§ 14.05. Same—Election; term of office.  


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  • The first nine (9) judges of the court hereby transferred shall serve the court until their tenures of office to which elected expires, and all branches of the court shall be filled by the qualified voters of Metropolitan Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, in the August 1974 general election for term of eight (8) years from the first day of September, 1974, and subsequently at the August general election thereafter for each like term. The judges to serve the court hereinbefore set out shall be the judges of the respective divisions I—IX, respectively. Additional judges authorized by act of the legislature as provided in section 14.04 hereof, shall be elected at the next general election following their appointment and subsequently at the next general election required for judges of the entire court. Each person seeking election as a judge of said court shall be required to run for a specific division, branch or part as established hereinabove.

(Amended by Res. No. 71-1222, § 1, 8-5-71)