§ 65-1-101 Creation – Commissioners – Diversity – Qualifications – Term of office – Vacancies
§ 65-1-102 Commissioners – Prohibited activities
§ 65-1-103 Meetings
§ 65-1-104 Quorum – Chair and vice chair – Panels
§ 65-1-105 Compensation – Expenses
§ 65-1-106 Travel reimbursement for employees subject to comprehensive travel regulations
§ 65-1-108 Office – Furniture and supplies
§ 65-1-109 Executive director
§ 65-1-110 Minutes and official documents
§ 65-1-111 Report to general assembly
§ 65-1-112 Copies of records
§ 65-1-113 Enforcement – Duties of commission
§ 65-1-114 Former public service commission officers to retain service weapons
§ 65-1-115 Members of former public service commission included in the executive service
§ 65-1-116 Commissioners deemed state employees eligible for insurance benefits

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 65 > Chapter 1 > Part 1 - General Provisions

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105