Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-34-104 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 34 / Section 7-34-104
Powers of municipalities
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to powers that it may now have, any municipality has the power under this chapter to: (1) Construct, acquire by gift, purchase, or exercise the right of eminent domain, reconstruct, improve, better or extend any public works, within or without the municipality, or partially within or partially without the municipality, and acquire by gift, purchase, or exercise the right of eminent domain, lands, rights in land or water rights in connection with lands, rights in land or water rights; (2) Operate and maintain any public works for its own use or for the use and benefit of its inhabitants, and also operate and maintain such public works for the use and benefit of persons, firms, and corporations, including municipal corporations and inhabitants of municipal corporations whose residences or places of business are located outside the territorial boundaries of the municipality; (3) Lease any public works to, or operate and maintain any public works, either wholly or partially, for the use and benefit of the United States or the state of Tennessee or any agency, instrumentality or authority of either the United States or the state of Tennessee, all under such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon, including the transfer of title to such public works after all bonds issued to finance the acquisition or construction of such public works and the interest on all bonds have been paid or provision made for the payment of the bonds; provided, that any public works may, in the discretion of the governing body, be so leased or operated and maintained as a unit separate and distinct from any other public works of the municipality, and the governing body may pledge the revenues and rentals of the public works exclusively for the payment of the principal and interest of any bonds issued to finance the acquisition or construction of such public works, but nothing contained in this subdivision (a)(3) shall prohibit the governing body from pledging the revenues of other public works for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds and it is hereby given full authority to do so; (4) Issue its bonds to finance in whole or in part the cost of the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any public works. The governing body of the municipality in determining the cost may include all cost and estimated cost of the issuance of the bonds, all engineering, inspection, fiscal and legal expenses, and interest that it is estimated will accrue during the construction period and six (6) months thereafter on money borrowed or that it is estimated will be borrowed pursuant to this chapter; (5) Prescribe and collect rates, fees, and charges for the services, facilities and commodities furnished by such public works; (6) Pledge to the punctual payment of the bonds and interest on the bonds an amount of the revenues of such public works, including improvements, betterments, or extensions to the public works thereafter constructed or acquired, or of any part of such public works, sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as the bonds and interest shall become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves for the payment of the bonds and interest. The amount may consist of all or any part or portion of such revenue; (7) Contract with any person, municipality, the United States, the president of the United States, the Tennessee valley authority, and any and all other authorities, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States, and, in connection with any such contract, stipulate and agree to such covenants, terms and conditions as the governing body may deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, covenants, terms and conditions with respect to the resale rates, financial and accounting methods, services, operation and maintenance practices, and the manner of disposition of the revenues of the public works, operated and maintained by the municipality; (8) Use any right-of-way, easement or other similar property right necessary or convenient in connection with the acquisition, improvement, operation or maintenance of a public works, held by the state or any other political subdivision of the state; provided, that the governing body of such other political subdivision shall consent to such use; and (9) Issue bonds pursuant to this chapter to finance, in whole or in part, the cost of the acquisition of electrical power purchased from the Tennessee valley authority or similar government agencies on a current or long-term prepaid purchase basis and pledge to the punctual payment of any such bonds and interest on the bonds its rights in such contracts and an amount of the revenues of its public works, including improvements, betterments, or extensions to such public works thereafter constructed or acquired, or of any part of such public works, sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as the bonds and interest become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves for the payment of the bonds and interest. The amount shall consist of all or any part or portion of such revenue. The governing body of the municipality, in determining the cost of the acquisition of electrical power under this subsection (a), may include all costs and estimated costs of the issuance of the bonds, all engineering, inspection, fiscal and legal expenses. (b) Any municipality authorized by chapter 52, part 4 of this title, to provide any of the services described in chapter 52, part 4 shall have the power and is hereby authorized to borrow money, contract debts and issue its bonds or notes pursuant to the terms of this subsection (b) to finance in whole or in part the cost of the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of a system or systems, or any part thereof, to provide any of such services, including the acquisition of land or rights in land and the acquisition and installation of all equipment necessarily incident to the provision of such services; provided, that: (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, such services shall not constitute "public works" as defined in § 7-34-102 ; (2) For regulatory purposes, a municipality issuing bonds or notes for the purposes set forth in this subsection (b) shall allocate to the costs of providing any of the services authorized by § 7-52-401 payments of principal of, interest on and amortized costs incurred in connection with the issuance of such bonds or notes; provided, that if any of such bonds or notes are issued in such a way that interest on the bonds is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, the municipality shall allocate to costs, in lieu of the actual interest being paid on such bonds or notes, an amount equal to interest that would be payable on the bonds or notes if the bonds or notes were bearing interest at rates equal to the average of the most recently published Moody's Long-Term Corporate Bond Yield Averages and Intermediate Corporate Bond Yield Averages for AAA Public Utilities; (3) Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be read to diminish or alter the jurisdiction of the Tennessee public utility commission over municipalities that provide any of the services described in chapter 52, part 4 of this title; (4) To the extent that they do not conflict with subdivisions (b)(1)-(3), the provisions of this chapter relating to the authorization, issuance and sale of bonds or notes, the use and application of revenues of the system or systems being financed, powers to secure such bonds and notes, covenants and remedies for the benefit of bond or note holders with respect to such bonds or notes, validity with respect to such bonds or notes, and powers to refund and refinance such bonds or notes shall apply to any bonds or notes issued for the purposes described in this subsection (b) and the system or systems financed by the issuance and sale of bonds or notes; and (5) Section 7-52-402 shall apply to the use and application of revenues authorized and permitted by this section. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 94, s 9, eff. 4/4/2017. Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 33, § 4; 1937, ch. 230, § 2; 1949, ch. 211, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 4406.45 (Williams, § 4406.37); modified; Acts 1955, ch. 216, § 1; modified; 1975, ch. 5, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1304; Acts 1987, ch. 158, § 3; 1998, ch. 1004, § 1; 2003 , ch. 20, § 2.
(a) In addition to powers that it may now have, any municipality has the power under this chapter to: (1) Construct, acquire by gift, purchase, or exercise the right of eminent domain, reconstruct, improve, better or extend any public works, within or without the municipality, or partially within or partially without the municipality, and acquire by gift, purchase, or exercise the right of eminent domain, lands, rights in land or water rights in connection with lands, rights in land or water rights; (2) Operate and maintain any public works for its own use or for the use and benefit of its inhabitants, and also operate and maintain such public works for the use and benefit of persons, firms, and corporations, including municipal corporations and inhabitants of municipal corporations whose residences or places of business are located outside the territorial boundaries of the municipality; (3) Lease any public works to, or operate and maintain any public works, either wholly or partially, for the use and benefit of the United States or the state of Tennessee or any agency, instrumentality or authority of either the United States or the state of Tennessee, all under such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon, including the transfer of title to such public works after all bonds issued to finance the acquisition or construction of such public works and the interest on all bonds have been paid or provision made for the payment of the bonds; provided, that any public works may, in the discretion of the governing body, be so leased or operated and maintained as a unit separate and distinct from any other public works of the municipality, and the governing body may pledge the revenues and rentals of the public works exclusively for the payment of the principal and interest of any bonds issued to finance the acquisition or construction of such public works, but nothing contained in this subdivision (a)(3) shall prohibit the governing body from pledging the revenues of other public works for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds and it is hereby given full authority to do so; (4) Issue its bonds to finance in whole or in part the cost of the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any public works. The governing body of the municipality in determining the cost may include all cost and estimated cost of the issuance of the bonds, all engineering, inspection, fiscal and legal expenses, and interest that it is estimated will accrue during the construction period and six (6) months thereafter on money borrowed or that it is estimated will be borrowed pursuant to this chapter; (5) Prescribe and collect rates, fees, and charges for the services, facilities and commodities furnished by such public works; (6) Pledge to the punctual payment of the bonds and interest on the bonds an amount of the revenues of such public works, including improvements, betterments, or extensions to the public works thereafter constructed or acquired, or of any part of such public works, sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as the bonds and interest shall become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves for the payment of the bonds and interest. The amount may consist of all or any part or portion of such revenue; (7) Contract with any person, municipality, the United States, the president of the United States, the Tennessee valley authority, and any and all other authorities, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States, and, in connection with any such contract, stipulate and agree to such covenants, terms and conditions as the governing body may deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, covenants, terms and conditions with respect to the resale rates, financial and accounting methods, services, operation and maintenance practices, and the manner of disposition of the revenues of the public works, operated and maintained by the municipality; (8) Use any right-of-way, easement or other similar property right necessary or convenient in connection with the acquisition, improvement, operation or maintenance of a public works, held by the state or any other political subdivision of the state; provided, that the governing body of such other political subdivision shall consent to such use; and (9) Issue bonds pursuant to this chapter to finance, in whole or in part, the cost of the acquisition of electrical power purchased from the Tennessee valley authority or similar government agencies on a current or long-term prepaid purchase basis and pledge to the punctual payment of any such bonds and interest on the bonds its rights in such contracts and an amount of the revenues of its public works, including improvements, betterments, or extensions to such public works thereafter constructed or acquired, or of any part of such public works, sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as the bonds and interest become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves for the payment of the bonds and interest. The amount shall consist of all or any part or portion of such revenue. The governing body of the municipality, in determining the cost of the acquisition of electrical power under this subsection (a), may include all costs and estimated costs of the issuance of the bonds, all engineering, inspection, fiscal and legal expenses.
(1) Construct, acquire by gift, purchase, or exercise the right of eminent domain, reconstruct, improve, better or extend any public works, within or without the municipality, or partially within or partially without the municipality, and acquire by gift, purchase, or exercise the right of eminent domain, lands, rights in land or water rights in connection with lands, rights in land or water rights;
(2) Operate and maintain any public works for its own use or for the use and benefit of its inhabitants, and also operate and maintain such public works for the use and benefit of persons, firms, and corporations, including municipal corporations and inhabitants of municipal corporations whose residences or places of business are located outside the territorial boundaries of the municipality;
(3) Lease any public works to, or operate and maintain any public works, either wholly or partially, for the use and benefit of the United States or the state of Tennessee or any agency, instrumentality or authority of either the United States or the state of Tennessee, all under such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon, including the transfer of title to such public works after all bonds issued to finance the acquisition or construction of such public works and the interest on all bonds have been paid or provision made for the payment of the bonds; provided, that any public works may, in the discretion of the governing body, be so leased or operated and maintained as a unit separate and distinct from any other public works of the municipality, and the governing body may pledge the revenues and rentals of the public works exclusively for the payment of the principal and interest of any bonds issued to finance the acquisition or construction of such public works, but nothing contained in this subdivision (a)(3) shall prohibit the governing body from pledging the revenues of other public works for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds and it is hereby given full authority to do so;
(4) Issue its bonds to finance in whole or in part the cost of the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any public works. The governing body of the municipality in determining the cost may include all cost and estimated cost of the issuance of the bonds, all engineering, inspection, fiscal and legal expenses, and interest that it is estimated will accrue during the construction period and six (6) months thereafter on money borrowed or that it is estimated will be borrowed pursuant to this chapter;
(5) Prescribe and collect rates, fees, and charges for the services, facilities and commodities furnished by such public works;
(6) Pledge to the punctual payment of the bonds and interest on the bonds an amount of the revenues of such public works, including improvements, betterments, or extensions to the public works thereafter constructed or acquired, or of any part of such public works, sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as the bonds and interest shall become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves for the payment of the bonds and interest. The amount may consist of all or any part or portion of such revenue;
(7) Contract with any person, municipality, the United States, the president of the United States, the Tennessee valley authority, and any and all other authorities, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States, and, in connection with any such contract, stipulate and agree to such covenants, terms and conditions as the governing body may deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, covenants, terms and conditions with respect to the resale rates, financial and accounting methods, services, operation and maintenance practices, and the manner of disposition of the revenues of the public works, operated and maintained by the municipality;
(8) Use any right-of-way, easement or other similar property right necessary or convenient in connection with the acquisition, improvement, operation or maintenance of a public works, held by the state or any other political subdivision of the state; provided, that the governing body of such other political subdivision shall consent to such use; and
(9) Issue bonds pursuant to this chapter to finance, in whole or in part, the cost of the acquisition of electrical power purchased from the Tennessee valley authority or similar government agencies on a current or long-term prepaid purchase basis and pledge to the punctual payment of any such bonds and interest on the bonds its rights in such contracts and an amount of the revenues of its public works, including improvements, betterments, or extensions to such public works thereafter constructed or acquired, or of any part of such public works, sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as the bonds and interest become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves for the payment of the bonds and interest. The amount shall consist of all or any part or portion of such revenue. The governing body of the municipality, in determining the cost of the acquisition of electrical power under this subsection (a), may include all costs and estimated costs of the issuance of the bonds, all engineering, inspection, fiscal and legal expenses.
(b) Any municipality authorized by chapter 52, part 4 of this title, to provide any of the services described in chapter 52, part 4 shall have the power and is hereby authorized to borrow money, contract debts and issue its bonds or notes pursuant to the terms of this subsection (b) to finance in whole or in part the cost of the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of a system or systems, or any part thereof, to provide any of such services, including the acquisition of land or rights in land and the acquisition and installation of all equipment necessarily incident to the provision of such services; provided, that: (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, such services shall not constitute "public works" as defined in § 7-34-102 ; (2) For regulatory purposes, a municipality issuing bonds or notes for the purposes set forth in this subsection (b) shall allocate to the costs of providing any of the services authorized by § 7-52-401 payments of principal of, interest on and amortized costs incurred in connection with the issuance of such bonds or notes; provided, that if any of such bonds or notes are issued in such a way that interest on the bonds is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, the municipality shall allocate to costs, in lieu of the actual interest being paid on such bonds or notes, an amount equal to interest that would be payable on the bonds or notes if the bonds or notes were bearing interest at rates equal to the average of the most recently published Moody's Long-Term Corporate Bond Yield Averages and Intermediate Corporate Bond Yield Averages for AAA Public Utilities; (3) Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be read to diminish or alter the jurisdiction of the Tennessee public utility commission over municipalities that provide any of the services described in chapter 52, part 4 of this title; (4) To the extent that they do not conflict with subdivisions (b)(1)-(3), the provisions of this chapter relating to the authorization, issuance and sale of bonds or notes, the use and application of revenues of the system or systems being financed, powers to secure such bonds and notes, covenants and remedies for the benefit of bond or note holders with respect to such bonds or notes, validity with respect to such bonds or notes, and powers to refund and refinance such bonds or notes shall apply to any bonds or notes issued for the purposes described in this subsection (b) and the system or systems financed by the issuance and sale of bonds or notes; and (5) Section 7-52-402 shall apply to the use and application of revenues authorized and permitted by this section.
(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, such services shall not constitute "public works" as defined in § 7-34-102 ;
(2) For regulatory purposes, a municipality issuing bonds or notes for the purposes set forth in this subsection (b) shall allocate to the costs of providing any of the services authorized by § 7-52-401 payments of principal of, interest on and amortized costs incurred in connection with the issuance of such bonds or notes; provided, that if any of such bonds or notes are issued in such a way that interest on the bonds is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, the municipality shall allocate to costs, in lieu of the actual interest being paid on such bonds or notes, an amount equal to interest that would be payable on the bonds or notes if the bonds or notes were bearing interest at rates equal to the average of the most recently published Moody's Long-Term Corporate Bond Yield Averages and Intermediate Corporate Bond Yield Averages for AAA Public Utilities;
(3) Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be read to diminish or alter the jurisdiction of the Tennessee public utility commission over municipalities that provide any of the services described in chapter 52, part 4 of this title;
(4) To the extent that they do not conflict with subdivisions (b)(1)-(3), the provisions of this chapter relating to the authorization, issuance and sale of bonds or notes, the use and application of revenues of the system or systems being financed, powers to secure such bonds and notes, covenants and remedies for the benefit of bond or note holders with respect to such bonds or notes, validity with respect to such bonds or notes, and powers to refund and refinance such bonds or notes shall apply to any bonds or notes issued for the purposes described in this subsection (b) and the system or systems financed by the issuance and sale of bonds or notes; and
(5) Section 7-52-402 shall apply to the use and application of revenues authorized and permitted by this section.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 94, s 9, eff. 4/4/2017.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 33, § 4; 1937, ch. 230, § 2; 1949, ch. 211, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 4406.45 (Williams, § 4406.37); modified; Acts 1955, ch. 216, § 1; modified; 1975, ch. 5, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1304; Acts 1987, ch. 158, § 3; 1998, ch. 1004, § 1; 2003 , ch. 20, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-7-102 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-7-102
Appointment - Salary and benefits
Status: in_force

