Tennessee HB 2719: Mountain City - Subject to local approval, shifts the appointment of the town recorder, chief of police, and superintendent of public works from April to December; extends the terms of the incumbent recorder, chief of police, and superintendent to December 2019. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1986; as amended.

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SENATE BILL 2751
By Lundberg

HOUSE BILL 2719
By Hill T

AN ACT to amend Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1986; as
amended by Chapter 146 of the Private Acts of 1994 and
Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1998; and any other
acts amendatory thereto, relative to the charter of the
Town of Mountain City.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1986, as amended by Chapter 146 of
the Private Acts of 1994, and Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1998, and any other acts
amendatory thereto, is amended by deleting Article IV, Section 6, and substituting instead the
following:
Section 6: Other Town Officers-Appointment, Term, Qualifications. Be it further
enacted that the other officers in the Town shall be the Town Recorder, Chief of Police,
and Superintendent of Public Works. These Officers shall be appointed by the Board of
Mayor and Alderman for the terms as follows and may be removed at any time for good
cause: The officers appointed by the present board for terms of two (2) years shall
complete their terms of office, which are extended until December of 2019. The Board
shall in its first regular meeting in December of 2019, appoint the Officers to terms that
shall expire on the date of the first regular meeting in December of 2021; the Board shall
at its first regular meeting in December of 2021, and in each and every succeeding odd-
numbered year appoint the Officers to terms that expire at the Board's first regular
meeting in December two (2) years from that date. If for any reason an Officer is not
appointed at the first meeting in December of the year prescribed, the existing Officers
shall hold over in that office until his successor is appointed and qualified. However, in
no case will an Officer removed for cause hold over in office.

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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 the Town of Mountain City. Its approval or nonapproval shall be
proclaimed by the presiding officer of the town and certified to the secretary of state.
SECTION 3. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall
be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall
become effective as provided in Section 2.