Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36.

This bill extends mandatory retirement provisions imposed on certain public safety officers. Present law imposes a mandatory age requirement for members of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system who are employed as commissioned instructors employed at the Tennessee law enforcement training academy and members who are employed with the wildlife resources agency as commissioned wildlife area managers, commissioned wildlife lake managers, commissioned boating chiefs, and commissioned boating assistant chiefs. This bill extends the mandatory age requirement to include the following: (A) Commissioned special agents of the department of revenue; and (B) Commissioned members of the department of environment and conservation. Under present law, any Group 1 member who retires on a service retirement allowance with creditable service in a Group 1 position covered by the mandatory retirement provisions referenced above receive a supplemental bridge benefit; the employees added to the mandatory retirement provisions by this bill will receive the supplemental bridge benefit.