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Law director: no clear statutory path to reinstate constables; commission discusses but takes no action
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a 2012 resolution that abolished the constable office and heard the law director say statute does not provide a mechanism to reinstate the office; commissioners debated resuming the office only if a compelling need is shown and deferred further action.
Sumner County commissioners revisited the question of constables on Jan. 13 after staff found a Dec. 19, 2012 resolution abolishing the office at the end of those officers’ terms.
The county law director told the commission that when the state shifted constables from constitutional to statutory officers the statute gave counties…
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