(a)

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-36-713

  • 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
  • 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
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) In addition to any other increase in retirement benefits provided by this part, effective July 1, 1985, retired teachers and general employees shall be entitled to an increase in their monthly retirement benefit in accordance with the following schedule:

Date of Retirement

Increase

Per Year of Service

on or before 6/30/73

$ .61

7/1/73 – 6/30/75

.37

7/1/75 – 6/30/78

.25

7/1/78 – 6/30/80

.15
(2) Effective July 1, 1987, and in addition to any other increase in retirement benefits provided by this part, retired teachers, wildlife officers, state police officers, firefighters, police officers and general employees shall be entitled to an increase in their monthly retirement benefits in accordance with the following schedule, which shall be in lieu of the increase in benefits provided in subdivision (a)(1).

Date of Retirement

Increase

Per Year of Service

on or before 6/30/73

$1.18

7/1/73 – 6/30/75

.94

7/1/75 – 6/30/78

.48

7/1/78 – 6/30/80

.28
(b) The increase effective July 1, 1987, shall continue to be paid thereafter. It is the legislative intent that this section shall not be interpreted to authorize additional increases beyond those taking effect July 1, 1987.
(c) As used in this section, “retired teacher” and “retired general employee” mean any retired teacher and any retired general employee, as defined in § 8-34-101, and any former teacher or state employee receiving benefits under chapter 39, part 1 of this title.
(d) The benefit paid under this section shall be calculated without regard to § 8-36-102.
(e) This section shall be optional for political subdivisions participating in the retirement system in accordance with § 8-35-217. Political subdivisions exercising the option permitted herein must do so before June 30, in order for it to be effective the following July 1.
(f) Implementation of this section shall be subject to funding being provided in the general appropriations act.
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