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PDF versionSECTION 1. Chapter 326 of the Private Acts of 1982, as amended by Chapter 28 of the Private Acts of 1999, and any acts amendatory thereto, shall be repealed immediately upon any vacancy occurring in the office of juvenile judge in Obion County. Upon repeal of Chapter 326 of the Private Acts of 1982, the general sessions court of Obion County shall, from that date forward, exercise juvenile court jurisdiction and have all the duties, powers, and authority of a juvenile court as provided in Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, or any other general law.
SECTION 2. Upon the repeal of Chapter 326 of the Private Acts of 1982, any general sessions judge elected after the repeal, or for any term of office thereafter, shall receive an annual salary no less than that provided for general sessions judges pursuant to § 16-15-5003, plus any other applicable provisions of general law.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of Obion county. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of such legislative body and certified to the secretary of state.
SECTION 5. 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 4.
Passed: March 6, 2014.