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United States — Tennessee
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Covered correctional officers must be kept on and are not subject to preliminary or performance tests.
United States — Tennessee
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The civil service commission must adopt a position classification plan for correctional officers and make rules for administering it, with the advice and consent of the sheriff.
United States — Tennessee
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The sheriff must keep the board informed by periodic reports, and the board must conduct tests as needed to create eligible lists for positions.
United States — Tennessee
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When a correctional officer vacancy occurs, the sheriff must ask the commission for the names and addresses of all eligible persons.
United States — Tennessee
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This part applies only to a county with a metropolitan form of government where the sheriff has no law enforcement authority.
United States — Tennessee
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The county legislative body may create the office of county coroner, and if it does, it must elect a coroner for a two-year term. In counties with a county medical examiner, it may assign the coroner’s duties to that examiner and then does not have to elect a coroner.
United States — Tennessee
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The county legislative body may remove the coroner for misconduct or omission of duty, and may fill any vacancy.
United States — Tennessee
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The coroner must post an official bond before taking office duties, and may have to vacate office if the bond is not given within 10 days after appointment.
United States — Tennessee
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The coroner must take an oath to support the U.S. and Tennessee constitutions and faithfully perform the office’s duties.
United States — Tennessee
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Coroners may appoint deputies and require them to post bond; deputy coroners may be created in certain counties and may perform the coroner’s duties.
United States — Tennessee
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If a sheriff is a party or is shown by affidavit to be interested, the process may be directed to the coroner.
United States — Tennessee
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State government and county fiscal years generally run from July 1 to June 30; counties may be allowed a different schedule by the comptroller for special hardships.
United States — Tennessee
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State employees and officials must not borrow money on the credit of the state, unless another law allows it.
United States — Tennessee
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State appropriations are treated as state funds and are protected by sovereign immunity unless the general assembly expressly waives that immunity.
United States — Tennessee
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If a Tennessee state or local obligation has a right of prepayment before maturity, that right must be shown on the front or reverse side of the instrument in a prominent place.
United States — Tennessee
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For revenue distribution purposes, the census effective date for counties and municipalities is the first day of the month after the census bureau releases final population figures.
United States — Tennessee
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The negotiability of state and local public bonds is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code—Investment Securities.
United States — Tennessee
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Certain public entities may invest or deposit funds in federal savings banks and the local government investment pool, but excess-insurance deposits need approved collateral and some promissory notes cannot be used as security.
United States — Tennessee
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Certain Tennessee municipal, county, and state officers may accept checks, money orders, credit cards, and debit cards for public collections, with some notice, fee, and payment-handling rules.
United States — Tennessee
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If a check or money order is not paid, the person who tendered it must pay a penalty after written notice and demand by the relevant state, county, or municipal officer.