§ 17-2-302 — Requests for senior designation

(a) Any former supreme court justice, judge of an intermediate appellate court or judge of a state court of record who has at least eight (8) years of creditable service as a state justice or judge may request to be designated as a senior justice or judge. (b) Requests for senior designation shall be filed with the administrative director of the courts and shall be accompanied by: (1) Evidence that the justice or judge does not suffer from a permanent physical or mental disability that would substantially interfere with the performance of the justice's or judge's duties; (2) A written agreement that the justice or judge will not engage in the practice of law while serving as a senior justice or judge; (3) A written agreement that the justice or judge will be available to perform judicial duties for at least an aggregate period of thirty (30) weeks out of each successive twelve-month period; (4) A written agreement that the justice or judge will continue to file the disclosure statements required by title 8, chapter 50, part 5 during the justice's or judge's tenure as a senior justice or judge; (5) A written agreement that the justice or judge will abide by the code of judicial conduct; and (6) A duly executed oath of office, taken in the manner prescribed in § 17-1-104 , stating: "I, ______________, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Tennessee, and that I will administer justice without respect of persons and impartially discharge to the best of my ability all the duties of the office of senior justice (or judge) of the state of Tennessee on which I am about to enter."

Legislative History

Acts 1990, ch. 1025, § 2; 1993, ch. 66, § 32; 1999, ch. 86, § 1; 2002, ch. 639, §§ 1, 2.