8-35-109 - Membership optional for certain officials. - Tennessee Statutes

8-35-109. Membership optional for certain officials.

(a)  Any person who becomes a state judge, a county judge, a county official, a commissioner, a county chair, an attorney general or an elected or appointed official of the general assembly on or after July 1, 1972, shall not be required to become a member.

(b)  (1)  Any person who becomes a state judge, a county judge, a county official, a commissioner, a county chair, an attorney general or a member or an elected or appointed official of the general assembly on or after July 1, 1972, shall become a member of the retirement system, or if such person is already a member of the retirement system, shall continue as a member of the retirement system, unless such person files with the board of trustees within ninety (90) days on a form prescribed by the board, a notice of such person's election not to become a member of the system or to terminate such person's membership in the system and a duly executed waiver of all prospective benefits which would otherwise inure to such person as a member.

     (2)  Any person who becomes a state judge, a county judge, a county official, a commissioner, a county chair, an attorney general or an elected or appointed official of the general assembly on or after July 1, 1983, shall not become a member of the retirement system, unless such person files with the board of trustees on a form prescribed by the board, a notice of such person's election to become a member of the system and is otherwise eligible for membership.

[Acts 1972, ch. 814, § 3; 1975, ch. 315, § 9; T.C.A., § 8-3903(1); Acts 1983, ch. 342, § 4; 1985, ch. 449, § 14.]