Tennessee Code 8-4018 – Application for benefits – Fixing amount – Payment
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-4018
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- County judge: means any person who is, or when such office existed was, a judge of a general sessions court, trial justice court, county chair, county judge, probate judge, or judge of a juvenile and/or domestic relations court, and whose compensation for such judicial service is paid wholly by a county of the state, or any person who is a county attorney who receives regular monthly or quarterly compensation from a county of the state, or any county manager or county administrator who receives regular monthly or quarterly compensation from a county of the state. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- County official: means a county clerk, a clerk of a circuit court, a criminal court, or a probate court, a clerk and master of a chancery court, a clerk of a general sessions court where such general sessions court has an independent clerk who serves such court only, a register of deeds, a county trustee, a sheriff, a county road superintendent elected by a county legislative body, by a county road commission or commissioners, or by popular vote, and an assessor of property, any county commissioner elected by popular vote, serving in a county having a county commission form of government. 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
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 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
- State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
Any county official desiring to retire shall notify the comptroller of the state of his intentions which notice shall state the term of his service as a county official and average compensation as herein defined together with the date on which he proposes to retire from office. The county official desiring retirement shall obtain from the county judge of the county in which said county official is serving at the time of his retirement a sworn statement from said county judge to the effect that the county judge has examined pertinent records pertaining to the term of service of said county official and salaries or other compensation realized by said county official during his term of service and said affidavit shall contain the average compensation of the county official and the dates of service. Upon receipt of such affidavit, application and military record, if applicable, the comptroller shall examine the same and other pertinent records and certify to said board the facts with regard to said county official and his average compensation as calculated upon the basis set out in this chapter together with the date of his retirement. Said board shall thereupon fix the retirement benefit and certify the amount thereof due to such retiring member; and, said retiring benefit shall be paid monthly by the treasurer of the state of Tennessee out of said retirement fund to the retired member during his or her lifetime, and after the death of the retired member to the named beneficiary or beneficiaries for the minimum period or remainder of the minimum period established under this chapter, if applicable.