Tennessee OKs $250 million payment to state pension system The capitol building in Nashville. The Tennessee General Assembly approved a one-time additional contribution of $250 million to the $55.9 billion Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, Nashville. The special appropriation is the largest single contribution made to the pension fund in its history, according to a news release Wednesday from David H. Lillard Jr., state treasurer, who oversees the pension fund. "Tennessee's General Assembly has once again shown its commitment to fiscal responsibility and to Tennessee's public employe...