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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE BILL 214 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Gardenhire |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE BILL 434 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Raper |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB0434 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 001031 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; |
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| 14 | 14 | | Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Title 12, relative to public officials. |
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| 17 | 17 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1, is amended by |
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| 19 | 19 | | adding the following as a new section: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) As used in this section: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) "Public facility" means real property owned by, or the acquisition, |
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| 22 | 22 | | construction, maintenance, or operation of which is funded in whole or in part by, |
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| 23 | 23 | | this state or a subdivision of this state; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) "Public official" means a person elected to local public office or any |
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| 25 | 25 | | person appointed or employed by a local government. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) A public facility shall not be named or designated for an individual public |
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| 27 | 27 | | official during the public official's term of office or during the two-year period immediately |
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| 28 | 28 | | following the public official's departure from office unless private funds are used to cover |
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| 29 | 29 | | the costs of naming or designating the public facility. The two-year limitation in this |
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| 30 | 30 | | subsection (b) does not apply if the public official is deceased or an honorably |
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| 31 | 31 | | discharged veteran of the United States armed forces. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) A public official shall not make charitable donations in the name of the public |
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| 33 | 33 | | official if the public official is using public funds. Such donations must be attributed to |
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| 34 | 34 | | the public entity from which the funds originated. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (d) A public facility shall not be named for a public official who has been |
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| 36 | 36 | | convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude. |
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| 39 | 39 | | - 2 - 001031 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (e) A public facility that has been named for a person who was not a public |
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| 42 | 42 | | official at the time of the naming may continue to bear that name if the person |
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| 43 | 43 | | subsequently becomes a public official. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (f) A public facility named for a public official prior to the effective date of this act |
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| 45 | 45 | | may continue to bear the name of that public official. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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