Tennessee § 8-30-103 - Chapter definitions.

§ 8-30-103. Chapter definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Appointing authority” means a commissioner, department, officer or agency having power to make appointments to, and separations from, positions in state service; “Board of appeals” refers to the state employees' appeals board established by § 8-30-108 of this chapter; “Class” or “class of positions” means a group of positions in state service determined by the commissioner to have sufficiently similar duties, authority, and responsibility such that: The same qualifications may be reasonably required for; and The same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to; all positions in the group; “Commissioner” refers to the commissioner of human resources appointed under § 8-30-104; “Department” refers to the department of human resources pursuant to § 8-30-104. The term includes the commissioner; “Eligible” means an applicant meeting minimum qualifications whose name is on a list; “Executive service” means all other positions that have not been placed under the preferred service and as are described in § 8-30-202; “List” means a list of eligibles, including, but not limited to, a promotion list; “List of eligibles” means a list of applicants who meet the minimum qualifications for appointment to a position as determined by the department; “Official station” means the town or city where the employee performs a majority of the employee's duties; “Preferred service” means all offices and positions of employment in the state service that have been placed under the preferred service provisions of this chapter; “State agency” means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality in state service that is subject to this chapter; and “State service” shall have the same meaning assigned in § 8-30-102(a). Acts 2012, ch. 800, § 4. Compiler's Notes. Former part 1, §§ 8-30-101 — 8-30-108 (Acts 1939, ch. 221, §§ 2, 3, 5; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1034.23, 1034.25, 1034.27 (Williams, §§ 423.24b, 423.24c, 423.24e); Acts 1953, ch. 30, §§ 1, 2; 1955, ch. 311, §§ 1, 2; 1957, ch. 222, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 94, §§ 1, 2, 4; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, §§ 2, 4; impl. am. Acts 1974, ch. 481, §§ 4, 6; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 248, § 1; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(18); modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 8-3001 — 8-3008; Acts 1980, ch. 701, §§ 2-5, 7; Acts 1981, ch. 429, § 2; 1983, ch. 37, §§ 1, 2; 1985, ch. 432, § 3; 1986, ch. 869, §§ 2-4, 19-21, 24; 1987, ch. 69, § 1; 1989, ch. 208, § 1; 1991, ch. 401, § 1; 1993, ch. 66, § 6; 1995, ch. 305, § 50; 2003, ch. 355, § 22; 2007, ch. 60), concerning the civil service commission, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2012, ch. 800, §§ 2-9, effective October 1, 2012. Acts 2012, ch. 800, § 1 provided that the act, which repealed and reenacted this part, shall be known and cited as the “Tennessee Excellence, Accountability, and Management (T.E.A.M.) Act of 2012.”