SB2228 - Tennessee: Courts, Appeal, Courts, Criminal Appeal, Courts, Supreme Court Of Tennessee, Judges And Chancellors

Companion Bill HB2311. Judges and Chancellors - Removes provision for the judicial selection commission naming two instead of three nominees when the judicial district at issue is one of the five smallest judicial districts; revises other provisions regarding the judicial vacancies. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 17. Fiscal Summary for *SB2228 / HB2311Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2228 / HB2311 This bill replaces the present law method of submitting judicial nominees for appellate courts to the governor. Present law requires the judicial selection commission, as soon as practicable after receiving receipt of written notice from the governor that a judicial vacancy has occurred, in a public or private meeting, by a majority vote to select three persons whom the commission deems best qualified and [...]

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