Tennessee § 8-39-202 - Retirement allowance upon reaching sixty-five years of age.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-39-202 — Retirement allowance upon reaching sixty-five years of age., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-39-202. Retirement allowance upon reaching sixty-five years of age.
Any former governor, upon reaching sixty-five (65) years of age, shall be eligible to receive a retirement allowance. The amount of such retirement allowance shall be an amount per annum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the then current annual salary of the office of the governor, payable in twelve (12) equal monthly payments, to commence on the first day of the month following the former governor's sixty-fifth birthday and to be payable monthly thereafter for life. Acts 1972, ch. 814, § 12; T.C.A., § 8-3942(b). Attorney General Opinions. Proposed legislation decoupling former governors' retirement allowance from increase in governor's salary would violate Tenn. Const. art. III, § 7, and impair the obligation of contracts under Tenn. Const. art. I, §§ 10, 20, OAG 04-074, 2004 Tenn. AG LEXIS 68 (4/22/04).
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