- Accounting/Budget/Finance
- Financial Structure of County Government
- Financial Management under the General Law
- Financial Management under General Laws with Local Option Application
- Financial Management Under Private Acts
- Financial Management of Fee Offices
- Local Government Modernization Act of 2005
- Bank Accounts
- Credit Cards
- Disposition of Surplus County Property
- Auditing
- GASB Statement 34
- Capital Assets
- Capitalization Thresholds
- Depreciation Methods and Rates
- Procedures to Identify Existing Capital Assets and Infrastructure
- Methods to Determine Historical Costs or Estimated Historical Costs
- Procedures to Tag and Track Movable Assets
- Procedures to Maintain Capital Assets Records on a Current Basis
- Procedures for Recording New/Donated/Transferred/Disposed of Assets
- Identify Available Software to Account for Capital Assets
- Infrastructure
- Leave, Sick and Compensatory Time Liability Reporting
- Outstanding Long-term Debt Reporting
- Internal Service Fund Reporting
- Management Discussion and Analysis
- Staying in Compliance with GASB Statement 34
- Capital Assets
- Operating Budgets
- Basic Principles of Budgeting
- Budget Preparation
- Budget Management
- Issues Affecting the Budgeting Process
- Capital Budgets
- What is a Capital Improvements Plan?
- Definitions for Capital Budgets
- Advantages of a Capital Improvements Plan (CIP)
- Disadvantages of a Capital Improvements Plan (CIP)
- Legal Authority for a Capital Improvements Plan (CIP)
- Reasons for a Capital Improvements Plan (CIP)
- Factors Creating the Need for a Capital Improvements Plan (CIP)
- The CIP Cycle
- Basic Steps of Establishing a CIP and Policy Considerations
- Budgeting and Accounting for Capital Improvements
- Capital Funding Sources and Debt Financing
- Capital Construction Management
- What is a Capital Improvements Plan?
- Debt Management
- Terminology, Theories, Philosophy and Beliefs
- Accounting for Debt
- Managing Your County's Debt
- Data for Debt Management Plan
- Selling the Project and Borrowing Money
- Policies and Committee Considerations
- Recommended Best Practices
- Financial Structure of County Government
- County Offices
- General
- County Legislative Body
- County Mayor
- Assessor of Property
- County Clerk
- General-County Clerk
- Qualifications-County Clerk
- Oath of Office and Bond-County Clerk
- Compensation-County Clerk
- Fee or Non-Fee Office-County Clerk
- Deputies and Assistants-County Clerk
- Duties-County Clerk
- Relationship to County Legislative Body and Other Officials-County Clerk
- Financial Matters-County Clerk
- Beer
- Definition of Beer
- Classification of Counties
- The County Beer Board
- Beer Permits
- To Whom Issued
- Permitted Location
- On-Premises or Off-Premises Consumption
- Microbreweries and Brew Pubs
- Temporary Beer Permits
- Beer Permit Application
- Application Fee for Beer Permit
- Background Checks
- Privilege Tax
- Public Notice of Applications and Hearings
- Denial of Beer Permits
- Expiration of Beer Permits
- Hours of Operation
- Distance Rules
- Prohibited Acts
- Tennessee Responsible Vendor Act
- Revocation, Suspension, and Imposition of Civil Penalties
- Judicial Review of Beer Board Action
- State Barrels Tax
- Wholesale Beer Tax
- Annual Privilege Tax
- Marriage
- Pawnbrokers
- General-County Clerk
- Register of Deeds
- Qualifications-Register of Deeds
- Oath of Office and Bond-Register of Deeds
- Compensation-Registers of Deed
- Deputies and Assistants-Registers of Deed
- Duties-Register of Deeds
- Instruments to be Recorded or Filed
- Requirements for Acceptance of Instruments
- Legibility/Language
- Authentication/Acknowledgment
- Name and Address of Owner and Taxpayer
- Reference to Previously Registered Instruments
- Name and Address of Preparer
- Parcel Identification Number
- Payment of Transfer or Mortgage Tax
- Electronic Records
- Specific Rules for UCC Records
- Specific Rules for Plats
- Payment of the Statutory Fees
- Proper Fees for Recording or Filing
- Collection of State Taxes
- Notations When Instrument Received
- Recording, Filing and Indexing
- Notice of Child Support Liens
- Other Records Duties
- Financial Accounting Duties
- Fee System or Salary System-Register of Deeds
- Relationship to Other County Officials-Registers of Deeds
- Sources of Assistance for Register of Deeds
- County Trustee
- Clerks of Court
