Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any present employee serving as a city judge or city attorney for a municipality shall be eligible for membership in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system upon:

(1) Passage of a resolution by the municipality’s governing body authorizing an actuarial study;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-35-234

  • Average final compensation: means the average annual earnable compensation of a member during the five (5) consecutive years of the member's creditable service affording the highest such average, or during all of the years in the member's creditable service if less than five (5) years. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Creditable service: means prior service plus membership service, as provided in part 6 of this chapter. 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
  • Prior service: means service rendered prior to the date of membership in the retirement system for which credit was given under the terms of one (1) or more of the superseded systems as provided in part 6 of this chapter. 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
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(2) Passage of a resolution by the municipality’s governing body authorizing such participation and accepting the liability as a result of the participation by the employee;
(3) The employee shall make the same contributions, participate in the same manner, and shall be eligible for the same benefits as employees of local governments participating in the retirement system under this part;
(4) The employee shall be entitled to credit for prior service as approved by the governing body of the municipality under the same provisions which apply to employees of local governments;
(5) The retirement system shall not be liable for the payment of retirement allowances or other payments on account of an employee of the municipality or the employee’s beneficiaries, for which reserves have not been previously created from funds contributed by the municipality and/or its employees;
(6) It is the legislative intent that the state shall realize no increased cost as a result of this section. All costs associated with retirement coverage, including administrative costs, shall be the responsibility of the municipality;
(7) This section shall not be construed to require the municipality to extend coverage to any other employees of the municipality; and
(8) Service pursuant to this section shall be independent of all other creditable service for the purpose of calculating the member‘s average final compensation.
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