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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-35-312

  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. 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
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101

Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the managing board of a local retirement fund includes municipal employees who are not elected by the people and who are not members of the board of education, nor employed or appointed by the board of education, the managing board shall pay monthly to each retired teacher, in addition to whatever retirement income such retired teacher is otherwise entitled to receive from the local retirement fund, an amount not less than such retired teacher’s proportionate part of the excess of the total of the state annuities received by the managing board for all retired teachers for that month over that for the corresponding month of 1961.