- Sheriff
- Qualifications-Sheriff
- Elections-Sheriff
- Oath of Office and Bond-Sheriff
- Compensation-Sheriff
- In-Service Training-Sheriffs
- Funding for the Office of Sheriff
- Deputies and Assistants-Sheriff
- Employment of Deputies and Assistants
- Removal of Deputies and Assistants
- Deputy Sheriffs
- Reserve, Auxiliary, Part-Time, Temporary Deputy Sheriffs
- Special Deputies Appointed Under T.C.A. § 8-8-212
- Special Deputies - Emergency Appointment Under T.C.A. § 8-22-110
- Bailiffs
- Criminal Investigators and Detectives
- Dispatchers
- Jail Personnel
- Process Servers and Warrant Officers
- Training Officers and Instructors
- Duties-Sheriff
- Relationship to County Legislative Body and Other Officials-Sheriff
- Duties Upon Leaving Office-Sheriff
- County Operations
- ADA Title II
- County Buildings, Property and Space Allocations
- Education
- Environment
- Solid Waste Management, Collection and Disposal
- Title 5, Chapter 19
- Local Solid Waste Management Planning
- Municipal Solid Waste Regional Board
- Plan Requirements
- Solid Waste Authority
- Public Ownership of Solid Waste Facilities
- Flow Control and Regional Approval Options
- Sanctions
- Operational Requirements
- Minimum Service Levels
- Problem Wastes
- Baled Waste and Inspections
- Education
- Recycling
- Reporting Requirements
- State Revenue, Funding and Grants
- Local Revenue Sources
- Landfill Approval by County - "Jackson Law"
- Hazardous Chemical Right-to-Know Law
- Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances
- Underground Storage Tanks
- Medical Services
- Public Water Supplies and Wastewater Treatment
- Urban-Type Public Facilities
- Storm Water Management
- Air Pollution Control
- Solid Waste Management, Collection and Disposal
- Ethics
- County Ethics Policies
- Conflicts of Interest
- Other Statutory Conflict of Interest Provisions
- Incompatible Offices
- Crimes Involving Public Officials
- Misconduct Involving Public Officials and Employees
- Official Misconduct
- Official Oppression
- Misuse of Official Information
- Suspension, Removal and Discharge from Office
- Purchasing Property Sold Through Court or Sheriff's Sale
- Purchasing Surplus County Property
- Misrepresentation of Information to Auditor
- Sexual Contact with Inmates
- Destruction of and Tampering with Governmental Records
- Private Use of County Road Equipment and Materials Prohibited
- Misuse of County Time and Property
- Theft of Services
- Inmate Labor for Private Purposes Prohibited
- Reporting Fraud
- Bribery for Votes
- Removal From Office-Ouster
- Highway
- Qualifications-Highways
- Oath of Office and Bond-Highways
- Compensation-Highways
- Duties-Highways
- Duties of the Chief Administrative Officer with Highway Commission
- Duties of the Chief Administrative Officer without Highway Commission
- Duties of Popularly Elected Highway Commissions
- Duties of Appointed Highway Commissions
- Purchasing-Highways
- Contracts with Municipalities; No Private Use of Equipment
- Asphalt Plants
- County Roads
- Eminent Domain
- Public Fords, Ferries and Bridges
- Sources of Revenue for the Highway Department
- Relationship to Other County Officials-Highways
- Land Use, Planning and Zoning
- Comprehensive Growth Planning
- County Growth Plans
- Designation of Zones
- Extraterritorial Planning Jurisdiction
- Agreements Regarding Powers
- Amendment of Growth Plan
- Joint Economic and Community Development Board
- Annexation
- Notice of Annexation
- Annexation Across County Boundaries
- Distribution of Taxes after Annexation
- Incorporation
- Consolidation of City and County Governments
- Regional Planning Commission
- County Zoning
- Municipal Zoning Ouside City Limits
- Adoption of Building Codes
- Tennessee Clean Energy Future Act of 2009
- Industrial and Economic Development
- Comprehensive Growth Planning
- Regulatory Powers
- Vacancies in Office
- Elections
- Elections
- The County Election Commission
- Nominations and Qualifying Deadlines
- Procedure for Elections
- National Voter Registration Act
- Help America Vote Act
- Campaign Financial Disclosure Act of 1980
- Campaign Contribution Limits
- Cash Contributions and Aggregate Contribution Limits
- Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statements
- Reapportionment
- Elections
- Personnel
- Personnel Management in Counties
- Employment Discrimination
