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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 860
SENATE BILL NO. 2276
By Yager
Substituted for: House Bill No. 2160
By Butler
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to county legislative bodies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-13-103(f)(1), is amended by deleting the
subdivision and substituting:
(1 )(A) In any county having a population of not less than thirty-eight thousand six
hundred (38,600) nor more than thirty-eight thousand seven hundred (38,700),
according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the director
must not be terminated or discharged without the approval of the county legislative
body.
(B)(i) In any county having a population of not less than twenty-two thousand
five hundred (22,500) nor more than twenty-two thousand six hundred
(22,600), according to the 2020 federal census or any subsequent federal
census, the director of accounts and budgets must not be terminated or
discharged without the approval of the county legislative body.
(ii) This subdivision (f)(1 )(8) becomes effective upon approval by a
two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 2276
PASSED: April 13, 2026
RANDT McNALLY
SPEAKER OF T/rtE SENA TE
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Apr:, a7ta. APPROVED this
day of 2026
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