In case of the incompetency, sickness or other disability of any judge of the court of appeals or court of criminal appeals, the governor shall have the power to commission a person to fill the vacancy during the incompetency, sickness or other disability of the judge, and the person so appointed shall be paid the same salary for the time served and receive the same expense allowance as that allowed the regular judge.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors
Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange
§ 17-2-101. Grounds of Incompetency
§ 17-2-102. Incompetency of Supreme Court Judges
§ 17-2-103. Powers of Special Supreme Court Judges
§ 17-2-104. Sickness of Judges of Supreme Court
§ 17-2-105. Special Judges for Appellate Courts
§ 17-2-106. Compensation of Special Supreme Court Judge
§ 17-2-107. General Sessions Judges
§ 17-2-111. Expenses of Assigned Judge or Chancellor
§ 17-2-112. Transfers From Chancery to Circuit Court Because of Incompetency
§ 17-2-113. Circuit Judge Acting as Chancellor
§ 17-2-115. Certification of Incompetency to Governor
§ 17-2-116. Disability of Judges or Chancellors
§ 17-2-117. Powers of Special Judges or Chancellors