Tennessee § 8-35-112 - Membership in retirement system as condition of employment.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-35-112 — Membership in retirement system as condition of employment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-35-112. Membership in retirement system as condition of employment.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and except as provided in subsection (b), any current or former member of the retirement system or of a superseded system who accepts, or is elected to, a position on or after July 1, 2018, for which membership in the retirement system is otherwise optional shall become a member of the retirement system as a condition of employment. Subsection (a) shall not apply to an employee having optional membership who was employed by a political subdivision on the date the political subdivision elected to extend retirement coverage to the employee, unless the employee was a member or former member of a preexisting defined benefit plan maintained by that political subdivision. For purposes of this section, “political subdivision” means any entity authorized to participate in the retirement system pursuant to part 2 of this chapter. This section shall not apply to retired members of the retirement system or of a superseded system who return to service in a position covered by the retirement system as provided in § 8-36-805, § 8-36-810, § 8-36-818, or § 8-36-821. Acts 2018, ch. 736, § 11. Compiler's Notes. Former §§ 8-35-112 (Acts 1975, ch. 315, § 16; T.C.A., § 8-3903(9)), relating to retirement membership of teachers for nonprofit corporations serving mentally retarded children, was repealed by Acts 1980, ch. 654, § 1. Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 736, § 29. April 18, 2018.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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