Section 1500-01-01-.03 - CONSTRUCTION AND AMENDMENT OF COMMISSION RULES(1) Availability of rules. The rules and regulations of the Commission and any amendments, additions, or modifications thereof, shall be available to the public at any office of the Commission and at the office of the Tennessee Secretary of State.(2) Construction of rules and pleadings.(a) These rules and regulations shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 21, and the policies of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission.(b) All pleadings shall be liberally construed with a view to effect justice between the parties.(3) Amendment of Rules. New rules may be adopted and any rule may be amended or rescinded by the Commission at a regular or special meeting, provided that notice of the proposed adoption, amendment, or rescission has been given in writing to all members of the Commission at least ten (10) days before the meeting at which action is to be taken. Such ten (10) days notice shall not be required when two-thirds of the membership of the Commission approves in writing any such adoption, amendment, or rescission. All such amendments and the process for amending Commission rules shall comply with Tennessee statutes governing the amendment of Tennessee Administrative Regulations, Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1500-01-01-.03
Original rule certified June 10, 1974. Amendment filed December 5, 1978; effective January 19, 1979. Amendment filed June 18, 2003; effective October 28, 2003. Repeal and new rule filed August 9, 2007; effective October 23, 2007. Stay of effective date filed by the Joint Government Operations Committee of the State of Tennessee General Assembly for forty-five days; new effective date is December 6, 2007. Repeal and new rule filed November 15, 2010; effective February 13, 2011.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-21-202, 4-21-203, 4-21-303, 4-21-308, and 10-7-504.