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handle is hein.ssl/sstn0273 and id is 1 raw text is: *tate of Eerne5!ee PRIVATE CHAPTER NO. 1 HOUSE BILL NO. 1415 By Representative Dawn White Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1428 By Senator Ketron AN ACT to amend Chapter 429 of the Private Acts of 1931; as amended by Chapter 859 of the Private Acts of 1949; Chapter 179 of the Private Acts of 1965; Chapter 30 of the Private Acts of 1967; Chapter 43 of the Private Acts of 1975; Chapter 91 of the Private Acts of 1983; Chapter 162 of the Private Acts of 1984; Chapter 104 of the Private Acts of 1993; Chapter 82 of the Private Acts of 2002; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the charter of the City of Murfreesboro. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Chapter 429 of the Private Acts of 1931, as amended by Chapter 859 of the Private Acts of 1949, Chapter 30 of the Private Acts of 1967, Chapter 43 of the Private Acts of 1975, Chapter 104 of the Private Acts of 1993, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is amended in Article IV by deleting Section 11 and substituting instead the following: Section 11. That the City Council shall consist of not less than six (6) members and a Mayor nor more than ten (10) members and a Mayor, and may in its discretion at the first or any subsequent regular meeting after the election of council members elect one (1) of the council members Vice Mayor to serve until the next city election and to act in the place and stead of the Mayor during any absence or disability of the Mayor. The Mayor, or in his/her absence the Vice Mayor of the council, shall preside at all meetings of the council, shall participate therein and shall be entitled to vote on all questions considered by the council. The Mayor, and in his/her absence the Vice Mayor of the council, shall perform such other acts and functions as may be prescribed by this Act. In the event the office of Mayor becomes vacant for any reason, the council shall send a resolution to the election commission of Rutherford County, Tennessee, requesting a special election in accordance with state law. The Vice Mayor shall serve as interim Mayor until such time as the person elected in the special election is qualified. The person elected in the special election shall fill out the remainder of the unexpired term of the previously elected Mayor. In the event the next general election is within 180 days of the vacancy, no special election shall be called and the Vice Mayor shall serve until the next general election. The city council shall be a continuing body, and no measure pending before it shall abate or be discontinued by reason of the expiration of the term of office or removal or ouster or resignation of the members or any of them. SECTION 2. Chapter 429 of the Private Acts of 1931, as amended by Chapter 859 of the Private Acts of 1949, Chapter 179 of the Private Acts of 1965, Chapter 104 of the Private Acts of 1993, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is further amended in Article IV by deleting Section 15 and substituting instead the following: Section 15. Coinciding with the August or November general election as called, ordered, and published by the election commission of Rutherford County, Tennessee, there shall be held a regular election in the City of Murfreesboro, for the purpose of electing members of the City Council and a Mayor, as more particularly provided in Section 14. Every such regular election shall be called, ordered, and published by the election commissioners for Rutherford County, Tennessee, by publication of a notice of election, in accordance with state statute, in some newspaper printed and published in the City of Murfreesboro, or if there be no such newspaper, then in some newspaper of general circulation therein (if any) and by posting of such notice of election on the

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