2018 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 34 - Retirement--Generally
Part 6 - Creditable Service
§ 8-34-620. Out-of-state service.
(a) For the purpose of determining eligibility for service retirement benefits, any teacher or state employee may establish retirement credit for previous service rendered as a public school teacher or full-time state employee in a state other than Tennessee or as a teacher in an overseas facility owned or operated by the United States department of defense under the following conditions:
(1) The previous service shall not be used in determining any rights under this chapter prior to the member being vested;
(2) The member is not receiving, and is not and will not be entitled to receive, retirement credit in any other retirement system for such previous service;
(3) The previous service does not exceed the number of years of creditable service in Tennessee;
(4) The previous service must be certified on proper documents as required by the board of trustees;
(5) The service shall only be credited for the purpose of establishing eligibility for retirement. No benefit shall be paid on such service; and
(6) The member shall make a lump sum payment equal to:
(A) If the previous service was rendered on or before June 30, 2000,
(i) The sum the member would have contributed had the member been a member during such period of out-of-state service;
(ii) Plus the employer contributions which would have been made in accordance with the contribution rates in effect during the period in which the service was rendered;
(iii) Plus interest on both at the rate provided by § 8-37-214.
(B) If the previous service was rendered after June 30, 2000,
(i) A sum equal to ten percent (10%) of the member's earnable compensation during such period of out-of-state service;
(ii) Plus interest at the rate provided by § 8-37-214.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(2), if a member was in a defined contribution plan maintained on behalf of the member by an out-of-state public employer, the member shall be permitted to use other funds not in that plan to establish credit pursuant to this section.
