Any member who is employed by a county which participated in the Tennessee Appalachia Education Cooperative shall be eligible to establish retirement credit for time during which such member was employed with the cooperative if the following conditions are met:

(1) The member has one (1) year or more of current membership service in the retirement system based upon service rendered to the county;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-35-247

  • 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
  • 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to the date of membership in the retirement system for which credit was given under the terms of one (1) or more of the superseded systems as provided in part 6 of this chapter.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
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) The chief legislative body of the county passes a resolution authorizing an actuarial study to determine the liability associated with such prior service, and accepting responsibility for the costs of such study;
(3) The member files with the county, within sixty (60) days of the passage of the resolution authorizing the study, a notice of the member’s intention to establish such prior service. Any member who fails to file the notice of election within the sixty-day period shall not later be eligible to establish such prior service.
(4) Following receipt of the actuarial study, the county adopts a resolution approved by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the chief legislative body authorizing the prior service and accepting the liability therefor; and
(5) The member makes a lump sum payment to the retirement system equal to the employee contributions such member would have made had such member been a member of the system during the period claimed, plus interest at the rate provided in § 8-37-214.
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