Private Acts of 1992 Chapter 239

SECTION 1. Chapter 83 of the Private Acts of 1943, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. McNairy County shall be divided into school districts which shall be coextensive with the county legislative body districts established by the county legislative body of McNairy county from time to time. The McNairy County Board of Education shall consist of the same number of members as the number of county legislative body districts in McNairy County, one (1) member of the Board of Education being elected by the qualified voters in each school district. Beginning with the 1992 General Election, as current board members' terms expire, board members shall be elected to four (4) year terms so that the terms of the board members shall be staggered. Persons elected in the regular August election shall take office on September 1 following the election.

SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided herein, the McNairy County board of Education shall have the same powers, duties, privileges and qualifications specified in Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49.

SECTION 4. The members of the McNairy County Board of Education shall be elected to four (4) year terms beginning with the 1994 regular August Election. 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 such official was elected.

SECTION 5. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

SECTION 6. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of McNairy 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 law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 6.

Passed: April 30, 1992