Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-1562

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Beneficiary: means any person, persons or institution receiving a retirement allowance or other benefit as provided in chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 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
  • 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
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

A retired member or beneficiary may, for personal reasons and without disclosure thereof, apply to the board of trustees to suspend for any period payment of all or any part of the allowance otherwise payable to him under the provisions of the Tennessee state teachers’ retirement system. The board, on receipt of such application, shall provide the applicant with a form to be completed and returned to the board and upon receipt thereof, the board shall authorize such suspension, in which event the retired member or beneficiary shall be considered to have forfeited all rights to the amount of allowance so suspended but shall retain the right to have the full allowance otherwise payable to him reinstated as to future monthly payments upon written notice to the board of his desire to revoke his prior request for a suspension under this section.