§ 3-1-106. Expenses — Mileage Allowances
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each member of the general assembly shall be paid for the member’s expenses in attending legislative sessions and legislative committee meetings, and such conferences, symposiums, workshops, assemblages, gatherings and other official meetings and endeavors concerning state business and the duties of a legislator, held within or without the […]
§ 3-1-107. Salaries
Beginning with the election of the Ninety-Sixth General Assembly, each member shall receive an annual salary of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($16,500), payable in equal monthly installments, which shall be in addition to all other expenses and allowances provided by law. Beginning with the election of the Ninety-Seventh General Assembly, in addition to the […]
§ 3-1-108. Joint Convention for State-of-the-State Address
During the first week of each regular session of the general assembly which begins in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Tennessee, article II, § 8 in each odd-numbered year and during the first week of any adjourned session in an even-numbered year, the general assembly shall by joint resolution call a joint […]
§ 3-1-109. Office Space, Equipment, and Supplies
The county legislative body of any county having a population of not less than eighty-three thousand three hundred (83,300) and not more than eighty-three thousand four hundred (83,400) according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent census shall be authorized to provide any member of the general assembly representing such county, or any part […]
§ 3-1-110. Business or Occupation Participation Not Part-Time or Temporary
Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a member of the general assembly shall not be considered as participating in a business or occupation on a part-time or temporary basis because of such member’s attendance at sessions or committee meetings of the general assembly.
§ 3-1-111. Official Flag of the General Assembly
The official and permanent flag of the general assembly shall be the official legislative flag denoted and described in House Joint Resolution No. 531 of the Ninetieth General Assembly, which resolution was adopted by the Ninetieth General Assembly on March 29, 1978. The official flag of the general assembly is on a field of white […]
§ 3-1-112. Toll-Free Telephone Service to the General Assembly — Access for the Deaf
The general assembly shall establish a toll-free telephone service to enable citizens within the state to call the general assembly free of charge. One (1) toll-free telephone line shall be used and be in operation Monday through Friday for twelve (12) hours beginning at seven o’clock a.m. (7:00 a.m.) and ending at seven o’clock p.m. […]
§ 3-1-103. Composition of State House of Representative Districts
All census descriptions, counties, tracts, blocks, census delineations, census district lines and other census designations are those established for or by the United States department of commerce, bureau of the census, for taking the 2010 federal decennial census in Tennessee as contained in the automated geographic database, known as the TIGER (topologically integrated geographic encoding […]
§ 3-1-104. Residence Requirements — Counties Electing Two or More Direct Representatives
In those counties entitled to elect two (2) or more direct representatives and divided by § 3-1-103 into representative districts, a candidate for election to the office of representative shall not be required to reside in the representative district from which such candidate seeks to be elected, but shall be a resident of the county.
§ 3-1-105. Oaths of Office
The speaker of the senate may administer the official oath to any senators-elect, in the presence of the senate. The speaker of the house of representatives may administer the official oath to any members-elect of the house of representatives, in the presence of the house. The speaker of the senate and the speaker of the […]