Part Definitions

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Cities and Towns
4. Municipal Powers Generally
5. Minimum Fire and Police Retirement Allowances
6. Part Definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Department” means the fire department or police department of any municipality that pays wages to its employees for services rendered;
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;
3. “Municipality” means any municipality having its own employees retirement system or pension plan;
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;
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;
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
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.

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