Tennessee Statutes
§ 5-3-107 — Dissolution of county - Rights and duties of county officers
Tennessee·Title 5
(a)In the event of a favorable vote under § 5-3-104 , the constitutional and other elective officers of the petitioning county, as provided by law, shall continue to serve out their existing terms of office and shall receive full compensation therefor; provided, that such compensation shall not be on a higher rate than was set for the office one (1) year before the receipt of the petition for consolidation by the state consolidation committee; and provided further, that all such offices and compensation shall be and stand abolished upon the effective date of consolidation.
(b)It shall be the duty of such officers to assist the like officers of the absorbing county or counties in effecting the necessary transfer of offices, books, records, funds and other property.
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Legislative History
Acts 1939, ch. 224, § 7; C. Supp. 1950, § 136.6 (Williams, §136.7); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-307.
Nearby Sections
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§ 5-1-101
Enumeration of counties§ 5-1-102
Jurisdiction over boundary waters§ 5-1-103
Corporate capacity§ 5-1-104
County officers - Filling vacancies§ 5-1-105
Suits against counties§ 5-1-106
Suits for use of counties§ 5-1-107
Mandamus to enforce county duties§ 5-1-108
Division into districts§ 5-1-109
Continuation of existing districts§ 5-1-110
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