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1985 Tennessee Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1985)

handle is hein.sag/sagtn0040 and id is 1 raw text is: OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TENNESSEE
Published by Authority of Chapter 276,
Public Acts of 1971
May 1985
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS AND AGENCIES: Administrative Proce-
dures Act: Applicability of statutory exemptions,
and the contested case provisions of the Adminis-
trative Procedues Act, to the withholding of money
from accumulated retirement benefits to satisfy a
debt owed by the member to the State. U.S. Const.
Amend. XIV; T.C.A. SS 4-5-301 et seg., 8-36-113,
-114, 8-37-210, 26-2-106, 26-2-221, -222.              85-165
AGRICULTURE: Farmers: Eligibility of a truck which carries
a company sign that identifies it as a nursery
truck to be registered under the combined farm and
limited private truck classification. T.C.A.
S 55-1-119, 55-4-113.                                  85-147
APPOINTMENTS: Authority of the State Certification
Commission to begin work upon being appointed, but
prior to confirmation by General Assembly; validity
of actions taken by Commission during interim
period prior to confirmation. T.C.A. SS 49-5-5001
et seg., 49-5-5102, -5150.                             85-157
APPROPRIATIONS: Effect of letter from the Chairs of the
Finance, Ways and Means Committees on the directive
that comment be made by these committees, when the
House Finance Committee has not met to consider the
funding board report; maximum constitutional amount
of state tax revenues that may be appropriated for
the 1985-86 fiscal year; proper branch of govern-
ment to assure that appropriations of state tax
revenues are within constitutional limits; proper
branch of government to estimate the percentage of
increase in Tennessee personal income. Tenn.
Const. Art. II, S 24; T.C.A. 55 9-6-201--204.          85-153
ATTORNEYS: Practice c< Law: Authority of a non-attorney to
represent a atievant in a fifth-step grievance
before the C .vil Service Commission. Tenn. Const.
Art. II, SS 1, 2, Art. VI, S 1; T.C.A. SS 4-5-305,
23-3-101, -103; Sup. CL. Rules 6, 7, 9; Rules and
Reg. 1120-7-1-.05(3).                                  85-166
ATTORNEYS: Requirement that the judge of the General
Sessions Court of Lake County be an attorney.
Tenn. Const. Art. VI, S 4, T.C.A. SS 16-15-201,
37-1-102, 37-1-203, -206, P.A. 1982, Ch. 934.          85-170