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Committee advances bill restoring certain rights and titles for Shelby County charter officers
Summary
House Bill 307, described by its sponsor as restoring pay-petition and title alignment for Shelby County charter officers, passed the committee after a cleanup amendment and debate about prior charter changes.
Vice Chairman Chris Gillespie told the committee House Bill 307 aims to restore “rights and privileges” that Shelby County charter officers had before the county’s 2008 charter rewrite. The sponsor said the 2008 changes removed privileges such as salary petitions and altered titles so they no longer aligned with state law.
An amendment removed a section referring to school security, which the sponsor said is handled by memoranda of understanding and was not relevant to the charter-officer duties the bill addresses. The sponsor described the bill as correcting naming and procedural inconsistencies so local charter officer titles align with state law and certain administrative privileges are restored.
On final question, the clerk reported 5 ayes and 1 no; the ayes prevailed and HB 307 as amended moves to the next available calendar of state and local government.
The committee’s action was framed as restoring local government officers’ procedural authorities and alignment with state statutory terminology rather than creating new authority for the offices.
