(a) Notwithstanding any municipal charter to the contrary, each member of a municipal civil service board shall be a domiciled resident of the municipality that the board serves for at least one (1) year prior to appointment. During a member’s term of office, no such member shall engage in any type of business with the municipality or any employee of such municipality.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 6-54-114

  • Board: means the mayor and the aldermen. See Tennessee Code 6-1-101
  • County: means the county in which any such city or territory to be incorporated under chapters 30-36 of this title is located, or in which the major portion of the population of any such city or territory to be incorporated is located as indicated by the last federal census. See Tennessee Code 6-30-102
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Notwithstanding any municipal charter or ordinance to the contrary, all members of any municipal civil service board in any county with a population greater than three hundred thousand (300,000), created by ordinance or charter, shall be appointed by the mayor of the municipality which the board serves. Such appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the municipal legislative body. At least one (1) member shall be a woman and one (1) member shall be a minority citizen.
(c) This section shall not apply to municipalities with a mayor-aldermen form of government.
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