§ 8-35-112 — Membership in retirement system as condition of employment

Tennessee § 8-35-112

• Jurisdiction: Tennessee
• Title: 8

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(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and except as provided in subsection (b), any current or former member of the retirement system or of a superseded system who accepts, or is elected to, a position on or after July 1, 2018, for which membership in the retirement system is otherwise optional shall become a member of the retirement system as a condition of employment. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an employee having optional membership who was employed by a political subdivision on the date the political subdivision elected to extend retirement coverage to the employee, unless the employee was a member or former member of a preexisting defined benefit plan maintained by that political subdivision. For purposes of this section, "political subdivision" means any entity authorized to participate in the retirement system pursuant to part 2 of this chapter. (c) This section does not apply to retired members of the retirement system or of a superseded system who return to service in a position covered by the retirement system, as provided in chapter 36, part 8 of this title that does not allow the retired member to accrue additional retirement benefits.

Legislative History

Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 476, s 2, eff. 5/17/2023. Acts 2018 ch. 736, § 11.