Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-1513

  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Date of establishment: means the date as of which the retirement system is established as provided in §. 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
  • 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

Under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt, each member, who was a teacher at any time during the five (5) years immediately preceding the establishment of the system and who became a member before July 1, 1950, may file before July 1, 1959 a detailed statement of all service as a teacher rendered by him prior to the date of establishment for which he claims credit.