(a) The chief legislative body of any county having a metropolitan form of government is empowered to authorize the chief executive officer of the county to appoint a metropolitan hearing officer who shall serve at the pleasure of the chief executive officer. (b) The metropolitan hearing officer shall receive such salary and other benefits as may be provided by the chief legislative body. Acts 1983, ch. 346, § 2.
(a) The chief legislative body of any county having a metropolitan form of government is empowered to authorize the chief executive officer of the county to appoint a metropolitan hearing officer who shall serve at the pleasure of the chief executive officer.
(b) The metropolitan hearing officer shall receive such salary and other benefits as may be provided by the chief legislative body.
Acts 1983, ch. 346, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-82-306 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 82 / Section 7-82-306
General implementing powers
Status: in_force

Any district created pursuant to this chapter shall be vested with all the powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purpose for which such district is created, capable of being delegated by the general assembly. No enumeration of particular powers created in this chapter shall be construed to impair or limit any general grant of power contained in this chapter, nor to limit any such grant to a power or powers of the same class or classes as those enumerated. The district is empowered to do all acts necessary, proper or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted in this chapter. Acts 1937, ch. 248, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3695.32 (Williams, § 3695.31); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2612.
Any district created pursuant to this chapter shall be vested with all the powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purpose for which such district is created, capable of being delegated by the general assembly. No enumeration of particular powers created in this chapter shall be construed to impair or limit any general grant of power contained in this chapter, nor to limit any such grant to a power or powers of the same class or classes as those enumerated. The district is empowered to do all acts necessary, proper or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted in this chapter.
Acts 1937, ch. 248, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3695.32 (Williams, § 3695.31); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2612.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-84-515 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 84 / Section 7-84-515
Hearing on creation of district - Adoption of ordinance
Status: in_force

