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TN Code § 2-10-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 3 - Campaign Contributions Limits|§ 2-10-311. Limitations on Cash Contributions

  No person shall make cash contributions to any candidate with respect to any election that, in the aggregate, exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).   No person shall make cash contributions to any political campaign committee or multicandidate political campaign committee with respect to any election that, in the aggregate, exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).   No political campaign committee or multicandidate political campaign committee shall make cash contributions to any candidate with respect to any election.   No political campaign committee or multicandidate political campaign committee shall make cash contributions to any other political campaign committee or multicandidate political campaign committee with respect to any election.
TN Code § 2-10-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 4 - Gubernatorial Inauguration Finance Disclosure|§ 2-10-401. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Gubernatorial Inauguration Finance Disclosure Act.”
TN Code § 2-10-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 4 - Gubernatorial Inauguration Finance Disclosure|§ 2-10-402. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Contribution” means any advance, conveyance, deposit, distribution, transfer of funds, loan, loan guaranty, payment, gift, or subscription, of money or like thing of value, and any contract, agreement, promise or other obligation, whether or not legally enforceable, made for the purpose of defraying any expenses of a governor or governor-elect's inauguration or the celebration of a governor or governor-elect's inauguration;   “Multicandidate political campaign committee” means a political campaign committee to support or oppose two (2) or more candidates for public office or two (2) or more measures; and   “Person” means an individual, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability partnership, committee, association, labor organization or any other organization or group of persons, but does not mean a corporation or the executive officers or other representatives of a corporation.
TN Code § 2-10-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 4 - Gubernatorial Inauguration Finance Disclosure|§ 2-10-403. Expense Fund

 Not later than thirty (30) days after being elected to the office of governor, the governor-elect shall establish a gubernatorial inauguration expense fund that shall be used to finance any event held for the purpose of celebrating the governor's inauguration. Such fund is subject to the contribution limits and reporting requirements provided in this part. The provisions of parts 1 and 3 of this chapter shall not apply to contributions made pursuant to this part.
TN Code § 2-10-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 4 - Gubernatorial Inauguration Finance Disclosure|§ 2-10-404. Contribution Limits — Transfer of Campaign Funds

  No person shall make contributions for the gubernatorial inauguration that, in the aggregate, exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).   No multicandidate political campaign committee shall make contributions for the gubernatorial inauguration that, in the aggregate, exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).   No corporation or executive officers or other representatives of any corporation doing business within this state shall make contributions for the gubernatorial inauguration that, in the aggregate, exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).   The governor-elect may transfer funds from the governor-elect's campaign fund to the inauguration fund.
TN Code § 2-10-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 4 - Gubernatorial Inauguration Finance Disclosure|§ 2-10-405. Financial Disclosure Statement

  The governor-elect shall file with the registry of election finance a statement of all contributions received and all expenditures made by or on behalf of the gubernatorial inauguration fund.   A statement filed under this section shall consist of either:  A statement that neither the contributions received nor the expenditures made during the period for which the statement is submitted exceeded one thousand dollars ($1,000); or   A statement setting forth:  Under contributions, a list of all the contributions received, as follows:   The statement shall list the full name and complete address of each person, multicandidate political campaign committee, or corporation contributing a total amount of more than five hundred dollars ($500) during the period for which the statement is submitted, and the amount contributed by that person, multicandidate political campaign committee, or corporation. The statement shall include the date of the receipt of each contribution; and   The statement shall list as a single item the total amount of contributions of five hundred dollars ($500) or less; and     Under expenditures, a list of all expenditures made as follows:   The statement shall list the full name and address of each person to whom a total amount of more than five hundred dollars ($500) was paid during the period for which the statement is submitted, the total amount paid to that person, and the purpose thereof; and   The statement shall list the total amount of expenditures of five hundred dollars ($500) or less each, by category, without showing the exact amount of or vouching for each such expenditure.         The financial disclosure statement for contributions made up until thirty (30) days before any inauguration event shall be filed no later than ten (10) days before the governor's inauguration. The financial disclosure statement for all other contributions shall be filed no later than thirty (30) days after the governor's inauguration.
TN Code § 2-10-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 10 - Campaign Finances|Part 4 - Gubernatorial Inauguration Finance Disclosure|§ 2-10-406. Unused Funds

  The governor may hold over funds from the governor's first inauguration to be used in a second inauguration if the governor is re-elected. If the governor is either in a second term, chooses not to run for re-election or is not re-elected, the governor has ninety (90) days to donate any funds remaining in the gubernatorial inauguration fund to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The governor may request from the registry of election finance an extension of an additional sixty (60) days to donate such remaining funds.   Once the funds have been donated as provided in subsection (a), a financial disclosure statement shall be filed with the registry of election finance disclosing who received such funds and the amount of such donation.
TN Code § 2-11-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-101. Composition of Commission

