Tennessee § 8-34-620 - Out-of-state service.

§ 8-34-620. Out-of-state service.

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: The previous service shall not be used in determining any rights under this chapter prior to the member being vested; 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; The previous service does not exceed the number of years of creditable service in Tennessee; The previous service must be certified on proper documents as required by the board of trustees; The service shall only be credited for the purpose of establishing eligibility for retirement. No benefit shall be paid on such service; and The member shall make a lump sum payment equal to: If the previous service was rendered on or before June 30, 2000, The sum the member would have contributed had the member been a member during such period of out-of-state service; 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; Plus interest on both at the rate provided by § 8-37-214. If the previous service was rendered after June 30, 2000, A sum equal to ten percent (10%) of the member's earnable compensation during such period of out-of-state service; Plus interest at the rate provided by § 8-37-214. 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. Acts 1984, ch. 689, § 1; 1985, ch. 82, § 1; 1991, ch. 53, §§ 1-3; 2000, ch. 590, § 1; 2005, ch. 204, § 4.