SENATE BILL 419
By Yarbro HOUSE BILL 722
By Hakeem AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-
12-102, relative to county election commissions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-12-102(b), is amended by deleting the subsection and substituting instead the following:
(b)
(1) A county election commissioner who qualifies as a candidate for any public office while serving as a commissioner is automatically disqualified to
continue in office as a commissioner, and a vacancy exists on the commission.
(2) If an immediate family member of a county election commissioner is
on the ballot for public office in the county in which the commissioner serves, the commissioner must:
(A) Abstain from voting on any issues that directly affect the commissioner's immediate family member; and
(B) Be recused from the official duties of the commission at least thirty (30) days before the election and the state election commission shall appoint a temporary replacement for the election. The recused county election commissioner is reinstated to the office after the election in question is certified.
(3) As used in this subsection (b), "immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, sibling, or child.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2021, the public welfare requiring it.
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Statutes affected:
Current Version: 2-12-102(b), 2-12-102