Tennessee Code 8-4015 – Partial retirement benefits
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-4015
- County official: means a county clerk, a clerk of a circuit court, a criminal court, or a probate court, a clerk and master of a chancery court, a clerk of a general sessions court where such general sessions court has an independent clerk who serves such court only, a register of deeds, a county trustee, a sheriff, a county road superintendent elected by a county legislative body, by a county road commission or commissioners, or by popular vote, and an assessor of property, any county commissioner elected by popular vote, serving in a county having a county commission form of government. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. 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
Any county official as herein defined may after July 1, 1968, retire from office and be paid retirement benefits provided said county official has attained the age of fifty-five (55) years and presents satisfactory evidence of at least twelve (12) years service but less than twenty-four (24) years service, said retirement benefits to be paid as follows:
12 years service – 1/2 of full retirement benefits
13 years service – 13/24 of full retirement benefits
14 years service – 7/12 of full retirement benefits
15 years service – 5/8 of full retirement benefits
16 years service – 2/3 of full retirement benefits
17 years service – 17/24 of full retirement benefits
18 years service – 3/4 of full retirement benefits
19 years service – 19/24 of full retirement benefits
20 years service – 5/6 of full retirement benefits
21 years service – 7/8 of full retirement benefits
22 years service – 11/12 of full retirement benefits
23 years service – 23/24 of full retirement benefits.