Tennessee Statutes § 2-18-106 Committee on the governor's election
Statute Text
(a)
If it appears to the convention that to sustain any of the objections would change the result, a committee shall be appointed as the "Committee on the Governor's Election" and the candidate who prevails on the face of the returns shall then be permitted to file objections as were the other claimants.
(b)
The committee shall be composed of seven (7) members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than four (4) of whom may belong to the same political party, and five (5) members of the senate, appointed by the speaker of the senate, not more than three (3) of whom may belong to the same political party.
(c)
Vacancies in the committee from death or other causes shall be filled by appointment by the speaker of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives who appointed the original member.
(d)
They shall elect one (1) of their number chair.
(e)
Any seven (7) shall constitute a quorum, and a majority of a subcommittee shall constitute a quorum thereof.
History
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1978, ch. 754, § 16; T.C.A., § 2-1806.
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