[Acts 1971, ch. 126, § 16; T.C.A., § 12-916; Acts 1982, ch. 902, § 14; 1984, ch. 823, § 8; 1987, ch. 191, § 1; 1997, ch. 405, § 5; 1999, ch. 426, § 2; 2001, ch. 253, § 15.]