(a) Each member shall receive membership service credit for all service rendered since becoming a member of the retirement system, or since such member last became a member in the event of a break in such member’s membership, on account of which contributions are made by the member or the member’s employer pursuant to § 8-34-206.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-34-601

  • 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
  • General employee: means any person who is a state official, including legislative officials elected by the general assembly, or who is employed in the service of, and whose compensation is payable in whole or in part by, the state, including employees under supervision of the state whose compensation is paid, in whole or in part, from federal or other funds, or any person in the employ of a political subdivision participating under chapter 35, part 2 of this title, or of the Tennessee County Services Association, but does not include any teacher, state police officer, wildlife officer, firefighter, police officer, state judge, county judge, attorney general, governor, or county official or public service commissioner, or any person performing services on a contractual or percentage basis. 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
  • Membership service: means service rendered while a member of the retirement system. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • State judge: means any person in office as a judge of a court of record in this state, whose salary for the judge's judicial position has been paid during the period of the judge's service wholly from the treasury of the state, including the administrative director of the courts. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(b)

(1) Any member who remains in service upon attaining seventy (70) years of age shall continue to participate in the retirement system and to accrue creditable service. The state‘s share of any additional costs of this subdivision (b)(1) shall be funded in accordance with [former] § 9-6-303, from the increase in state-imposed taxes which are earmarked to counties and which are not designated by such counties for a particular purpose.
(2) Any general employee of the state or any teacher who was previously denied membership in the system due to advanced age, and who is now permitted to participate, may establish the service credit that was previously denied by paying the contributions such person would have paid if such person had been a member, plus interest at the rate provided for in § 8-37-214.
(c)

(1) Any Group 1, Group 3 or Group 4 state judge who remains in service upon attaining seventy (70) years of age may continue to participate in the retirement system and to accrue creditable service.
(2) Any Group 1, Group 3 or Group 4 state judge who is presently serving and who has previously been denied retirement credit for service beyond seventy (70) years of age shall be entitled to establish retirement credit for service beyond seventy (70) years of age by making a lump sum payment of contributions such judge would have made, plus interest at the rate provided in § 8-37-214.
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