Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-23-205

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Commissioner: means any person in office as a member of the public service commission, as prescribed by title 65, chapter 1, prior to June 30, 1996. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Member: means any person included in the membership of the retirement system, as provided in chapter 35, part 1 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, no member of any board or commission, established by law or pursuant to law, which receives an appropriation, regardless of the source of funding, shall receive any compensation, whether denominated per diem or by whatever name called, except for days in which such member actually works four (4) or more hours performing duties directly relating to that board’s or commission’s activities, or for time or days spent attending meetings of that board or commission where a quorum is present. The chair or head of each board or commission, the department head to which such board or commission is attached administratively, and the commissioner of finance and administration, shall prescribe procedures to ensure compliance, such procedures to contain, as a minimum, a certification of time worked by each member claiming compensation.