§ 8-30-103 — Chapter definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Appointing authority" means a commissioner, department, officer or agency having power to make appointments to, and separations from, positions in state service; (2) "Board of appeals" means the state employees' appeals board established by § 8-30-108 of this chapter; (3) "Class" or "class of positions" means a group of positions in state service determined by the commissioner to have sufficiently similar duties, authority, and responsibility such that: (A) The same qualifications may be reasonably required for; and (B) The same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to; all positions in the group; (4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human resources appointed under § 8-30-104 ; (5) "Department" means the department of human resources pursuant to § 8-30-104 . The term includes the commissioner; (6) "Executive service" means all other positions that have not been placed under the preferred service and as are described in § 8-30-202 ; (7) "Official station" means the town or city where the employee performs a majority of the employee's duties; (8) "Preferred service" means all offices and positions of employment in the state service that have been placed under the preferred service provisions of this chapter; (9) "State agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality in state service that is subject to this chapter; and (10) "State service" shall have the same meaning assigned in § 8-30-102(a) .

Legislative History

Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 655, s 28, eff. 7/1/2022. Acts 2012 , ch. 800, § 4.