(a) Should a teacher who is a member of the retirement system enter the employ of an employer operating a local retirement fund in which the teacher is eligible for membership, the teacher shall cease to contribute to the retirement system and become subject to the local retirement fund, but shall not lose previous accrued credits in the retirement system so long as the teacher continues in the service of such employer.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-35-307

  • 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
  • Local retirement fund: means any teachers' retirement fund or other arrangement for payment of retirement benefits to teachers, except this retirement system, supported wholly or in part by contributions made by an employer as defined by chapters 34-37 of this title. 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
  • Retirement system: means the Tennessee consolidated retirement system as defined in §. 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
  • Superseded system: means , where applicable, the Tennessee state retirement system, the Tennessee teachers' retirement system, the Tennessee judges' retirement system, the retirement system for county paid judges of Tennessee, the attorneys general retirement system of Tennessee, the public service commissioners' retirement system, and the Tennessee retirement system for county officials, any one (1) of them, or any combination thereof. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(b) Any teacher who is a member of a local retirement fund and who had teaching service in the Tennessee teachers’ retirement system or the Tennessee consolidated retirement system may establish this service in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system at any time prior to retirement; provided, that the teacher has taught at least ten (10) years in the public schools of Tennessee; and provided further, that the teacher makes redeposit of the contributions withdrawn plus interest at the rate provided for in § 8-37-214. Any teacher who is eligible to receive retirement credit in the local fund for service withdrawn from the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or the superseded system shall not be entitled to establish retirement credit for the withdrawn service in this system.
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