Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-112 (2026)
Appointment of commissioners
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The commissioners shall be appointed by the governor for terms to expire with the beginning of the term of the governor next elected, or whenever their successors shall be appointed and qualified.
- (b) Each commissioner shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor.
Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 373a33; Acts 1933, ch. 92, § 1(1); 1935, ch. 169, § 1; Code 1932, § 258; Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 2; 1939, ch. 11, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-302.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2000–2011 · leading case: Hornberger v. Tennessee, 782 F. Supp. 2d 561 (M.D. Tenn. 2011).
Hornberger v. Tennessee, 782 F. Supp. 2d 561 (M.D. Tenn. 2011). “3d at 360-61 ; Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 4-3-112 (explaining that the Commissioner is gubernatorial appointee who serves at the pleasure of the Governor); 4-4-106 (noting that, generally, DHS “officers, assistants and employees as may be necessary to carry on the work of [the]…”
State, ex rel v. Xantus (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “The Commissioner is appointed by the governor, Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-112 , and is the chief executive officer of the department, Tenn.”
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