(a) Upon receipt of a petition, signed by qualified voters of any one (1) county, equal in number to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of votes cast in the county for governor in the last general election, requesting the consolidation of the county or parts of the county with one (1) or more adjoining counties, the state consolidation committee shall appoint a county consolidation committee for the county.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 5-3-102

  • County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) The county consolidation committee shall be composed of the county mayor and the county trustee of the petitioning county, the county mayors of the adjoining counties, and five (5) signers of the petition designated by the governor.
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