Private Acts of 1965 Chapter 128

SECTION 1. That the Quarterly County Court of Putnam County, Tennessee, is hereby authorized to provide, by resolution duly adopted, for retirement pay for any County employee who is at least sixty-five (65) years of age and has had active full-time service of at least twenty (20) years with such County, and who has retired therefrom or who has had active full-time service of at least twenty (20) years with such County and is presently totally and permanently disabled from doing gainful work as evidenced by the written certificate of at least two (2) physicians duly licensed and practicing such profession within Putnam County.

The amount of such retirement benefit shall be fixed by such Quarterly County Court at the time it provides for such benefit at an amount not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per month multiplied by the number of years of service rendered to the County by such employee, but in no event to exceed one hundred and twenty-five ($125.00) per month, payable in monthly installments from the general funds of the County.

SECTION 2. [Deleted by Private Acts of 1975, Chapter 12]

SECTION 3. That this Act shall have no effect unless the same shall have been approved by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Putnam County on or before the next regular meeting of such Quarterly County Court occurring more than thirty days after its approval by the Chief Executive of this State, or after its otherwise effective date. Its approval on nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the body having jurisdiction to approve, and shall be certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 4. That this Act shall take effect for the purpose of validating the same as provided for in Section 3 above, from and after its passage, and for all other purposes, on and after July 1, 1965, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: March 8, 1965.