Private Acts of 2000 Chapter 67

SECTION 1. Chapter 20 of the Private Acts of 1967 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. Chapter 295 of the Private Acts of 1972 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. The Chancery Court of Overton County shall have jurisdiction relating to the probate of wills and the administration of estates of every nature, including the estates of decedents and of wards under guardianships or conservatorships and related matters as provided under Tennessee Code Annotated § 16-16-201. The Clerk and Master of Overton County shall serve as the clerk of all matters of probate and all records relative to jurisdiction and proceedings before said court shall be filed with the Clerk and Master of Overton County.

SECTION 4. The General Sessions Court of Overton County shall retain jurisdiction over all juvenile matters pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 2. The Clerk and Master of Overton County shall serve as Clerk of the Juvenile Court of Overton County and all records relative to jurisdiction and proceedings before said court shall be filed with the Clerk and Master of Overton County.

SECTION 5. The General Sessions Court of Overton County shall retain jurisdiction of domestic relations and workers compensation concurrent with the Circuit and Chancery Courts, and in addition, the General Sessions Judge may sit by interchange with the Circuit and Criminal Judges and with the Chancellor, and they with the General Sessions Judge, in Overton County.

SECTION 6. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the Legislative Body of Overton County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of Overton County and certified to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 7. 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 as provided in Section 6.

Passed: January 31, 2000.