Required votes for election of delegates or alternate delegates - Recall and replacement of delegates - Joint resolution required

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TN Code › Title 3 › Chapter 18 › Section 3-18-109

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(a) To be elected a delegate or an alternate delegate, an individual shall receive, in each house of the general assembly, a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the members to which such house is entitled under the Constitution of Tennessee. (b) At the time of election, each alternate delegate shall be paired with a delegate as provided in a joint resolution adopted by the general assembly. (c) The general assembly may recall any delegate or alternate delegate and replace that delegate or alternate delegate with an individual appointed under this section at any time. (d) The general assembly shall appoint or recall delegates or alternate delegates by joint resolution. Acts 2014, ch. 979, § 1.

(a) To be elected a delegate or an alternate delegate, an individual shall receive, in each house of the general assembly, a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the members to which such house is entitled under the Constitution of Tennessee.

(b) At the time of election, each alternate delegate shall be paired with a delegate as provided in a joint resolution adopted by the general assembly.

(c) The general assembly may recall any delegate or alternate delegate and replace that delegate or alternate delegate with an individual appointed under this section at any time.

(d) The general assembly shall appoint or recall delegates or alternate delegates by joint resolution.

Acts 2014, ch. 979, § 1.

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