  The state election commission shall be composed of seven (7) members.   Wherever in this code the board of elections of the state is referred to, the term “state election commission” shall be substituted.
TN Code § 2-11-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-102. Qualifications of Members

 Each member of the state election commission shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age and shall have been a resident of the state for at least seven (7) years prior to such member's election. No more than two (2) members shall be from the same grand division, and each member shall have been a resident of the grand division such member represents for at least four (4) years preceding such member's election; provided, however, that if two (2) additional members are added pursuant to §  2-11-112, then no more than three (3) members shall be from the same grand division.
TN Code § 2-11-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-103. Political Composition of Commission — Nominations

  Four (4) members of the commission shall be members of the majority party, and three (3) members of the commission shall be members of the minority party.   Each member to be elected shall first be nominated by a joint senate-house caucus of the members of the party of which such person is a member.
TN Code § 2-11-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-104. Election of Members

  All members shall be elected for a term of four (4) years, beginning on the first Monday in May 1979.   The election of the members of the state election commission shall be by joint resolution of both houses of the general assembly. The election is to take place in the joint session of both houses in which each member of the general assembly shall be entitled to one (1) vote.   Elections shall be held on any date fixed by joint resolution, but shall be held prior to the fourth Monday in March of the year of the election.   Nomination of members shall be in accordance with § 2-11-103.
TN Code § 2-11-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-105. Vacancies

  Any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be a bona fide member of the same party as the person such person replaces.   If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the state election commission at the time when the general assembly is in session, the vacancy may be filled by the general assembly in the same manner as full terms are. A person elected to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member whose place such person fills.   If a vacancy occurs at a time when the general assembly is not in session, the vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of the commission. If the remaining members of the commission are not able to agree on a successor to fill the vacancy within thirty (30) days of the time when such vacancy occurs, the secretary of state, the comptroller of the treasury, and the state treasurer, or a majority of those officers shall fill the vacancy. Persons selected to fill vacancies under this subsection (c) shall serve only until the next session of the general assembly, when the general assembly shall fill the vacancies as if they had occurred when the general assembly was in session.   If the general assembly adjourns without filling any vacancies, vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as if they had occurred when the general assembly was not in session.
TN Code § 2-11-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-106. Qualification and Organization

  The members shall qualify within fifteen (15) days after their election and organize by the selection of one (1) member as chair and another as secretary.   The chair and secretary shall be elected for terms of one (1) year and shall be members of different political parties.   Failure on the part of a member to qualify by taking the oath shall vacate the election of such member.
TN Code § 2-11-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-107. Compensation of Members

 Each member of the state election commission shall receive as compensation such sum as the general assembly may appropriate.
TN Code § 2-11-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-108. Expenses

  The state election commission shall be allowed the necessary sum per annum, payable out of the state treasury, for stationery, postage, and expenses incidental to the conduct of the business of the commission, which shall be payable upon vouchers signed by the secretary and countersigned by the chair of the commission.   The members shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel expense incurred in the performance of their official duties in conformity with comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 2-11-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-109. Meetings

 All meetings of the state election commission shall be held in the city of Nashville and at a place selected by the commission.
TN Code § 2-11-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-110. Ex Officio, Nonvoting Members

 The chair of the state primary board of any statewide political party which has no members on the state election commission shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the state election commission.
TN Code § 2-11-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-111. Members Prohibited From Serving as Political Candidate's Campaign Manager or Treasurer

 No member of the state election commission who is appointed to the commission after January 1, 2009, shall be the campaign manager or treasurer of any candidate's political campaign in a local, state or federal election during the commissioner's term of office. A violation of this section subjects the member to immediate removal from office by a majority vote of the other members of the state election commission. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a member of the state election commission from providing uncompensated advice on a one-on-one basis to a candidate or party officer, nor shall it prohibit providing a financial contribution to a candidate or party organization.
TN Code § 2-11-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-112. Additional Members From Majority Party Added to Commission

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, if the majority party, as defined in § 2-1-104, changes as a result of the 2008 regular November election, then two (2) additional members from the majority party shall be added to the commission. The additional members shall meet the same qualifications and shall be appointed and elected in the same manner as other members of the commission.
TN Code § 2-11-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-11-113. Removal of Member by General Assembly

 The general assembly, by joint resolution, may remove a member of the state election commission for cause and may remove a member who becomes unqualified.
TN Code § 2-11-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 11 - State Election Commission|Part 2 - Coordinator of Elections|§ 2-11-201. Coordinator of Elections

  The secretary of state shall appoint the coordinator of elections, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of state and for such compensation as the secretary of state determines.   The coordinator of elections is the chief administrative election officer of the state and shall obtain and maintain uniformity in the application, operation and interpretation of the election code.   Subject to the concurrence of the secretary of state, the coordinator of elections may make rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of the election code. Copies of such rules and regulations shall be furnished to the state and county election commissions and to the state and county primary boards.   Subject to the prior approval of the secretary of state, the coordinator of elections may within budgetary limits employ such personnel and enter into such contracts for equipment as may be appropriate for the efficient discharge of the duties of the office.
TN Code § 2-12-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 12 - County Election Commissions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-12-101. Commissioners — Appointment — Removal — Legal Representation

