Tennessee § 8-30-201 - Division of state service into preferred service and executive service.
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§ 8-30-201. Division of state service into preferred service and executive service.
State service is divided into the preferred service and executive service. Acts 2012, ch. 800, § 10. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2012, ch. 800, § 1 provided that the act, which repealed and reenacted this part, shall be known and cited as the “Tennessee Excellence, Accountability, and Management (T.E.A.M.) Act of 2012.” Former part 2, §§ 8-30-201 — 8-30-224 (Acts 1939, ch. 221, §§ 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-13, 28, 29, 35, 36, 38-41; 1949, ch. 252, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1034.24, 1034.26, 1034.28, 1034.29, 1034.31 — 1034.35, 1034.50, 1034.51, 1034.57, 1034.58, 1034.60, 1034.61, 1034.62, 1034.63, 1034.64 (Williams, §§ 423.24a, 423.24d, 423.24f, 423.24g, 423.24i — 423.24m, 423.24bb, 423.24cc, 423.24ii, 423.24jj, 423.24ll, 423.24mm, 423.24nn, 423.24oo, 423.24pp); Acts 1951, ch. 164, § 1; 1955, ch. 311, §§ 3, 4; 1955, ch. 314, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, §§ 3, 4; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, §§ 1-4; Acts 1961, ch. 333, § 1; 1963, ch. 147, § 1; 1965, ch. 293, §§ 1, 2; 1967, ch. 366, § 1; 1973, ch. 144, § 5; 1977, ch. 341, § 1; 1978, ch. 932, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 8-3101 — 8-3123; Acts 1981, ch. 422, § 1; 1981, ch. 429, §§ 4, 5; 1982, ch. 897, §§ 1, 2; 1983, ch. 37, §§ 3-7; 1985, ch. 241, § 1; 1986, ch. 869, §§ 4, 8, 22; 1987, ch. 166, § 1; 1987, ch. 359, § 2; 1987, ch. 404, §§ 1, 2; 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 113; 1991, ch. 492, § 1; 1996, ch. 594, § 1; 1997, ch. 441, § 1; 2002, ch. 851, § 1; 2007, ch. 60; 2007, ch. 217, § 1; 2010, ch. 826, § 1; 2011, ch. 158, § 5), concerning career service employees, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2012, ch. 800, §§ 10-21, effective October 1, 2012.
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