(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any Group 1 or 3 state judge defined herein shall be eligible to elect to transfer any service previously established as a state judge, member of a constitutional convention as provided by § 8-34-608, and military service as provided by § 8-34-605, from Group 1 or 3 to Group 4 of the retirement system. It is further provided that such transfer of service shall occur upon the election by the member and the lump sum payment, if applicable, of the difference between what the member would have contributed as a member of Group 4 and the amount of employee contributions to the member’s credit on the effective date of transfer. If such election and transfer of service and applicable payment occurs within one hundred eighty (180) days of September 1, 1990, it shall be without interest. An election, transfer of service and payment occurring after one hundred eighty (180) days of September 1, 1990, shall include interest pursuant to § 8-37-214.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-34-623

  • Attorney general: means the attorney general and reporter and any assistant thereto by whatever name known, any district attorney general and any assistant thereto by whatever name called, and any officer or full-time employee of the general assembly or any committee thereof established by statute, who is duly licensed to practice law in Tennessee, whose duty it is to provide facilities for drafting bills or to assist individual legislators in drafting bills or who renders legal advice and services to the members of the general assembly or committees thereof. 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
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • 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
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State judge: means any person in office as a judge of a court of record in this state, whose salary for the judge's judicial position has been paid during the period of the judge's service wholly from the treasury of the state, including the administrative director of the courts. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any Group 1 attorney general and reporter, who served as a Group 4 state judge immediately prior to being appointed as the attorney general and reporter, shall be eligible to elect to transfer any service previously established as the attorney general and reporter, member of a constitutional convention, as provided by § 8-34-608, and military service, as provided by § 8-34-605, from Group 1 to Group 4 of the retirement system. Such transfer of service shall occur upon the election by the member and the lump sum payment, if applicable, of the difference between what the member would have contributed as a member of Group 4, and the amount of employee contributions to the member’s credit on the effective date of transfer, plus interest at the rate provided in § 8-37-214.
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