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Commissioners told law offers no clear path to reinstate constables; item proposed to be removed from agenda
Summary
The board discussed whether the county can reinstate constables after a 2012 resolution abolished the office; the county law director and CTAS said state statute provides no mechanism for reinstatement, and a commissioner moved to strike the item from the agenda.
Sumner County commissioners discussed the legal barriers to restoring county constables on Jan. 13, concluding during debate that state law and prior county action leave no obvious path to reinstate the office.
The matter arose after the county’s audit records found a Dec. 19, 2012 county resolution that abolished the office of constable at the end of then-officers’ terms. The law director told commissioners that…
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