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Technical Bulletins: Immigration Reform Update, Richard Stokes
Technical Bulletins: Immigration Reform Update, Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin provides information about the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The act was intended to further control the influx of illegal aliens into the U. S. through increased border enforcement. The act also prohibits employment of illegal aliens and aliens, such as tourists, who legally enter the country, but are not authorized to be employed here.
Technical Bulletins: Mandatory Medicare Coverage For Newly Hired State And Local Workers, Richard Stokes
Technical Bulletins: Mandatory Medicare Coverage For Newly Hired State And Local Workers, Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin discusses a Budget Reconciliation Bill designed to reduce the federal budget deficit by raising eighteen (18) billion dollars in the next three (3) years. The reconciliation legislation included a provision that required all state and local government employees hired after April 1, 1986 to be covered by the Medicare portion of the Social Security Tax. The new bill required both employers and employees to pay a tax of 1.45% on the first $42,000 of income earned by an employee.
Technical Bulletins: New State Law Gives Teeth To Local Governments In Enforcing Sewage Pretreatment Programs, Sharon Rollins
Technical Bulletins: New State Law Gives Teeth To Local Governments In Enforcing Sewage Pretreatment Programs, Sharon Rollins
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The Pretreatment Enforcement Act of 1987 (Public Chapter No. 111) amended Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1 to expand the enforcement powers of owners of publicly owned sewage treatment facilities which are required to adopt and enforce pretreatment programs for sewage.
Technical Bulletins: Procedures For Issuance Of Ordinance Summonses In Lieu Of Arrest Warrants, Randy Williams, Dennis Huffer
Technical Bulletins: Procedures For Issuance Of Ordinance Summonses In Lieu Of Arrest Warrants, Randy Williams, Dennis Huffer
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
In April, 1986, Tennessee Code Annotated, Sections 7-63-201 through 7-63-204 became effective, authorizing municipalities to appoint enforcement officers by resolution or ordinance to issue ordinance summonses in the areas of sanitation, litter control, and animal control. Attached to this bulletin are sample ordinance and resolution formats.
Technical Bulletins: General Assembly Decides On Tort Immunity For Officials And Employees And Enacts New Tort Limits, Dennis Huffer
Technical Bulletins: General Assembly Decides On Tort Immunity For Officials And Employees And Enacts New Tort Limits, Dennis Huffer
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin discusses changes to the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, changes which drastically limited the personal liability for job-related torts.
Technical Bulletins: Guide To Compliance With The Fair Labor Standards Act For Tennessee Municipalities: Update No. 2, Richard M. Ellis
Technical Bulletins: Guide To Compliance With The Fair Labor Standards Act For Tennessee Municipalities: Update No. 2, Richard M. Ellis
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin is the second update to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The information presented in the bulletin represents changes and updates regarding compliance with the FLSA in Tennessee cities. Much of this information is an addition to or a clarification of the material presented in the Guide to Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act published by MTAS in 1986.
Technical Bulletins: Municipal Services Outside The Corporate Limits: 1987 Legislative Acts, Michael Tallent, Dennis Huffer
Technical Bulletins: Municipal Services Outside The Corporate Limits: 1987 Legislative Acts, Michael Tallent, Dennis Huffer
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The 1987 Tennessee Legislature passed three distinct pieces of legislation that affected the way a municipality provides services outside its corporate limits or receives services inside its corporate limits from another local government. This Technical Bulletin includes a brief synopsis of each act. Also included is a model set of policies and procedures that could be used as a guide in implementing legislation related to emergency assistance.
Technical Bulletins: Maternity Leave In Tennessee, Richard Stokes
Technical Bulletins: Maternity Leave In Tennessee, Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
On January 1, 1988, Tennessee joined the list of states that have enacted legislation requiring employers to provide maternity leave to female employees. This Technical Bulletin provides some information about that legislation (House Bill No. 1002 as submitted by Williams, Purcell, Bushing, Gaia, Kernell, and Deberry and Senate Bill No. 878 as submitted by Haynes).
Technical Bulletins: 1987-88 State Revenue Estimates, Federal Revenue Sharing & Local Sales Tax Outlook, Ken Joines, Jim Leuty
Technical Bulletins: 1987-88 State Revenue Estimates, Federal Revenue Sharing & Local Sales Tax Outlook, Ken Joines, Jim Leuty
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin provides the amount of state shared taxes that Tennessee cities were expected to receive for the fiscal year 1987-88. At the time this bulletin was published, the State General Assembly had not yet adjourned and the state budget had not been passed. Therefore, the per capita amounts presented in the bulletin were estimates only and subject to change.
Technical Bulletins: Improving Financial Responsibility Through Budget Amendment Control, Ken Joines, Tom Brant
Technical Bulletins: Improving Financial Responsibility Through Budget Amendment Control, Ken Joines, Tom Brant
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin provides information intended to help city councils and their individual members be more financially responsible. Included is a sample ordinance that establishes a requirement that any additional expenditures resulting from an amendment to a city's budget must be accompanied by a resolution identifying a corresponding increase in income and/or expenditure reduction.
Technical Bulletins: The Anti-Drug Abuse Act Of 1986 Looks To State And Local Involvement And Participation, Garland Musick
Technical Bulletins: The Anti-Drug Abuse Act Of 1986 Looks To State And Local Involvement And Participation, Garland Musick
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin discusses the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-570, signed October 27, 1986), which authorized the Bureau of Justice to make grants to states for their use and/or the use of local government.
Technical Bulletins: Flsa Update No. 1, Richard M. Ellis
Technical Bulletins: Flsa Update No. 1, Richard M. Ellis
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin was the first in a series of published updates regarding significant changes made to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Technical Bulletins: Immigration Reform And Control Act Of 1986, Richard Stokes
Technical Bulletins: Immigration Reform And Control Act Of 1986, Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
On November 6, 1986, the President signed into law immigration reform legislation. The new law (P.L. 99-603, "Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986" ) makes it unlawful for any person knowingly to hire, recruit or refer for a fee any alien not authorized to work. It also requires that employees comply with the employment verification system as outlined by the law.