s[Repealed Effective 6/30/2025]

(a) As used in this section, “law enforcement officer” means a police officer as defined in § 8-34-101, state police officer as defined in § 8-34-101, sheriff, or sheriff’s deputy, whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of crime and apprehension of offenders.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-36-809

  • 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
  • Police officer: means a person in the employ of a political subdivision participating under chapter 35, part 2 of this title who is a member of the police department of such political subdivision and is trained in police work and actively engaged in such work. 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 allowance: means the sum of the member annuity and the state annuity. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Retirement system: means the Tennessee consolidated retirement system as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. 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  • Superseded system: means , where applicable, the Tennessee state retirement system, the Tennessee teachers' retirement system, the Tennessee judges' retirement system,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
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Notwithstanding a law to the contrary, a retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or a superseded system, or a local retirement fund established pursuant to chapter 35, part 3 of this title may be reemployed in a position covered by the retirement system as a law enforcement officer without the loss or suspension of the retired member’s Tennessee consolidated retirement system benefits, provided that the following conditions are met:

(1) The retired member, as of the date of reemployment, must have successfully completed annual training required by title 38, chapter 8, part 1, and as required by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission;
(2) The retired member is not reemployed until the expiration of at least sixty (60) calendar days from the member’s effective date of retirement;
(3) During the reemployment, the retirement benefit payable to the retired member must be reduced to seventy percent (70%) of the retirement allowance the member would have otherwise been entitled to receive;
(4) The retired member’s reemployment must not exceed one (1) year; provided, that the retired member may be reemployed for additional one-year periods if the conditions contained in this section are met for each period of reemployment;
(5) To fund the liability created by this section, the retired member’s new employer shall pay to the Tennessee consolidated retirement system during each period of reemployment the greater of:

(A) A payment equal to the amount the employer would have contributed to the retirement system had the retired member been a member of the retirement system during the period of reemployment; or
(B) An amount equal to five percent (5%) of the retired member’s pay rate;
(6) The retired member is not eligible to accrue additional retirement benefits as a result of the member’s reemployment;
(7) Upon the reemployment of the retired member, the retired member’s new employer shall:

(A) Notify the retirement system of the member’s reemployment with any documents or information required by the retirement system; and
(B) Certify in writing to the retirement system that the retired member has the requisite experience and training for the position to be filled and that no other qualified persons are available to fill the position; and
(8) The retiree is not drawing disability retirement benefits under chapter 36, part 5 of this title.
(c) This section is repealed on June 30, 2025.
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