5-23-102 - Chapter definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

5-23-102. Chapter definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Base personnel policies” means the policies that are required to be adopted under this chapter and that are enumerated in § 5-23-104;

     (2)  “County employees” means employees of the county as defined under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., as amended;

     (3)  “County judge” means any judge who employs one (1) or more county employees; and

     (4)  “County officials” means the county trustee, register of deeds, county clerk, county judges, county clerks of courts, sheriff, assessor of property, county board of education, and the chief administrative officer of the highway or public works department.

[Acts 1997, ch. 361, § 2.]