Tenn. Code Ann. § 3-2-109
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Placing prefiled bill or resolution on calendar - Effect of procedural defects
Official statutory text
(a) Immediately upon the convening of the next succeeding regular session of the general assembly, all bills and resolutions prefiled in accordance with § 3-2-108 and this section shall be deemed properly introduced and shall be placed upon the calendar on the first legislative day for first consideration and passage in the same manner as bills and resolutions introduced after the convening of the general assembly. (b) When any prefiled bill or resolution is placed on the calendar for first consideration and the same is passed, any prior failure to comply with any of the procedural requirements of § 3-2-108 and this section shall have no effect on the validity of such bill or resolution. Acts 1975, ch. 107, § 2; 1979, ch. 26, § 2; T.C.A., § 3-209.
(a) Immediately upon the convening of the next succeeding regular session of the general assembly, all bills and resolutions prefiled in accordance with § 3-2-108 and this section shall be deemed properly introduced and shall be placed upon the calendar on the first legislative day for first consideration and passage in the same manner as bills and resolutions introduced after the convening of the general assembly.
(b) When any prefiled bill or resolution is placed on the calendar for first consideration and the same is passed, any prior failure to comply with any of the procedural requirements of § 3-2-108 and this section shall have no effect on the validity of such bill or resolution.
Acts 1975, ch. 107, § 2; 1979, ch. 26, § 2; T.C.A., § 3-209.
(a) Immediately upon the convening of the next succeeding regular session of the general assembly, all bills and resolutions prefiled in accordance with § 3-2-108 and this section shall be deemed properly introduced and shall be placed upon the calendar on the first legislative day for first consideration and passage in the same manner as bills and resolutions introduced after the convening of the general assembly.
(b) When any prefiled bill or resolution is placed on the calendar for first consideration and the same is passed, any prior failure to comply with any of the procedural requirements of § 3-2-108 and this section shall have no effect on the validity of such bill or resolution.
Acts 1975, ch. 107, § 2; 1979, ch. 26, § 2; T.C.A., § 3-209.
Status: in_force
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