(a) In determining the amount of full-time service accrued by an employee of the state of Tennessee, all full-time service accumulated while employed in any agency, office, or department of the state or in any state college or university shall be credited for purposes of the leave computation set out in §§ 8-50-801 and 8-50-802. Any former member of the general assembly who, as of July 1, 1988, was eligible to accrue annual leave under § 8-50-801, shall be credited for each year of legislative service as twelve (12) months of full-time service for all time served in the general assembly when determining the annual leave computation in § 8-50-801.
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
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
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
(b) In addition, all earned leave accrued while employed in any agency, office or department of the state or in any state college or university shall be fully transferable between such agencies, offices, departments, colleges and universities.(c) In addition, all earned sick leave provided for by §§ 49-5-701, 49-5-707, and 49-5-710, which is accrued by a teacher employed by a local school board in Tennessee who leaves the employ of that board and becomes an employee of any agency, office, department, or institution of the state or any state college or university, and participates in the sick leave program provided in this part, shall be considered accumulated state sick leave under § 8-50-802.(d) Any person may waive such conversion by notice to the authority responsible for that person’s appointment.(e) The previous employer shall certify to the new employer that the sick leave for which credit is being sought actually is accrued and due and is substantiated by records of the agency compiled during the course of such employment and not from records compiled solely for purposes of establishing leave credit.(f) The conversion of sick leave under this section shall be available to any employee who has transferred employment from a local school system to any herein named agency of state government.
