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Committee advances bill to spread Arts Commission appointments among state leaders
Summary
A bill to redistribute appointment authority for the Tennessee Arts Commission — giving members to the governor by congressional district and to legislative leaders by grand division — passed committee 7-0 and moves to full state and local committee.
Representative Alexander described House Bill 22-20, which would reconstitute the Tennessee Arts Commission appointment process: the governor would appoint one member from each of the nine congressional districts, the speaker of the Senate would appoint one member from each grand division and the speaker of the House would appoint one member from each grand division. The sponsor said the change would relieve appointment pressure on the governor and spread appointing responsibility across the legislature. After brief discussion and no questions, the committee voted 7-0 to advance the bill to the full committee.
