As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Employee organization” means any organization:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-50-901

  • bank: means a system of accounting for voluntarily pooled and irrevocably donated accumulated personal sick leave which is collected for the purpose of providing sick leave to members of the program who have suffered a personal illness, surgery, disability or quarantine and whose sick leave is exhausted. See Tennessee Code 8-50-901
  • 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
  • Sick leave: means a designated amount of compensated leave accumulated pursuant to part 8 of this chapter that is granted to a member who through personal illness, injury, disability or quarantine, is unable to perform the duties of the member's state position. See Tennessee Code 8-50-901
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State employee: means all employees in state service, legislative branch, and constitutional officers who accrue sick leave pursuant to part 8 of this chapter and all employees and teachers of all state special schools. See Tennessee Code 8-50-901
(A) With membership open to all state employees;
(B) Which has a payroll deduction established by § 8-23-204; and
(C) Which has a membership of more than twenty percent (20%) of the total number of state employees;
(2) “Member” or “participant” means any state employee who has joined the bank by making the initial donation of the minimum number of days necessary and has donated subsequently assessed days;
(3) “Sick leave” means a designated amount of compensated leave accumulated pursuant to part 8 of this chapter that is granted to a member who through personal illness, injury, disability or quarantine, is unable to perform the duties of the member’s state position. Sick leave may not be granted for the period of disability when moneys are paid to the member under the Workers’ Compensation Law, compiled in title 50, chapter 6;
(4) “Sick leave bank” or “bank” means a system of accounting for voluntarily pooled and irrevocably donated accumulated personal sick leave which is collected for the purpose of providing sick leave to members of the program who have suffered a personal illness, surgery, disability or quarantine and whose sick leave is exhausted;
(5) “Sick leave bank trustees” or “trustees” means those persons appointed to govern the activities of the sick leave bank as provided by §§ 8-50-901 – 8-50-909; and
(6) “State employee” means all employees in state service, legislative branch, and constitutional officers who accrue sick leave pursuant to part 8 of this chapter and all employees and teachers of all state special schools.
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