CHAPTER NO. 773

SENATE BILL NO. 2271

By Kurita

Substituted for: House Bill No. 2273

By McMillan, Head

AN ACT To amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-23-107, relative to county personnel policy.

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

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-23-107(1), is amended by adding the following language after the semicolon (;) at the end of subdivision (1):

provided, however, that a local board of education may, by resolution or negotiated agreement pursuant to Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 6, dispense with the requirements of this subdivision (1) and instead adopt other appropriate measures to ensure that each employee has knowledge of and access to a copy of personnel policies of the school system and any subsequent amendments applicable to them. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to enlarge, modify or repeal the rights of employees of local boards of education as set forth in Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49.

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

PASSED: April 2, 1998

APPROVED this 22nd day of April 1998