8-36-118 - Certain University of Tennessee extension service employees Eligibility for retirement benefits based upon longevity pay.
8-36-118. Certain University of Tennessee extension service employees Eligibility for retirement benefits based upon longevity pay.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all former, present and future employees of the University of Tennessee extension, holding joint appointments with the United States department of agriculture, shall be eligible for a retirement benefit based solely on longevity pay which is or was received under § 8-23-206; provided, that credit has not been granted under the federal civil service retirement plan for such longevity pay. Before the commencement of any such retirement benefit, the former employee must make a lump sum payment equal to the contributions such former employee would have made on longevity pay had it been creditable in the federal civil service retirement plan, plus interest as provided by § 8-37-214. The University of Tennessee shall transfer to the Tennessee consolidated retirement system any employer contributions which would have been paid to the federal civil service retirement plan for longevity pay.
(b) The benefit as provided under this section shall be equal to the difference between the benefit received from the federal civil service retirement system and what would have been received had longevity pay been credited in such system. The University of Tennessee shall calculate and certify such benefit amount to the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, which shall audit and verify such benefit calculation.
(c) Payment of the benefit provided by this section shall be retroactive to the date of retirement of the retired former employee. The provisions of § 8-36-701 shall apply to all benefits provided by this section. All benefits payable under this section shall cease upon the death of the retiree. No other provisions of chapters 34-37 of this title shall apply to the benefits provided by this section.
[Acts 1986, ch. 677, § 1; 2004, ch. 517, § 2.]