  The state election commission shall appoint, on the first Monday in April of each odd-numbered year, five (5) election commissioners for each county, for terms of two (2) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The five (5) commissioners shall be the county election commission.   The state election commission shall remove a commissioner who becomes unqualified and may remove or otherwise discipline a commissioner for cause.   County election commissions shall be represented in legal proceedings as follows:  If the legal proceeding names the county election commissioners as defendants and the lawsuit involves a municipal election, the municipality concerned shall furnish counsel to represent the commissioners;   If the election involved in the legal proceedings is that of a county election, the county shall furnish counsel for the commissioners and if the election involved in the legal proceedings attacks a state law or presents a question concerning a state or federal election, the attorney general and reporter shall represent the commissioners either by the attorney general and reporter's own staff or by such counsel as the attorney general and reporter may designate;   The counsel furnished, whether by municipality or county, shall be that chosen by the election commission unless the commission carries an insurance policy providing coverage of claims asserted in a lawsuit, in which case the provisions of the insurance policy control with respect to representation of the commission; and   If, in order to properly discharge its duties, the county election commission has to bring legal action against a county or municipality, the compensation for the commission's legal representation shall be borne by the county or municipality, as the case may be.     The county election commission created by this section is the immediate successor to the commissioners of elections for each county. Wherever in the Tennessee Code the commissioners of elections for counties are referred to, the term “county election commission” shall be substituted.
TN Code § 2-12-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 12 - County Election Commissions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-12-102. Qualifications of Commissioners

   Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2), persons appointed to the county election commission shall be registered voters who have been residents of the state for five (5) years and residents of the county for which they are appointed for two (2) years.   In counties having a population of not less than two hundred seventy-six thousand (276,000) nor more than two hundred seventy-seven thousand (277,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the persons appointed to the county election commission shall be registered voters who have been residents of the county for which they are appointed for two (2) years.     Any member of the county election commission who qualifies as a candidate for any public office while serving as a member of the commission shall automatically become disqualified to continue in office as a member of the commission, and a vacancy on the commission shall be considered to exist.   A person employed as an assistant public defender or an assistant district attorney may serve as a county election commissioner if such assistant public defender or assistant district attorney does not work in the district in which such assistant public defender or assistant district attorney lives.   Subsection (c) shall not apply in any county having a population of not less than eight hundred ninety-seven thousand four hundred (897,400) nor more than eight hundred ninety-seven thousand five hundred (897,500), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 2-12-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 12 - County Election Commissions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-12-103. Political Division of Commission

  Three (3) members shall be members of the majority party and two (2) members shall be members of the minority party.    The members of the majority party on the state election commission shall appoint the persons who are required to be members of that party on county election commissions.   The members of the minority party on the state election commission shall appoint the persons who are required to be members of that party on county election commissions. The chair of the county election commission shall be a member of the majority party, and the secretary shall be a member of a minority party.   When members of another statewide political party are required to be appointed to a county election commission, they shall be nominated by the party's state primary board.   Before appointing county election commissioners, the members of the state election commission shall consult with the members of the general assembly serving each of the counties as to the persons to be appointed to the county election commissions.
TN Code § 2-12-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 12 - County Election Commissions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-12-104. Qualification by Filing Oath of Office

 Persons appointed to the county election commission shall qualify within twenty (20) days after their appointment by filing their oath of office with the secretary of the state election commission. A failure to qualify shall vacate the office of the person failing to qualify.
TN Code § 2-12-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 12 - County Election Commissions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-12-105. Organization

 Within twenty (20) days after their appointment, the county election commissioners shall organize by the selection of a chair and a secretary of different political parties from among them. The county election commission shall within ten (10) days thereafter report to the secretary of the state election commission and to the coordinator of elections the names and addresses of the officers and other members of the commission.
TN Code § 2-12-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 12 - County Election Commissions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-12-106. Vacancies

 The county election commission shall give prompt notice of all vacancies to the state election commission, which shall appoint a new commissioner of the same political party as the vacating commissioner to fill the unexpired term.
TN Code § 2-12-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 12 - County Election Commissions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-12-107. Issuance of Commissions of Appointment — Records

  The state election commission shall issue to the county election commissioners commissions of appointment signed by the chair.   The state election commission shall keep records of the names and addresses of all county election commissioners and their officers, of dates of appointment, and of political affiliations of commissioners, and shall keep the oaths filed by the commissioners.
TN Code § 2-12-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 2 - Elections|Chapter 12 - County Election Commissions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-12-110. Administration of Oaths

 The county election commissioners may administer oaths in the performance of their duties.