- State and Federal Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination
- Protected Classifications
- Prohibited Discriminatory Practices
- Preventing Discrimination in the Workplace
- Race/Color Discrimination
- Age Discrimination
- National Origin Discrimination
- Sex Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Workplace Harassment
- Employer Strict Liability
- Tangible Employment Action
- Defending Against Workplace Harassment Claims
- Policy and Complaint Procedures
- Conducting Effective Investigations
- Immediate and Appropriate Corrective Action
- Other Preventative and Corrective Measures
- Small Workplaces
- Employee’s Duty to Exercise Reasonable Care
- Drug and Alcohol Testing
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Application of the FLSA
- Wages and Overtime
- Public Safety Employees-7(k) Exemption
- Hospital and Nursing Home Employees
- Compensable Hours
- Compensatory Time
- Substitution
- Child Labor Provisions
- Records to be kept by Employers
- Enforcement and Penalties
- Definitions
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Coverage under the FMLA
- Qualifying Reasons for FMLA Leave
- Amount and Timing of Leave under the FMLA
- Calculating FMLA Leave
- Required Notices and Designation of Leave
- Certifications and Reports
- Reports of Status and Intent to Return to Work
- Employee Rights During and After Leave
- Protections for Employees Who Assert FMLA Rights
- Special Rules for Schools
- Recordkeeping
- Interaction with Tennessee's Parental Leave Act
- Public Employee Political Activity
- Personnel Policies
- Required Personnel Policies
- Sample Personnel Policies
- Leave Policies.
- Sample Policy - Holidays
- Sick Leave
- Vacation (also called Annual Leave)
- Personal Leave
- Pregnancy Leave
- Family and Medical Leave Policy
- Bereavement Leave (also called Funeral Leave)
- Voting Leave
- Jury and Court Duty
- In Line of Duty Injury Leave (for counties covered by Workers’ Compensation)
- In Line of Duty Injury Leave (for counties not covered by Workers’ Compensation)
- Administrative Leave with Pay
- Administrative Leave without Pay
- Military Leave
- Wage and Hour Policies
- Non-Discrimination and Harassment Policies
- Drug-Free Workplace and Drug Testing Policies.
- Miscellaneous Personnel Policies
- Leave Policies.
- Employee Leave
- Worker's Compensation
- Retirement
- Miscellaneous Personnel Issues
- Fingerprinting and Background Checks
- Immigration and Form I-9
- Residency Requirements
- Nepotism
- Personnel Files
- Compensation Plans
- Breaks
- Smoking in the Workplace
- Monitoring of Electronic Mail
- Insurance
- Expense Accounts
- Automobiles
- Fringe Benefits
- Wage Assignments and Garnishments
- Whistleblower Statute
- Part-Time Employees
- COBRA
- Termination Pay
- Unemployment Compensation
- Providing Employee Information to Prospective Employers
- FIT, FICA Withholding, and Miscellaneous Reporting Matters.
- Commercial Driver Licenses
- Public Safety
- Law Enforcement
- Additional Statutory Duties
- Courtroom Security Committee
- Disposal of Physical Evidence
- Disposal of Unlawful Telecommunications Devices
- Disposal of Alcoholic Beverages
- Disposition of Confiscated Weapons
- Disposition of Conveyance Used in Robbery or Felony Theft
- Disposition of Controlled Substances and Related Property
- Disposition of Vehicles
- Enforcement of Ammunition Tax Laws
- Enforcement of Hunting Laws
- Enforcement of Wildlife Laws
- Execution of Class 3 Weapons Purchase Documents
- Handgun Carry Permit Application Checks
- Intoxicating Liquors
- Investigation of Child Abuse
- Investigation of Drug Trademark Counterfeiting Cases
- Investigation of Osteopathic Physicians
- Notification to Next of Kin - Serious Accidents
- Prevention of Forest Fires
- Quarantine of Property Where Meth Was Manufactured
- Registration of Sexual Offenders and Violent Sexual Offenders
- Reports to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- Reporting of Stolen and Recovered Motor Vehicles
- Summoning Jurors
- Transportation of Persons with a Mental Illness
- Transportation of Juveniles
- Ex Officio Duties
- Statutory Powers
- Assignment of Officers to Judicial District Drug Task Force
- Authority to Authorize Deputies to Carry Handguns
- Disposal of Property
- Disposition of Stolen Property in Possession of Pawnbroker
- Exchange of Officers With Other Law Enforcement Agencies .
