Tennessee SB 2730: Perry County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the establishment of salary policies and scales for departments of the county; authorizes the appointment of a chief accountant and a budget director. -

Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 2698
By McDaniel

SENATE BILL 2730
By Hensley

AN ACT relative to financial management of Perry County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1.
(a) The county legislative body may establish and maintain a pay and salary
policy and a pay and salary scale that is not irrational, discriminatory, or non-uniform in
application for all full-time, non-elected county employees, for which no statutory salary
is required, working in the following offices:
(1) The County Mayor's Office;
(2) The County Trustee Office;
(3) The County Clerk Office;
(4) The County Register of Deeds Office;
(5) The County Property Assessor Office;
(6) The County Circuit Court Clerk Office;
(7) The County Clerk and Master Office;
(8) The County Election Office; and
(9) The County General Sessions Judge Office.
(b) The county legislative body may, in its discretion, establish and maintain a
separate and distinct pay and salary policy with a separate and distinct pay and salary
scale for the County Highway Department.
(c) The county legislative body may, in its discretion, establish and maintain a
separate and distinct pay and salary policy with a separate and distinct pay and salary
scale for the County Sheriff Department.

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(d) The county legislative body may, in its discretion, establish and maintain a
separate and distinct pay and salary policy with a separate and distinct pay and salary
scale for the County Solid Waste Department.
(e) The county legislative body may, in its discretion, establish and maintain a
separate and distinct pay and salary policy with a separate and distinct pay and salary
scale for the County EMS Ambulance Service Department.
(f) The county legislative body may, in its discretion, establish and maintain a
separate and distinct pay and salary policy with a separate and distinct pay and salary
scale for the County 911 Emergency Service Department.
(g)
(1) The county legislative body may appoint a Chief Accountant and
Budget Director.
(2) The county legislative body may dismiss the Chief Accountant and
Budget Director.
(3) The Chief Accountant and Budget Director shall, for all purposes, be
an employee of the county, but shall be treated as having the status of a
Department Head.
(4) To be qualified for the position of Chief Accountant and Budget
Director, each candidate must meet one (1) of the following requirements:
(A) Shall have a minimum of a bachelor of science degree from
an accredited college or university;
(B) Shall have a minimum of eighteen (18) quarter hours or
equivalent semester hours in accounting; or
(C) Shall have two (2) or more years of acceptable experience in
a position dealing with accounting and county budget development and
preparation.
(5) The county legislative body shall establish the compensation of the
Chief Accountant and Budget Director. The county legislative body may

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establish and maintain a separate and distinct pay and salary scale for the Chief
Accountant and Budget Director.
(h) The county legislative body may, by resolution, create and establish
additional committees to assume functions as necessary, including, but not limited to, a
budget committee, an investment committee, or a purchasing committee.
(1) If the county legislative body creates a budget committee, an
investment committee, or a purchasing committee pursuant to this subsection
(h), each shall be composed of a minimum of five (5) members appointed by the
county legislative body with the head of the committee being the County Mayor.
The members of such committees need not be members of the county legislative
body.
(2) The budget committee shall establish and approve policies, forms
and documents, procedures, and regulations necessary for the preparation of the
annual operating and capital improvement budgets.
(3) The investment committee shall establish and approve policies and
procedures for cash management and investing idle cash funds in various
investments as prescribed by law.
(4) The purchasing committee shall establish and approve policies and
procedures for the purchasing of all supplies, equipment, or goods for the county.
(i) Until the county legislative body adopts one (1) of the optional general laws to
centralize purchasing, the county's purchasing functions shall continue to be performed
by several officials and are not to be handled through a single office. The general laws
that may apply to county purchasing, either separately or in combination, shall continue
under the County Purchasing Law of 1983, compiled in Tennessee Code Annotated, §
5-14-201 et seq.
(j) The county legislative body may establish and maintain a separate and
distinct pay and salary policy with a separate and distinct pay and salary scale for all
part-time, non-elected employees working for Perry County.

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SECTION 2. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote
of the legislative body of