Tennessee § 7-2-104 - Appropriation for charter commission — Disbursement — Cooperation from public officials.

§ 7-2-104. Appropriation for charter commission — Disbursement — Cooperation from public officials.

Whenever any charter commission is established as provided in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the governing body of the county to appropriate sufficient funds to defray the expenses of the commission, which appropriation shall be not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Such funds shall be disbursed by the county mayor or other fiscal officer of the county upon vouchers or warrants signed by the chair and the secretary of the commission. All public officials shall, upon request, furnish the commission with all information and assistance necessary or appropriate for its work. Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 6; 1961, ch. 199, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A., § 6-3707; Acts 1989, ch. 576, §§ 5, 7; 1997, ch. 261, § 1; 2003, ch. 90, § 2. Code Commission Notes. Because of the limited applicability of Acts 1989, ch. 576, the amendments by that act have been placed in these Code Commission Notes, rather than incorporated into the text of the section. However, the history line for the section has been updated to reflect the amendment by that act. Section 7 of the act provided the amendments only apply to counties having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent census, and having only two (2) municipalities within the county. Acts 1989, ch. 576, § 5, effective June 8, 1989, amended (a) by substituting “seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)” for “fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)”. 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. Creation of metropolitan government charter commissions, § 7-2-101 . Law Reviews. Two Claims, Two Keys—Overcoming Tennessee's Dual-Majority Voting Mechanism to Facilitate Consolidation Between Memphis City and Shelby County (D. Eric Setterlund), 41 U. Mem. L. Rev. 933 (2011).