TENNESSEE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE III
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Art. III §1 | SUPREME EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY HELD BY GOVERNOR
Art. III §2 | ELECTION PROCEDURES FOR GOVERNOR
Art. III §3 | ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Art. III §4 | TERM LIMITS AND SUCCESSION RULES FOR GOVERNOR
Art. III §5 | GOVERNOR’S ROLE AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
Art. III §6 | POWERS OF REPRIEVE AND PARDON
Art. III §7 | GOVERNOR’S COMPENSATION AND ITS STABILITY
Art. III §8 | OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Art. III §9 | GOVERNOR’S AUTHORITY TO CONVENE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Art. III §10 | DUTY TO ENFORCE LAWS
Art. III §11 | REPORTS ON STATE GOVERNANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Art. III §12 | PROCEDURES FOR SUCCESSION DURING GOVERNOR’S ABSENCE
Whenever a majority of the commissioners of administrative departments of the Executive Department transmits to the Secretary of State, the Speaker of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written, signed declaration that the Governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office, the Speaker of the Senate shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting Governor, or if that office is unoccupied, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting Governor, until the Governor transmits to the same officials a written, signed declaration that the Governor is able to discharge the powers and duties of the office.
Whenever a Speaker is temporarily discharging the powers and duties of the office of Governor as Acting Governor, such Speaker shall not be required to resign the Speaker's position as the Speaker or to resign as a member of the general assembly and shall retain the Speaker's salary and not receive the Governor's salary, but such Speaker shall not preside as Speaker or vote as a member of the general assembly during the time the Speaker is Acting Governor.
Art. III §13 | RESTRICTIONS ON HOLDING MULTIPLE OFFICES AS GOVERNOR
Art. III §14 | GOVERNOR’S AUTHORITY TO FILL VACANCIES TEMPORARILY
Art. III §15 | STATE SEAL USAGE AND CUSTODY
Art. III §16 | AUTHORITY AND FORMAT OF STATE GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS
Art. III §17 | APPOINTMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE
Art. III §18 | BILL APPROVAL PROCESS BY GOVERNOR
If the Governor shall fail to return any bill with his objections in writing within ten calendar days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall become a law without his signature. If the General Assembly by its adjournment prevents the return of any bill within said ten-day period, the bill shall become a law, unless disapproved by the Governor and filed by him with his objections in writing in the office of the Secretary of State within said ten-day period.
Every Joint Resolution or order (except on question of adjournment and proposals of specific amendments to the Constitution) shall likewise be presented to the Governor for his signature; and on being disapproved by him shall, in like manner, be returned with his objections; and the same, before it shall take effect, shall be repassed by a majority of all the members elected to both Houses in the manner and according to the rules prescribed in case of a Bill.
The Governor may reduce or disapprove the sum of money appropriated by any one or more items or parts of items in any bill appropriating money, while approving other portions of the bill. The portions so approved shall become law, and the items or parts of items disapproved or reduced shall be void to the extent that they have been disapproved or reduced unless repassed as hereinafter provided. The Governor, within ten calendar days (Sundays excepted) after the bill shall have been presented to him, shall report the items or parts of items disapproved or reduced with his objections in writing to the House in which the bill originated, or if the General Assembly shall have adjourned, to the office of the Secretary of State. Any such items or parts of items so disapproved or reduced shall be restored to the bill in the original amount and become law if repassed by the General Assembly according to the rules and limitations prescribed for the passage of other bills over the executive veto.
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