(a) At the time and place thus appointed, the governing body shall meet, and at such meeting, or at the time and place to which the meeting may be adjourned from time to time, all persons whose property may be affected by such improvement or improvements may appear in person, by attorney or by petition and protest against the creation of such central business improvement district; and the governing body shall consider such objections and protests, if any, and may change the district boundaries or modify the proposal in such manner as may be deemed advisable by the governing body. At the conclusion of such public hearing, the governing body shall adopt, adopt as amended, or reject the organization of such central business improvement district by the adoption or rejection of an ordinance setting out the district. In all such municipalities requiring two (2) or more readings before passage of an ordinance, all readings shall have been held prior to the public hearing, except the final such reading, so that the adoption may take place at the conclusion of such public hearing. (b) Any person who fails to file a protest, or who fails to appear at the public hearing or protest, or, having filed, withdraws such protest, shall be deemed to have waived any objection to the creation of the district, the making of the improvements, and the inclusion of such person's property in the district. (c) A central business improvement district may only be established by ordinance passed by a majority vote of the members of the governing body present and voting upon conclusion of the public hearing procedure as set forth in this part. Acts 1990, ch. 808, § 4.
(a) At the time and place thus appointed, the governing body shall meet, and at such meeting, or at the time and place to which the meeting may be adjourned from time to time, all persons whose property may be affected by such improvement or improvements may appear in person, by attorney or by petition and protest against the creation of such central business improvement district; and the governing body shall consider such objections and protests, if any, and may change the district boundaries or modify the proposal in such manner as may be deemed advisable by the governing body. At the conclusion of such public hearing, the governing body shall adopt, adopt as amended, or reject the organization of such central business improvement district by the adoption or rejection of an ordinance setting out the district. In all such municipalities requiring two (2) or more readings before passage of an ordinance, all readings shall have been held prior to the public hearing, except the final such reading, so that the adoption may take place at the conclusion of such public hearing.
(b) Any person who fails to file a protest, or who fails to appear at the public hearing or protest, or, having filed, withdraws such protest, shall be deemed to have waived any objection to the creation of the district, the making of the improvements, and the inclusion of such person's property in the district.
(c) A central business improvement district may only be established by ordinance passed by a majority vote of the members of the governing body present and voting upon conclusion of the public hearing procedure as set forth in this part.
Acts 1990, ch. 808, § 4.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-84-601 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 84 / Section 7-84-601
Short title
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Inner-City Redevelopment Act of 2003." Acts 2003 , ch. 195, § 1.
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Inner-City Redevelopment Act of 2003."
Acts 2003 , ch. 195, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-39-403 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 39 / Section 7-39-403
Part definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Assessment ratio in effect" means that assessment ratio being applied by the comptroller of the treasury in assessing gas system property of private gas corporations for ad valorem taxation or, if such assessment function ceases to be performed by the comptroller of the treasury, that assessment ratio applied by any authorized department, agency, or official of the state empowered to so apply such an assessment ratio in assessing gas system property; (2) (A) "Average of revenue less power cost from gas system operations for the preceding three (3) fiscal years" means an amount derived by: (i) Determining for each of the three (3) fiscal years immediately preceding the beginning of the current fiscal year, the gas system's total operating revenues for the year, less any operating revenue amounts deemed uncollectible and written off for the year, net of any such amounts reinstated during the year that had been written off in any prior fiscal year, and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's total operating revenue or uncollectible amounts, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined; (ii) Determining for each of the same three (3) fiscal years described in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) the total costs of purchased gas, excluding any charges for facilities' rentals and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's purchased gas costs or facilities' rental charges, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined; and (iii) Subtracting the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(ii) from the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) and dividing the resulting remainder by three (3); (B) For purposes of subdivision (a)(2)(A), "any prior fiscal year" means any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 1984. Also, for purposes of subdivision (a)(2)(A), all amounts described are those attributable only to gas system operations within Tennessee; (3) "Equalized property tax rate" of any taxing jurisdiction means the actual ad valorem property tax rate in effect multiplied by the applicable state, county, or municipal appraisal ratio for such taxing jurisdiction as determined by the state board of equalization, known as "state board" in this part. "Appraisal ratio" means the ratio of appraised values of record to one hundred percent (100%) of current values that are to be derived in accordance with applicable state law for use in ad valorem property tax determinations each tax year. For purposes of this part, the equalized property tax rate that is in effect for any taxing jurisdiction as of the beginning of any gas system fiscal year shall be the same as an equalized property tax rate calculated for such taxing jurisdiction for that tax year, which is the calendar year, in which the fiscal year begins, using the actual property tax rate in effect for, and the appraisal ratio applicable for, such taxing jurisdiction for such tax year; (4) "Fiscal year" means the year beginning July 1 of each calendar year; (5) "Gas operations" means all activities associated with the establishment, development, and administration of a gas system and the business of supplying gas and associated services to the public, including, but not limited to, the generation, purchase, and sale of gas energy and the purchase, use, and consumption of gas energy by ultimate consumers; (6) "Gas system" means all tangible and intangible property and resources of every kind and description used or held for use in the purchase, generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of gas energy; (7) "Municipality" means any incorporated city or town, metropolitan government, or county that now or hereafter owns and operates a gas system; (8) "Net plant value of the gas system plant" means the depreciated original cost of the gas plant, in service and held for future use, and the book value of construction work in progress, all as shown on the books of the gas system and all of which are for use in the transmission, and the distribution of gas; (9) "Private act" includes, without limitation, the charter and any amendments to the charter of any home rule municipality or any metropolitan government; (10) "Supervisory body" means any board or other agency of a municipality established to supervise the management and operation of its gas system and operations, or, in the absence of a board or other agency, the governing body of the municipality; and (11) "Taxing jurisdiction" means any county, incorporated city or town, or metropolitan government in Tennessee having the power to levy taxes, or any special taxing district in Tennessee on behalf of which ad valorem property taxes may be levied, for the support of governmental and related activities and services. (b) Terms appearing in this section, except where specifically defined, have the meanings defined or ascribed to them in the uniform system of accounts applicable to local governments. Acts 1987, ch. 220, § 4; 1995, ch. 305, § 76.
(a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Assessment ratio in effect" means that assessment ratio being applied by the comptroller of the treasury in assessing gas system property of private gas corporations for ad valorem taxation or, if such assessment function ceases to be performed by the comptroller of the treasury, that assessment ratio applied by any authorized department, agency, or official of the state empowered to so apply such an assessment ratio in assessing gas system property; (2) (A) "Average of revenue less power cost from gas system operations for the preceding three (3) fiscal years" means an amount derived by: (i) Determining for each of the three (3) fiscal years immediately preceding the beginning of the current fiscal year, the gas system's total operating revenues for the year, less any operating revenue amounts deemed uncollectible and written off for the year, net of any such amounts reinstated during the year that had been written off in any prior fiscal year, and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's total operating revenue or uncollectible amounts, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined; (ii) Determining for each of the same three (3) fiscal years described in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) the total costs of purchased gas, excluding any charges for facilities' rentals and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's purchased gas costs or facilities' rental charges, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined; and (iii) Subtracting the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(ii) from the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) and dividing the resulting remainder by three (3); (B) For purposes of subdivision (a)(2)(A), "any prior fiscal year" means any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 1984. Also, for purposes of subdivision (a)(2)(A), all amounts described are those attributable only to gas system operations within Tennessee; (3) "Equalized property tax rate" of any taxing jurisdiction means the actual ad valorem property tax rate in effect multiplied by the applicable state, county, or municipal appraisal ratio for such taxing jurisdiction as determined by the state board of equalization, known as "state board" in this part. "Appraisal ratio" means the ratio of appraised values of record to one hundred percent (100%) of current values that are to be derived in accordance with applicable state law for use in ad valorem property tax determinations each tax year. For purposes of this part, the equalized property tax rate that is in effect for any taxing jurisdiction as of the beginning of any gas system fiscal year shall be the same as an equalized property tax rate calculated for such taxing jurisdiction for that tax year, which is the calendar year, in which the fiscal year begins, using the actual property tax rate in effect for, and the appraisal ratio applicable for, such taxing jurisdiction for such tax year; (4) "Fiscal year" means the year beginning July 1 of each calendar year; (5) "Gas operations" means all activities associated with the establishment, development, and administration of a gas system and the business of supplying gas and associated services to the public, including, but not limited to, the generation, purchase, and sale of gas energy and the purchase, use, and consumption of gas energy by ultimate consumers; (6) "Gas system" means all tangible and intangible property and resources of every kind and description used or held for use in the purchase, generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of gas energy; (7) "Municipality" means any incorporated city or town, metropolitan government, or county that now or hereafter owns and operates a gas system; (8) "Net plant value of the gas system plant" means the depreciated original cost of the gas plant, in service and held for future use, and the book value of construction work in progress, all as shown on the books of the gas system and all of which are for use in the transmission, and the distribution of gas; (9) "Private act" includes, without limitation, the charter and any amendments to the charter of any home rule municipality or any metropolitan government; (10) "Supervisory body" means any board or other agency of a municipality established to supervise the management and operation of its gas system and operations, or, in the absence of a board or other agency, the governing body of the municipality; and (11) "Taxing jurisdiction" means any county, incorporated city or town, or metropolitan government in Tennessee having the power to levy taxes, or any special taxing district in Tennessee on behalf of which ad valorem property taxes may be levied, for the support of governmental and related activities and services.
(1) "Assessment ratio in effect" means that assessment ratio being applied by the comptroller of the treasury in assessing gas system property of private gas corporations for ad valorem taxation or, if such assessment function ceases to be performed by the comptroller of the treasury, that assessment ratio applied by any authorized department, agency, or official of the state empowered to so apply such an assessment ratio in assessing gas system property;
(2) (A) "Average of revenue less power cost from gas system operations for the preceding three (3) fiscal years" means an amount derived by: (i) Determining for each of the three (3) fiscal years immediately preceding the beginning of the current fiscal year, the gas system's total operating revenues for the year, less any operating revenue amounts deemed uncollectible and written off for the year, net of any such amounts reinstated during the year that had been written off in any prior fiscal year, and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's total operating revenue or uncollectible amounts, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined; (ii) Determining for each of the same three (3) fiscal years described in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) the total costs of purchased gas, excluding any charges for facilities' rentals and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's purchased gas costs or facilities' rental charges, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined; and (iii) Subtracting the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(ii) from the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) and dividing the resulting remainder by three (3); (B) For purposes of subdivision (a)(2)(A), "any prior fiscal year" means any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 1984. Also, for purposes of subdivision (a)(2)(A), all amounts described are those attributable only to gas system operations within Tennessee;
(A) "Average of revenue less power cost from gas system operations for the preceding three (3) fiscal years" means an amount derived by: (i) Determining for each of the three (3) fiscal years immediately preceding the beginning of the current fiscal year, the gas system's total operating revenues for the year, less any operating revenue amounts deemed uncollectible and written off for the year, net of any such amounts reinstated during the year that had been written off in any prior fiscal year, and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's total operating revenue or uncollectible amounts, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined; (ii) Determining for each of the same three (3) fiscal years described in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) the total costs of purchased gas, excluding any charges for facilities' rentals and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's purchased gas costs or facilities' rental charges, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined; and (iii) Subtracting the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(ii) from the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) and dividing the resulting remainder by three (3);
(i) Determining for each of the three (3) fiscal years immediately preceding the beginning of the current fiscal year, the gas system's total operating revenues for the year, less any operating revenue amounts deemed uncollectible and written off for the year, net of any such amounts reinstated during the year that had been written off in any prior fiscal year, and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's total operating revenue or uncollectible amounts, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined;
(ii) Determining for each of the same three (3) fiscal years described in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) the total costs of purchased gas, excluding any charges for facilities' rentals and taking into account any extraordinary items attributable to any prior fiscal year's purchased gas costs or facilities' rental charges, and totaling the three (3) yearly amounts so determined; and
(iii) Subtracting the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(ii) from the total in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) and dividing the resulting remainder by three (3);
(B) For purposes of subdivision (a)(2)(A), "any prior fiscal year" means any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 1984. Also, for purposes of subdivision (a)(2)(A), all amounts described are those attributable only to gas system operations within Tennessee;
(3) "Equalized property tax rate" of any taxing jurisdiction means the actual ad valorem property tax rate in effect multiplied by the applicable state, county, or municipal appraisal ratio for such taxing jurisdiction as determined by the state board of equalization, known as "state board" in this part. "Appraisal ratio" means the ratio of appraised values of record to one hundred percent (100%) of current values that are to be derived in accordance with applicable state law for use in ad valorem property tax determinations each tax year. For purposes of this part, the equalized property tax rate that is in effect for any taxing jurisdiction as of the beginning of any gas system fiscal year shall be the same as an equalized property tax rate calculated for such taxing jurisdiction for that tax year, which is the calendar year, in which the fiscal year begins, using the actual property tax rate in effect for, and the appraisal ratio applicable for, such taxing jurisdiction for such tax year;
(4) "Fiscal year" means the year beginning July 1 of each calendar year;
(5) "Gas operations" means all activities associated with the establishment, development, and administration of a gas system and the business of supplying gas and associated services to the public, including, but not limited to, the generation, purchase, and sale of gas energy and the purchase, use, and consumption of gas energy by ultimate consumers;
(6) "Gas system" means all tangible and intangible property and resources of every kind and description used or held for use in the purchase, generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of gas energy;
(7) "Municipality" means any incorporated city or town, metropolitan government, or county that now or hereafter owns and operates a gas system;
(8) "Net plant value of the gas system plant" means the depreciated original cost of the gas plant, in service and held for future use, and the book value of construction work in progress, all as shown on the books of the gas system and all of which are for use in the transmission, and the distribution of gas;
(9) "Private act" includes, without limitation, the charter and any amendments to the charter of any home rule municipality or any metropolitan government;
(10) "Supervisory body" means any board or other agency of a municipality established to supervise the management and operation of its gas system and operations, or, in the absence of a board or other agency, the governing body of the municipality; and
(11) "Taxing jurisdiction" means any county, incorporated city or town, or metropolitan government in Tennessee having the power to levy taxes, or any special taxing district in Tennessee on behalf of which ad valorem property taxes may be levied, for the support of governmental and related activities and services.
(b) Terms appearing in this section, except where specifically defined, have the meanings defined or ascribed to them in the uniform system of accounts applicable to local governments.
Acts 1987, ch. 220, § 4; 1995, ch. 305, § 76.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-35-402 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 35 / Section 7-35-402
Purchase and combining of works
Status: in_force

