Tennessee § 69-5-1005 - Chair and secretary-treasurer.
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§ 69-5-1005. Chair and secretary-treasurer.
The county mayor of the county in which the larger or largest percent of the lands of such improvement district lies shall be chair of such board of directors, with authority to call meetings of the board. The board shall elect one (1) of the appointed directors secretary and treasurer of the board of directors, and such treasurer shall give bond, as provided by part 6 of this chapter, such bond or a duplicate of same to be filed with the county clerk in each of the counties and recorded in the drainage record, the bond to be taken before and approved by the county court of the county in which the larger or largest percent of the lands of the district lies. Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 31; Shan., § 3871a120; Code 1932, § 4349; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-150; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2; T.C.A. § 69-6-1005 . Compiler's Notes. The county court structure referred to in this chapter was abolished by the 1978 amendments to Tenn. Const. arts. VI and VII. Legislative functions formerly exercised by county courts now belong to county legislative bodies. Judicial functions now belong to general sessions, chancery, or circuit courts. See also § 69-5-102 . 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.
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