- Inspection of Gun Dealer’s Records
- Inspection of Pawnbroker’s Records
- Investigations of Adult-Oriented Establishments
- Motor Vehicles
- Regulation of Private Security Guards .
- Seizure of Conveyance Used in Robbery or Felony Theft
- Seizure of Controlled Substances and Related Property
- Seizure of Vehicle
- Shooting Ranges
- Special Deputies
- Service of Civil Process
- Definitions for Civil Process
- Sheriff’s Duty to Serve Civil Process
- How a Dispute Becomes a Lawsuit: The Complaint and Summons
- Return of Service
- Avoiding Difficulties, Dilemmas, and Disasters
- Service of High-Risk Process
- Orders of Protection
- Definitions for Orders of Protection
- Legislative Intent
- Parties Who May Petition for an Order of Protection
- Venue: Where the Petition May Be Filed
- Ex Parte Protective Orders and Standard Orders of Protection
- Serving the Order
- TCIC and NCIC
- Scope, Duration, and Enforceability of Protective Orders
- The Duty to Arrest a Respondent Who Violates an Order of Protection
- Ex Parte Orders and “Actual Knowledge”
- Domestic Violence Victim Notification
- The Public Duty Doctrine .
- Sheriff’s Fees for Service of Process
- Tennessee Code Quick Reference for Service of Civil Process
- Sheriff's Fees
- Additional Statutory Duties
- Jail Administration
- Jail Management
- Persons Confined to Jail
- Filing of Mittimus
- Booking
- Intake
- Collection of Biological Specimens for DNA Analysis
- Classification of Inmates
- Segregation of Sexes
- Supervision of Inmates
- Support of Inmates
- Safety of Inmates
- Inmate Labor
- Inmate Discipline
- Correspondence and Visitors
- Telephone Use
- Access to the Courts and Attorneys
- Prison Litigation Reform Act
- Travel Restrictions
- Furloughs
- Jail Fees
- County Jail Inspectors
- Tennessee Corrections Institute
- Workhouses
- Board of Workhouse Commissioners
- Operation of Workhouse Under Control of County Mayor
- Operation of Workhouse Under Control of Sheriff
- Workhouse Superintendent
- Sentence to County Workhouse
- Labor Prescribed for Workhouse Prisoners
- Work Release
- Work Release Programs by Counties
- Transfer to Department of Correction
- Care of Workhouse Prisoners
- Jail Fees -Workhouses
- Travel Restrictions
- Fire Safety
- Emergency Management (Civil Defense)
- Emergency Communications Districts
- Drug Law Enforcement and Drug Abuse Prevention
- Law Enforcement
- Purchasing
- Legal Framework for Purchasing
- County Purchasing vs. Private Sector Purchasing
- Centralized Purchasing in Counties
- Non-centralized Purchasing
- County Uniform Highway Law
- Purchasing in County Education Departments
- Dollar Threshold Requirement
- Purchasing Principles and Techniques
- Procurement Process
- Purchasing Specifications and Standards
- Other Purchasing Areas
- Emergency Purchases
- Sole Source Purchase
- Cooperative Purchasing
- Procurement Cards
- Purchasing-Records Management
- Bonds
- Dispositon of Surplus Property
- Purchasing at Public Auctions
- Transfer of Assets for Fire Protection
- Purchase of Certain Insurance
- Electronic Procurement
- Highways and Roads "Buy America" Act
- Life Cycle Cost and Procurement Act
- Purchasing from Disabled Persons
- Construction Projects
- Professional Services Contracts
- Purchase of Used or Secondhand Goods
- Contracts for Purchase of Natural Gas, Propane Gas or Electric Power
- Public Contracts for Social Services
- Solid Waste Authorities (Established Under The Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991) Competitively Bidding Contracts for Solid Waste Collection and/or Services
- Purchases from State Industries
- Purchase of Confiscated Vehicles and Surplus State Property
- Reverse Auctions
- Fuel Purchase
- Addenda to Bid Documents
- Trends in County Purchasing
- Professional Purchasing Organizations and Publications
- Legal Framework for Purchasing
- Records Management
- Reasons for Records Management
- Legal Issues
- County Public Records Commission
- Public Access to Records
- The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
