Tennessee § 67-1-503 - County legislative body members ineligible.
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§ 67-1-503. County legislative body members ineligible.
No member of the county legislative body shall be eligible to hold the office of assessor. Acts 1973, ch. 226, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A., § 67-302. Attorney General Opinions. This section does not prohibit a county election commission from qualifying a county legislative body member to have his or her name placed on the ballot to seek the office of assessor of property, OAG 03-111 (9/8/03). Cited: Pharris v. Looper, 6 F. Supp. 2d 720, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7843 (M.D. Tenn. 1998).
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