(a) Whenever any retirement law is passed by the general assembly which does not affirmatively state that it has application to participating political subdivisions, and it is subsequently determined by the retirement division that such act or provisions thereof mandate increased liabilities to participating political subdivisions within the meaning of Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, § 24, compliance with such act or acts shall be optional to the political subdivisions.
(b) Upon discovery by the retirement division that an enactment increases the liabilities of participating political subdivisions, notice of the effect of such enactment shall be given to the governing bodies of the political subdivisions by the retirement division as soon as practical.
(c) The governing body of each political subdivision shall, upon notification of the effect of the law, advise the retirement division of its desire to be covered by the act.
(d) All participating political subdivisions which do not elect to be covered by the enactment shall be excluded from the provisions thereof.
(e) Notwithstanding this section or any other law to the contrary, whenever any retirement law is passed by the general assembly in chapters 34-37 of this title that does not increase the aggregate pension liability of all participating political subdivisions combined by more than one percent (1%), then each participating political subdivision shall be automatically covered by the law effective the January 1 next following the effective date of the applicable law, unless the governing body of the political subdivision files with the Tennessee consolidated retirement system a notice of that political subdivision's election not to be covered. The notice must be filed by no later than the November 1 next following the effective date of the applicable law. For purposes of this subsection (e), “political subdivision” means any employer participating in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system pursuant to § 8-35-116(b) or this part.
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