- Tennessee Public Records Statutes
- Special Considerations and Specific Types of Confidential Records
- Student Records
- Basic Records Management
- Disposal of Records
- Alternative Storage Formats
- Proper Storage Conditions
- Disaster Preparedness
- Retention Schedule
- Revenue
- Alcohol and Tobacco Taxes
- Business Taxes
- Development Taxes and Infrastructure Funding
- Fees of County Officers
- In Lieu of Tax Payments
- Motor Vehicle Taxes and Fees
- Other Taxes
- Petroleum Products Taxes
- Property Taxes
- Property Classification
- Assessment
- County Assessor
- Records and Notice of Assessment
- Assessing Improvements
- Assessing Mobile Homes
- Assessment of Leasehold
- Mineral Interests
- Greenbelt
- Present Use Valuation for Certain Residential Property
- Tangible Personal Property
- Correction of Erroneous Assessments
- Back Assessment or Reassessment
- State Division of Property Assessments
- Reappraisal
- Appealing an Assessment
- County Board of Equalization
- Oath of Office
- Officers and Compensation
- Sessions
- Duties and Powers
- Assessor of Property—Assistance and Recommendations to the Board
- Complaints to the County Board of Equalization
- Hearing Officers
- Disposition of Complaints
- Time for Completion of Board Action and Certificate of Completion
- Final Action and Notice to Taxpayer
- Appeal to the State Board of Equalization
- Record of Board's Action and Report to State Board
- Remand of Complaints to the County Board of Equalization
- State Board of Equalization
- Appeal to the State Board of Equalization
- Assistance of Agents
- Assessment Appeals Commission
- Hearing Examiners
- Collection of Evidence and Information
- Equalization Action by the State Board of Equalization
- Changes of Individual Classification or Assessment
- Certification of Board Action
- Record of Board Actions
- Finality of Board Action—Collection of Taxes
- Penalties and Interest
- Refund of Property Taxes after Final Action
- Judicial Review
- County Board of Equalization
- Exemptions and Tax Relief
- Exemptions
- Real Property Transferred between Exempt and Nonexempt Persons
- Trust Estates
- Government Property
- Public Ways
- Government Bonds and Notes
- Housing Authorities
- Low Cost Housing for Elderly Persons
- Property Used to Recycle Waste Products
- Private Act Hospital Authorities
- Charter or Contract Exemptions
- Religious, Charitable, Scientific, Educational Institutions
- Property of Certain Educational Institutions
- Cemeteries and Monuments
- Personal Bank Accounts and Other Personal Property
- Growing Crops
- Property in Transit
- Historic Properties
- Airport Runways and Aprons
- Property Held in Foreign Trade Zone
- Property Owned by a Charitable Organization for Low-Income Housing
- Historic Properties Owned by Charitable Institutions
- Nonprofit Community and Performing Arts Organizations
- Economic Development
- Family Wellness Centers
- Museums
- Educational Museums
- Leased Tangible Personal Property
- In Lieu of Tax or Tax Equivalent Payments
- Tax Relief
- Real Property Tax Deferral
- Exemptions
- The Tax Levy
- Collection of Property Taxes
- Collection of Delinquent Real Property Taxes
- Delinquent Tax Deputies and Delinquent Tax List
- Publication of the Delinquent Tax List
- Delinquent Tax Attorney
- Tax Lien
- Notice Requirements
- Delivery of Delinquent Tax List to Attorney and Acceptance of Delinquent Taxes
- Municipal Taxes Collected as Part of Tax Suit
- Certificate for Timber Cutting
- Delinquent Tax Suit
- Notice of Tax Suit
- Annual List of Property in Tax Suits
- Fees and Additional Expenses of the Tax Suit
- Receivership
- Report Under Reference
- The Tax Sale
- Tax Sale Ledger
- Confirmation of Sale and Tax Deed
- Setting Aside a Tax Sale
- Redemption
- Escheat of Funds
- Statute of Limitations
- Miscellaneous Matters
- Collection of Delinquent Personal Property Taxes
- Sales and Use Taxes
- Severance Taxes
- Structure of County Government
- Forms of County Government
- County Statutory Offices and Positions
- Boards, Commissions, and Committees
- Courts
