Compensation paid officials for services
Known as the Election Code
The act spans §§ 2–2 (475 sections).
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; 1977, ch. 469, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-409; Acts 1999, ch. 197, § 4; 2001, ch. 413, § 5; 2008, ch. 928, § 8; 2017, ch. 15, § 2.
(1) Officers of elections, judges, machine operators, and inspectors shall be paid for their services on election day a minimum of fifty dollars ($50.00). Compensation for such persons shall be paid as soon as possible after the election. The compensation may be increased by the county legislative body.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person may volunteer to provide services under subsection (a) without compensation.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.