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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE BILL 1463 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Yager |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE BILL 1440 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Butler |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB1440 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 007765 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Chapter 467 of the Private Acts of 1951; as |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by Chapter 233 of the Private Acts of 1976; |
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| 15 | 15 | | and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to |
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| 16 | 16 | | Morgan 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 467 of the Private Acts of 1951, as amended by Chapter 233 of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the Private Acts of 1976, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is amended by deleting the |
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| 21 | 21 | | following language in Section 1: |
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| 22 | 22 | | At the August election 1952, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said |
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| 23 | 23 | | county some person as County Attorney, who shall be a licensed practicing attorney, |
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| 24 | 24 | | who shall hold office for a period of four years and until his successor shall be elected |
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| 25 | 25 | | and qualified. He shall take office upon September 1 next following his election. To fill |
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| 26 | 26 | | the vacancy occasioned by the creation of such office, Geo. W. Dagley is hereby named |
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| 27 | 27 | | as such County Attorney to serve until September 1, 1952. |
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| 28 | 28 | | and substituting instead: |
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| 29 | 29 | | The County Attorney shall be a licensed practicing attorney who is appointed or |
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| 30 | 30 | | hired subject to a vote of the Morgan County Commission to serve a term of four years. |
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| 31 | 31 | | The County Attorney does not need to be a resident of Morgan County to serve as |
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| 32 | 32 | | County Attorney. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to remove any incumbent from office |
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| 34 | 34 | | or abridge the term of any incumbent prior to the end of the term for which such elected official |
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| 35 | 35 | | was selected, as prescribed in Article XI, Section 9 of the Constitution of the State of |
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| 36 | 36 | | Tennessee. |
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| 39 | 39 | | - 2 - 007765 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the legislative body of Morgan County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by |
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| 43 | 43 | | the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified to the secretary of state. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 4. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall |
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| 45 | 45 | | be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | become effective as provided in Section 3. |
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