HB 365: Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, exempts retired judges from the duty to attend annual meetings of the state judicial conference. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 3.
Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
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SB 213: Courts, Administrative Office of the - As enacted, authorizes the administrative director to obtain a criminal history background check through the TBI and FBI on any applicant for employment; permits the administrative director to establish the job titles or classifications to which the background check requirement applies; and requires the office to pay for the cost of the background checks. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 8.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 104
HB 152: Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, clarifies that for the audited financial reports of certain self-sufficient utilities, a change in net position means total revenues less all grants, capital contributions, and expenses. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-401 and Section 68-221-1010.
Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
HB 875: Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, revises provisions governing certain juvenile-related reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 37.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
SB 275: Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires the governor to strive to appoint at least one person to the board of parole who has experience in corrections, probation, or parole; declares the governor the appointing authority for all board members. - Amends TCA Section 40-28-103.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 108
HB 1217: Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, requires that of the 10 hours of continuing education coursework required for renewal of licensure of funeral directors and embalmers, five of those hours must be attended in person, which means the coursework is either completed in the physical presence of the provider of the coursework or through an interactive virtual program that requires participants to confirm their presence during the program. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
SB 709: Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the commissioners of health and mental health and substance abuse services to produce guidelines on nonresidential buprenorphine treatment by January 1, 2018, and to annually update those guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 112
SB 823: Driver Licenses - As enacted, permits a judge to consider a criminal defendant's participation in recovery court as a hardship sufficient to order the stay of a criminal defendant's driver license revocation for failing to pay fines, court costs, and litigation taxes. - Amends TCA Section 40-24-105.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 149
SB 262: Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or any other legal requirement that regulates or imposes a requirement upon an employer pertaining to employee scheduling, except when necessary to avoid creating a public or private nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 107
HB 199: Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the underground utility damage enforcement board two years to June 30, 2019; adds an attendance requirement for members of the board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 65, Chapter 31.
Effective date(s) 04/12/2017
SB 138: Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, requires members of certain utility boards of commissioners to meet training and continuing education requirements; provides that failure to meet such requirements could result in the ineligibility to receive certain financial assistance, or for members to be reelected or reappointed. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-115; Section 7-35-409; Section 7-82-307; Section 7-82-308; Section 68-221-1305; Section 68-221-605 and Section 68-221-1206.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 118
HB 764: Water Pollution - As enacted, revises provisions governing the enforcement of the Water Quality Control Act; clarifies that the department of environment and conservation is the sole state agency authorized to conduct investigations under the Act and that other state agencies may assist the department in satisfying its duties under the Act. - Amends TCA Title 69 and Title 70.
Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
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