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Hot Topic: Revised: Attention All Cities With Fewer Than 50 Employees With Commercial Drivers' Licenses, Drug Testing Deadline Looms For Employees With Commercial Drivers' Licenses, Mtas

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Discusses the Jan. 1, 1996 federal deadline for instituting drug and alcohol testing for cities with fewer than 50 employees who are required to have commercial drivers' licenses (CDLs).

Hot Topic: New Domestic Abuse Statute Mandates Arrests In Domestic Abuse Situations, Rex Barton

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The legislature intends that the official response to domestic abuse stresses enforcing the laws to protect the victim. Therefore, after July 1, 1995, the preferred response in a domestic abuse case is to arrest the primary aggressor, according to Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6.

Hot Topic: Public Acts Affecting Cities, Todd Moore

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The recently concluded session of the Tennessee General Assembly resulted in several measures passing that affect municipalities in the state. This Hot Topic summarizes some of these acts. However, do not rely solely on these summaries before giving advice or taking action. Refer to the act itself Next month, MTAS will publish the complete 1995 Summary of Public Acts.

Hot Topic: Deadlines For Certification Of Building And Fire Inspectors, Ray Crouch

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All deadlines for building and fire inspector certification went into effect July 1, 1995. The state Fire Marshals' Office intends to enforce this new law.

The 1995 Mtas Publications Catalog, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

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No abstract provided.

Surveying Citizens: A Handbook For Municipal Officials Who Want To Know What Their Citizens Think (1995), David H. Folz Phd

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Doing a citizen survey can be as simple as determining a random sampling and making some phone calls - or it can be a time-consuming and costly project to help decision makers set the direction for your community's future. The approach you take depends on the results you want. Some chapters of this publication are simple and offer easy-to-understand instructions for less-complicated surveys. Other chapters, particularly 5 and 6, offer for those interested much more detail, including statistical explanations and detailed descriptions of software uses. Don't let it throw you if we've got more information here than you need. Simply …

Hot Topic: 1995-96 State Revenue Estimates, Ken Joines, Jim Leuty

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The Tennessee General Assembly adopted the state budget for fiscal year 1996 in late May.

Reporters And The News Media: What Tennessee City Officials Need To Know, Sharon H. Fitzgerald

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No abstract provided.

Hot Topic: Charters Change For Three Types Of General Law Cities: Mayor-Aldermanic, Uniform City Manager-Commission And Modified City Manager-Council, Mtas

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Effective immediately upon its signing Mar. 17 [1995] by Gov. Sundquist, a new law made two significant changes in the uniform city manager-commission charter.

1. The first change reduced the number of required readings of an ordinance from three to two.

2. The second change deleted the provision that all powers enumerated under the charter had to be performed by ordinance.

The rest of the charter changes made by this new law were predominately housekeeping.

Hot Topic: Social Security/Medicare Changed For Election Officials And Workers, Jim Leuty

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According to Public Law 103-296, cities may not have to withhold Social Security/Medicare from election officials/workers who earn less than $1,000 per calendar year prior to the calendar year 2000, and less than the adjusted amount for calendar years after 1999. The law, which became effective Jan. 1, 1995, changed the "exclusion rule" amount from $100.

Hot Topic: The 1994 Mtas Salary And Fringe Benefit Survey, Richard Stokes

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The MTAS annual salary and fringe benefit survey for 1994 is complete and shows salary increases for city employees grew at a rate higher than 1993, continuing a trend.

Tennessee Public Acts 1995: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer

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This publication summarizes the year's public acts that have the most significant impact on municipal operations. Users of this publication are cautioned that much judgment is involved in determining which Public Acts to summarize and how to summarize them. Before taking action or giving advice based upon any Public Act summarized here, one should consult the act itself and not rely on the summary.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1995, Mtas

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A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1995.