(a) As of July 1, 1972, the members and beneficiaries of the superseded systems shall cease to have any rights to benefits thereunder and shall be entitled only to the benefits provided by this chapter and chapters 35-37 of this title. Thereafter, no contributions shall be made to the superseded systems by either the members or the employers.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-34-711

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Beneficiary: means any person, persons or institution receiving a retirement allowance or other benefit as provided in chapters 34-37 of this title. 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 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
  • 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  • Superseded system: means , where applicable, the Tennessee state retirement system, the Tennessee teachers' retirement system, the Tennessee judges' retirement system,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) The members of the superseded systems shall become members of the retirement system in accordance with § 8-35-101(b).
(c) Each beneficiary of a superseded system shall become a beneficiary of the retirement system established by this chapter and chapters 35-37 of this title, and such beneficiary’s retirement allowance shall thereafter be paid from the retirement system under the conditions which were applicable to such beneficiary under the superseded system, except as hereinafter provided.
(d) Any former member of a superseded system who, upon termination of membership, was eligible for a deferred retirement allowance under the superseded system, the payment of which has not commenced as of July 1, 1972, shall continue to be so eligible, and such retirement allowance shall be paid from the retirement system, subject to the conditions which were applicable to such former member under the superseded system, except as hereinafter provided.
(e) Any former teacher:

(1) Who rendered service as a member of a local retirement fund;
(2) Who on June 30, 1972, was not a member of a superseded system; and
(3) Who upon termination of service as a teacher was eligible for a deferred retirement allowance payable to such former teacher or to the local retirement fund from the Tennessee teachers’ retirement system, the payment of which has not commenced as of July 1, 1972;

shall continue to be entitled to have such retirement allowance paid to such former teacher or on such former teacher’s account and such retirement allowance shall be paid from the retirement system, subject to the conditions which were applicable under the Tennessee teachers’ retirement system.

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