation shall be made as of his date of termination of employment; provided, however, that if the date of death of such member occurs prior to his normal retirement date, his beneficiary shall receive a refund of the member's contributions credited to such deceased member.
Notwithstanding anything in § 17-529 or in this section to the contrary, if the termination of employment of a member is by impeachment or other removal from office, he shall not be entitled to any benefit under this system except a refund of contributions made by the member. If a member whose contributions have not been refunded under § 17-529 or this section is reemployed as a judge, his credited service shall not be deemed to have been interrupted, but shall not include any time during which he was not a judge. This section shall not apply if a member terminates employment and elects to participate in accordance with § 17-517.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 30; 1970 (Adj. S.), ch. 556, § 11; 1972 (Adj. S.), ch. 809, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-531 - Election of optional retirement benefits

A member entitled to a retirement benefit may elect at any time prior to his retirement date to have a retirement benefit payable under one of the options set forth in § 17-532 in lieu of all the benefits he may otherwise be entitled to receive. The benefit shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the option elected. A member may revoke his election of an option, and he may make a new election at any time prior to retirement. Any election of an option by a member which is not received by the board during the lifetime of the member and in such form and manner which the board may prescribe, or which is not approved by the board, shall be null and void. The board may disapprove any election of an option if the election of said option is deemed to be inconsistent with the pruposes of this chapter. The beneficiary last designated by the member as of the date he delivers written application for an option to the board shall be the beneficiary to receive any benefits payable after his death. The election of an option by a member shall be null and void if the designated beneficiary dies before benefits commence.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 31.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-532 - Description of options

The amount of any optional retirement benefit set forth in this section shall be according to option rates or actuarial bases adopted from time to time by the board.
Option A: 120 payments certain and life option: An option A benefit is a decreased retirement benefit payable for life with the first 120 payments guaranteed. Any guaranteed payments due after the death of the retired member shall be payable to his beneficiary.
Option B: joint and survivor option: An option B benefit is a decreased retirement benefit payable to the retired member for life which shall continue after his death to the surviving beneficiary for life in the same amount as that payable to the retired member.
Option C: modified joint and survivor option: An option C benefit is a decreased retirement benefit payable to the retired member for life which shall continue after his death to the surviving beneficiary for life in the amount of fifty per cent (50%) of the amount that was payable to the retired member.
Option D: social security option: An option D benefit is an increased retirement benefit payable to the retired member during his lifetime until his normal retirement date and a reduced retirement benefit payable thereafter for life in order to have a more level retirement income when such reduced retirement benefit is added to his primary insurance amount payable under the Social Security Act. The optional benefit shall be based on the retired members' estimated primary insurance amount payable under the Social Security Act as such act exists on his early retirement date.
The amount of any optional retirement benefit set forth in this section shall be determined on the basis of the actuarial assumptions that have been adopted by the board and are in use at the time of determination.
If the member is over age fifty-five (55) at date of determination, the optional factors used will be those which would have been applicable when the member was age fifty-five (55) but based on the actuarial assumptions in use at the time of determination.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 32; 1967, ch. 229, § 7; 1970 (Adj. S.), ch. 556, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-533 - Changes in system

An amendment or repeal of any provision of this chapter shall be made only following an actuarial determination of its effect on the soundness of the system's design as well as its effect on the cost of the system, and disclosure of such information to all interested persons. No amendment or repeal of a provision of this chapter shall affect in any way the benefits then being paid to members, retired members, or beneficiaries or benefits based on service completed prior to the date of such amendment or repeal, except as provided in § 17-534. Provided, however, that in determining such accrued benefits, average base earnings and average earnings shall be determined as of the date of the amendment or repeal, as the case may be.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 33; 1965 (E. S.), ch. 1, § 4; 1967, ch. 22, § 8.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-534 - Termination of system

