Tennessee § 5-6-116 - Clerical assistants.
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§ 5-6-116. Clerical assistants.
The county mayor for each county may employ one (1) or more clerical assistants as may be necessary for the performance of the county mayor's official duties. The county mayor shall establish the compensation of any such assistant within the amount appropriated for such purpose by the county legislative body. Acts 1959, ch. 196, § 1; 1976, ch. 726, § 1; 1978, ch. 934, § 21; 1979, ch. 130, § 1; T.C.A., § 5-616; Acts 1998, ch. 609, § 1; 2003, ch. 90, § 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. Cross-References. Option to redesignate county mayor as county executive by private act, § 5-6-101 . Law Reviews. Local Government Law — 1959 Tennessee Survey, 12 Vand. L. Rev. 1257 (1959).
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