County: means the county in which any such city or territory to be incorporated under chapters 30-36 of this title is located, or in which the major portion of the population of any such city or territory to be incorporated is located as indicated by the last federal census. See Tennessee Code 6-30-102
Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Any mayor or full-time commissioner of a municipality who serves on a municipal, county, regional board, commission, or authority or development district board, in an appointed, elected, or ex officio capacity, may from time to time designate a person qualified to hold the official’s office, a professional staff member of the municipality with appropriate training, or a member of the municipality’s governing body to sit in the municipal official’s place on the board, commission, or authority.(2) Any such designee has the same immunities and powers, including the power to vote, as are otherwise conferred on the elected municipal official on the board, commission, or authority.(3) No such designee may cast more than one (1) vote.(4) At any meeting attended by the elected municipal official, only the elected municipal official, and not the designee, shall exercise voting power.(b)(1) Subsection (a) shall not be applicable when there is a charter, private act, ordinance, or general law provision providing for a substitute for the local government official, nor shall subsection (a) apply to boards, commissions, or authorities whose members are appointed by the governor.(2) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the members of local boards of education.