One (1) or more waterworks or sewerage systems, owned by one (1) or more persons or corporations, may be acquired under authority of this part as a single enterprise, and the governing body of a city or town shall be and is empowered to enter into agreement with the owners as to the value of the waterworks or sewerage systems, and to purchase the waterworks or sewerage systems at an agreed price to be fixed by resolution passed by the governing body of the city or town upon three (3) separate readings on three (3) separate days. The city or town shall be understood to have all authority necessary to combine new works acquired under this part by purchase, construction or otherwise with any similar existing works owned by the city or town, all to be a part of the same single enterprise under the same supervision and control. Acts 1933, ch. 68, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 3695.4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1409.
One (1) or more waterworks or sewerage systems, owned by one (1) or more persons or corporations, may be acquired under authority of this part as a single enterprise, and the governing body of a city or town shall be and is empowered to enter into agreement with the owners as to the value of the waterworks or sewerage systems, and to purchase the waterworks or sewerage systems at an agreed price to be fixed by resolution passed by the governing body of the city or town upon three (3) separate readings on three (3) separate days. The city or town shall be understood to have all authority necessary to combine new works acquired under this part by purchase, construction or otherwise with any similar existing works owned by the city or town, all to be a part of the same single enterprise under the same supervision and control.
Acts 1933, ch. 68, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 3695.4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1409.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-82-109 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 82 / Section 7-82-109
Water utility system operated by county - Transfer to utility district - Procedure
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any utility district having all or part of its official territory within a county may by resolution agree to accept transfer of all or a part of a water utility system operated by the county pursuant to a previous transfer of such system by a utility district to the county under this chapter, or its operation under a private act, or otherwise, which resolution must contain provisions agreeing to operate such system for the public benefit, and requiring the protection of all rights of bondholders, and which resolution must specifically state that the transfer shall be upon such conditions as may be contained in the county legislative resolution theretofore or thereafter adopted under § 5-7-117 . When all conditions of such resolutions shall have been met, the county mayor and president of the utility district shall sign an addendum to the contract, identifying the county and the utility district resolutions of which the contract consists, certifying that all conditions therein have been met, and shall cause such addendum to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county at the expense of the utility district, upon which publication the transfer shall thereupon be consummated by operation of law without the need for the execution of any instruments of transfer. Acts 1991, ch. 228, § 1; 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any utility district having all or part of its official territory within a county may by resolution agree to accept transfer of all or a part of a water utility system operated by the county pursuant to a previous transfer of such system by a utility district to the county under this chapter, or its operation under a private act, or otherwise, which resolution must contain provisions agreeing to operate such system for the public benefit, and requiring the protection of all rights of bondholders, and which resolution must specifically state that the transfer shall be upon such conditions as may be contained in the county legislative resolution theretofore or thereafter adopted under § 5-7-117 . When all conditions of such resolutions shall have been met, the county mayor and president of the utility district shall sign an addendum to the contract, identifying the county and the utility district resolutions of which the contract consists, certifying that all conditions therein have been met, and shall cause such addendum to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county at the expense of the utility district, upon which publication the transfer shall thereupon be consummated by operation of law without the need for the execution of any instruments of transfer.
Acts 1991, ch. 228, § 1; 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-62-102 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 62 / Section 7-62-102
Residential builders or contractors construed
Status: in_force

"Residential builder" or "residential maintenance and alteration contractor" shall be construed to mean any person, firm or corporation who, for a fixed sum, price, percentage, consideration or other compensation other than wages, contracts with another for the erection, construction, repair, replacement, alteration or addition to, subtraction from or demolition of a residential or residential-commercial combination building. Acts 1963, ch. 317, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-736.
"Residential builder" or "residential maintenance and alteration contractor" shall be construed to mean any person, firm or corporation who, for a fixed sum, price, percentage, consideration or other compensation other than wages, contracts with another for the erection, construction, repair, replacement, alteration or addition to, subtraction from or demolition of a residential or residential-commercial combination building.
Acts 1963, ch. 317, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-736.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-67-119 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 67 / Section 7-67-119
Completion of corporate purpose - Dissolution
Status: in_force

Whenever the board of directors of an authority or the governing body of the creating municipality by resolution determines that the purposes for which the authority was formed have been substantially accomplished and all bonds theretofore issued and all obligations theretofore incurred by the authority have been fully paid, the members of the board of directors or the executive officers of the municipality, as the case may be, shall thereupon execute and file for record in the office of the secretary of state a certificate of dissolution, reciting such facts and declaring the authority to be dissolved. Such certificate of dissolution shall be executed under the seal of the authority. Upon the filing of such certificate of dissolution, the authority shall stand dissolved, the title to all funds and properties owned by it at the time of such dissolution shall vest in the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized, and possession of such funds and properties shall forthwith be delivered to such municipality. Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 19.
Whenever the board of directors of an authority or the governing body of the creating municipality by resolution determines that the purposes for which the authority was formed have been substantially accomplished and all bonds theretofore issued and all obligations theretofore incurred by the authority have been fully paid, the members of the board of directors or the executive officers of the municipality, as the case may be, shall thereupon execute and file for record in the office of the secretary of state a certificate of dissolution, reciting such facts and declaring the authority to be dissolved. Such certificate of dissolution shall be executed under the seal of the authority. Upon the filing of such certificate of dissolution, the authority shall stand dissolved, the title to all funds and properties owned by it at the time of such dissolution shall vest in the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized, and possession of such funds and properties shall forthwith be delivered to such municipality.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 19.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-84-611 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 84 / Section 7-84-611
Establishment of district by petition or resolution - Statement of intent - Effect of failure to collect requisite number of signatures
Status: in_force

