Tennessee § 3-12-109 - Revisor of statutes — Appointment — Experience — Duties — Online capability.

§ 3-12-109. Revisor of statutes — Appointment — Experience — Duties — Online capability.

The director of legal services may recommend the appointment, and the speakers may appoint, a revisor of statutes within the office of legal services. The revisor shall be a graduate of an accredited law school, shall be licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee, shall have five (5) or more years of experience in the field of legislative law, and shall have such training or practical experience in government as may be deemed necessary to perform the duties of the office. The revisor shall: Assist the director of legal services and perform duties as assigned by the director; Perform all codification functions within the office; and Serve as the executive secretary of the Tennessee code commission. In order to assist the chairs of the standing committees, and other members of the general assembly, it shall be the duty of the revisor, in consultation with the director of legal services, to: Solicit and receive suggestions and supporting information from Tennessee citizens concerning state statutes or uncodified public acts that may be anachronistic, obsolete, defective, duplicative, contradictory, unnecessary, or incomprehensible; Review and evaluate systematically such suggestions and supporting information; Identify specific state statutes or uncodified public acts that may, in fact, be anachronistic, obsolete, defective, duplicative, contradictory, unnecessary, or incomprehensible and that may, therefore, be appropriate for legislative consideration of repeal, modification, or revision; and Report findings and recommendations biennially, beginning in January 2017, to the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the standing committees. The revisor shall maintain an online capability to solicit and receive suggestions and supporting information pursuant to subdivision (d)(1)(A). Acts 2013, ch. 475, § 1; 2016, ch. 603, § 3. Amendments. The 2016 amendment rewrote (a), which read, “There is created the office of the repealer within the office of legal services created pursuant to § 3-12-101 . The director of legal services shall serve as the administrator of the office of the repealer. The research analysts of the house of representatives and of the senate shall assist the office of legal services in performing the functions of the office of the repealer.”; added (b) and (c); redesignated former (b) as (d)(1); in present (d)(1), substituted “revisor, in consultation with the director of legal services” for “office of the repealer”; redesignated former (b)(1) as (d)(1)(A); in (d)(1)(A), inserted “from Tennessee citizens” following “information” and substituted “uncodified public acts” for “, or uncodified public acts, or rules”; redesignated former (b)(2) as (d)(1)(B); redesignated former (b)(3) as (d)(1)(C), and in (d)(1)(C) substituted “uncodified public acts” for “, or uncodified public acts, or rules”; redesignated former (b)(4) as (d)(1)(D); in (d)(1)(D), substituted “biennially” for annually” and “in January 2017” for “December 1, 2014”; redesignated former (c) as (d)(2); and in (d)(2) substituted “The revisor shall maintain” for “In consultation with the director of legislative information systems, the office of the repealer shall establish” and “(d)(1)(A)” for “(b)(1)”. Effective Dates. Acts 2016, ch. 603, § 4. March 17, 2016.