Tennessee § 4-15-101 - Creation — Membership — Terms.

§ 4-15-101. Creation — Membership — Terms.

There is created a state building commission composed of seven (7) ex officio members who shall be the governor, the secretary of state, the comptroller of the treasury, the state treasurer, the commissioner of finance and administration, the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives. The governor shall serve as chair and the commission shall elect from its membership a vice chair and secretary. The attorney general and reporter shall serve as legal counsel to the commission in accordance with the requirements of § 8-6-301. In the event that the voting membership of any ex officio members is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, they shall continue as ex officio nonvoting members, and in addition, the senate and house of representatives shall by joint resolution appoint another person or persons to be a voting member or members. Acts 1955, ch. 304, § 1; 1967, ch. 111, § 1; T.C.A., § 4-1501; Acts 1980, ch. 741, § 2; 1982, ch. 810, § 5; 1982, ch. 915, §§ 1, 2. Code Commission Notes. Acts 1982, ch. 915, § 2, provided: “If any clause, words, provisions or sections of this act, including any provisions for the membership of the commission, are found to be unconstitutional or invalid, it is the intent of the general assembly that the remainder of this act be upheld and that the commission continue to function with the remainder of the membership not held to be unconstitutional or invalid.” Compiler's Notes. The state building commission, created by this section, terminates June 30, 2026. See §§ 4-29-112 , 4-29-247 . Acts 2014, ch. 945, § 3 provided that the state building commission shall appear before the joint government operations subcommittee on judiciary and government no later than December 31, 2014, to update the subcommittee on the status of the issues raised in the commission's 2013 governmental entity review hearing. Cross-References. Review prior to demolishing, altering or transferring historically, architecturally or culturally significant state property, § 4-11-111 .