Private Acts of 1980 Chapter 305

SECTION 1. Any person elected to or appointed to fill a vacancy for the office of sheriff of Bedford County after the effective date of this Act shall meet the qualifications and requirements as provided in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-1104.

SECTION 2. Any deputy employed by the sheriff of Bedford County after the effective date of this Act shall meet the qualifications and requirements as provided in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-1104.

SECTION 3. This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (b) vote of the county legislative body of Bedford County before November 1, 1980. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the county legislative body 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 upon being approved as provided in Section 3.

Passed: April 17, 1980.