(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in § 8-36-921, any participant shall be eligible for an early service retirement allowance from the defined benefit component of the plan upon attainment of sixty (60) years of age and completion of five (5) years of creditable service, or upon attainment of a combination of age and years of creditable service as to equal eighty (80).

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-36-910

  • Attorney general: means the attorney general and reporter and any assistant thereto by whatever name known, any district attorney general and any assistant thereto by whatever name called, and any officer or full-time employee of the general assembly or any committee thereof established by statute, who is duly licensed to practice law in Tennessee, whose duty it is to provide facilities for drafting bills or to assist individual legislators in drafting bills or who renders legal advice and services to the members of the general assembly or committees thereof. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Creditable service: means prior service plus membership service, as provided in part 6 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Defined benefit component: means the portion of the hybrid plan that provides a defined benefit plan within the retirement system, but which has its own vesting, benefit structure, and contribution requirements as set forth in this part. See Tennessee Code 8-36-902
  • 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
  • Participant: means any state employee, teacher, or political subdivision employee participating in the hybrid plan. See Tennessee Code 8-36-902
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Retirement allowance: means the sum of the member annuity and the state annuity. 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
(b) Any participant serving in a position covered by the mandatory retirement provisions of § 8-36-205 shall be eligible for an early service retirement allowance from the defined benefit component of the plan upon attainment of fifty-five (55) years of age and upon completion of five (5) years of creditable service, or at any age upon completion of twenty-five (25) years of creditable service.
(c) Any participant serving as the attorney general and reporter, a district attorney general, district public defender, state judge, or as a member of the general assembly shall not be eligible for an early service retirement allowance under the defined benefit component of the plan. Instead, such participants shall be eligible for a retirement allowance from the defined benefit component of the plan upon meeting the applicable conditions set forth in § 8-36-906.
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