TCA § 6-20-104 — Disqualification from office

No person shall become commissioner who has been convicted of malfeasance in office, bribery, or other corrupt practice, or crime, or of violating any of the provisions of § 6-20-108 in reference to elections. Any commissioner so convicted shall forfeit such commissioner's office. Acts 1921, ch. 173, art. 4, § 3; Shan. Supp., § 1997a135; Code 1932, § 3532; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2004. Cross-References. Bribery, title 39, ch. 16, part 1. Misconduct of public officials and employees, title 39, ch. 16, part 4. Prohibited election practices, title 2, ch. 19. NOTES TO DECISIONS 1. Restoration to Citizenship. 1. Restoration to Citizenship. Duly elected commissioner could require other commissioners to meet and transact town business with him even though he had been convicted of forgery 20 years before election since he had been restored to his rights of citizenship. Bryant v. Moore, 198 Tenn. 335, 279 S.W.2d 517, 1955 Tenn. LEXIS 376 (1955), superseded by statute as stated in, State v. Baltimore, — S.W.3d —, 2014 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 451 (Tenn. Crim. App. May 13, 2014).