Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HJR0242 Compare Versions

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4	4	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 242
5	5	By Sexton
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8	8	HJR0242
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14	14	A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of John Hie as a
15	15	commissioner of the Tennessee public utility
16	16	commission.
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18	18	WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 65-1-101, creates the Tennessee
19	19	public utility commission; and
20	20	WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 65-1-101(a)(4), provides that one (1)
21	21	commissioner of the Tennessee regulatory authority shall be appointed by joint agreement
22	22	among the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of
23	23	representatives; and
24	24	WHEREAS, Governor Bill Lee, Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally, and Speaker
25	25	Cameron Sexton have jointly appointed John Hie of Nashville to serve as a commissioner of the
26	26	Tennessee public utility commission for a term that will expire on June 30, 2030; and
27	27	WHEREAS, Mr. Hie retired from Stephens, Inc., an investment firm in Little Rock,
28	28	Arkansas, in 2015; he had previously served with the JC Bradford Investment firm from 1984 to
29	29	2000, working as a financial advisor and broker for a wide variety of private clients; and
30	30	WHEREAS, a 1969 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of
31	31	Pharmacy, John Hie served from 1969 until 1972 as a pharmacist in the United States Army at
32	32	Walter Reed Army Medical Center; and
33	33	WHEREAS, Mr. Hie was a managing pharmacist for Revco Drugs from 1972 to 1974,
34	34	before embarking on a new business venture as the owner and operator of an independent
35	35	pharmacy; and
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40	40	WHEREAS, Mr. Hie's extensive experience in business will be valuable to the
41	41	Tennessee public utility commission; and
42	42	WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 65-1-101, provides that each
43	43	appointment to the Tennessee public utility commission shall be confirmed by joint resolution
44	44	adopted by each house of the general assembly; now, therefore,
45	45	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
46	46	FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
47	47	CONCURRING, that we hereby confirm the appointment of John Hie of Nashville to serve a six-
48	48	year term as a commissioner of the Tennessee public utility commission, such term to expire on
49	49	June 30, 2030.
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