Private Acts of 1973 Chapter 95

SECTION 1. There is created the Office of Law Director for Sumner County who shall be elected by the Sumner County Board of County Commissioners for an initial six (6) year term, the initial institution of said term to begin at the regular meeting in September, 1995, or as soon thereafter as possible. At the expiration of this initial term, the term thereafter shall be elected by the Sumner County Board of County Commissioners at intervals of four (4) years.

SECTION 2. Pursuant to the terms set forth by the County Commission, the Office of the Law Director shall submit a budget for approval in order to operate the Office of Law Director and provide the necessary legal services to the County. As amended by: Private Acts of 1995, Chapter 12.

SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the Law Director to transact all the legal business of the county, either in court or otherwise, and to advise the county officials upon legal matters effecting their offices, and no officer of the county shall employ any other attorney, unless such other attorney shall be required by the conflicting nature of specific litigation involved, or such other attorney shall be employed at the personal expense of the county officer, or the other attorney shall be specifically authorized and empowered by the Sumner County Board of County Commissioners.

SECTION 4. Chapter 752 of the Private Acts of 1917, Chapter 451 of the Private Acts of 1931, Chapter 438 of the Private Acts of 1945, and Chapter 226 of the Private Acts of 1965 are repealed.

SECTION 5. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Sumner County on or before December 1, 1973. Its approval or non-approval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the Quarterly County Court and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 6. For the purposes 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: May 2, 1973.

COMPILER'S NOTE: Private Acts of 1995, Chapter 21 appears to contain the same language as the act above; however, this act has not been certified to the Secretary of State's office.