(a) Except as provided in § 8-36-912, the early service retirement allowance payable to a participant under § 8-36-910 shall be computed as a service retirement allowance in accordance with § 8-36-907, but reduced by an actuarially determined factor as set by the board from time to time.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-36-911

  • Average final compensation: means the average annual earnable compensation of a member during the five (5) consecutive years of the member's creditable service affording the highest such average, or during all of the years in the member's creditable service if less than five (5) years. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. 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
  • Employer: means :
    (A) The state or any department, commission, institution, board or agency of the state government by which a member is paid, with respect to members in its employ. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Participant: means any state employee, teacher, or political subdivision employee participating in the hybrid plan. See Tennessee Code 8-36-902
  • Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Retirement allowance: means the sum of the member annuity and the state annuity. 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) Section 8-36-124 shall not apply in determining the retirement allowance payable under this section. Further, § 8-36-211(a)(2) shall not apply in calculating the supplemental bridge benefit for participants covered by the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205(a)(1) who retire on an early service retirement allowance pursuant to this section, nor shall § 8-36-211(b)(2) apply in calculating the supplemental bridge benefit for participants covered by the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205(a)(2) who retire on an early service retirement allowance pursuant to this section and whose employer adopted this part. Instead, the supplemental bridge benefit shall be equal to three-fourths of one percent (0.75%) of the participant’s average final compensation, multiplied by the participant’s years of creditable service when the participant was in a position covered by the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205, but reduced by an actuarially determined factor as set by the board from time to time.