{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-6-54-801","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-54-801","heading":"Part definitions","body":"As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Department\" means the fire department or police department of any municipality that pays wages to its employees for services rendered;\n(2) \"Employee\" means any person who, on the adoption of this part, is a paid employee in the fire department or police department of any municipality and a member of a municipal retirement system or pension plan;\n(3) \"Municipality\" means any municipality having its own employees retirement system or pension plan;\n(4) \"Retired employee\" means any person who has been a paid employee in the fire department or police department of any municipality and who, on the adoption of this part, is receiving from such municipality a retirement allowance based upon such person's service in such department;\n(5) \"Retirement allowance\" means the monthly payment for life made to a retired employee or the retired employee's survivors or beneficiaries under a municipal employees retirement system or pension plan;\n(6) \"Retirement system\" or \"pension plan\" means an existing system or plan by which a municipality is paying or will pay the retired employees of its fire department or police department a retirement allowance after such employees have complied with certain conditions or requirements of employment or service to the municipality; and\n(7) \"Survivor or beneficiary\" includes any person, who is receiving, or who is entitled to receive, an allowance or survivor benefit from a retirement system that is based upon the retirement allowance of an employee or a retired employee.","path":["TN Code","Title 6","Chapter 54"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"f6ba1896e350f7df972cc67454b2857b6f20e7b729f0163a5b28fca2fb21f06c","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-6-54-705","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-6-54-802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}