8-34-625 - Period of disability as creditable service. - Tennessee Statutes

8-34-625. Period of disability as creditable service.

(a)  Subject to the approval of the board of trustees, any member, other than an employee of a political subdivision, who receives temporary disability benefits under a workers' compensation program administered by or on behalf of an employer as defined in § 8-34-101 shall be entitled to establish retirement credit for the period of disability by making a lump sum payment of contributions the member would have made on the basis of the member's salary in effect immediately prior to the period of disability, plus interest at the rate provided in § 8-37-214.

(b)  An employee member must make application therefor, and the member's employing department or agency must provide proper certification on a form prescribed by the board of trustees, of the period of disability and salary in effect immediately prior to the disability.

(c)  No member shall be credited with such temporary disability as creditable service at a rate exceeding one (1) year per occurrence of temporary disability.

(d)  Participating political subdivisions may adopt the provisions of this section; provided, that the chief governing body of the political subdivision passes a resolution authorizing the provisions of this subsection (d) for the employees and accepting the liability therefor.

[Acts 1989, ch. 505, § 7; 2003, ch. 12, § 2; 2006, ch. 870, § 11.]