Any member of the board may be removed from office for cause, but only after preferment of formal charges and trial before a court of proper jurisdiction. Charges may be preferred by resolution of the governing body of the city or town by any member of the board, or by a petition signed by two percent (2%) or more, but no fewer than twenty-five (25) in number, of the owners of property served by the works.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities
Chapter 35 - Sewers and Waterworks
Part 4 - Authority to Own and Operate System
§ 7-35-402. Purchase and Combining of Works
§ 7-35-403. Condemnation or Purchase of Necessary Property
§ 7-35-404. Elements Included in Cost of Works
§ 7-35-407. Board of Commissioners — Provided — Jurisdiction — Creation — First Board
§ 7-35-408. Board of Commissioners — Appointment — Terms
§ 7-35-410. Removal of Commissioners
§ 7-35-411. Use of Existing Boards
§ 7-35-413. Records and Reports