In the event this chapter is repealed in its entirety, including amendatory acts thereto, the retirement board shall prepare a list of all members, retired members, and beneficiaries, showing for each, as of the date of such repeal, the following:
(1)
For each retired member or beneficiary receiving benefits, the amount and terms of payment of such benefits.
(2)
For each member entitled to a deferred benefit as provided in § 17-524(a) or § 17-530(b), the amount and terms of payment of such benefit.
The benefits shown on the above list will then be separated into "priority classes" as follows:
Priority Class A: Benefits for members who have reached their fifty-fifth birthdays, benefits for retired members who have reached their fifty-fifth birthdays, and benefits for survivors and beneficiaries of all deceased members or retired members.
Priority Class B: Benefits for members, retired members who are receiving benefits and terminated members entitled to a deferred benefit as provided in § 17-524(a) or § 17-530(b); provided however, that they have reached their fiftieth but not their fifty-fifth birthdays and have completed eight (8) years of credited service.
Priority Class C: Benefits for all other members and retired members.
The board will then arrange for the liquidation of all assets held in the fund maintained in connection with the system and prepare a statement of the liquidated value of such assets. The board will then arrange for the application of the assets of the fund to purchase annuities from an insurance company or companies, to provide in full, if such assets are sufficient to do so, the benefits in priority class A. If such assets are not sufficient to purchase one hundred per cent (100%) of benefits in priority class A, they shall be applied in full to purchase such uniform percentage as can be purchased. If the assets of the fund are more than sufficient to purchase one hundred per cent (100%) of the benefits in priority class A, the remainder shall be applied in the same manner to purchase all or a uniform percentage of benefits in priority class B. If the remaining assets are more than sufficient to purchase one hundred per cent (100%) of the benefits in priority class B, the remainder shall be applied in the same manner to purchase all or a uniform percentage of benefits in priority class C. If the remaining assets are more than sufficient to purchase one hundred per cent (100%) of the benefits in priority class C, the remainder shall revert to the state. Upon completion of the steps specified above, this chapter shall be considered repealed, and no member, retired member or beneficiary shall have any further right or claim to benefits under this chapter.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 34; 1970 (Adj. S.), ch. 556, § 13.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-535 - Spendthrift clause

Except for obligations which may be owed to the employer, as to which obligations benefits may be applied by the board, no benefit under this retirement system shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt so to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge shall be void, nor shall any such benefit be in any manner liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of the person entitled to such benefit except as specifically provided in the retirement system; and in the event the employer or the board shall find that any member, retired member or beneficiary has become bankrupt or has attempted to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge any benefit under the retirement system, except as specifically provided herein, then such benefit shall cease and determine, and in such event the board, in its sole discretion, shall hold or apply the same to or for the benefit of such member, retired member, beneficiary, his spouse, children or other dependents, or any of them.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 35.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-536 - Claims

Any payment to a member or beneficiary, or to their legal representatives, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall to the extent of the method of computation as well as the amount thereof constitute full satisfaction of all claims hereunder against the trustees and the state of Tennessee, who may require such member, retired member, beneficiary, or legal representative, as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a receipt and release therefor in such form and manner determined by the board.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 36.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-537 - Payments for legally incompetent persons

If any member, retired member or beneficiary, is a minor, or has been adjudicated legally incapable of personally receiving and giving a valid receipt for any payment due him hereunder, the board may, unless and until claim shall have been made by a duly appointed guardian or conservator of such person, direct that such payment or any part thereof be made to such person or to such person's spouse, child, parent, brother or sister, or other person deemed by the board to be a proper person to receive such payment. Any payment so made shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the retirement system for such payment.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 37.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-538 - Correction of errors

If any change in records or error results in any person receiving from the fund more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, or had the error not been made, the board, upon discovery of such error shall correct the error by adjusting, as far as practicable, the payments in such a manner that the benefits to which such person was correctly entitled shall be paid.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 38.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY PAID JUDGES (§§ 17-501 — 17-539) › Section 17-539 - Violation a misdemeanor - Penalty

Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in an attempt to defraud such system, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than twelve (12) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 39.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1502 - Establishment of system - Management

A retirement system is established and placed under the management of the board of trustees for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of this chapter for teachers of the state. The retirement system so created shall be established as of July 1, 1945.
It shall have the power and privilege of a corporation and shall be known as the "Tennessee Teachers' Retirement System," and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for the purpose for which received.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.2 (Williams, § 2524.2).
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1504 - Legal adviser to board

The state attorney general or an assistant designated by him shall be the legal adviser of the board of trustees.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.6 (Williams, § 2524.6).
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1505 - Medical board

The board of trustees shall designate a medical board to be composed of three (3) physicians not eligible to participate in the retirement system. If required, other physicians may be employed to report on special cases. The medical board shall arrange for and pass upon all medical examinations required under the provisions of this chapter, and shall investigate all essential statements and certificates by or on behalf of a member in connection with an application for disability retirement, and shall report in writing to the board of trustees its conclusion and recommendations upon all the matters referred to it. Compensation for services of the members of the medical board shall be determined by the board of trustees.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.6 (Williams, § 2524.6).
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1506 - Actuary - Duties

(1)
The board of trustees shall designate an actuary who shall be the technical adviser of the board of trustees on matters regarding the operation of the funds created by the provisions of this chapter and shall perform such other duties as are required in connection therewith.
(2)
The actuary shall make such investigation of the mortality, service, and compensation experience of the members of the system, as he shall recommend and the board of trustees shall authorize, and on the basis of such investigation he shall recommend for adoption by the board of trustees such tables and such rates as are required in subsection (3) of this section. The board of trustees shall adopt tables, and certify the rates of contribution required under this chapter.
(3)
At least once in each six (6) year period, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service, and compensation experience of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system, and taking into account the result of such investigation and valuation, the board of trustees shall adopt for the retirement system such mortality, service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary.
(4)
On the basis of such tables as the board of trustees shall adopt, the actuary shall make a valuation at least once in each two (2) year period of the assets and liabilities of the accounts of the system created by this chapter.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.6 (Williams, § 2524.6); modified; Acts 1961, ch. 62, § 1; 1965, ch. 170, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1507 - Pecuniary interest of trustees and employees prohibited

Except as otherwise herein provided, no trustee and no employee of the board of trustees shall have any direct interest in the gains or profits of any investment made by the board of trustees, nor as such receive any pay or emolument for his service. No trustee or employee of the board shall directly or indirectly for himself or as an agent in any manner use the same, except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the board of trustees upon proper vouchers to the state treasurer, nor shall any trustee or employee of the board of trustees become an indorser or surety or in any manner an obligor for moneys loaned to or borrowed from the board of trustees.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 7; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.7 (Williams, § 2524.7).
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1508 - Membership of teachers beginning after 1945

Except as provided in § 49-1510, any person who shall become a teacher after the date as of which the retirement system is established shall become a member of the retirement system as a condition of his employment.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.3 (Williams, § 2524.3).
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1509 - Membership of teachers

