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Official notes Tennessee’s low per-capita debt and wide variation in docket times
Summary
Speakers told commissioners that case times on court dockets can vary widely and that Tennessee remains the least-indebted state per capita, citing $266 per person and comparisons to Texas and Florida.
Speakers described logistical differences in court dockets and made a fiscal comparison of state debt per capita. Unidentified Speaker 16 told commissioners that some dockets may have four or five cases in the morning and that case durations can range from 15 minutes to six hours.
Unidentified Speaker 17 said Tennessee "still maintain[s] our status as the least indebted state per capita in the entire country by a long shot," citing a per-capita rate of $266 and comparisons to Texas and Florida. "So we are by far the least indebted state in America, and we're gonna stay that way," the speaker added.
These remarks were presented as informational statements; the transcript does not record any related vote or fiscal action.
