(a) The board of trustees is authorized to appoint a hearing officer, who shall be an impartial employee of the Tennessee treasury department, to conduct contested case proceedings pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, or to request the appointment of an administrative judge from the office of the secretary of state to conduct the proceedings.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-34-320

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(b) If the initial order of the administrative judge is appealed to the board of trustees, the executive committee established in § 8-34-322 shall hear the appeal.
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