(a) The establishment of a district shall be initiated in either of two (2) ways, as follows: (1) By a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the municipality, signed by not less than a majority of the owners of real property in the district having an assessed value of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the assessed value of all the real property proposed to be included in the district. After the filing of the petition, no petitioner shall be permitted to withdraw the petitioner's name from the petition. No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared void on account of formal or insubstantial defects. The governing body, at any time, may permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular. Similar petitions for the organization of the same district may be filed, and together shall be regarded as one (1) petition with the original. All such petitions filed prior to the hearing on the first petition filed shall be considered by the governing body in the same manner as if filed with the first petition placed on file. The initiating petition shall set forth: (A) The name of the proposed district, which shall include the name of the municipality in which the district is to be located, together with the words, "Inner-City Redevelopment District"; (B) A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to be included in the district, identified with sufficient certainty to enable any and all owners to determine whether their property lies within the district; (C) A general description of the improvements, services, projects proposed for the district and other proposed uses of special assessment revenues within the district; (D) The total estimated costs of the proposed improvements, services, projects and other proposed uses and the estimated rate of levy of the special assessment with a proposed breakdown by property classification if such classification is to be used; (E) A statement that the petition is filed pursuant to the terms of this part; and (F) A request that a district be established pursuant to this part and that the administration of the district be governed by this part; or (2) By adoption of a resolution of the governing body setting forth the same matters as are required to be set forth in the initiating petition. (b) Before beginning to collect signatures for the petition pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), the proponent of the petition shall file a statement of intent with the governing body of the municipality. From the date the statement of intent is filed, the proponent has one (1) year to file the petition containing the requisite number of signatures. During that one-year period, the governing body shall not adopt any resolution pursuant to subdivision (a)(2). (c) If the one-year period expires without a petition with the requisite number of signatures being filed with the governing body, then no other petition may be filed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), and no resolution may be adopted pursuant to subdivision (a)(2), for a period of one (1) year. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 716, s 4, eff. 6/22/2020. Acts 2003 , ch. 195, § 1.
(a) The establishment of a district shall be initiated in either of two (2) ways, as follows: (1) By a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the municipality, signed by not less than a majority of the owners of real property in the district having an assessed value of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the assessed value of all the real property proposed to be included in the district. After the filing of the petition, no petitioner shall be permitted to withdraw the petitioner's name from the petition. No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared void on account of formal or insubstantial defects. The governing body, at any time, may permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular. Similar petitions for the organization of the same district may be filed, and together shall be regarded as one (1) petition with the original. All such petitions filed prior to the hearing on the first petition filed shall be considered by the governing body in the same manner as if filed with the first petition placed on file. The initiating petition shall set forth: (A) The name of the proposed district, which shall include the name of the municipality in which the district is to be located, together with the words, "Inner-City Redevelopment District"; (B) A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to be included in the district, identified with sufficient certainty to enable any and all owners to determine whether their property lies within the district; (C) A general description of the improvements, services, projects proposed for the district and other proposed uses of special assessment revenues within the district; (D) The total estimated costs of the proposed improvements, services, projects and other proposed uses and the estimated rate of levy of the special assessment with a proposed breakdown by property classification if such classification is to be used; (E) A statement that the petition is filed pursuant to the terms of this part; and (F) A request that a district be established pursuant to this part and that the administration of the district be governed by this part; or (2) By adoption of a resolution of the governing body setting forth the same matters as are required to be set forth in the initiating petition.
(1) By a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the municipality, signed by not less than a majority of the owners of real property in the district having an assessed value of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the assessed value of all the real property proposed to be included in the district. After the filing of the petition, no petitioner shall be permitted to withdraw the petitioner's name from the petition. No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared void on account of formal or insubstantial defects. The governing body, at any time, may permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular. Similar petitions for the organization of the same district may be filed, and together shall be regarded as one (1) petition with the original. All such petitions filed prior to the hearing on the first petition filed shall be considered by the governing body in the same manner as if filed with the first petition placed on file. The initiating petition shall set forth: (A) The name of the proposed district, which shall include the name of the municipality in which the district is to be located, together with the words, "Inner-City Redevelopment District"; (B) A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to be included in the district, identified with sufficient certainty to enable any and all owners to determine whether their property lies within the district; (C) A general description of the improvements, services, projects proposed for the district and other proposed uses of special assessment revenues within the district; (D) The total estimated costs of the proposed improvements, services, projects and other proposed uses and the estimated rate of levy of the special assessment with a proposed breakdown by property classification if such classification is to be used; (E) A statement that the petition is filed pursuant to the terms of this part; and (F) A request that a district be established pursuant to this part and that the administration of the district be governed by this part; or
(A) The name of the proposed district, which shall include the name of the municipality in which the district is to be located, together with the words, "Inner-City Redevelopment District";
(B) A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to be included in the district, identified with sufficient certainty to enable any and all owners to determine whether their property lies within the district;
(C) A general description of the improvements, services, projects proposed for the district and other proposed uses of special assessment revenues within the district;
(D) The total estimated costs of the proposed improvements, services, projects and other proposed uses and the estimated rate of levy of the special assessment with a proposed breakdown by property classification if such classification is to be used;
(E) A statement that the petition is filed pursuant to the terms of this part; and
(F) A request that a district be established pursuant to this part and that the administration of the district be governed by this part; or
(2) By adoption of a resolution of the governing body setting forth the same matters as are required to be set forth in the initiating petition.
(b) Before beginning to collect signatures for the petition pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), the proponent of the petition shall file a statement of intent with the governing body of the municipality. From the date the statement of intent is filed, the proponent has one (1) year to file the petition containing the requisite number of signatures. During that one-year period, the governing body shall not adopt any resolution pursuant to subdivision (a)(2).
(c) If the one-year period expires without a petition with the requisite number of signatures being filed with the governing body, then no other petition may be filed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), and no resolution may be adopted pursuant to subdivision (a)(2), for a period of one (1) year.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 716, s 4, eff. 6/22/2020.
Acts 2003 , ch. 195, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-69-109 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 69 / Section 7-69-109
Annual audit - Annual report - Budget
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors of each authority shall cause an annual audit to be made of the books and records of the authority. With prior approval of the comptroller of the treasury, the audit may be performed by a licensed certified public accountant selected by the authority. If a licensed certified public accountant is employed, the audit contract between the authority and the licensed certified public accountant shall be on contract forms prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury. The cost of any audit shall be paid by the authority. The comptroller of the treasury, through the department of audit, shall be responsible for determining that the audits are prepared in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and that the audits meet the minimum standards prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury. (b) In the event the governing body of the authority fails or refuses to have the audit prepared, then the comptroller of the treasury may appoint a licensed certified public accountant, or direct the department of audit, to prepare the audit, the cost of the audit to be paid by the authority. (c) Each authority shall prepare an annual report of its business affairs and transactions. A copy of such report and a copy of the annual audit referenced in subsection (a) shall be filed annually with the governing body of the municipality granting permission to the authority to organize. (d) Before the commencement of each fiscal year, each authority shall adopt a budget for such fiscal year and file such budget with the municipality granting permission to the authority to organize. Acts 2012, ch. 846, § 10.
(a) The board of directors of each authority shall cause an annual audit to be made of the books and records of the authority. With prior approval of the comptroller of the treasury, the audit may be performed by a licensed certified public accountant selected by the authority. If a licensed certified public accountant is employed, the audit contract between the authority and the licensed certified public accountant shall be on contract forms prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury. The cost of any audit shall be paid by the authority. The comptroller of the treasury, through the department of audit, shall be responsible for determining that the audits are prepared in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and that the audits meet the minimum standards prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury.
(b) In the event the governing body of the authority fails or refuses to have the audit prepared, then the comptroller of the treasury may appoint a licensed certified public accountant, or direct the department of audit, to prepare the audit, the cost of the audit to be paid by the authority.
(c) Each authority shall prepare an annual report of its business affairs and transactions. A copy of such report and a copy of the annual audit referenced in subsection (a) shall be filed annually with the governing body of the municipality granting permission to the authority to organize.
(d) Before the commencement of each fiscal year, each authority shall adopt a budget for such fiscal year and file such budget with the municipality granting permission to the authority to organize.
Acts 2012, ch. 846, § 10.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-52-401 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 52 / Section 7-52-401
Authority in relation to telecommunications equipment and services
Status: in_force

