Public employee's communication with elected public officials
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Todd v. Jackson (2006)
Most recently applied in 355 F. Supp. 3d 707 - Medlin v. City of Algood (January 2019)
Acts 1980, ch. 806, § 1.
(1) No public employee shall be prohibited from communicating with an elected public official for any job-related purpose whatsoever.
(2) For purposes of this part, “public employee” means any person providing services for the state of Tennessee, state agencies, counties, municipalities, or subdivisions of such governmental bodies in Tennessee for which compensation is paid.
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.