CHAPTER NO. 1058

SENATE BILL NO. 2790

By Burks

Substituted for: House Bill No. 2432

By Winningham, Buck

AN ACT To amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 8, Part 1, relative to the institutions of the State Board of Regents System.

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

SECTION 1. The Tennessee Board of Regents is requested to study the feasibility of operating the Tri-County Vocational Technical Center currently serving the secondary students of Clay, Jackson and Macon counties as a postsecondary technical training center. The study should include, but not be limited to, workforce development needs of the service area, population and projected population growth, program delivery, facility needs, program equipment needs and operational needs.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998, the public welfare requiring it.

PASSED: April 28, 1998

APPROVED this day of 1998

Pursuant to Article III, Section 18, of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee, the Governor had Senate Bill No. 2790 in his possession longer than ten (10) days, so therefore the bill becomes law without the Governor's signature.