Tennessee § 6-21-802 - Officers and employees.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 6-21-802 — Officers and employees., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6-21-802. Officers and employees.
The city manager shall appoint, prescribe the duties and powers of, and fix the salary of the director of schools of the city and appoint, fix the salaries of, and have power to remove, all other officers and all teachers, agents, and employees of the department of education. Acts 1921, ch. 173, art. 20, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 1997a237; Code 1932, § 3635; Acts 1955, ch. 121, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2138.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6-21-802 ("Officers and employees.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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