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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE BILL 1446 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Rose |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE BILL 1423 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Hurt |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB1423 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 003550 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Chapter 262 of the Private Acts of 1963; as |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by Chapter 313 of the Private Acts of 1982; |
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| 15 | 15 | | and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to |
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| 16 | 16 | | Lauderdale County. |
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| 18 | 18 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 313 of the Private Acts of 1982, and any other acts amendatory |
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| 20 | 20 | | thereto, is amended by deleting SECTIONS 17 and 18 and substituting: |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 17. Notwithstanding this act to the contrary, the County Commission |
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| 22 | 22 | | of Lauderdale County shall take such steps as necessary and appropriate for the |
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| 23 | 23 | | immediate and orderly relocation of the Probate and Juvenile Court of |
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| 24 | 24 | | Lauderdale County to the Justice Complex, including judges, personnel, staff, |
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| 25 | 25 | | court files, records, and any and all items necessary for the operation of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | Probate and Juvenile Court. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 18. Notwithstanding this act to the contrary, upon expiration of the full |
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| 28 | 28 | | term of the judge presiding over the Probate and Juvenile Court in Lauderdale |
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| 29 | 29 | | County, the Probate and Juvenile Court of Lauderdale County shall be dissolved |
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| 30 | 30 | | immediately and its jurisdiction and duties transferred, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) In accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 16-16-201, |
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| 32 | 32 | | jurisdiction of probate court matters shall be transferred to the Chancery Court of |
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| 33 | 33 | | Lauderdale County, and probate-related clerk duties shall be transferred to the |
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| 34 | 34 | | Chancery Court clerk. The County Commission may transfer clerk-related duties |
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| 35 | 35 | | under this subdivision (a) at any time after approval and certification of this act in |
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| 36 | 36 | | accordance with Section 2; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) In accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-210, |
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| 38 | 38 | | jurisdiction of juvenile court matters shall be transferred to the General Sessions |
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| 41 | 41 | | - 2 - 003550 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Court of Lauderdale County, and juvenile-related clerk duties shall be transferred |
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| 44 | 44 | | to the General Sessions Court clerk The County Commission may transfer clerk- |
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| 45 | 45 | | related duties under this subdivision (b) at any time after approval and |
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| 46 | 46 | | certification of this act in accordance with Section 2. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote |
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| 48 | 48 | | of the legislative body of Lauderdale County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed |
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| 49 | 49 | | by the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified to the secretary of state. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall |
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| 51 | 51 | | be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall |
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| 52 | 52 | | become effective as provided in Section 2. |
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