O-126-2016

Amend Charter Article XIII (Pensions) re: domestic relations orders and military service.

An Ordinance to amend the Charter of the City of Knoxville, specifically chapter 412 of the Private Acts of 1923 of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, entitled, “An act to incorporate the City of Knoxville in Knox County, Tennessee, and to define the rights, powers and liabilities of the same; to fix the boundaries of said municipality, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act,” and all acts amendatory thereto, by amending Article XIII of said Charter, entitled “Pensions,” as previously amended, so as to provide for payments to an alternate payee pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order in accordance with a change in state law and to bring the provisions of the system related to military service in full compliance with federal law, and further providing for the submission of this ordinance to the qualified voters of the City of Knoxville for approval as provided in Article XI, section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee.(Requested by Mayor and Pension Board)