Planning, Public

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details on the consequences for missing three meetings or specify when the rule takes effect beyond becoming law.

Planning Committee Attendance Rules

This bill requires the leader of local government planning committees to inform the group that appoints committee members if any member misses three consecutive meetings.

What This Bill Does

• Changes Tennessee's laws about what happens when a member of a local government planning committee misses three consecutive meetings without an excuse.
• Requires the presiding officer of the planning committee to notify, or cause to be notified, the appointing authority if any member fails to attend three consecutive meetings.

Who It Names or Affects

• Local government planning committees in Tennessee
• People who are part of these planning committees

Terms To Know

presiding officer

The person leading the meeting or committee

appointing authority

The group that chooses members for a committee

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens to someone who misses three meetings.
• Only applies to planning committees, not other types of committees.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 2590
By Vital

SENATE BILL 2154
By Watson
SB2154
012249
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4,
relative to planning.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-3-727(b)(2), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:
(2) The failure of any member to attend three (3) consecutive meetings of the
committee. The presiding officer shall promptly notify, or cause to be notified, the
appointing authority of a member who fails to satisfy the attendance requirement as
prescribed in this subdivision (b)(2).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.