Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-25-212

  • 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
  • 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

Any member of the retirement system who participated in the optional retirement program and received a limited lump sum distribution of contributions pursuant to [former] § 8-25-205(c)(1) [repealed] shall be entitled to establish service and salary credit in the retirement system for the period during which those contributions were made to the member’s optional retirement account. To establish service, the member must pay to the retirement system a sum equal to twelve and sixty-five hundredths percent (12.65%) of the member’s earnable compensation during the period those contributions were made to the member’s optional retirement account, plus interest on that amount at the rate provided in § 8-37-214.