Every municipality operating an electric plant, whether pursuant to this chapter, any other public or private act or the charter of the municipality, county or metropolitan government, has the power and is authorized, on behalf of its municipality acting through the authorization of the board or supervisory body having responsibility for the municipal electric plant, to acquire, construct, own, improve, operate, lease, maintain, sell, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of any system, plant or equipment for the provision of telephone, telegraph, telecommunications services, or any other like system, plant, or equipment within or without the corporate or county limits of such municipality, and, with the consent of such other municipality, within the corporate or county limits of any other municipality, in compliance with title 65, chapters 4 and 5, and all other applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations. A municipality shall only be authorized to provide telephone, telegraph or telecommunications services through its board or supervisory body having responsibility for the municipality's electric plant. A municipality providing any of the services authorized by this section may not dispose of all or substantially all of the system, plant and equipment used to provide such services except upon compliance with the procedures set forth in § 7-52-132 . Notwithstanding § 65-4-101(6)(B) or any other provision of this code or of any private act, to the extent that any municipality provides any of the services authorized by this section, such municipality shall be subject to regulation by the Tennessee public utility commission in the same manner and to the same extent as other certificated providers of telecommunications services, including, but not limited to, rules or orders governing anti-competitive practices, and shall be considered as and have the duties of a public utility, as defined in § 65-4-101 , but only to the extent necessary to effect such regulation and only with respect to such municipality's provision of telephone, telegraph and communication services. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 94, s 14, eff. 4/4/2017. Acts 1997 , ch. 531, § 2.
Every municipality operating an electric plant, whether pursuant to this chapter, any other public or private act or the charter of the municipality, county or metropolitan government, has the power and is authorized, on behalf of its municipality acting through the authorization of the board or supervisory body having responsibility for the municipal electric plant, to acquire, construct, own, improve, operate, lease, maintain, sell, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of any system, plant or equipment for the provision of telephone, telegraph, telecommunications services, or any other like system, plant, or equipment within or without the corporate or county limits of such municipality, and, with the consent of such other municipality, within the corporate or county limits of any other municipality, in compliance with title 65, chapters 4 and 5, and all other applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations. A municipality shall only be authorized to provide telephone, telegraph or telecommunications services through its board or supervisory body having responsibility for the municipality's electric plant. A municipality providing any of the services authorized by this section may not dispose of all or substantially all of the system, plant and equipment used to provide such services except upon compliance with the procedures set forth in § 7-52-132 . Notwithstanding § 65-4-101(6)(B) or any other provision of this code or of any private act, to the extent that any municipality provides any of the services authorized by this section, such municipality shall be subject to regulation by the Tennessee public utility commission in the same manner and to the same extent as other certificated providers of telecommunications services, including, but not limited to, rules or orders governing anti-competitive practices, and shall be considered as and have the duties of a public utility, as defined in § 65-4-101 , but only to the extent necessary to effect such regulation and only with respect to such municipality's provision of telephone, telegraph and communication services.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 94, s 14, eff. 4/4/2017.
Acts 1997 , ch. 531, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-84-406 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 84 / Section 7-84-406
Special assessment of municipal property not otherwise assessed
Status: in_force

Municipal properties that are not assessed for taxation by the municipality or the county in which the municipality is located, and that are to be assessed for the purposes of this chapter, as provided in § 7-84-405 , shall be specially assessed by the municipal assessor, or the county assessor, if the municipality uses county property assessments, upon the request of the board of assessment commissioners, and the cost for making such assessments shall be borne by the central business improvement district. Acts 1971, ch. 268, § 20; T.C.A., § 6-3920.
Municipal properties that are not assessed for taxation by the municipality or the county in which the municipality is located, and that are to be assessed for the purposes of this chapter, as provided in § 7-84-405 , shall be specially assessed by the municipal assessor, or the county assessor, if the municipality uses county property assessments, upon the request of the board of assessment commissioners, and the cost for making such assessments shall be borne by the central business improvement district.
Acts 1971, ch. 268, § 20; T.C.A., § 6-3920.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-110 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-6-110
Dissolution - Disposition of property
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing body of a creating municipality shall by resolution determine that the purposes for which the authority was created have been substantially accomplished and that all the bonds and other obligations of the authority have been fully paid or secured and payment provided for, then the executive officer of the creating municipality shall execute and file for record with the secretary of state and the Tennessee historical commission a certificate of dissolution reciting such facts and declaring the authority to be dissolved. Upon filing, the authority shall be dissolved, and title to all funds and other properties of the authority, real, personal and mixed, at the time of the dissolution shall vest in and be delivered to such creating municipality. Acts 1979, ch. 389, § 10; T.C.A., § 6-3773.
Whenever the governing body of a creating municipality shall by resolution determine that the purposes for which the authority was created have been substantially accomplished and that all the bonds and other obligations of the authority have been fully paid or secured and payment provided for, then the executive officer of the creating municipality shall execute and file for record with the secretary of state and the Tennessee historical commission a certificate of dissolution reciting such facts and declaring the authority to be dissolved. Upon filing, the authority shall be dissolved, and title to all funds and other properties of the authority, real, personal and mixed, at the time of the dissolution shall vest in and be delivered to such creating municipality.
Acts 1979, ch. 389, § 10; T.C.A., § 6-3773.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-84-726 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 84 / Section 7-84-726
Joint action among host municipalities
Status: in_force

In the case of a district that has two (2) or more host municipalities, the host municipalities may enter into agreements between or among the host municipalities, and take collective or cooperative action, as may be required or appropriate to effectuate this part. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 860,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024.
In the case of a district that has two (2) or more host municipalities, the host municipalities may enter into agreements between or among the host municipalities, and take collective or cooperative action, as may be required or appropriate to effectuate this part.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 860,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-57-309 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 57 / Section 7-57-309
Operation of property
Status: in_force

Any property, real or personal, conveyed or leased to an authority by a creating or participating municipality shall be operated by the authority to which the property is conveyed, together with other facilities of the authority, in accordance with and under this chapter and the contracts entered into between the authority and the governing body or bodies of the creating or participating municipality or municipalities. Acts 1971, ch. 316, § 14; T.C.A., § 6-4017.
Any property, real or personal, conveyed or leased to an authority by a creating or participating municipality shall be operated by the authority to which the property is conveyed, together with other facilities of the authority, in accordance with and under this chapter and the contracts entered into between the authority and the governing body or bodies of the creating or participating municipality or municipalities.
Acts 1971, ch. 316, § 14; T.C.A., § 6-4017.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-69-112 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 69 / Section 7-69-112
Liability on bonds
Status: in_force

No municipality shall in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever that may be undertaken by the authority, and none of the bonds of the authority or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of any municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever. Acts 2012, ch. 846, § 13.
No municipality shall in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever that may be undertaken by the authority, and none of the bonds of the authority or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of any municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever.
Acts 2012, ch. 846, § 13.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-36-112 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 36 / Section 7-36-112
Policy governing purchases of services or property, leases and lease-purchases, and disposition of property - Power to dispose of electric plant
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt a policy governing all purchases of services or property, whether real or personal, all leases and lease-purchases, and the disposition of all property of the authority. The policy shall authorize the president, the president's designee, or such other officer or person as may be authorized by the board, to enter into contracts and agreements for the purchase of services or property, real or personal, leases and lease-purchases, disposition of property of the authority with a value not exceeding an amount from time to time established by the board but not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and providing for board approval for such purchases, leases, lease-purchases, and dispositions in excess of such amount. Subject to the terms of the purchasing policy relating to board approval, the president, the president's designee, or such other officer or person as may be authorized by the board, on behalf of the authority, shall be authorized to execute all contracts, purchase orders, and other documents necessary in connection with the purchase of property or services and the disposition of property of the authority, including deeds of conveyance of real property. The policy authorized by this subsection (a) shall provide for competitive bidding, but may provide exceptions to any competitive bidding requirements where exceptions are provided to municipalities, municipal electric systems, municipal utilities, or energy acquisition corporations under the general law. The purchasing policy may also provide procedures for documentation of compliance with purchasing procedures and such other provisions and terms as the board deems necessary. (b) Notwithstanding this chapter to the contrary, the authority does not have any power to dispose of all or substantially all of the electric, water, or wastewater system of the authority, as applicable, except upon the concurrence and consent of the governing body of the associated municipality and, in the case of the disposition of the electric plant of the authority, except upon the further approval of a majority of those voting in a referendum called by the governing body of the associated municipality in accordance with § 7-52-132 . For purposes of establishing compliance with § 7-52-132 , the board is deemed the "supervisory body," the electric plant of the authority is deemed an "electric plant," and such compliance shall be determined in the same manner and to the same extent as if the authority were operated as the electric system of the associated municipality. (c) In addition to the authorization set forth in subsection (a), the president may let other contracts with the approval of the supervisory board, or pursuant to the purchasing policy or other delegation of authority adopted by the board; provided, that purchasing exceeding in cost the amount specified in subsection (a) must, before a contract is let or work is done, be advertised by the president or the president's designee for bids in accordance with the purchasing policy of the authority. (d) The authorization set forth in this section supplements the authorization provided to an energy authority or utility authority created by a private act of the general assembly that operates an electric, water, wastewater, gas, telecommunications, cable television, internet, or broadband facility, and is applicable to the extent provided by the board or other supervisory board of the utility authority. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 276, s 2, eff. 4/28/2023. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 276, s 1, eff. 4/28/2023. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 446, s 13, eff. 5/25/2017. Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 995, s 1, eff. 4/27/2016.
(a) The board shall adopt a policy governing all purchases of services or property, whether real or personal, all leases and lease-purchases, and the disposition of all property of the authority. The policy shall authorize the president, the president's designee, or such other officer or person as may be authorized by the board, to enter into contracts and agreements for the purchase of services or property, real or personal, leases and lease-purchases, disposition of property of the authority with a value not exceeding an amount from time to time established by the board but not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and providing for board approval for such purchases, leases, lease-purchases, and dispositions in excess of such amount. Subject to the terms of the purchasing policy relating to board approval, the president, the president's designee, or such other officer or person as may be authorized by the board, on behalf of the authority, shall be authorized to execute all contracts, purchase orders, and other documents necessary in connection with the purchase of property or services and the disposition of property of the authority, including deeds of conveyance of real property. The policy authorized by this subsection (a) shall provide for competitive bidding, but may provide exceptions to any competitive bidding requirements where exceptions are provided to municipalities, municipal electric systems, municipal utilities, or energy acquisition corporations under the general law. The purchasing policy may also provide procedures for documentation of compliance with purchasing procedures and such other provisions and terms as the board deems necessary.
(b) Notwithstanding this chapter to the contrary, the authority does not have any power to dispose of all or substantially all of the electric, water, or wastewater system of the authority, as applicable, except upon the concurrence and consent of the governing body of the associated municipality and, in the case of the disposition of the electric plant of the authority, except upon the further approval of a majority of those voting in a referendum called by the governing body of the associated municipality in accordance with § 7-52-132 . For purposes of establishing compliance with § 7-52-132 , the board is deemed the "supervisory body," the electric plant of the authority is deemed an "electric plant," and such compliance shall be determined in the same manner and to the same extent as if the authority were operated as the electric system of the associated municipality.
(c) In addition to the authorization set forth in subsection (a), the president may let other contracts with the approval of the supervisory board, or pursuant to the purchasing policy or other delegation of authority adopted by the board; provided, that purchasing exceeding in cost the amount specified in subsection (a) must, before a contract is let or work is done, be advertised by the president or the president's designee for bids in accordance with the purchasing policy of the authority.
(d) The authorization set forth in this section supplements the authorization provided to an energy authority or utility authority created by a private act of the general assembly that operates an electric, water, wastewater, gas, telecommunications, cable television, internet, or broadband facility, and is applicable to the extent provided by the board or other supervisory board of the utility authority.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 276, s 2, eff. 4/28/2023.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 276, s 1, eff. 4/28/2023.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 446, s 13, eff. 5/25/2017.
Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 995, s 1, eff. 4/27/2016.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-39-313 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 39 / Section 7-39-313
Deposit and investment of funds
Status: in_force

