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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 101 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Johnson |
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| 8 | 8 | | SJR0101 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 001553 |
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| 14 | 14 | | A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Dakasha Winton to |
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| 15 | 15 | | the state university board of Tennessee State |
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| 16 | 16 | | University. |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-8-101, provides for the governance |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Tennessee State University by a state university board; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-8-201, provides that the governor |
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| 21 | 21 | | shall appoint eight members to the state university board of Tennessee State University; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-8-201, further provides that at least |
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| 23 | 23 | | three of the gubernatorial appointees shall be alumni of the institution for which they are serving |
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| 24 | 24 | | and that at least six of the nine voting members of the state university board shall be residents |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the State of Tennessee; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Governor Bill Lee has appointed Dakasha Winton to the state university |
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| 27 | 27 | | board of Tennessee State University for a term that will expire on March 31, 2028; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, a graduate of Tennessee State University and the University of Memphis |
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| 29 | 29 | | Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Ms. Winton is the senior vice president and chief |
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| 30 | 30 | | government relations officer for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, she previously represented East Tennessee as a member of the Tennessee |
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| 32 | 32 | | Higher Education Commission; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-8-201, provides that each member |
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| 34 | 34 | | appointed by the governor to the state university board of Tennessee State University shall be |
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| 35 | 35 | | subject to confirmation by the senate and the house of representatives; now, therefore, |
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| 40 | 40 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH |
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| 41 | 41 | | GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF |
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| 42 | 42 | | REPRESENTATIVES CON CURRING, that we hereby confirm the appointment of Dakasha |
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| 43 | 43 | | Winton to the state university board of Tennessee State University for a term that will expire on |
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| 44 | 44 | | March 31, 2028. |
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