Substituted for: House Bill No. 2448

By Sharp, Brenda Turner, Brown, Stulce, Wood, McAfee

AN ACT To amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, Chapter 7, Part 2, relative to the membership of the board of zoning appeals.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-205(a), is amended by designating the existing language as subdivision (1) and by adding the following new subdivision:

(2) In the county town of any county having a population of more than two hundred eighty thousand (280,000) according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the chief legislative body may create a board of zoning appeals of nine (9) members and may specify the mode of appointment of members of such board and their terms. Such terms shall be of a length and so arranged that the term of one (1) member shall expire each year. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to a county having a charter form of government or any county having a metropolitan form of government.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.