Section 17-5-310 - Action of board affirmed - Transmittal of recommendation of removal to general assembly(a) If the supreme court affirms the action of the board as provided in § 17-5-308, the judgment of the supreme court is final. If the supreme court affirms the action of the board in recommending removal of the judge in accordance with § 17-5-302 or §§ 17-5-308 and 17-5-301(f)(1)(F), the recommendation for removal must be transmitted to the general assembly for a final determination. However, if the supreme court affirms the board's action recommending the removal of a judge and its determination that the recommendation is moot as provided in § 17-5-308(c), the matter may not be transmitted to the general assembly for a final determination but is final upon the supreme court's action.(b) The clerk of the supreme court shall send written notice of the supreme court's action to affirm the recommendation for removal to the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives. The clerk of the supreme court shall certify the entire record, including the briefs filed in the supreme court and the opinion of that court, to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives within five (5) days of the clerk's receipt of such record.(c) The procedure for the removal of a judge provided in accordance with this chapter must not be construed as limiting or altering the power of impeachment, as provided in the Constitution of Tennessee, Article V or the power of removal as provided in the Constitution of Tennessee, Article VI, § 6.Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 496, s 1, eff. 7/1/2019.Acts 1979, ch. 356, § 20; T.C.A., § 17-820; Acts 2002, ch. 564, § 13; 2012 , ch. 819, § 4.