Private Acts of 1984 Chapter 172

SECTION 1. There is hereby created the office of Superintendent of Highways for Moore County. Said Superintendent of Highways shall be the executive head of the Moore County Highway Department and shall be the chief administrative officer of said department under the terms of the County Uniform Highway Law codified in Chapter 7, Title 54, Tennessee Code Annotated.

SECTION 2. The present Highway Supervisor of Moore County, elected in the August, 1982 General Election, shall serve as the Superintendent of Highways for Moore County for the remainder of his present term which ends in 1986. At the August 1986 General Election and every four years thereafter, the qualified voters of Moore County shall elect a Superintendent of Highways who shall serve for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and is qualified.

SECTION 3. The Moore County Superintendent of Highways shall perform all the duties prescribed or authorized to be performed by a chief administrative officer pursuant to the County Uniform Highway Law. Further, said Superintendent shall serve as the contracting officer and purchasing agent for Moore County Highway Department. The Superintendent of Highways shall sign all warrants upon the highway fund, excepting in the event of the officer's disability or absence from the county for over seven continuous days, or a vacancy in the office, the County Executive shall be empowered to sign fiscal warrants until the end of the vacancy, absence or disability. The Superintendent shall notify the County Executive in writing of the end of the disability or prolonged absence and upon receipt of such notice the County Executive shall cease to exercise the temporary powers conferred by this section.

SECTION 4. If any provisions of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

SECTION 5. This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of County Commissioners of Moore County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of such Board and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 6. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this Act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 5.

Passed: March 15, 1984.