(1)
There are hereby created two (2) classes of members in the Tennessee teachers' retirement system, to be known as class A members and class B members and to be defined as follows:
(a)
Class A members shall be those members who are covered by the provisions of Title II of the Federal Social Security Act and who contribute hereunder for benefits supplementary to the social security benefits. It shall consist of:
(i)
all teachers who were members prior to the date coverage under the Social Security Act is extended to such class A members, and who prior to June 30, 1959 file on a form approved by the board of trustees, a waiver of their rights to benefits accrued to them under this chapter as it heretofore existed, an election to be covered by said Social Security Act and the supplementary benefits provided by this chapter, as amended, and an agreement to the deduction of their accrued taxes, if any, under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act for the period from January 1, 1956, from the accumulated contributions held in his account in the members' contribution account; and
(ii)
all teachers who were eligible to elect to become class A members and to be covered under the Social Security Act as provided in (i) above but did not so elect, and who, if a future amendment of the Federal Social Security Act should so permit, elect to become class A members and to be covered under the Social Security Act in accordance with the terms of an agreement, if any, made between the state of Tennessee and the social security administration; and
(iii)
all teachers who enter the membership on or after the date coverage under the Social Security Act is extended to such class A members.
(b)
Except as provided in clause (iii) of paragraph (a) of this subsection, class B members shall consist of those members who have not elected to become class A members.
(2)
Except as provided under § 49-1510, any person who was a teacher on February 15, 1945 or who may have become a teacher on or before July 1, 1945, became a member of the retirement system unless he notified the board of trustees in writing on a form provided by the board on or before July 1, 1946, that he did not choose to become a member of this retirement system, and executed a waiver of all present and prospective benefits which would otherwise accrue to him by participating in the system. Any teacher who elected not to become a member may thereafter apply for and be admitted to membership, but without credit for service rendered after July 1, 1945, and prior to the time he becomes a member, except as provided in §§ 49-1518, 49-1542 and 49-1552.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 3; 1949, ch. 33, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.3 (Williams, § 2824.3); modified; Acts 1957, ch. 87, § 2; 1959, ch. 122, § 1; 1961, ch. 62, § 2; 1965, ch. 170, § 3; 1967, ch. 251, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1510 - Exclusion of teachers under local retirement systems

Teachers in the service of an employer operating a local retirement fund or plan or arrangement containing provisions for the retirement of teachers on a joint contributory basis who are eligible for membership therein shall not be members of the retirement system established under this chapter, and such teachers shall make no contributions to this retirement system nor be eligible for benefits under this retirement system except as provided in § 49-1542. Members of this system who are eligible to belong to the county officials' retirement system may elect to join such system and withdraw the membership and contributions from this system; any person making such an election shall make no further contributions to this system nor be eligible for retirement benefits under the provisions of this system.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.3 (Williams, § 2524.3); 1971, ch. 372, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1511 - Education association and other employees

Should the Tennessee education association request that its administrative employees be permitted to become members of this retirement system or should the Tennessee school boards association or the Tennessee secondary schools athletic association so request and should the association so requesting agree to make in behalf of its employees the employer's contributions required under this chapter, such employees shall be considered as teachers for the purpose of this retirement system and shall be eligible for membership herein. They shall make the same contributions and shall be eligible to the same benefits as teacher members. They shall be allowed such credit for service as shall be certified and paid for by their association. The association shall make normal contributions and special accrued liability contributions corresponding to the contributions payable by the state. The special accrued liability contributions shall be determined by an actuarial valuation of the accrued liability on account of the employees of the association who become members, in the same way as the accrued liability contributions for teacher members were determined. The contributions of the association shall be paid by the association to the board of trustees of this retirement system at the same time the state's contributions on account of teacher members are due and payable, and all benefits payable to employees of the association shall be contingent upon the payment of the necessary contributions by the association and its employees.
The administrative employees as of March 1, 1959, of said associations shall be divided into two (2) groups, the first to contribute to the Tennessee teachers' retirement system as though they were class A members, and the second group to contribute as though they were class B members. Each such employee shall have the right to choose the group in which he will be placed. This division shall be effective as of January 1, 1956. Administrative employees of said associations employed after March 1, 1959, who enroll in the Tennessee teachers' retirement system shall contribute to the retirement system as though they were class A members. Administrative employees of said associations who transfer to positions covered by the Tennessee teachers' retirement system shall become class A members and contribute thereafter as such.
Acts 1949, ch. 33, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.3 (Williams, § 2524.3); Acts 1957, ch. 87, § 3; 1959, ch. 122, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1512 - Cessation of membership

