Tennessee § 49-7-205 - Staff.

§ 49-7-205. Staff.

The commission is empowered to employ an executive director, define the executive director's duties and, within budgetary limitations, fix the executive director's compensation. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director shall have the educational preparation and experience that qualifies the executive director, in the commission's judgment, to understand and evaluate the problems and needs of the state's institutions of higher learning and to direct the studies of the commission. Within budgetary limitations, and subject to the approval of the commissioner of human resources, the executive director may employ other professional and staff employees necessary to efficiently discharge the duties of the agency. The executive director and all other employees shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter. Acts 1967, ch. 179, § 6; 1968, ch. 565, § 1; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(77); T.C.A., §§ 49-4206, 49-4210; Acts 2012, ch. 986, § 20; 2013, ch. 296, § 27; 2018, ch. 666, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2012, ch. 986, § 48 provided that all rules, regulations, orders, and decisions heretofore issued or promulgated by any of the boards or commissions, which the act terminates or merges into another board or commission, shall remain in full force and effect. In the case of the boards or commissions that are merged with another board or commission by the act, all final rules, regulations, orders, and decisions together with any matters that are pending on October 1, 2012, shall hereafter be administered, enforced, modified, or rescinded in accordance with the law applicable to the continuing board or commission.