8-35-101 - Eligibility.
8-35-101. Eligibility.
(a) Any person who becomes a teacher, a general employee, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter or a police officer on or after July 1, 1972, shall become a member of the retirement system as a condition of employment.
(b) Any person who on June 30, 1972, is a member of a superseded system shall become a member of the retirement system as of July 1, 1972.
(c) Any person who on June 30, 1972, is not a member of a superseded system and who is employed as a general employee, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner, a person in the employ of a political subdivision of the state participating in the retirement system pursuant to part 2 of this chapter or a teacher other than a teacher eligible for membership in a local retirement system, may elect to become a member of the retirement system as of July 1, 1972; provided, that within ninety (90) days following July 1, 1972, 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. Any employee may elect to become a member; provided, that such person files with the board of trustees a notice of election to become a member.
[Acts 1972, ch. 814, § 3; 1973, ch. 347, §§ 4, 5; 1974, ch. 630, § 2; T.C.A., § 8-3903(1), (2); Acts 1985, ch. 449, § 10; 1999, ch. 205, § 17.]