SECTION 1. Chapter 172 of the Private Acts of 1979, is repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2. The county board of education of Loudon County shall consist of ten (10) members to be elected from districts established by the county legislative body pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-201. The term of the additional member authorized by this act shall be set to comply with the staggered term requirements of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-201.
SECTION 3. The duties and compensation of members of the county board of education shall be as provided by law.
SECTION 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed as having the effect of removing an incumbent from office or abridging the term of any official prior to the end of the term for which he 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 vote of the county legislative body of Loudon County. 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 7. 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 6.
Passed: April 10, 2002.