2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 36 - RETIREMENT BENEFITS (§§ 8-36-101 — 8-36-924) › Part 8 - REEMPLOYMENT AFTER RETIREMENT (§§ 8-36-NEW — 8-36-823) › Section 8-36-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered]

(a)
Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or of a superseded system, or of a local retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 35, part 3 of this title, may be reemployed in a position covered by the retirement system without the loss or suspension of the retired member's retirement benefits; provided, that:
(1)
The member retired on an unreduced service retirement allowance pursuant to chapters 35 and 36 of this title, including, but not limited to, §§ 8-35255, 8-35-256, 8-36-201, and 8-36-906;
(2)
The retired member is reemployed as a law enforcement officer with a law enforcement agency for the sole purpose of serving full-time as a school resource officer, as defined in § 49-6-4202, at a public school in an LEA as defined in § 49-1-103 that serves students in any of the grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12);
(3)
The retired member is not reemployed until the expiration of at least sixty (60) calendar days from the member's effective date of retirement;
(4)
The retired member's reemployment must not exceed one (1) year; provided, that the retired member may be reemployed for an additional one-year period if the conditions in this section are met for each period of reemployment. A retiree must not be reemployed pursuant to this section for more than two (2) years;
(5)
To fund the liability created by this section, the retired member's new employer shall pay to the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, during each period of reemployment, a payment equal to the amount the employer would have contributed to the retirement system had the retired member been a contributing member of the retirement system during the period of reemployment;
(6)
The retired member is not eligible to accrue additional retirement benefits as a result of the member's reemployment pursuant to this section;
(7)
Upon the reemployment of the retired member, the retired member's new employer shall:
(A)
Notify the retirement system of the member's reemployment pursuant to this section and provide any documents or information required by the retirement system;
(B)
Certify, in writing, to the retirement system that the retired member has the requisite experience and training for the position to be filled and that no other qualified person is available to fill the position; and
(C)
Certify, in writing, to the retirement system that the employer is employing the retired member to serve full-time as a school resource officer at a public school in this state that serves students in any of the grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12); and
(8)
The retiree is not drawing disability retirement benefits under chapter 36, part 5 of this title.
(b)
If an LEA or multiple LEAs in the jurisdiction of a law enforcement agency have multiple full-time school resource officer positions available at one (1) or more public schools in the LEA or LEAs, then a law enforcement agency may employ a retired membi3r for each position; provided, that the conditions of subsection (a) are met.
(c)
This section is repealed on June 30, 2026.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 918,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.