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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 12 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Behn |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR0012 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 000862 |
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| 10 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to amend Article VI, Section 14, of the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Constitution of Tennessee, relative to penalties |
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| 14 | 14 | | for violations of municipal ordinances. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED |
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| 17 | 17 | | FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE |
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| 18 | 18 | | CONCURRING, that a majority of all the members of each house concurring, as shown by the |
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| 19 | 19 | | yeas and nays entered on their journals, that it is proposed that Article VI, Section 14, of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Constitution of Tennessee be amended by adding the following to the end of the section: |
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| 21 | 21 | | Notwithstanding this section, a municipality may, in its discretion, impose a fine |
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| 22 | 22 | | exceeding fifty ($50.00) dollars for a violation of a municipal ordinance without |
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| 23 | 23 | | such fine being assessed by a jury; provided, that the fine is just and reasonable |
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| 24 | 24 | | under the circumstances. |
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| 25 | 25 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the foregoing be referred to the One Hundred |
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| 26 | 26 | | Fifteenth General Assembly and that this resolution proposing such amendment be published in |
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| 27 | 27 | | accordance with Article XI, Section 3 of the Constitution of Tennessee by posting such |
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| 28 | 28 | | amendment on the official website of the Secretary of State and on the official website of the |
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| 29 | 29 | | General Assembly. |
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| 30 | 30 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the clerk of the House of Representatives is directed |
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| 31 | 31 | | to deliver copies of this resolution to the Secretary of State, with this final resolving clause being |
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| 32 | 32 | | deleted from such copies. |
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