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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 360

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 212

                                                          By Gardenhire

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 885

                                                  By Todd, Hardaway, Grills

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-44-110, relative to agendas for meetings
          of governing bodies.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-44-110, is amended by deleting the
language "state governing body or a local government legislative body" wherever it may appear and
substituting "state governing body or a local governmental body", and is further amended by deleting
the language "may" in subsection (d) and substituting "shall".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-44-110, is amended by deleting
subsection (e) and substituting the following language:

                    (e) As used in this section, "local governmental body" means:

                              (1) The legislative body of an incorporated city or town, a metropolitan
                    government, or a county;

                              (2) A regional or municipal planning commission;

                              (3) A board of zoning appeals;

                              (4) A public utility board;

                              (5) An industrial development corporation board of directors;

                              (6) A housing authority;

                              (7) A regional or municipal airport authority;

                              (8) A county election commission; and

                              (9) The budget committee of a legislative body of an incorporated city or town,
                    a metropolitan government, or a county.

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 212

PASSED:  April 16, 2025

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                                                RAND\ McNALLY

                              SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                         CAMERON ~ON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ft:_ I APPROVED this
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                            BILL LEE, GOVERNOR