Tennessee § 5-9-310 - Bills of cost — Disallowance.

§ 5-9-310. Bills of cost — Disallowance.

The county mayor, after the bills referred to in § 5-9-308 have been examined and approved by the judge and district attorney general, is granted full power, and it is made the county mayor's duty, to examine into, inspect and audit all bills of cost accruing against the county, and disallow any part of the bills of cost that may be illegally or wrongfully taxed against the county. The county mayor may disallow any and all costs taxed against the county on account of malicious, frivolous, or unnecessary prosecution, in the event the judge and district attorney general should, by mistake or otherwise, approve any of such bills. Acts 1891 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 22, § 5; Shan., § 674; mod. Code 1932, § 1070; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-919; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2, directed the code commission to change all references from “county executive” to “county mayor” and to include all such changes in supplements and replacement volumes for the Tennessee Code Annotated. Cross-References. Option to redesignate county mayor as county executive by private act, § 5-6-101 .