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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-81-205

  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Upon the assembly coming to order, the chair shall take a list of the voters present, and the clerk shall record them. The meeting shall then proceed to the election of a mayor, who shall qualify by announcing to the assembly that such mayor will faithfully, impartially, and honestly administer the office of mayor as long as such mayor may occupy the office. The chair shall then cease to preside, and the mayor shall thereafter be the presiding officer.