Tennessee Code 49-1515 – Verification of prior service – Computation of compensation
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-1515
- board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Prior service: means service rendered prior to the date of membership in the retirement system for which credit was given under the terms of one (1) or more of the superseded systems as provided in part 6 of this chapter. 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
Subject to the above restrictions and to such other rules and restrictions as the board of trustees may adopt, the board of trustees shall verify, as soon as practicable after the filing of such statements of service, the prior service therein claimed. In no case shall such prior service become creditable unless evidence thereof satisfactory to the board of trustees has been submitted to it prior to July 1, 1959, except as provided in §§ 49-1518, 49-1542 and 49-1552.
In lieu of determination of the actual compensation of the members that was received during such periods of prior service, where such actual compensation is not otherwise reasonably ascertainable, the board of trustees may use for the purpose of this chapter the compensation rates which will be determined by the average salary of the members for five (5) years immediately preceding the date this system became operative as the records show the members actually received.