{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-8-35-112","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-35-112","heading":"Membership in retirement system as condition of employment","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and except as provided in subsection (b), any current or former member of the retirement system or of a superseded system who accepts, or is elected to, a position on or after July 1, 2018, for which membership in the retirement system is otherwise optional shall become a member of the retirement system as a condition of employment.\n(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an employee having optional membership who was employed by a political subdivision on the date the political subdivision elected to extend retirement coverage to the employee, unless the employee was a member or former member of a preexisting defined benefit plan maintained by that political subdivision. For purposes of this section, \"political subdivision\" means any entity authorized to participate in the retirement system pursuant to part 2 of this chapter.\n(c) This section does not apply to retired members of the retirement system or of a superseded system who return to service in a position covered by the retirement system, as provided in chapter 36, part 8 of this title that does not allow the retired member to accrue additional retirement benefits.","path":["TN Code","Title 8","Chapter 35"],"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":"a8317739012f82421b5e2eeb74053c97ed907765df9714123d3bbeb47d7ab1b2","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-8-35-111","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-8-35-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}