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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 242
By Sexton
HJR0242
003771
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A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of John Hie as a
commissioner of the Tennessee public utility
commission.
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 65-1-101, creates the Tennessee
public utility commission; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 65-1-101(a)(4), provides that one (1)
commissioner of the Tennessee regulatory authority shall be appointed by joint agreement
among the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of
representatives; and
WHEREAS, Governor Bill Lee, Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally, and Speaker
Cameron Sexton have jointly appointed John Hie of Nashville to serve as a commissioner of the
Tennessee public utility commission for a term that will expire on June 30, 2030; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hie retired from Stephens, Inc., an investment firm in Little Rock,
Arkansas, in 2015; he had previously served with the JC Bradford Investment firm from 1984 to
2000, working as a financial advisor and broker for a wide variety of private clients; and
WHEREAS, a 1969 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of
Pharmacy, John Hie served from 1969 until 1972 as a pharmacist in the United States Army at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hie was a managing pharmacist for Revco Drugs from 1972 to 1974,
before embarking on a new business venture as the owner and operator of an independent
pharmacy; and
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hie's extensive experience in business will be valuable to the
Tennessee public utility commission; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 65-1-101, provides that each
appointment to the Tennessee public utility commission shall be confirmed by joint resolution
adopted by each house of the general assembly; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that we hereby confirm the appointment of John Hie of Nashville to serve a six-
year term as a commissioner of the Tennessee public utility commission, such term to expire on
June 30, 2030.