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Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-7-111

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In addition to all other salary benefits otherwise payable, every commissioned member of the department of safety shall be paid longevity pay according to the following schedule:

(1) First through the fifth year--none;

(2) Beginning with the month following the fifth anniversary of the member's employment, the sum of five dollars ($5.00) per month times the member's total years of service.

(b) The longevity pay provided for in subsection (a) shall not be in lieu of merit raises, step increases or cost of living increases, but shall be in addition to all such increases.

(c) It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent to reward experience and faithful service to the state and to encourage career law enforcement officers to remain in service to the state.

(d) In addition to the five dollars ($5.00) per month longevity payment authorized in subsection (a), each eligible employee shall receive a longevity payment supplement in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per year for each year of creditable service with the Tennessee highway patrol for the first fifteen (15) years of service only.

(e) Funds required to fund this section are hereby directed to be from the 1977 increase in driver license fees.

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