SENATE BILL 2963
By Lowe HOUSE BILL 2990
By Cochran AN ACT to amend Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended by Chapter 105 of the Private Acts of 1959;
Chapter 136 of the Private Acts of 1971; Chapter 60 of the Private Acts of 1977; Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 1986; Chapter 215 of the Private Acts of 1992;
Chapter 180 of the Private Acts of 1994; Chapter 25 of the Private Acts of 1997; Chapter 164 of the Private Acts of 1998; Chapter 83 of the Private Acts of 2000; Chapter
16 of the Private Acts of 2001; Chapter 114 of the Private Acts of 2002; Chapter 92 of the Private Acts of
2004; Chapter 3 of the Private Acts of 2007 and Chapter
7 of the Private Acts of 2019; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the City of Athens.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953, as amended by Chapter 136 of the Private Acts of 1971, Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 1986, Chapter 215 of the Private Acts of 1992, Chapter 180 of the Private Acts of 1994, Chapter 164 of the Private Acts of 1998,
Chapter 83 of the Private Acts of 2000, Chapter 92 of the Private Acts of 2004, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is amended by adding the following to the end of Article V, Section 2:
Councilpersons shall serve no more than three (3) terms. The three-term limit shall begin with the 2024 and 2026 elections. Furthermore, if a Councilperson was appointed mid-term, then that appointed term shall not count toward the three-term limit prescribed herein.
SECTION 2. Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is amended by deleting Article XIX, Section 2 and substituting instead:
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor, during a time of an emergency,
shall have the authority granted to city mayors pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated,
Section 58-8-104, as same may be amended from time to time.
SECTION 3. Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953, as amended by Chapter 105 of the Private Acts of 1959, Chapter 136 of the Private Acts of 1971, Chapter 60 of the Private HB2990
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Acts of 1977, Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 1986, Chapter 215 of the Private Acts of 1992,
Chapter 180 of the Private Acts of 1994, Chapter 25 of the Private Acts of 1997, Chapter 164 of the Private Acts of 1998, Chapter 83 of the Private Acts of 2000, Chapter 16 of the Private Acts of 2001, Chapter 114 of the Private Acts of 2002, Chapter 92 of the Private Acts of 2004,
Chapter 3 of the Private Acts of 2007, and Chapter 7 of the Private Acts of 2019, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is amended by deleting the term "Councilman" wherever it appears and substituting instead the term "Councilperson" and by deleting the terms "Councilmen" and
"councilmen" wherever they appear and substituting instead the term "Councilpersons".
SECTION 4. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of the City of Athens. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by
the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified to the secretary of state.
SECTION 5. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective as provided in Section 4.
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