§ 8-39-102. Eligibility of Teachers — Amount of Allowances
All teachers who have taught in the public schools of Tennessee for a period of not less than eight (8) years, and who have reached sixty-five (65) years of age, or are disabled to perform productive work as determined by the standards currently applicable to the members of the former Tennessee teachers’ retirement system seeking […]
§ 8-39-103. Payment Monthly — Termination at Death
All retirement allowances shall be payable in equal monthly installments which shall cease with the month in which death occurs.
§ 8-39-104. Funding
Funds for the payment of the allowances provided by this part shall not be taken from the funds of the teachers’ retirement system now in effect in this state, but there is appropriated a sufficient sum from the general fund to carry out this part.
§ 8-39-105. Administration
This part shall be administered by the state treasurer.
§ 8-39-106. Participation in Other Retirement Systems
It is expressly declared to be the intent of the general assembly in awarding this gratuitous allowance that the teacher or state employee, as the case may be, shall, in order to qualify for the allowance herein, never have participated in or had the opportunity to participate in any of the superseded systems as defined […]
§ 8-39-101. Eligibility of State Employees
All employees of the state of Tennessee who were employed by the state prior to July 1, 1947, for not less than eight (8) years and have reached sixty-five (65) years of age and who are not otherwise covered by any other retirement system administered by the state, shall be entitled to benefits as provided […]