Public Acts of 1979 Chapter 101

SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-1303, is amended by adding the following paragraph to the end of the section:

In any county having a population of not less than 38,600 nor more than 38,700, according to the 1970 federal census of population or any subsequent federal census, the director of accounts and budgets shall not be terminated or discharged without the approval of the county legislative body.  The provisions of this act shall not apply in any county which has a metropolitan form of government.

SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  March 26, 1979.