Morgan County - Subject to local approval, establishes that the County Attorney must be a licensed practicing attorney appointed or hired subject to the vote of the Morgan County Commission to serve a four-year term and , the official text

SENATE BILL 1463
                        By Yager

HOUSE BILL 1440
      By Butler

                                       AN ACT to amend Chapter 467 of the Private Acts of 1951; as
                                                   amended by Chapter 233 of the Private Acts of 1976;
                                                   and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to
                                                   Morgan County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
         SECTION 1. Chapter 467 of the Private Acts of 1951, as amended by Chapter 233 of

the Private Acts of 1976, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is amended by deleting the
following language in Section 1:

                   At the August election 1952, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said
         county some person as County Attorney, who shall be a licensed practicing attorney,
         who shall hold office for a period of four years and until his successor shall be elected
         and qualified. He shall take office upon September 1 next following his election. To fill
         the vacancy occasioned by the creation of such office, Geo. W. Dagley is hereby named
         as such County Attorney to serve until September 1, 1952.
and substituting instead:

                   The County Attorney shall be a licensed practicing attorney who is appointed or
         hired subject to a vote of the Morgan County Commission to serve a term of four years.
         The County Attorney does not need to be a resident of Morgan County to serve as
         County Attorney.
         SECTION 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to remove any incumbent from office
or abridge the term of any incumbent prior to the end of the term for which such elected official
was selected, as prescribed in Article XI, Section 9 of the Constitution of the State of
Tennessee.

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         SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote
of the legislative body of Morgan County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by
the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified to the secretary of state.

         SECTION 4. 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 3.

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