(a) All funds of a corporation shall be deposited in accordance with title 9, chapter 4, parts 1, 4 and 5; provided, that any bank, savings and loan institution or savings bank located outside the state of Tennessee that is under the supervision of the United States comptroller of the currency or the office of thrift supervision, may act as a depository, trustee, registration agent or paying agent in connection with any bonds or notes issued by a corporation, notwithstanding title 9, chapter 4, parts 1, 4 and 5. (b) Funds of a corporation are authorized to be invested in the following: (1) Direct obligations of the United States government or any of its agencies; (2) Obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States government or any of its agencies; (3) Certificates of deposit and other evidences of deposit at state and federally chartered banks, savings and loan institutions or savings banks deposited and collateralized as described in subsection (a); (4) Repurchase agreements entered into with the United States or its agencies or with any bank, broker-dealer or other such entity, so long as the obligation of the obligated party is secured by a perfected pledge of full faith and credit obligations of the United States or its agencies; (5) Guaranteed investment contracts or similar agreements providing for a specified rate of return over a specified time period with entities rated in one (1) of the three (3) highest rating categories of a nationally recognized rating agency; (6) The local government investment pool created by title 9, chapter 4, part 7; (7) Direct general obligations of a state of the United States, or a political subdivision or instrumentality of a state, having general taxing powers and rated in either of the three (3) highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency of such obligations; or (8) Obligations of any state of the United States or a political subdivision or instrumentality of any state, secured solely by revenues received by or on behalf of the state or political subdivision or instrumentality of the state irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such obligations, rated in the three (3) highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency of such obligations. Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 522,s 1, eff. 3/6/2014. Acts 1999, ch. 345, § 24.
(a) All funds of a corporation shall be deposited in accordance with title 9, chapter 4, parts 1, 4 and 5; provided, that any bank, savings and loan institution or savings bank located outside the state of Tennessee that is under the supervision of the United States comptroller of the currency or the office of thrift supervision, may act as a depository, trustee, registration agent or paying agent in connection with any bonds or notes issued by a corporation, notwithstanding title 9, chapter 4, parts 1, 4 and 5.
(b) Funds of a corporation are authorized to be invested in the following: (1) Direct obligations of the United States government or any of its agencies; (2) Obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States government or any of its agencies; (3) Certificates of deposit and other evidences of deposit at state and federally chartered banks, savings and loan institutions or savings banks deposited and collateralized as described in subsection (a); (4) Repurchase agreements entered into with the United States or its agencies or with any bank, broker-dealer or other such entity, so long as the obligation of the obligated party is secured by a perfected pledge of full faith and credit obligations of the United States or its agencies; (5) Guaranteed investment contracts or similar agreements providing for a specified rate of return over a specified time period with entities rated in one (1) of the three (3) highest rating categories of a nationally recognized rating agency; (6) The local government investment pool created by title 9, chapter 4, part 7; (7) Direct general obligations of a state of the United States, or a political subdivision or instrumentality of a state, having general taxing powers and rated in either of the three (3) highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency of such obligations; or (8) Obligations of any state of the United States or a political subdivision or instrumentality of any state, secured solely by revenues received by or on behalf of the state or political subdivision or instrumentality of the state irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such obligations, rated in the three (3) highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency of such obligations.
(1) Direct obligations of the United States government or any of its agencies;
(2) Obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States government or any of its agencies;
(3) Certificates of deposit and other evidences of deposit at state and federally chartered banks, savings and loan institutions or savings banks deposited and collateralized as described in subsection (a);
(4) Repurchase agreements entered into with the United States or its agencies or with any bank, broker-dealer or other such entity, so long as the obligation of the obligated party is secured by a perfected pledge of full faith and credit obligations of the United States or its agencies;
(5) Guaranteed investment contracts or similar agreements providing for a specified rate of return over a specified time period with entities rated in one (1) of the three (3) highest rating categories of a nationally recognized rating agency;
(6) The local government investment pool created by title 9, chapter 4, part 7;
(7) Direct general obligations of a state of the United States, or a political subdivision or instrumentality of a state, having general taxing powers and rated in either of the three (3) highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency of such obligations; or
(8) Obligations of any state of the United States or a political subdivision or instrumentality of any state, secured solely by revenues received by or on behalf of the state or political subdivision or instrumentality of the state irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such obligations, rated in the three (3) highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency of such obligations.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 522,s 1, eff. 3/6/2014.
Acts 1999, ch. 345, § 24.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-67-118 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 67 / Section 7-67-118
Nonprofit corporation - Disposition of earnings
Status: in_force

The authority shall be a public nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm or corporation, except that in the event the board of directors shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds and other obligations of the authority, including reserves for the expenses, bonds and other obligations, any net earnings of the authority thereafter accruing may be used to provide a reserve for depreciation of any project or projects undertaken by such authority, in an amount determined by the board of directors to be necessary and reasonable, and net earnings available thereafter shall be paid to the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the board of directors from transferring all or any part of its properties in accordance with the terms of any lease entered into by the authority. Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 18.
The authority shall be a public nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm or corporation, except that in the event the board of directors shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds and other obligations of the authority, including reserves for the expenses, bonds and other obligations, any net earnings of the authority thereafter accruing may be used to provide a reserve for depreciation of any project or projects undertaken by such authority, in an amount determined by the board of directors to be necessary and reasonable, and net earnings available thereafter shall be paid to the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the board of directors from transferring all or any part of its properties in accordance with the terms of any lease entered into by the authority.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 18.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-81-307 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 81 / Section 7-81-307
Duties of clerk
Status: in_force

