Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1435 Compare Versions

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12	12	AN ACT to amend Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as
13	13	amended by Chapter 39 of the Private Acts of 2020;
14	14	Chapter 52 of the Private Acts of 2022 and Chapter 30 of
15	15	the Private Acts of 2023; and any other acts amendatory
16	16	thereto, relative to Town of Oakland.
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18	18	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
19	19	SECTION 1. Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994, as amended by Chapter 39 of the
20	20	Private Acts of 2020 and any other acts amendatory thereto, is amended in Section 5 by
21	21	deleting the Section in its entirety and by substituting instead the following:
22	22	SECTION 5.
23	23	1. Be it further enacted that beginning in 2020, a non-partisan election
24	24	shall be held on the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in November of
25	25	every even-numbered year concurrent with the regular election to elect a Board
26	26	of Mayor and Aldermen. Terms of office for the Mayor and Aldermen shall begin
27	27	upon their swearing in on the first business day of the month next succeeding the
28	28	month of their election, provided election results by the County Election
29	29	Commission are certified.
30	30	2. It is the intent of this subsection to designate the existing five (5)
31	31	aldermanic positions as positions one (1) through five (5). In filing for election,
32	32	any candidate for Alderman shall select and identify the position sought. The
33	33	Mayor and Aldermen shall be elected from the Town at large and one (1)
34	34	Alderman shall be elected to each position. The candidate receiving the highest
35	35	number of votes in an election for each designated position shall be declared
36	36	elected as Mayor or Alderman. In the event of a tie vote in any Mayor or
37	37	Alderman's election, the incumbent board shall decide by majority vote which of
38	38	the candidates shall serve.
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43	43	3. On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in November
44	44	2026, there shall be elected three (3) of the Town's five (5) aldermen which shall
45	45	be held for aldermen's positions one (1), two (2), and three (3). Persons elected
46	46	on that date shall serve for a term of four (4) years. On the first (1st) Tuesday
47	47	after the first (1st) Monday in November 2028, elections shall be held for the
48	48	position of Mayor and Aldermen's positions four (4) and five (5). Persons elected
49	49	on that date shall serve terms of four (4) years. Such staggered elections shall
50	50	continue thereafter. The Mayor and any Alderman shall be eligible for reelection
51	51	provided they continue to meet all requirements for those offices.
52	52	4. If according to the 2020 federal census or any subsequent census, the
53	53	population of the Town is eighteen thousand (18,000) or more, the Board shall
54	54	have the option to increase the number of aldermen to six (6) by ordinance. After
55	55	the adoption of such an ordinance, in the next regular Town election, voters shall
56	56	be entitled to vote for three (3) aldermen, or four (4) aldermen, as the case may
57	57	be; however, if there is a new aldermanic position created, such newly created
58	58	aldermanic position shall be designated as position six (6).
59	59	5. Nothing in this Section 5 shall be construed to remove any incumbent
60	60	from office or abridge the term of any incumbent prior to the end of the term for
61	61	which an elected official was selected.
62	62	6. Before a person takes any office in the Town government, he shall
63	63	subscribe to the following oath or affirmation: "I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I
64	64	will support the Constitution and will obey the laws of the United States and of
65	65	the State of Tennessee, that I will, in all respects, observe the provisions of the
66	66	Charter and ordinances of the Town of Oakland, and that I will faithfully
67	67	discharge the duties of the office of _ _ _ _ _ _.
68	68	7. Any qualified elector who has been a resident of the Town for at least
69	69	one (1) year may be qualified as a candidate for Mayor or Alderman.
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74	74	SECTION 2. Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994, as amended by Chapter 39 of the
75	75	Private Acts of 2020, Chapter 30 of the Private Acts of 2023, and any other acts amendatory
76	76	thereto, is amended in Section 7 by deleting subsection 2 in its entirety, and by substituting
77	77	instead the following:
78	78	2. The compensation of the Mayor and Aldermen shall be set by ordinance, but
79	79	the salary of the Mayor or any Alderman shall not be changed during their term of office.
80	80	Compensation for all outgoing elected officials shall be paid through the end of the
81	81	month during which the election is held. All newly elected officials shall be compensated
82	82	beginning the first (1st) day of the month next succeeding the month of their election.
83	83	The Mayor, Aldermen, and Town Attorney may be reimbursed for actual and necessary
84	84	expenses incurred in the conduct of their official duties.
85	85	SECTION 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to remove any incumbent from office,
86	86	abridge the term of any incumbent, or alter the salary of any incumbent prior to the end of the
87	87	term for which such elected official was selected, as prescribed in Article XI, Section 9 of the
88	88	Constitution of the State of Tennessee.
89	89	SECTION 4. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote
90	90	of the legislative body of the Town of Oakland. Its approval or non-approval shall be proclaimed
91	91	by the presiding officer of the legislative body of the Town of Oakland and certified by him to the
92	92	secretary of state.
93	93	SECTION 5. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall
94	94	be effective upon becoming law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall
95	95	become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 4.