Private Acts of 1974 Chapter 282

SECTION 1. The General Session Court of Benton County, Tennessee shall constitute and be the Juvenile Court of Benton County, Tennessee and shall be, and is hereby vested with, and shall exercise, in addition to its existing duties, responsibilities, and jurisdiction, all of the jurisdiction and authority conferred by Title 37, Chapter 2, Tennessee Code Annotated upon the juvenile courts of this state. The juvenile jurisdiction previously conferred upon the County Judge of Benton County, Tennessee is hereby divested from the office of County Judge and transferred to and vested in the General Sessions Court of Benton County, Tennessee as authorized under Title 37, Chapter 2, Tennessee Code Annotated.

SECTION 2. In addition to the annual salary established by law for the judge of the General Sessions Court of Benton County, such judge is hereby granted an annual salary supplement in the amount of three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600), to be paid in equal monthly installments, as compensation for the additional duties and responsibilities imposed upon him as juvenile court judge of Benton County.

As amended by: Private Acts of 1976, Chapter 240.

SECTION 3. This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Benton County on or before September 1, 1974. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the Quarterly County Court and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 4. 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 from and after September 1, 1974.

Passed: March 12, 1974.