(a) The council is authorized to establish its own rules, regulations and procedures and directed to:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 3-9-102

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Develop, establish and recommend pension standards and a coherent state policy on pensions, grounded in progressive and fundamental principles;
(2) Continuously survey pension developments in other governments, in industry and business and periodically reappraise the state’s policy and standards in view of such developments and changing economic and social conditions;
(3) Continuously maintain a critical analysis of the federal social security program and evaluate its objectives and accomplishments;
(4) Appraise pension provisions in force in Tennessee from time to time, along with those in other states and recommend such changes as considered necessary or advisable in the state’s laws;
(5) Review proposals from other sources for changes in the state’s laws and transmit recommendations concerning them to the general assembly and the governor;
(6) Submit suggested legislation or amendments to the general assembly and governor for the purpose of carrying out its recommendations; and
(7) Adopt committee amendments as appropriate in regard to any proposed change in the state’s law.
(b) [Deleted by 2022 amendment.]
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