(a) The commissioner, after consulting with appointing authorities and other qualified authorities, shall determine, or cause to be determined, the authority, duties, and responsibilities of all positions in the state preferred service.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-30-203

  • class of positions: means a group of positions in state service determined by the commissioner to have sufficiently similar duties, authority, and responsibility such that:
    (A) The same qualifications may be reasonably required for. See Tennessee Code 8-30-103
  • Commissioner: refers to the commissioner of human resources appointed under §. See Tennessee Code 8-30-103
  • Preferred service: means all offices and positions of employment in the state service that have been placed under the preferred service provisions of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-30-103
  • Service: means service as a general employee, a teacher, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter, a police officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner or a county official which is paid for by an employer, and also includes service for which a former member of the general assembly is entitled to under former §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(b) The commissioner shall prepare a classification plan that groups all positions in the preferred service in classes, based on the authority, duties, and responsibilities of each position. The classification plan must set forth, for each class of positions, the class title and a statement of the authority, duties, and responsibilities of the class. Each class of positions may be subdivided, and classes may be grouped and ranked in such manner as the commissioner considers appropriate.
(c) The commissioner shall periodically:

(1) Review the positions in the state preferred service; and
(2) Reallocate the positions to the proper classes based on the duties and responsibilities of the positions at the time of the review under subdivision (c)(1).
(d) The commissioner shall also prepare a statement of minimum qualifications for each class of positions in the preferred service.
(e) When any position classification is upgraded in the classification plan, all employees in that position classification shall receive any necessary salary adjustment so that the employee’s salary does not fall below the minimum range of the classification.
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