Should any member having less than ten (10) years of creditable service, or four (4) years of creditable service for any member in an institution of higher learning, be absent from service more than seven (7) years in any period of nine (9) consecutive years after becoming a member or should he be employed by an employer operating a local retirement fund or plan or arrangement containing provisions for the retirement of teachers on a joint contributory basis or should he withdraw his accumulated contributions or should he become a beneficiary or die, he shall thereupon cease to be a member.
With reference to the above provision as to absence from service, on and after July 1, 1956, teaching service totaling at least eighteen (18) months during any period of nine (9) consecutive years after becoming a member shall be an absolute requirement to retain membership during any such period ending on any date on or after July 1, 1956. Provided that should such member with less than fifteen (15) years of teaching service in the public schools of Tennessee reenter the teaching profession, and become a member of the Tennessee teachers' retirement system prior to his sixtieth birthday and shall remain in the teaching service continuously for at least five (5) years prior to his sixtieth birthday and should such member repay any and all of his withdrawn contributions with interest at six per cent (6%) per annum from the time of his withdrawal of such contributions to the time of repayment of his withdrawn contributions, he shall be entitled to reclaim all his creditable teaching service in the Tennessee teachers' retirement system.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.3 (Williams, § 2524.3); Acts 1955, ch. 153, § 2; 1961, ch. 62, § 3; 1965, ch. 170, § 4; 1965, ch. 250, § 1; 1967, ch. 251, §§ 3, 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1513 - Filing statement of prior service

Under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt, each member, who was a teacher at any time during the five (5) years immediately preceding the establishment of the system and who became a member before July 1, 1950, may file before July 1, 1959 a detailed statement of all service as a teacher rendered by him prior to the date of establishment for which he claims credit.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 4; 1949, ch. 33, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.4 (Williams, § 2524.4); modified; Acts 1957, ch. 87, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1514 - Determination of prior service credit

The board of trustees shall fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent to one (1) year of service, but in no case shall more than one (1) year of service be creditable for all service in one (1) year. Service rendered for the regular school year in any district shall be equivalent to one (1) year's service.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.4 (Williams, § 2524.4).
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1515 - Verification of prior service - Computation of compensation

Subject to the above restrictions and to such other rules and restrictions as the board of trustees may adopt, the board of trustees shall verify, as soon as practicable after the filing of such statements of service, the prior service therein claimed. In no case shall such prior service become creditable unless evidence thereof satisfactory to the board of trustees has been submitted to it prior to July 1, 1959, except as provided in §§ 49-1518, 49-1542 and 49-1552.
In lieu of determination of the actual compensation of the members that was received during such periods of prior service, where such actual compensation is not otherwise reasonably ascertainable, the board of trustees may use for the purpose of this chapter the compensation rates which will be determined by the average salary of the members for five (5) years immediately preceding the date this system became operative as the records show the members actually received.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.4 (Williams, § 2524.4); Acts 1957, ch. 87, § 5; 1967, ch. 251, § 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1516 - Prior service certificates

Upon verification of the statements of service, the board of trustees shall issue prior service certificates certifying to each member the period of service rendered in Tennessee prior to the establishment of the retirement system, with which the member is credited on the basis of his statement of service. So long as membership continues a prior service certificate shall be final and conclusive for retirement purposes as to such service; provided, however, that any member may, prior to July 1, 1959, request the board of trustees to modify or correct his prior service certificate based upon evidence filed prior to July 1, 1959.
When membership ceases, such prior service certificate shall become void. Should the teacher again become a member, such teacher shall enter the system as a teacher not entitled to prior service credit except as provided in § 49-1549 and § 49-1518.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 4; 1947, ch. 112, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.4 (Williams, § 2524.4); Acts 1957, ch. 87, § 6; 1959, ch. 122, § 3; 1967, ch. 251, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1517 - Credit for military service

