Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 1-1-101 (2026)
Composition of commission - Vacancies
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) There is created a Tennessee code commission of five (5) members composed of the chief justice of the supreme court, the attorney general and reporter, a director of the office of legal services for the general assembly, and two (2) other members appointed by the chief justice.
- (b) In the event of a vacancy for any cause in the appointed membership, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the chief justice.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 603,s 1, eff. 3/17/2016.
Acts 1953, ch. 80, § 1; 1977, ch. 89, § 16; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-101.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2023 · leading case: Shelby Cnty. v. King, 620 S.W.2d 493 (Tenn. 1981).
Shelby Cnty. v. King, 620 S.W.2d 493 (Tenn. 1981). “67-3012 (pre 1978) came about by enactment of Chapter 1, Public Acts of 1979, which was the codification of the Public Acts of 1978 by the Tennessee Code Commission, T.C.A. 1-1-101, et seq. The Tennessee *496 Code Commission has authority to "rearrange, regroup and renumber the…”
Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters Local 3858 v. City of Germantown, 98 F. Supp. 2d 939 (W.D. Tenn. 2000). “That law, which is part of the authorization for the Tennessee code commission to publish the Tennessee Code Annotated (see T.C.A. §§ 1-1-101 et seq.), specifically authorizes the commission to omit certain clauses, including severability clauses, in preparing the manuscript of…”
Pub..Resource.Org v. Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. (2023). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 1-1-101 (West eff. March 17, 2016).”
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