Mayors and Commissioners — Substitutes to Serve on Boards, Etc

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Cities and Towns
4. Municipal Powers Generally
5. General Provisions
6. Mayors and Commissioners — Substitutes to Serve on Boards, Etc

1. 1. Any mayor or full-time commissioner of a municipality who serves on a municipal, county, regional board, commission, or authority or development district board, in an appointed, elected, or ex officio capacity, may from time to time designate a person qualified to hold the official's office, a professional staff member of the municipality with appropriate training, or a member of the municipality's governing body to sit in the municipal official's place on the board, commission, or authority.
   2. Any such designee has the same immunities and powers, including the power to vote, as are otherwise conferred on the elected municipal official on the board, commission, or authority.
   3. No such designee may cast more than one (1) vote.
   4. At any meeting attended by the elected municipal official, only the elected municipal official, and not the designee, shall exercise voting power.
2. 1. Subsection (a) shall not be applicable when there is a charter, private act, ordinance, or general law provision providing for a substitute for the local government official, nor shall subsection (a) apply to boards, commissions, or authorities whose members are appointed by the governor.
   2. Subsection (a) shall not apply to the members of local boards of education.

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