Tennessee Code 8-3412 – Membership of employees with service prior to establishment of system
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-3412
- board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. 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
- Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- 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to the date of membership in the retirement system for which credit was given under the terms of one (1) or more of the superseded systems as provided in part 6 of this chapter.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
- State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
Any person who is an employee of the state, having prior service upon the date of the establishment of the retirement system, within the period of thirty (30) days next succeeding such establishment, and any person having prior service on leave from the service of the state, within thirty (30) days next succeeding the termination of such leave, may file with the board, on forms prescribed by it, a notice of his election not to be included in the membership of the retirement system, and in such cases, the board shall exclude him from membership. Any employee so excluded, however, may thereafter become a member by making application for membership to the board, but no such employee shall receive any prior service credit.