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Tennessee Code Title 3. Legislature § 3-12-109

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The director of legal services may recommend the appointment, and the speakers may appoint, a revisor of statutes within the office of legal services.

(b) The revisor shall be a graduate of an accredited law school, shall be licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee, shall have five (5) or more years of experience in the field of legislative law, and shall have such training or practical experience in government as may be deemed necessary to perform the duties of the office.

(c) The revisor shall:

(1) Assist the director of legal services and perform duties as assigned by the director;

(2) Perform all codification functions within the office; and

(3) Serve as the executive secretary of the Tennessee code commission.

(d)(1) In order to assist the chairs of the standing committees, and other members of the general assembly, it shall be the duty of the revisor, in consultation with the director of legal services, to:

(A) Solicit and receive suggestions and supporting information from Tennessee citizens concerning state statutes or uncodified public acts that may be anachronistic, obsolete, defective, duplicative, contradictory, unnecessary, or incomprehensible;

(B) Review and evaluate systematically such suggestions and supporting information;

(C) Identify specific state statutes or uncodified public acts that may, in fact, be anachronistic, obsolete, defective, duplicative, contradictory, unnecessary, or incomprehensible and that may, therefore, be appropriate for legislative consideration of repeal, modification, or revision; and

(D) Report findings and recommendations biennially, beginning in January 2017, to the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the standing committees.

(2) The revisor shall maintain an online capability to solicit and receive suggestions and supporting information pursuant to subdivision (d)(1)(A).

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