Tennessee Code Title 7. Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities § 7-1-111

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any electric power board having a customer service greater than two hundred thousand (200,000) active electric meters within a county having a metropolitan form of government shall be composed of at least seven (7) members.

(b) The initial term of office of the two (2) additional members of the electric power board appointed pursuant to this section shall be for a period of five (5) years and three (3) years respectively, with each such appointment to be effective July 1, 1988. Each successive term of office shall be for a period of five (5) years from the date of expiration of the preceding term of office.

(c) Any member of a utility board created under the charter of a metropolitan government that has a population in excess of four hundred thousand (400,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, may be removed from office upon a vote of three fourths ( 3/4 ) of the members of the governing body of such metropolitan government, but only after the assertion of reasons for removal as set forth in a resolution passed by three fourths ( 3/4 ) of the members of such governing body and only after the holding of a public hearing before such governing body.

(d) No officer of an electric system owned and operated by a metropolitan government shall receive any salary increase that exceeds ten percent (10%) of such officer's base salary for the previous year unless such increase is approved by a unanimous vote of the board.