If a member terminates his membership, he shall thereafter forfeit all rights to any benefit or benefits provided under this chapter for service completed prior to the date his membership is terminated. The membership of any member shall terminate upon:

(a) Withdrawal of his contributions at termination of employment or anytime thereafter, regardless of his length of credited service;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 17-519

  • Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all the amounts deducted from the compensation of a member, together with any amount transferred to the account of the member established pursuant to chapters 34-37 of this title from the respective account of the member under one (1) or more of the superseded systems, with interest thereon, as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Member: means any person included in the membership of the retirement system, as provided in chapter 35, part 1 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Regular interest: means interest at such rate or rates compounded annually as may be set from time to time by the board of trustees in accordance with §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Service: means service as a general employee, a teacher, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter, a police officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner or a county official which is paid for by an employer, and also includes service for which a former member of the general assembly is entitled to under former §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(b) Termination of employment, unless at such termination of employment he has completed eight (8) years of credited service and he does not withdraw his contributions;
(c) Termination of employment, unless he has terminated his employment pursuant to § 17-529 and provided that he becomes reemployed as a judge within ten (10) years of such date of termination of employment;
(d) Retirement, except disability retirement followed by reemployment as a judge subject to § 17-525, and except early retirement, if a monthly deferred early retirement benefit was elected, followed by reemployment as a judge subject to § 17-524(a);
(e) Death;
(f) Termination of employment at any time because of impeachment or other removal from office;
(g) Should a member cease to be a judge before being eligible for retirement, he shall be paid, upon application as soon as practicable within ninety (90) days thereafter, the amount of his contributions together with three per cent (3%) interest, compounded annually, or with such proportion of the regular interest credited thereon as the board may allow beginning as of July 1, 1965; provided, however, that no interest shall be payable if separation occurs within five (5) years from the date the judge became a member of the system;
(h) Should a member die at any time before retirement, the amount of his accumulated contributions plus interest as provided in § 17-519(g) shall be paid to his beneficiary in accordance with § 17-518;
(i) Termination of employment unless he is eligible for participation in accordance with § 17-517.
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