Any teacher who was a member of the armed forces of the United States, including any person absent from the place of his residence and serving in the armed forces of the United States, or in the merchant marine of the United States, or in the American Red Cross, the United Service Organization, or any other organization attached to and serving with the armed forces of the United States during the period of any war in which the United States has been or may be engaged, or any teacher who has served at the call of the president during the period of any peace time emergency any mobilization of a military reserve unit (or individual member of such unit) including, but not limited to, the United States coast guard or the national guard shall be entitled to service credit for the period of such military service provided he returns to or begins the service of teaching within the meaning of this chapter within a period of two (2) years after he has received his honorable discharge, except that such two (2) year period may be extended to not more than seven (7) years if the board of trustees shall find that the member was regularly attending college in preparation for entering or returning to the teaching profession during the entire period of time in excess of two (2) years following his honorable discharge. Any teacher with credit for such military service who continues as a member until retirement shall at the time of retirement be entitled to have his accumulated contributions increased by the contributions he would have made for the period of such military service on the basis of the salary received by him during his first year of teaching service after such period, together with regular interest thereon to the date of his retirement, and such service shall be included in his creditable service for the purpose of determining his state annuity.
Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding any person called into military service by the president, in time of war or national emergency, or any mobilization of a military reserve unit (or individual member of such unit) including, but not limited to, the United States coast guard or the national guard within ninety (90) days after leaving service as a teacher, as defined in this chapter, shall be entitled to retirement credit for the period of his military service upon condition he returned to teaching service, as defined in this chapter, within seven (7) years from the date of his honorable discharge.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any period of military service arising from voluntary enlistment or reenlistment during any peace time period.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 4; 1947, ch. 112, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.4 (Williams, § 2524.4); Acts 1957, ch. 87, § 7; 1959, ch. 218, § 1; 1967, ch. 251, § 7; 1971, ch. 305, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1518 - Creditable service at retirement

Creditable service at retirement on which the retirement allowance of a member shall be based shall consist of the membership service rendered by him since he last became a member and also if he has a prior service certificate which is in full force and effect, the amount of service certified on his prior service certificate. The member may elect to have included as membership service after January 1, 1961, the time served during a legislative session as a member of the general assembly.
Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary in this chapter, any member who retires on or after July 1, 1967, and who establishes evidence to the satisfaction of the board of trustees that he taught a total of ten (10) or more years in the public schools of Tennessee, some of which service was rendered prior to July 1, 1945, shall be entitled to have such service rendered prior to July 1, 1945, included as creditable service; provided further, that creditable service shall also include teaching service in the public schools of Tennessee after July 1, 1945, under any of the following conditions:
(1)
When a teacher's contributions are withdrawn but repaid to the retirement system with interest at six per cent (6%) per annum from the date of withdrawal of such contributions to the date of repayment,
(2)
when a member whose retirement account has become inactive because of too much absence from teaching service and his accumulated contributions have not been withdrawn but who pays to the retirement system six per cent (6%) interest per annum on his accumulated account from the date his account became inactive to the date of the reactivation of his account, or
(3)
when a teacher who failed to become a member of the retirement system by officially electing to be a nonmember, as provided in subsection 2 of § 49-1509, pays to the retirement system the total amount of all the contributions he otherwise would have contributed to the retirement system during said period of nonmembership, plus six per cent (6%) interest per annum for each year that funds normally would have been on deposit with the retirement system.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.4 (Williams, § 2524.4); Acts 1963, ch. 250, § 1; 1967, ch. 251, § 8; 1970 (Adj. S.), ch. 389, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Appendix - SUPERSEDED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 8-107 — 65-168) › STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (§§ 49-1501 — 49-1563) › Section 49-1519 - Accounts established

All of the assets of the retirement system shall be credited according to the purposes for which they are held to one (1) of two (2) accounts, namely, the members' contributions account and the accumulation account.
Acts 1945, ch. 29, § 8; 1947, ch. 112, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.8 (Williams, § 2524.8); Acts 1961, ch. 62, § 4; 1971, ch. 152, § 1.