Private Acts of 1949 Chapter 676

SECTION 1.  After August, 1982, the Hamblen County Board of Education, shall consist of seven (7) members.

SECTION 2.  That one (1) member of the County Board of Education shall be elected by the qualified voters of each of the seven (7) school districts within the county, which are defined and constituted as follows:

School district one (1) shall be composed of county legislative districts one (1) and two (2).

School district two (2) shall be composed of county legislative districts three (3) and four (4).

School district three (3) shall be composed of county legislative districts five (5) and six (6).

School district four (4) shall be composed of county legislative districts seven (7) and eight (8).

School district five (5) shall be composed of county legislative districts nine (9) and ten (10).

School district six (6) shall be composed of county legislative districts eleven (11) and twelve (12).

School district seven (7) shall be composed of county legislative districts thirteen (13) and fourteen (14).

Said legislative districts, dividing Hamblen County into fourteen districts, were adopted by resolution of the Hamblen County legislative body on November 16, 1981 in accordance with the reapportionment which resulted from the 1980 Federal Census in order to comply with the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 1.

SECTION 3.  That at the August general election in 1982 and every two (2) years thereafter, the qualified voters of each School District shall elect one member of the County Board of Education, who shall reside in the School District from which he or she is elected, and that the term of office of members so elected shall be for a period of two years from and after the first day in September next following their election or until their successors are elected and qualified, and that not more than one member shall be elected from any one School District.

SECTION 4.  That until the election and qualification of members of the County Board of Education in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the members of said County Board of Education shall be as follows:

School District No. 1 - O. L. McMahan.

School District No. 2 - Glenn Smallman.

School District No. 3 - Hal B. Noe.

School District No. 4 - Sam Rouse.

School District No. 5 - Oliver Roberts.

SECTION 5.  That after the effective date of this Act, any vacancy occurring upon the County Board of Education in said County shall be filled by election of the Quarterly County Court, but members so elected shall serve only until their successors elected at the next regular County election are elected and qualified.  Any vacancy shall be filled from the School District in which such vacancy occurs.

SECTION 6.  That Hamblen County shall be exempted from the provisions of Section 2317 of the Code of Tennessee with respect to the election of a County Board of Education by the Court, but said section shall remain in full force and effect as to filling any vacancies on the Board as herein provided.

SECTION 7.  The compensation of the chairman and members of the County Board of Education shall be paid in the same amount and in the same manner as the compensation is paid to the Hamblen County Commissioners.

SECTION 8.  That said County Board of Education shall have and exercise all the powers, duties, functions and obligations presently imposed on County Boards of Education by the general law.  And all the general school laws now existing not inconsistent with this Act shall be in full force and effect with respect to said County.

SECTION 9.  That the members of said County Board of Education shall meet, qualify and organize within ten days after their election or appointment by electing one of the members as Chairman, who shall serve for a period of one year or until his successor is elected and qualified and thereupon said Board of Education shall assume all the duties and responsibilities required by County Boards of Education under the general school laws of the State.

SECTION 10.  That Chapter No. 584, House Bill No. 1282, Private Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee of 1937, is hereby repealed and the present County Board of Education in Hamblen County, Tennessee, is hereby abolished.

SECTION 11.  Be it further enacted, that nothing in this act shall be construed as having the effect of removing any incumbent from office or abridging the term of any official prior to the end of the term for which he was elected.

SECTION 12.  That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  April 12, 1949.