6-53-109 - Minimum age of city and municipal legislators. - Tennessee Statutes

6-53-109. Minimum age of city and municipal legislators.

(a)  Notwithstanding any provision of the general law, private act, or municipal charter to the contrary, no minimum age qualification for membership on the legislative body of any municipality or city shall be greater than twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of taking office nor less than eighteen (18) years of age as a candidate for election to such office; provided, that a minimum age qualification for such membership, within such age range, may be established by a municipality or city by private act, charter provision, or ordinance if authorized by its charter.

(b)  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any county with a metropolitan form of government.

[Acts 1981, ch. 477, § 1.]