(a) In addition, each member who on June 30, 1972, shall have been a member of a superseded system shall receive prior service credit for all service with which such member shall have been credited as of June 30, 1972, under any superseded system. Any such member shall be entitled to receive credit for any service prior to the effective date of such superseded system for which such member would have been entitled to claim credit under such superseded system; provided, that such member makes application therefor to the retirement system in the manner prescribed by the retirement system.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-34-602
Agriculture: means :(i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
County official: means a county clerk, a clerk of a circuit court, a criminal court, or a probate court, a clerk and master of a chancery court, a clerk of a general sessions court where such general sessions court has an independent clerk who serves such court only, a register of deeds, a county trustee, a sheriff, a county road superintendent elected by a county legislative body, by a county road commission or commissioners, or by popular vote, and an assessor of property, any county commissioner elected by popular vote, serving in a county having a county commission form of government. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
Creditable service: means prior service plus membership service, as provided in part 6 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
Earnable compensation: includes , but is not limited to, any bonus or incentive payment. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
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
Prior service: means service rendered prior to the date of membership in the retirement system for which credit was given under the terms of one (1) or more of the superseded systems as provided in part 6 of this chapter. 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
Retirement system: means the Tennessee consolidated retirement system as defined in §. 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
Superseded system: means , where applicable, the Tennessee state retirement system, the Tennessee teachers' retirement system, the Tennessee judges' retirement system, the retirement system for county paid judges of Tennessee, the attorneys general retirement system of Tennessee, the public service commissioners' retirement system, and the Tennessee retirement system for county officials, any one (1) of them, or any combination thereof. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)(1) Any member who served in a position covered by the superseded state retirement system who elected not to join such system and who subsequently becomes a member of the state retirement system or the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, and who has been employed for twenty (20) years of total service with the state or participating political subdivisions, shall now be able to claim all prior state service in Group 1 upon proper documentation as required by the board of trustees of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system; provided, that such member does not have credit for such service in any other public employee retirement system.(2) Such member shall pay in a lump sum an amount equal to the amount such member would have contributed had such member been a member of the superseded state retirement system and/or the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, plus interest at the rate designated in § 8-37-214.(c) Any teacher who is a member may claim any service rendered in the employment of the state prior to July 1, 1972; provided, that such member makes a back contribution or redeposit as provided in § 8-37-214.(d)(1) Any member in Group 1 may establish retirement credit for previous service rendered as an agriculture county agent or home demonstration agent or assistant thereto under the following conditions:
(A) The member is not and never has been vested in any other retirement system, including the United States Civil ServiceRetirement Act (5 U.S.C. § 8331 et seq.), as amended October 20, 1969, based in whole or in part on such previous service;(B) The previous service must be certified on proper documents as required by the retirement division; and(C) The member shall make a lump sum payment equal to ten percent (10%) of the member’s earnable compensation during such period of service, plus interest at the rate provided by § 8-37-214.(2) Any such services in these capacities rendered prior to 1945 shall be credited to the member without cost.(e) Any superintendent of schools who withdrew such superintendent’s total contributions and time credits from the superseded Tennessee teachers’ retirement system and transferred that portion of time served as superintendent of schools into the Tennessee county officials’ retirement system may, upon request to the board of trustees of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, reestablish that portion of time credit withdrawn from the superseded Tennessee teachers’ retirement system and not eligible for time credits in the superseded county officials’ retirement system may claim this service in Group 1 by proper documentation to the board and paying in a lump sum an amount equal to the amount contributed as a teacher, plus interest at the rate designated in § 8-37-214, based on the time the contributions were withdrawn to the time the payment was made. Upon retirement, benefits shall be computed based on creditable service established under Groups 1 and 3 and added to the benefits computed under the superseded county officials’ retirement system.(f) Any member participating in the retirement system pursuant to § 8-35-121 who served in a full-time position covered by the superseded state retirement system or the Tennessee consolidated retirement system and who has never received retirement credit for such service may claim such service upon payment in a lump sum of the contributions which would have been made during such employment. Any member who has been refunded contributions for such service shall not be eligible to reestablish service under this subsection (f). In no event shall this section be construed to extend retirement credit to state employees unrelated to the programs for the blind.(g)(1) Any prior class county official who was employed by a county official prior to becoming covered by the superseded retirement system for county officials shall be eligible for prior service credit in the superseded retirement system for county officials for the time served as an employee of a county official.(2) Any additional service credit established under this subsection (g) shall be funded by payment of a lump sum amount equal to the amount such official would have contributed had the official been a member of the superseded retirement system for county officials, plus interest at the rate designated in § 8-37-214, and any additional amount as determined by the board of trustees of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system required to fund the liability created by this subsection (g). The payment for this service may be made by the member or by appropriation of funds for this purpose by the member’s county legislative body. No benefits shall be paid as a result of service credit established under this subsection (g), until the same is fully funded according to this subsection (g).
