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signed · Tennessee · Senate May 23, 2017

SB 1360: Military - As enacted, requires the adjutant general to provide a burial flag, upon application, to the members of the family of a deceased person who is an active, honorably discharged, or retired member of the national guard who served at least one year. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 2.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 430

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 23, 2017

SB 452: Uniform Laws - As enacted, modifies composition of the board of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States; specifies that all members of the board are entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses. - Amends TCA Title 4.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 395

signed · Tennessee · House May 23, 2017

HB 142: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends the Nursing Home Assessment Trust Fund by one year, to terminate on June 30, 2018, and revises certain long-term care provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 23, 2017

HB 1379: Local Education Agencies - As enacted, adds LEAs to the provisions whereby a county, municipality, utility district, or other local governmental entity having centralized purchasing authority with a full-time purchasing agent is authorized, by resolution or ordinance of its governing body, to increase the threshold over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids or proposals are required to an amount not to exceed $25,000 for nonemergency, nonproprietary purchases. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1212 and Title 49, Chapter 2.

Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 23, 2017

HB 1062: Advertising - As enacted, establishes requirements for the location of outdoor advertising devices along an interstate or highway. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21.

Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 23, 2017

HB 137: Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes the department of health to establish a prescription drug donation repository program. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

Effective date(s) 05/18/2017; 01/01/2018

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 23, 2017

SB 343: Food and Food Products - As enacted, requires commissioner of agriculture to promulgate rules to exempt from the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act any livestock producers who are acting in compliance with the Federal Meat Inspection Act. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 7.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 386

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 23, 2017

SB 1456: Liberty - Subject to local approval, authorizes a $45.00 payment to the mayor for attendance at the monthly meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen. - Amends Chapter 796 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.

Pr. Ch. 25

signed · Tennessee · House May 23, 2017

HB 552: Annexation - As enacted, deletes the limitation allowing non-contiguous annexation by resolution to occur only in a county having a population according to the most recent decennial census that is greater than 44.5 percent and 50,000 of its population in the preceding decennial census. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1.

Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 23, 2017

HB 1441: Tipton County - Subject to local approval, repeals requirement that owners of real property obtain a building permit; repeals authorization to hunt red foxes; repeals provisions relative to litter and refuse control; increases from four to five the membership of the Purchasing Committee; revises certain notice requirements; revises provisions relative to jurisdiction of Purchasing Committee; deletes provision authorizing attorneys to appoint a substitute judge under certain circumstances; deletes provision authorizing the governor to fill a judicial vacancy; requires certain tax proceeds to be used for community development. - Amends Chapter 518 of the Private Acts of 1941; as amended.

Comp. became Pr. Ch. 23

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 23, 2017

SB 384: Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires that driver licenses be printed in vertical format for persons under 21 years of age; authorizes licensees to replace vertical format license with horizontal one upon reaching 21 years of age for the cost of a duplicate license. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 388

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 23, 2017

SB 568: Annexation - As enacted, deletes the limitation allowing non-contiguous annexation by resolution to occur only in a county having a population according to the most recent decennial census that is greater than 44.5 percent and 50,000 of its population in the preceding decennial census. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 399