Tennessee § 8-31-103 - Direct supervision of relatives prohibited.
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§ 8-31-103. Direct supervision of relatives prohibited.
Within each governmental entity, no state employees who are relatives shall be placed within the same direct line of supervision whereby one (1) relative is responsible for supervising the job performance or work activities of another relative; provided, that to the extent possible, this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit two (2) or more such relatives from working within the same state governmental entity. Acts 1980, ch. 789, § 3. Attorney General Opinions. Stepchildren are not included in the statutory definition of relative, OAG 05-104, 2005 Tenn. AG LEXIS 106 (7/7/05). The employment of spouses, one of whom is in the direct line of supervision of the other, violates the Act, OAG 06-101, 2006 Tenn. AG LEXIS 108 (6/14/06). The Nepotism Act does not preclude a district attorney from hiring the daughter of a deputy district attorney as an assistant district attorney when the deputy district attorney and assistant district attorney would serve in different divisions. The deputy district attorney and assistant district attorney would not be in the “same direct line of supervision” given that the deputy district attorney would not be responsible for “supervising the job performance or work activities” of the assistant district attorney. OAG 18-31, 2018 Tenn. AG LEXIS 30 (7/6/2018).
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Section 8-31-103 ("Direct supervision of relatives prohibited.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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