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Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2010), Richard Stokes Nov 2010

Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2010), Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The 2002 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping rules require employers, subject to the rules, to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses.


Technical Bulletins: Requirements For Non-Metered Water Usage (2010), Al Major May 2010

Technical Bulletins: Requirements For Non-Metered Water Usage (2010), Al Major

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Recent changes in state law have mandated that all city-owned water systems that experience water loss must measure and account for it by predetermined categories.


Technical Bulletins: President Signs Law Amending The Family And Medical Leave Act (2010), Bonnie Jones Mar 2010

Technical Bulletins: President Signs Law Amending The Family And Medical Leave Act (2010), Bonnie Jones

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The expansion of FMLA as provided by the NDAA more than doubles the amount of protected leave some veteran families are entitled to under the act.


Technical Bulletins: Open Meetings In Tennessee: Compliance With The Public Meetings Law (2007), Melissa Ashburn Jan 2008

Technical Bulletins: Open Meetings In Tennessee: Compliance With The Public Meetings Law (2007), Melissa Ashburn

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Tennessee Public Meetings Law declares that all public policy and public business decisions must be made in meetings that are open to the public and requires adequate public notice and thorough minutes of such meetings.


Technical Bulletins: Safetea-Lu Transportation Funding For Tennessee Cities, Don Darden Apr 2007

Technical Bulletins: Safetea-Lu Transportation Funding For Tennessee Cities, Don Darden

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Cities may receive a share of these funds for needed transportation projects by participating in the planning process that identifies transportation needs and allocates project funds.


Technical Bulletins: Municipal And Personal Liability Under The Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act Tort Limits Increase July 1, 2007, Ronnie Neill Mar 2007

Technical Bulletins: Municipal And Personal Liability Under The Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act Tort Limits Increase July 1, 2007, Ronnie Neill

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The TGTLA provides that municipalities can be sued for injuries caused by their employees only in a limited number of areas and immunizes municipal employees or limits their liability for injuries they cause in certain cases.


Technical Bulletins: Ten Simple Questions On Code Adoption For Towns And Cities In Tennessee (2006), Ray Crouch Apr 2006

Technical Bulletins: Ten Simple Questions On Code Adoption For Towns And Cities In Tennessee (2006), Ray Crouch

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Short answers to questions on the adoption of building and fire codes.


Technical Bulletins: Open Meetings In Tennessee: Compliance With The Public Meetings Law, Melissa Ashburn Dec 2005

Technical Bulletins: Open Meetings In Tennessee: Compliance With The Public Meetings Law, Melissa Ashburn

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Tennessee Public Meetings Law declares that all public policy and public business decisions must be made in meetings that are open to the public and requires adequate public notice and thorough minutes of such meetings.


Technical Bulletins: Municipal Travel Policy, Melissa Ashburn Feb 2005

Technical Bulletins: Municipal Travel Policy, Melissa Ashburn

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

State law requires all municipalities with populations less than 100,000 to adopt and file with the state comptroller a travel policy that covers expense reimbursement for elected and appointed officials.


Technical Bulletins: Municipal And Personal Liability Under Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, Ronnie Neill May 2003

Technical Bulletins: Municipal And Personal Liability Under Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, Ronnie Neill

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The TGTLA provides that municipalities can be sued for injuries caused by their employees only in a limited number of areas and immunizes municipal employees or limits their liability for injuries they cause in certain cases.


Technical Bulletins: Hipaa Standards For Privacy Of Individually Identifiable Health Information, Richard Stokes Dec 2002

Technical Bulletins: Hipaa Standards For Privacy Of Individually Identifiable Health Information, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued modifications to HIPAA rules by establishing standards, requirements, and implementation specifications to protect the confidentiality of health information.


Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2002), Richard Stokes May 2002

Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2002), Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping rules require employers, subject to the rules, to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses.


Technical Bulletins: Summary Of 1986 Public Acts: Supplemental, Dennis Huffer Jul 1986

Technical Bulletins: Summary Of 1986 Public Acts: Supplemental, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The 94th General Assembly adopted a total of 942 new public acts, 482 in the 1985 session and another 460 in the recently completed 1986 session. This bulletin contains summaries of public acts which, for one reason or another, were not summarized in the Summary of 1986 Publications of Interest to Tennessee Municipal Officials.


Technical Bulletins: Important Public Acts Of 1986, Dennis Huffer May 1986

Technical Bulletins: Important Public Acts Of 1986, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

During the 1986 session of the Tennessee General Assembly, state representatives adopted hundreds of new laws, many of them affecting municipalities and municipal officials. In order to inform municipal officials of the most important of these Public Acts, MTAS published this bulletin. The summaries are arranged by broad categories and in the categories by Public Chapter number. These summaries should not be substituted for a reading of the Acts themselves.