Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-36-712

  • Local retirement fund: means any teachers' retirement fund or other arrangement for payment of retirement benefits to teachers, except this retirement system, supported wholly or in part by contributions made by an employer as defined by chapters 34-37 of this title. 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

Notwithstanding any other provision of chapters 34-37 of this title to the contrary, teachers who have retired from a local retirement fund shall be paid directly by the Tennessee consolidated retirement system any increases resulting from §§ 8-36-708 – 8-36-712.