4-21-201 - Commission created Members. - Tennessee Statutes

4-21-201. Commission created Members.

(a)  There is hereby created the Tennessee human rights commission.

(b)  The commission shall consist of fifteen (15) members to be appointed by the governor, five (5) of whom shall reside in each grand division of the state.

(c)  All of the fifteen (15) members of the commission shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years.

(d)  They shall elect one (1) member as chair.

(e)  The members shall be appointed on a nonpartisan basis and shall be broadly representative of employees, proprietors, trade unions, religious groups, human rights' groups and the general public.

(f)  In the event of the death or resignation of a member, such member's successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term.

(g)  The members shall be eligible for reappointment.

(h)  The members are entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and to reasonable fees for each day of service as hearing examiners.

(i)  A commissioner who is absent from more than three (3) regularly scheduled meetings in the course of the commission's fiscal year may be removed from the commission by the governor.

[Acts 1978, ch. 748, §§ 4, 5; T.C.A., § 4-2103; Acts 1983, ch. 64, § 1; T.C.A., § 4-21-103; 2005, ch. 229, § 1.]