Tennessee § 8-20-103 Requirements for authorization

Tennessee Statutes

§ 8-20-103 — Requirements for authorization

Tennessee § 8-20-103

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-20-103 (2026).

Text

(a)No deputy or deputies or assistants shall be allowed to any office, unless the actual officer is unable to personally discharge the duties of the office by devoting such officer's entire working time thereto, except field deputy sheriffs.

(b)In case the officer is incapacitated from any cause to perform the duties of the office, one (1) person working in the place of the officer shall neither be considered nor paid as a deputy or assistant.

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(a) No deputy or deputies or assistants shall be allowed to any office, unless the actual officer is unable to personally discharge the duties of the office by devoting such officer's entire working time thereto, except field deputy sheriffs. (b) In case the officer is incapacitated from any cause to perform the duties of the office, one (1) person working in the place of the officer shall neither be considered nor paid as a deputy or assistant.

Legislative History

Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 8; Shan. Supp., § 6428a45; mod. Code 1932, § 10734; Acts 1949, ch. 36, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 10734; Acts 1953, ch. 130, § 1; 1959, ch. 326, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2003; Acts 1989, ch. 264, § 1.