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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 808 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Grills |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0808 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002595 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 24, relative to compensation of county |
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| 15 | 14 | | officials. |
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| 17 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-24-102(d), is amended by |
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| 19 | 18 | | designating the existing language as subdivision (d)(1) and adding the following as a new |
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| 20 | 19 | | subdivision (d)(2): |
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| 21 | 20 | | (2) |
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| 22 | 21 | | (A) If the department of economic and community development |
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| 23 | 22 | | determines that during the previous fiscal year a county experienced substantial |
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| 24 | 23 | | characteristics of economic distress, then that county may, by resolution of the |
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| 25 | 24 | | county legislative body, forgo the increase in compensation provided in |
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| 26 | 25 | | subdivision (d)(1). |
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| 27 | 26 | | (B) The minimum compensation for county officials in a county that |
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| 28 | 27 | | chose not to increase the minimum compensation under subdivision (d)(2)(A) is |
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| 29 | 28 | | increased to the level it would have been if not for the resolution when: |
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| 30 | 29 | | (i) The department of economic and community development |
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| 31 | 30 | | determines that the county is no longer experiencing substantial |
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| 32 | 31 | | characteristics of economic distress; or |
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| 33 | 32 | | (ii) County officials take office following the next county election |
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| 34 | 33 | | after the resolution was adopted. |
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| 35 | 34 | | (C) The department of economic and community development shall |
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| 36 | 35 | | make the determination of each county's level of economic distress no later than |
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| 38 | 37 | | |
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| 39 | 38 | | - 2 - 002595 |
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| 40 | 39 | | |
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| 41 | 40 | | July 1 of each year based upon unemployment, per capita income, and poverty |
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| 42 | 41 | | levels of all Tennessee counties using statistical data prepared by any agency of |
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| 43 | 42 | | the state or federal government. |
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| 44 | 43 | | (D) As used in this subdivision (d)(2), "substantial characteristics of |
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| 45 | 44 | | economic distress" includes, but is not limited to, major loss of employment, |
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| 46 | 45 | | recent high unemployment rates, traditionally low levels of family incomes, high |
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| 47 | 46 | | levels of poverty, and high concentrations of employment in declining industries. |
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| 48 | 47 | | SECTION 2. For purposes of determining which counties are experiencing economic |
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| 49 | 48 | | distress, this act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other |
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| 50 | 49 | | purposes, this act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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