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State Employees - As enacted, clarifies that full-time employees of the general assembly are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees for purposes of continuing education for more than one course at a time if the employ, the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 121

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 797

                                              By Haile, Bailey, Akbari, Lamar

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 876

                                                               By White

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, relative to continuing education
          for state employees.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-114(h), is amended by designating the
existing language as subdivision (1) and adding the following subdivision (2):

                    (2) Subdivision (h)(1) applies to full-time employees of the general assembly who work
          more hours each week than typically required of full-time employment for at least four (4)
          weeks per year.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 797

PASSED:  March 24, 2025

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                         "      RAiJov McNALLy

                                SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                            CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Apr;, APPROVED this ?J' day of  2025

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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