Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-409 (2026)
Powers and duties of board
✓ current as of May 2026
The board as a body shall:
- (1) Adopt and amend rules and regulations for the administration of this part;
- (2) Make investigations concerning the enforcement and effect of this part and require observance of the rules and regulations made thereunder;
- (3) Hear and determine appeals and complaints respecting the administration of this part;
- (4) Establish and maintain a roster of all employees of the classified service and the office of the sheriff showing their position, rank, compensation and place of residence;
- (5) Ascertain and record the duties and responsibilities pertaining to all positions in the classified service and classify such positions in the manner hereinafter provided;
- (6) Except as otherwise provided in this part, formulate and hold competitive tests to determine the qualifications of persons who seek employment in any position, and as a result of such tests, establish employment lists of eligibles for the various positions;
- (7) Establish records of performance and a system of service ratings to be used to determine promotions, the order of layoffs and reemployment and for other purposes;
- (8) Keep any other such records as may be necessary for the proper administration of this part; and
- (9) Determine all fringe benefits to employees coming under this part.
Acts 1974, ch. 751, §§ 9, 14; T.C.A., § 8-848.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 2005–2013 · leading case: Tidwell v. City of Memphis, 193 S.W.3d 555 (Tenn. 2006).
Tidwell v. City of Memphis, 193 S.W.3d 555 (Tenn. 2006). “There is another statute, however, Tennessee Code Annotated section 8-8-409 (2002), which is helpful.”
Jim Hammond, Sheriff of Hamilton Cnty. v. Chris Harvey, 410 S.W.3d 306 (Tenn. 2013). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-8-409 (emphasis added).”
Crawley v. Hamilton Cnty., 193 S.W.3d 453 (Tenn. 2006). “There is no question that Hamilton County is empowered, under Tennessee Code Annotated section 8-8-409, to determine all “fringe benefits” it provides to its employees.”
Roy L. Tidwell & Richard Coggins v. City of Memphis (Tenn. 2006). “There is another statute, however, Tennessee Code Annotated section 8-8-409 (2002), which is helpful.”
Noel & Josephine Crawley v. Hamilton Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “Hamilton County argues that summary judgment was proper, relying on Tenn. Code Ann. §8-8-409 , which empowers the County Sheriff’s Civil Service Board to “adopt and amend rule and regulations” and to “determine all fringe benefits to employees”, as authority for the adoption of…”
Jim Hammond, Sheriff of Hamilton Cnty. v. Chris Harvey (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “The Sheriff simply argues that the Board’s authority is defined by Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-409 (2011) and that it acted outside that authority in setting the pay for all sergeants in the Sheriff’s Office.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-409(3) — 1 case
Jim Hammond, Sheriff of Hamilton Cnty. v. Chris Harvey, 410 S.W.3d 306 (Tenn. 2013). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-8-409 (emphasis added).”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-409(4) — 1 case
Jim Hammond, Sheriff of Hamilton Cnty. v. Chris Harvey, 410 S.W.3d 306 (Tenn. 2013). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-8-409 (emphasis added).”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-409(8) — 1 case
Jim Hammond, Sheriff of Hamilton Cnty. v. Chris Harvey, 410 S.W.3d 306 (Tenn. 2013). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-8-409 (emphasis added).”
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