Majority needed to determine rules or contested cases - Exceptions

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TN Code › Title 4 › Chapter 5 › Section 4-5-107

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Unless otherwise provided by statute, no state board, commission or department composed of two (2) or more members or commissioners shall make any rule or declaratory rulings or finally determine any contested case, as the terms "rule" and "contested case" are defined in this chapter, unless a majority of the members or commissioners is present. Acts 1975, ch. 97, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 4-528, 4-5-122(a); Acts 1982, ch. 874, § 6.

Unless otherwise provided by statute, no state board, commission or department composed of two (2) or more members or commissioners shall make any rule or declaratory rulings or finally determine any contested case, as the terms "rule" and "contested case" are defined in this chapter, unless a majority of the members or commissioners is present.

Acts 1975, ch. 97, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 4-528, 4-5-122(a); Acts 1982, ch. 874, § 6.

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