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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 132
HOUSE BILL NO. 56
By Representatives Lamberth, Garrett, Sherrell, Hardaway, Slater, Cepicky, Renea Jones,
Greg Martin, Vital, Wright, Eldridge
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 39
By Senator Haile
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to county legislative
bodies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 5, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
Notwithstanding a charter, resolution, or another law to the contrary, a county
legislative body may, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body, remove any
member of an appointed board or commission, if such removal is recommended by the
appointing authority and the member of the board or commission is given at least five (5)
business days' notice of the meeting when the vote on removal will occur. This section
does not apply in a county that has a charter provision or resolution providing for the
removal of members of boards and commissions prior to the effective date of this act.
This section does not apply to a person appointed by a county legislative body to fill a
vacancy in the general assembly.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. HOUSE BILL NO. 56
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PASSED: March 20. 2025
CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
APPROVED this yd day of f½•r( 2025
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR