Tennessee § 5-12-104 - Budget committee.

§ 5-12-104. Budget committee.

A county budget committee is hereby created. Except as provided in subsection (e), the committee shall consist of five (5) members, one (1) of whom shall be the county mayor, and the other four (4) shall be appointed by the county mayor with the approval of the county governing body at its regular January session of each year or at any subsequent session. The members of the committee need not be members of the county governing body. The county mayor shall be the ex officio chair of the budget committee, and the director of accounts and budgets shall be the ex officio secretary of the budget committee. The county governing body may in its discretion allow members of the budget committee such compensation for their service as the commission may deem proper. Any provision for compensation, as well as provision for printing, publicity, supplies and other necessary expenses of the budget committee, shall be payable from the county general fund and shall be included in the annual appropriations. The budget committee shall perform all the duties respecting county budgets and appropriations now performed, or required to be performed, by the finance committee, tax levy committee or other committees of the county, and shall perform such other duties as provided in this part. In any county having a population of not less than one hundred fifty-six thousand eight hundred (156,800) nor more than one hundred fifty-six thousand nine hundred (156,900), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the committee shall consist of not more than nine (9) nor less than five (5) members, one (1) of whom shall be the county mayor. The other members shall be appointed by the county mayor with the approval of the county governing body at its regular January session of each year or at any subsequent session. The number of members shall be determined annually by the legislative body of the county. Acts 1957, ch. 291, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A., § 5-1204; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2; 2013, ch. 237, §§ 1, 2. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2, directed the code commission to change all references from “county executive” to “county mayor” and to include all such changes in supplements and replacement volumes for the Tennessee Code Annotated. For tables of U.S. decennial populations of Tennessee counties, see Volume 13 and its supplement. Cross-References. Option to redesignate county mayor as county executive by private act, § 5-6-101 . Attorney General Opinions. T.C.A. § 45-2-405 authorizes any officer, director, or employee of any bank to serve in any local office, including on the county commission, the county budget committee, or the county purchasing commission, so long as he or she discloses the position to the bank and the local government, OAG 07-141, 2007 Tenn. AG LEXIS 141 (10/10/07). A shareholder of a bank that conducts business with the county is prohibited from serving as a county commissioner, or as a member of the county budget committee or the county purchasing commission, OAG 07-141, 2007 Tenn. AG LEXIS 141 (10/10/07).