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Tennessee Constitution, Article III

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Article III, Executive Department

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All articles155 Art. I44 Art. II35 Art. III18 Art. IV4 Art. V5 Art. VI14 Art. VII5 Art. VIII3 Art. IX3 Art. X5 Art. XI19

18 provisions·Filtered byArt. III✕

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 1 Section 1
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The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a governor.
Tenn. Const. art. III, § 2 Section 2
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The governor shall be chosen by the electors of the members of the General Assembly, at the time and places where they shall respectively vote for the members thereof. The returns of every election for governor shall be sealed up, and transmitted to the seat of government, by the…
Tenn. Const. art. III, § 3 Section 3
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He shall be at least thirty years of age, shall be a citizen of the United States, and shall have been a citizen of this state seven years next before his election.
Tenn. Const. art. III, § 4 Section 4
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The governor shall be elected to hold office for four years and until a successor is elected and qualified. A person may be eligible to succeed in office for additional four year terms, provided that no person presently serving or elected hereafter shall be eligible for election …

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Tenn. Const. art. III, § 5 Section 5

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He shall be commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy of this state, and of the Militia, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States. But the Militia shall not be called into service except in case of rebellion or invasion, and then only when the General …

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 6 Section 6

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He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons, after conviction, except in cases of impeachment.

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 7 Section 7

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He shall, at stated times, receive a compensation for his services, which shall not be increased or diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected.

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 8 Section 8

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He may require information in writing, from the officers in the executive department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 9 Section 9

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He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the General Assembly by proclamation, in which he shall state specifically the purposes for which they are to convene; but they shall enter on no legislative business except that for which they were specifically called together.

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 10 Section 10

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He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 11 Section 11

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He shall, from time to time, give to the General Assembly information of the state of the government, and recommend for their consideration such measures as he shall judge expedient.

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 12 Section 12

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In case of the removal of the governor from office, or of his death, or resignation, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve on the speaker of the Senate; and in case of the death, removal from office, or resignation of the speaker of the Senate, the powers and duties o…

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 13 Section 13

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No member of Congress, or person holding any office under the United States, or this state, shall execute the office of governor except as provided in Article III, Section 12 with regard to the Speaker of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives temporarily disch…

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 14 Section 14

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When any officer, the right of whose appointment is by this Constitution vested in the General Assembly, shall, during the recess, die, or the office, by the expiration of the term, or by other means, become vacant, the governor shall have the power to fill such vacancy by granti…

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 15 Section 15

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There shall be a seal of this state, which shall be kept by the governor, and used by him officially, and shall be called the Great Seal of the State of Tennessee.

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 16 Section 16

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All grants and commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the state of Tennessee, be sealed with the State Seal, and signed by the governor.

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 17 Section 17

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A secretary of state shall be appointed by joint vote of the General Assembly, and commissioned during the term of four years; he shall keep a fair register of all the official acts and proceedings of the governor; and shall, when required lay the same, and all papers, minutes an…

Tenn. Const. art. III, § 18 Section 18

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Every bill which may pass both Houses of the General Assembly shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor for his signature. If he approve, he shall sign it, and the same shall become a law; but if he refuse to sign it, he shall return it with his objections ther…