Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-4020

  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. 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
  • Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101

Any participating county official who fails to qualify for retirement benefits under the provisions of this chapter, or the named beneficiary if county official is deceased, will be paid by the retirement board through the state treasurer, all of the total three and one-half per cent (31/2%) and/or four per cent (4%) contributions made to the system by the county officials as a member and also such interest as may be established by the Tennessee county officials retirement board.