Upon retirement for disability, a member shall receive a service retirement allowance if he has attained the age of sixty (60) years or has completed at least thirty (30) years of creditable service, otherwise he shall receive a disability retirement allowance.

A member who last became a member prior to July 1, 1967, and who retires on a disability retirement allowance on or after July 1, 1967, shall receive an allowance which shall be the largest of the amounts computed under the provisions of subsection A of this § 49-1546, subsection B of this § 49-1546 or § 49-1552.

A member who last became a member on or after July 1, 1967, and who retires on a disability retirement allowance shall receive an allowance which shall be the larger of the amounts computed under the provisions of subsection A of this § 49-1546 or § 49-1552.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-1546

  • Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all the amounts deducted from the compensation of a member, together with any amount transferred to the account of the member established pursuant to chapters 34-37 of this title from the respective account of the member under one (1) or more of the superseded systems, with interest thereon, as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Actuarial equivalent: means a benefit of equal value when computed at regular interest upon the basis of the mortality tables last adopted for such purpose by the board of trustees. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • 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
  • Covered compensation: means , with respect to any calendar year, the amount of a member's earnable compensation subject to contributions under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (26 U. 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
  • Membership service: means service rendered while a member of the retirement system. 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
  • 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 annuity: means annual payments for life derived from contributions by an employer. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(1) Upon retirement for disability, a class A member shall receive a disability retirement allowance which shall consist of:

(a) A teacher annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of retirement; and
(b) A state annuity which, together with the teacher annuity, shall be equal to nine-tenths (9/10) of an allowance computed as a service retirement allowance under § 49-1544 A(1)(b)(i) on the basis of his average final compensation and creditable service at the time of disability retirement, provided, however, that if his creditable service is less than twenty (20) years, a part or all of his additional years he would have had had he continued in service to age sixty-five (65), may be added to his creditable service in order to determine his minimum retirement allowance, but in this event the total cannot exceed twenty (20) years, and for purposes of such determination, covered compensation at the time of disability retirement shall be deemed to have continued in effect during such additional years.
(2) Upon retirement for disability, a class B member shall receive a disability retirement allowance which shall consist of:

(a) A teacher annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of retirement; and
(b) A state annuity which, together with the teacher annuity, shall be equal to nine-tenths (9/10) of an allowance computed as a service retirement allowance under § 49-1544 A(2)(b)(i) on the basis of his average final compensation and creditable service at the time of disability retirement, but not less than twenty-five per cent (25%) of his average final compensation.
B. Upon retirement for disability, a member shall receive a service retirement allowance determined in accordance with § 49-1544 B if he has attained the age of sixty (60) years or has completed at least thirty (30) years of creditable service, otherwise he shall receive a disability retirement allowance which shall consist of:

(a) A teacher annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of retirement; and
(b) A state annuity equal to seventy-five per cent (75%) of the state annuity determined in accordance with § 49-1544 B that would have been payable upon service retirement at the age of sixty (60) years had the member continued in service to age sixty (60) years without further change in compensation, except that in the case of a class A member who last became a member prior to July 1, 1957, the state annuity payable until the attainment of age sixty-five (65) shall equal seventy-five per cent (75%) of the state annuity that would have been payable upon service retirement at the age of sixty (60) years had the member continued in service to age sixty (60) years without further change in compensation and contributed at the rate of five per cent (5%) throughout his membership service; and after the attainment of age sixty-five (65) the part of the state annuity based on covered compensation shall be equal to sixty per cent (60%) of such part of the state annuity payable prior thereto.
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