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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE BILL 1416 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By White |
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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE BILL 1439 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Taylor |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | SB1439 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 004193 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1985; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Charter of the City of Germantown. |
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| 17 | 17 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1985, and any other acts amendatory |
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| 19 | 19 | | thereto, is amended in Section 4.09 by adding the following language at the end of the section: |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Mayor shall serve and devote his or her full attention to the duties of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | office of Mayor and serve the City, and its interests, in a full-time capacity, with |
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| 22 | 22 | | the salary therefor to be set via lawful ordinance by the Board of Mayor and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Aldermen, notwithstanding the provisions of Sec. 4.03 of the Charter, |
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| 24 | 24 | | commensurate with the typical duties exercised by, and obligations imposed |
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| 25 | 25 | | upon, a full-time mayor. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. |
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| 27 | 27 | | This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a majority of the number of |
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| 28 | 28 | | qualified voters of the City of Germantown voting in an election to take place on the first |
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| 29 | 29 | | Tuesday of May, 2026, on the question of whether or not the act should be approved, |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided that a primary election is held in Shelby County on that same day; otherwise, |
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| 31 | 31 | | the election shall take place on August 6, 2026, at the same time as the Shelby County |
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| 32 | 32 | | general election. |
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| 33 | 33 | | The ballots used in the election shall have printed on them the language |
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| 34 | 34 | | contained in Section 1 of this act and the voters shall vote for or against its approval. |
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| 35 | 35 | | The votes cast on the question shall be canvassed and the results proclaimed by |
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| 36 | 36 | | the county election commissioners and certified by them to the secretary of state as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by law. |
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| 40 | 40 | | - 2 - 004193 |
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| 42 | 42 | | The qualifications of voters voting on the question shall be the same as those |
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| 43 | 43 | | required for participation in primary elections or general elections, as applicable. All |
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| 44 | 44 | | laws applicable to such elections shall apply to the determination of the approval or |
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| 45 | 45 | | rejection of this act. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, as |
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| 47 | 47 | | provided in Section 2, it shall not take effect until all votes cast on the binding referendum have |
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| 48 | 48 | | been counted and the results certified. |
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