Putnam County - Subject to local approval, sets the salary of general session court judges at an amount equal to the amount received annually by the circuit court judges and chancellors as of September 1, 2030. - Amends , the official text

HOUSE BILL 1427
                       By Williams

SENATE BILL 1447
       By Bailey

                                       AN ACT to amend Chapter 125 of the Private Acts of 1949; as
                                                   amended by Chapter 291 of the Private Acts of 1957;
                                                   Chapter 134 of the Private Acts of 1994; and any other
                                                   acts amendatory thereto, relative to compensation for
                                                   Putnam County General Sessions Court Judges.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
            SECTION 1. Chapter 125 of the Private Acts of 1949, as amended by Chapter 291

  of the Private Acts of 1957, Chapter 134 of the Private Acts of 1994, and any other acts
  amendatory thereto, is amended by deleting Section 9 and substituting the following:

                      Section 9. Effective September 1, 2030, the annual salary of all general
           sessions judges of Putnam County is set at an amount equal to the amount
           received annually by the circuit court judges and chancellors of Putnam County.
           On September 1, 2030, and every September 1 thereafter, the annual salary of all
           the general sessions judges of Putnam County must be adjusted in accordance
           with the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-23-103(2) and
           Section 16-15-5003. The salary provided for the general sessions judges must be
           paid in twelve (12) equal installments. Further, any and all private acts, and/or
           part thereof applicable to Putnam County, Tennessee, in conflict herewith is
           repealed.
          SECTION 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter the salary 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.
          SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds
(2/3) vote of the legislative body of Putnam County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be
proclaimed by the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified to the secretary of

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           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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