Tennessee § 16-17-102 - Judges — Appointment and election.

§ 16-17-102. Judges — Appointment and election.

The judge of the city court shall be appointed on the nomination of the mayor and concurred in by the city council or other legislative body, but the appointed judge shall serve only until the next general election, at which time a judge or judges will be elected. Acts 1972, ch. 778, § 2; modified; T.C.A., § 16-1202; Acts 2009, ch. 128, § 2. Amendments. The 2009 amendment rewrote the section which read: “The judges of the city court hereinafter established by the governing body of home rule municipalities shall be appointed on the nomination of the mayor or chief executive officer, concurred in by the city council or other legislative body, but the judges so appointed shall run for election in the next general election.” Effective Dates. Acts 2009, ch. 128, § 4. May 5, 2009. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Municipal Courts (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 431. Attorney General Opinions. A former city judge was not entitled to salary or benefits, including payment by the city for COBRA coverage, after the successor assumed office where the judge was originally elected to a term that would have ended in April 2001, but the law mandating the election time for city judge was changed after the judge took office, and the judge's successor took office on September 1, 2000, OAG 01-006 (1/10/01). T.C.A. § 16-17-102 applies only to a court newly created under the authority of the section, but not to additional divisions added to an existing court under the section, OAG 01-153 (10/1/01). Assuming that current city judges were selected by a city commission, they were not appointed as required under the statute as the statute requires that interim city judges must be nominated by the mayor with the concurrence of the city commission, OAG 01-153 (10/1/01).