Tennessee § 5-8-202 - Contracts — Execution and effect.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 5-8-202 — Contracts — Execution and effect., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-8-202. Contracts — Execution and effect.
The finance committee, to carry out the will of the county legislative body, shall be vested with full power to formulate, make and sign a contract upon the terms and conditions specified, which contract shall be approved by the county mayor, and attested by the county clerk, with the county seal attached, on the part of the county, and shall be binding on the county. Acts 1909, ch. 305, § 2; Shan., § 647a2; Code 1932, § 1040; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-811; Acts 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 .
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