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PDF versionSECTION 1. Effective September 1, 1998, the annual base salary and annual adjustments for the general sessions judge of Gibson County shall be that of a judge of a county of the first class as provided by Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 16-15-5003, notwithstanding the population classifications established in Section 16-15-5001.
SECTION 2. Effective immediately, the General Sessions Court Judge of Gibson County may interchange with the judge of the juvenile, circuit, chancery, or criminal court in such county if the General Sessions Court Judge possesses the same qualifications as such juvenile, circuit, chancery, or criminal court judge. This section shall only apply if the judge of the juvenile, circuit, chancery, or criminal court is unavailable to serve or upon request of the juvenile, circuit or criminal judge or chancellor.
| As amended by: | Private Acts of 1997, Chapter 9 |
SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of Gibson County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the county legislative body and certified 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 24, 1996.