Tennessee § 5-9-307 - Warrant of county mayor required.

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§ 5-9-307. Warrant of county mayor required.

No money shall be drawn out of the treasury of the county except upon the warrant of the county mayor. Upon the absence, death or incapacity of the county mayor, the chair of the county legislative body appointed pursuant to § 5-5-103(g), shall serve in the office of county mayor and may draw warrants upon the treasury of the county in the performance of the duties of office. Before commencing service as county mayor under this subsection (b), the chair of the county legislative body shall be bonded in accordance with § 5-6-109. This subsection (b) shall not apply in any county that has a population according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census of: not less than nor more than 12,725 12,825 20,300 20,400 21,325 21,425 22,277 22,350 22,500 22,600 23,850 23,900 25,300 25,350 Code 1858, § 422 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 253, § 8; 1857-1858, ch. 38, § 8); Shan., § 518; Code 1932, § 770; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-916; Acts 1984, ch. 780, § 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. For table 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 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Counties, § 24; 19 Tenn. Juris., Municipal, State and County Securities, §§ 3, 4. Law Reviews. The Constitutional Policy That Judges Be Learned in the Law (Frederic S. LeClercq), 47 Tenn. L. Rev. 689 (1980). Attorney General Opinions. Authority of county executive (now county mayor) over county finance office, OAG 99-032, 1999 Tenn. AG LEXIS 19 (2/18/99). County executive's [now county mayor's] authority over sheriff's department purchasing, OAG 99-051, 1999 Tenn. AG LEXIS 48 (3/4/99).

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