Tennessee House of Representatives 112th House Local Government Committee, 26 Apr 2022

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House Local Government Committee- April 26, 2022- House Hearing Room 1

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Good afternoon, everyone today is tuesday april 26 2022.. This time I will call the local local government committee to order. Madam clerk, will you please take the role.

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Representatives, kelphie carr chisholm, gant, helton, hodges, holzclaw, leatherwood, love, manus, miller, moody, moon, reedy, rudd, shaw williams, vice chairman wright, chairman crawford here, mr chairman, you have a quorum.

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Thank you uh looks like we have some guests with us in the audience today. I think they're from the bar association will y'all. Please stand thank you for being here.

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Does any of the committee members have any personal orders or announcements.

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Seeing nine we're ready to get started today we have two bills that we're going to deal with and hopefully we will be able to close up again in um get this show on the road so to speak. Maybe we gotta go home with our families. So item number one is house bill 2915 by our very own chair, lady hazelwood got a proper motion in second. I do see it has an amendment. May I have your drafting code. Please.

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That is correct. We've got a proper motion and a second on the amendment. I do see it rewrites the bill, so let's get it in proper form. All in favor of uh house I mean amendment drafting code, 18186 going on the bill. Please say: aye opposed no, it's on the bill and you recognize chair, lady for your bill.

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Thank you, mr chairman. This is a private act that impacts orlando hospital in hamilton, county all of the hamilton county des delegations, including your own member representative, helton, had signed on to this bill. It will simply allow erlanger the opportunity to investigate and if they determine it, to be the most feasible thing to move to a not-for-profit corporation to allow them to be more competitive, while maintaining the access to care for the indigent, while maintaining erlanger as a teaching hospital and protecting the employees of their benefits and pensions and those those things.

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So with that, mr chairman, I would ask that you would approve the legislation as amended.

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You've heard the sponsors explanation: is there any questions for the sponsor chairman moon.

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Thank you, mr chairman, do we have related parties approval on this county commission.

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Do I have received.

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A vote of two-thirds majority and it's located in my office. Thank.

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Any other questions question has been called on the bill without objection, we're ready to vote on house bill, 2915 moving on, please say: aye opposed no bill moves on to calendar and rules. Thank.

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You, mr chairman and committee.

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Item number two on today's agenda: 2914 by representative alexander, we do have a motion in a second representative alexander when you get to the podium, you have the floor.

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Thank you chairman. Thank you committee. This bill is a private act asking for our a county attorney from washington county that shall be appointed or elected by the washington county board of commissioners.

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The process shall be that the washington county mayor shall make recommendation to the county. Commission and the county commission may receive additional nominations from the floor and will determine whom to appoint or elect by a majority of vote. The county commission may vote to remove a county attorney at any one time as long as they have two-thirds vote majority vote of the county commission, regardless of any written or verbal agreement.

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To the contrary, section 3 says the county attorney to attend all meetings of the county commission and render advice on legal matters arising during such meetings to render legal advice, legal opinions and other legal services to the county and any of its official departments, officers boards commissions and to attend to day-to-day legal issues of the county.

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You've heard the explanation of the sponsor: let the record reflect that. I have received a vote of two-thirds majority, it's located in my office, so any questions for the sponsor.

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Seeing none the question has been called we're ready to vote without objection on house bill 2914 moving on. Please say I oppose no bill moves on to calendar and rules. Thank you.

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Representative shaw, you're recognized.

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Thank you, mr chairman, and I apologize if I'm out of order, I didn't know how we were going to do this. I know that the bar association is here today and that one of those persons that's sitting out there miss tarika smith is from my district and I thought maybe we were going to recognize everybody, so if y'all would help me make her welcome, I would appreciate that today, she's a great attorney and she's going to represent me.

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Any other announcements or personal orders before we close seeing none I'll, entertain a motion to adjourn to call the chair. We are adjourned to call the chair.

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