2021 Tennessee Code
Part 3 - Membership—teachers in Local Systems
§ 8-35-303. State Annuity for Teachers Eligible to Participate in Local Funds

If a teacher in the service of an employer operating a local retirement fund who is eligible for membership therein ceases to be a teacher, and if at such time such person would have been eligible for retirement under this retirement system had such person been a member, the board of trustees shall pay from the state accumulation fund of this retirement system to the managing board of the local retirement fund a state annuity equal to the state annuity which would have been payable under this retirement system if such teacher had been a member of this retirement system during service with such employer subsequent to the date of establishment to the time of retirement and a member of the Tennessee teachers' retirement system during service with such employer prior to the date of establishment: