Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1422 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 1443
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 1422
6	6	By Moody
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9	9	HB1422
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Chapter 120 of the Private Acts of 1915; as
14	14	amended and rewritten by Chapter 21 of the Private Acts
15	15	of 2009; Chapter 44 of the Private Acts of 2018 and
16	16	Chapter 3 of the Private Acts of 2019; and any other acts
17	17	amendatory thereto, relative to the Town of Mason.
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19	19	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
20	20	SECTION 1. Chapter 120 of the Private Acts of 1915, as amended and rewritten by
21	21	Chapter 21 of the Private Acts of 2009, Chapter 44 of the Private Acts of 2018, Chapter 3 of the
22	22	Private Acts of 2019, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is amended by deleting Sections
23	23	12-14 and substituting instead:
24	24	SECTION 12.
25	25	The board may appoint a Town Administrator who shall be under the control and
26	26	direction of the board. The Town Administrator shall report and be responsible to the
27	27	board. The board may, by ordinance, require the Town Administrator to perform any or
28	28	all the following duties:
29	29	(1) Administer the business of the Town;
30	30	(2) Make recommendations to the board for improving the quality and
31	31	quantity of public services to be rendered by the officers and employees to the
32	32	inhabitants of the Town;
33	33	(3) Keep the board fully advised as to the conditions and needs of the
34	34	Town;
35	35	(4) Report to the board the condition of all property, real and personal,
36	36	owned by the Town and recommend repairs or replacements as needed;
37	37	(5) Recommend to the board and suggest the priority of programs or
38	38	projects involving public works or public improvements that should be undertaken
39	39	by the Town;
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44	44	(6) Have general supervision of all the employees of the Town and see
45	45	that the ordinances and provisions of the charter are observed;
46	46	(7) Recommend specific personnel positions, as may be required for the
47	47	needs and operations of the Town, and propose personnel policies and
48	48	procedures for approval of the board; and
49	49	(8) Perform such other duties as may from time to time be designated or
50	50	required by the board.
51	51	The Town government shall be organized into such departments and offices as
52	52	shall be provided by ordinance. The Town Administrator may determine by executive
53	53	action the functions and duties of all departments and offices. The Town Administrator
54	54	may establish, abolish, merge, or consolidate offices, positions of employment, and
55	55	departments; may provide that the same person shall fill any number of offices and
56	56	positions of employment; and may transfer or change the functions and duties of offices,
57	57	positions of employment, and departments. The appointment and promotion of
58	58	employees of the Town of Mason shall be on the basis of merit, considering technical
59	59	knowledge required to perform satisfactorily the work, experience in the particular or
60	60	similar line of work, and administrative or supervisory qualifications. The Town
61	61	Administrator shall establish a system of personnel administration to provide for the
62	62	appointment of all employees of the Town of Mason. The Town Administrator, with
63	63	ratification of the majority of the Board, shall appoint the Town Attorney, department
64	64	heads, and such other positions as the Town Administrator shall deem necessary for the
65	65	proper and efficient administration of government for the Town of Mason.
66	66	SECTION 13. All contracts and bonds of the corporation shall be signed by the
67	67	Town Administrator and countersigned by the Recorder under the seal of the corporation
68	68	upon authority given by the Board at one of its meetings. All disbursements shall be
69	69	made by checks signed by the Town Recorder and by the Town Administrator. The
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74	74	Board may designate other officers to sign such checks in the absence or disability of
75	75	the Town Administrator or Town Recorder.
76	76	SECTION 14. The Mayor, as a member of the board, may make motions and
77	77	shall have a vote on all matters coming before the board.
78	78	SECTION 2. Chapter 120 of the Private Acts of 1915, as amended and rewritten by
79	79	Chapter 21 of the Private Acts of 2009, Chapter 44 of the Private Acts of 2018, and any other
80	80	acts amendatory thereto, is amended by deleting the second paragraph of Section 19 and
81	81	substituting instead:
82	82	Ordinances shall be signed by the Mayor, although the Mayor's signature is not required
83	83	for the ordinance to take effect. Such ordinances shall be immediately taken charge of by the
84	84	Town Recorder, numbered, placed in an ordinance book, and there authenticated by the
85	85	signature of the Town Recorder and filed and preserved.
86	86	SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote
87	87	of the legislative body of the Town of Mason. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed
88	88	by the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified to the secretary of state.
89	89	SECTION 4. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall
90	90	be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall
91	91	become effective as provided in Section 3.