Private Acts of 1982 Chapter 189

SECTION 1. The office of Commissioner of Highways for McMinn County is hereby created. The Commissioner of Highways shall be considered the chief administrative officer for the purposes of the County Uniform Highway Law, Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 54, Chapter 7. The powers and duties of the Commissioner of Highways shall be as specified in the County Uniform Highway Law as codified in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-7-101 et seq.

SECTION 2. The Commissioner of Highways shall be elected by the qualified voters of McMinn County in accordance with the General Election Laws of the State of Tennessee in the General Election to be held in August, 1982, and every four (4) years thereafter. Upon certification of the results of the August, 1982, Election, the Commissioner of Highways shall take office September 1, 1982, for a term of four years.

A vacancy in the office of Commissioner of Highways shall be filled by an appointee of the county legislative body as provided by law, and shall serve until a successor is elected at the next county-wide election occurring after the vacancy.

SECTION 3. The county legislative body shall have the authority to set the salary of the Commissioner of Highways at a rate higher than the minimum salary established in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-7-106.

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law to the contrary and for 1982 only, the County Election Commission of McMinn County is authorized to modify the filing deadlines for nominating petitions required by Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 5, to the extent determined to be necessary and practical in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act, but only if the effective date of this Act falls after the qualifying deadline applicable in such county as set out in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-5-101.

SECTION 5. This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of McMinn County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the county legislative body 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: February 1, 1982.