(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any electric power board having a customer service greater than two hundred thousand (200,000) active electric meters within a county having a metropolitan form of government shall be composed of at least seven (7) members.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-1-111
Metropolitan government: means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
(b) The initial term of office of the two (2) additional members of the electric power board appointed pursuant to this section shall be for a period of five (5) years and three (3) years respectively, with each such appointment to be effective July 1, 1988. Each successive term of office shall be for a period of five (5) years from the date of expiration of the preceding term of office.(c) Any member of a utility board created under the charter of a metropolitan government that has a population in excess of four hundred thousand (400,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, may be removed from office upon a vote of three fourths (3/4) of the members of the governing body of such metropolitan government, but only after the assertion of reasons for removal as set forth in a resolution passed by three fourths (3/4) of the members of such governing body and only after the holding of a public hearing before such governing body.(d) No officer of an electric system owned and operated by a metropolitan government shall receive any salary increase that exceeds ten percent (10%) of such officer’s base salary for the previous year unless such increase is approved by a unanimous vote of the board.