It is the duty of the clerk of the assembly to attend each meeting of the assembly, to keep in a well-bound book a full and complete record of the acts and doings of the assembly, to file and safely keep all papers and records belonging to the corporation, to issue notice of the meetings of the assembly, and do all other service of a clerical nature imposed upon the clerk by the assembly. Acts 1901, ch. 64, § 23; Shan., § 2023a48; Code 1932, § 3679; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2528.
It is the duty of the clerk of the assembly to attend each meeting of the assembly, to keep in a well-bound book a full and complete record of the acts and doings of the assembly, to file and safely keep all papers and records belonging to the corporation, to issue notice of the meetings of the assembly, and do all other service of a clerical nature imposed upon the clerk by the assembly.
Acts 1901, ch. 64, § 23; Shan., § 2023a48; Code 1932, § 3679; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2528.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-86-114 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 86 / Section 7-86-114
Bond issues
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the approval of the legislative body of a county or municipality in which a district is established, each district has the power and is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue negotiable bonds, notes and debt obligations for lease or lease purchases in anticipation of the collection of revenues for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, reconstructing, improving, bettering or expanding any facility or service authorized by this part, or any combination of facility or service, and to pledge to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, notes or debt obligations all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of such facility, service or combination of facility or service. There may be included in the costs for which bonds or notes are to be issued, reasonable allowances for legal, engineering and fiscal services, interest during construction, and for six (6) months after the estimated date of completion of construction, and other preliminary expenses, including the expenses of incorporation of the district. (b) No bond, note or debt obligation authorized in this section may be issued until the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, notes or debt obligations, together with a statement, shall show in detail the total outstanding bonds, notes, warrants, refunding bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness of the district, together with the maturity dates of the bonds, notes, warrants, refunding bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness, interest rates, special provisions for payment, the project to be funded by the bonds, notes or debt obligation, the current operating financial statement of the district and any other pertinent financial information, is submitted to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee for review, and the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee may report on the financial information to the district within fifteen (15) days from the date the plan was received by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, and the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall immediately acknowledge receipt in writing of the proposed issue statement and information. The report thus received by the district shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the principal office of the district, during the week following its receipt. After receiving the report of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, and after publication of such report, or after the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the date the statement and information are received by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, whichever date is earlier, the district may take such action with reference to the proposed issue as it deems advisable. Such report of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall also be made a part of the bond, note or debt obligation transcript. (c) The bonds may be issued in one (1) or more series, may bear such date or dates, shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty (40) years from their respective dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable semi-annually, may be in such denomination, may be in such form, either coupon or registered, may be payable at such place or places, may carry such registration and conversion privileges, may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, all as may be provided by resolution of the legislative body of the county. The bonds shall be fully negotiable for all purposes. (d) If any issue of such bonds or notes is to be sold to an agency of the federal government or an agency of the state, such bond or note issue may, at the request of such agency, be delivered as an installment bond or note payable as to principal and interest in equal or approximately equal installments for the term of such bond or note issue in accordance with the resolution authorizing such bond or note issue. Such authorizing resolution shall stipulate the annual principal and interest requirements during the full term of the bond or note issue. (e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or limit the authority of the board of directors from entering into leases or lease purchases, so long as the term of the lease or leases does not exceed five (5) years, and no other approvals of the lease or leases shall be required. (f) Notes may be issued in the same manner as bonds, but shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding five (5) years. (g) (1) The lease/lease purchase agreements authorized under this section shall be issued in the manner prescribed by chapter 51, part 9 of this title. For the purposes of applying chapter 51, part 9 of this title, the district board of directors is deemed to be the governing body except that, all lease/lease purchase agreements exceeding five (5) years shall be subject to the approval of the appropriate county or municipal governing body. (2) For the purposes of this section, and in §§ 7-86-115 - 7-86-117, "bond" or "bonds" are deemed to include notes. (3) For the purposes of this section, in §§ 7-86-116 and 7-86-117 , "bond" or "bonds" includes debt obligations for lease/lease purchases. (h) Any provision of this section related to the review or approval of any bond or note issued by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, or other state agency, does not apply when the bond or bonds or other evidence of indebtedness of the district are to be purchased or the loan is to be made by the farmers home administration or any other direct lending department of the government of the United States. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 128, s 2, eff. 4/13/2021. Acts 1984, ch. 867, §§ 14, 15; 1992, ch. 891, §§ 4-8; 2010 , ch. 868, § 29.
(a) Subject to the approval of the legislative body of a county or municipality in which a district is established, each district has the power and is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue negotiable bonds, notes and debt obligations for lease or lease purchases in anticipation of the collection of revenues for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, reconstructing, improving, bettering or expanding any facility or service authorized by this part, or any combination of facility or service, and to pledge to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, notes or debt obligations all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of such facility, service or combination of facility or service. There may be included in the costs for which bonds or notes are to be issued, reasonable allowances for legal, engineering and fiscal services, interest during construction, and for six (6) months after the estimated date of completion of construction, and other preliminary expenses, including the expenses of incorporation of the district.
(b) No bond, note or debt obligation authorized in this section may be issued until the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, notes or debt obligations, together with a statement, shall show in detail the total outstanding bonds, notes, warrants, refunding bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness of the district, together with the maturity dates of the bonds, notes, warrants, refunding bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness, interest rates, special provisions for payment, the project to be funded by the bonds, notes or debt obligation, the current operating financial statement of the district and any other pertinent financial information, is submitted to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee for review, and the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee may report on the financial information to the district within fifteen (15) days from the date the plan was received by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, and the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall immediately acknowledge receipt in writing of the proposed issue statement and information. The report thus received by the district shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the principal office of the district, during the week following its receipt. After receiving the report of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, and after publication of such report, or after the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the date the statement and information are received by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, whichever date is earlier, the district may take such action with reference to the proposed issue as it deems advisable. Such report of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall also be made a part of the bond, note or debt obligation transcript.
(c) The bonds may be issued in one (1) or more series, may bear such date or dates, shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty (40) years from their respective dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable semi-annually, may be in such denomination, may be in such form, either coupon or registered, may be payable at such place or places, may carry such registration and conversion privileges, may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, all as may be provided by resolution of the legislative body of the county. The bonds shall be fully negotiable for all purposes.
(d) If any issue of such bonds or notes is to be sold to an agency of the federal government or an agency of the state, such bond or note issue may, at the request of such agency, be delivered as an installment bond or note payable as to principal and interest in equal or approximately equal installments for the term of such bond or note issue in accordance with the resolution authorizing such bond or note issue. Such authorizing resolution shall stipulate the annual principal and interest requirements during the full term of the bond or note issue.
(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or limit the authority of the board of directors from entering into leases or lease purchases, so long as the term of the lease or leases does not exceed five (5) years, and no other approvals of the lease or leases shall be required.
(f) Notes may be issued in the same manner as bonds, but shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding five (5) years.
(g) (1) The lease/lease purchase agreements authorized under this section shall be issued in the manner prescribed by chapter 51, part 9 of this title. For the purposes of applying chapter 51, part 9 of this title, the district board of directors is deemed to be the governing body except that, all lease/lease purchase agreements exceeding five (5) years shall be subject to the approval of the appropriate county or municipal governing body. (2) For the purposes of this section, and in §§ 7-86-115 - 7-86-117, "bond" or "bonds" are deemed to include notes. (3) For the purposes of this section, in §§ 7-86-116 and 7-86-117 , "bond" or "bonds" includes debt obligations for lease/lease purchases.
(1) The lease/lease purchase agreements authorized under this section shall be issued in the manner prescribed by chapter 51, part 9 of this title. For the purposes of applying chapter 51, part 9 of this title, the district board of directors is deemed to be the governing body except that, all lease/lease purchase agreements exceeding five (5) years shall be subject to the approval of the appropriate county or municipal governing body.
(2) For the purposes of this section, and in §§ 7-86-115 - 7-86-117, "bond" or "bonds" are deemed to include notes.
(3) For the purposes of this section, in §§ 7-86-116 and 7-86-117 , "bond" or "bonds" includes debt obligations for lease/lease purchases.
(h) Any provision of this section related to the review or approval of any bond or note issued by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, or other state agency, does not apply when the bond or bonds or other evidence of indebtedness of the district are to be purchased or the loan is to be made by the farmers home administration or any other direct lending department of the government of the United States.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 128, s 2, eff. 4/13/2021.
Acts 1984, ch. 867, §§ 14, 15; 1992, ch. 891, §§ 4-8; 2010 , ch. 868, § 29.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-84-304 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 84 / Section 7-84-304
Notice to real property owner
Status: in_force

In any case where a notice is required to be sent to the owner of real property in the central business improvement district, such notice shall be deemed sufficient if sent by certified mail to the last known address of the owner. In any case where the governing body finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the governing body shall not lose jurisdiction by due notice not being given, and the proceeding in question shall not be void or be abated by due notice not being given, but the governing body, in that case, shall order due notice given and shall continue the proceeding until such time as notice shall be properly given, and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance. Acts 1971, ch. 268, § 35; T.C.A., § 6-3935.
In any case where a notice is required to be sent to the owner of real property in the central business improvement district, such notice shall be deemed sufficient if sent by certified mail to the last known address of the owner. In any case where the governing body finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the governing body shall not lose jurisdiction by due notice not being given, and the proceeding in question shall not be void or be abated by due notice not being given, but the governing body, in that case, shall order due notice given and shall continue the proceeding until such time as notice shall be properly given, and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.
Acts 1971, ch. 268, § 35; T.C.A., § 6-3935.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-2-107 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-2-107
Smaller cities - Inclusion in proposed consolidation - Referendum
Status: in_force

(a) After a charter commission has been created, any smaller city within the county may by action of its legislative body appoint a representative to consult with the charter commission concerning the terms upon which the functions of such smaller city may be included in the proposed consolidation. Any terms proposed by the charter commission with respect to the smaller city shall be filed and published separately as an appendix to the metropolitan charter proposed with respect to the principal city, and shall be submitted independently in a special referendum election for ratification or rejection by the voters of the smaller city and by the voters of the county outside the smaller city in a manner similar to that provided in §§ 7-2-105 and 7-2-106 with respect to the proposed metropolitan charter for the principal city. (b) The appendix shall be deemed ratified and adopted if it is approved by a majority of those voting within the smaller city and also by a majority of those voting in the county outside of such smaller city, but shall not become effective unless the proposed metropolitan charter with respect to the principal city and the county is ratified and adopted. (c) The appendix shall be deemed rejected and shall not become effective if it is disapproved by a majority of those voting in the smaller city. It shall also be deemed rejected and shall not become effective if it is disapproved by a majority of those voting in the county outside of such smaller city. (d) The returns of the referendum election on the proposed appendix shall be certified and proclaimed in a manner similar to that provided in § 7-2-106 with respect to the proposed metropolitan charter for the principal city. (e) Where a proposed charter of metropolitan government is ratified by a majority of those voting in a principal city and of those voting in the county outside of the principal city, but a smaller city continues, either because a proposed appendix has been rejected or no such appendix has been proposed, the smaller city shall become a part of the general services district, but the smaller city may not thereafter be included within the urban services district by action of the metropolitan council. Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 9; T.C.A., § 6-3710.
(a) After a charter commission has been created, any smaller city within the county may by action of its legislative body appoint a representative to consult with the charter commission concerning the terms upon which the functions of such smaller city may be included in the proposed consolidation. Any terms proposed by the charter commission with respect to the smaller city shall be filed and published separately as an appendix to the metropolitan charter proposed with respect to the principal city, and shall be submitted independently in a special referendum election for ratification or rejection by the voters of the smaller city and by the voters of the county outside the smaller city in a manner similar to that provided in §§ 7-2-105 and 7-2-106 with respect to the proposed metropolitan charter for the principal city.
(b) The appendix shall be deemed ratified and adopted if it is approved by a majority of those voting within the smaller city and also by a majority of those voting in the county outside of such smaller city, but shall not become effective unless the proposed metropolitan charter with respect to the principal city and the county is ratified and adopted.
(c) The appendix shall be deemed rejected and shall not become effective if it is disapproved by a majority of those voting in the smaller city. It shall also be deemed rejected and shall not become effective if it is disapproved by a majority of those voting in the county outside of such smaller city.
(d) The returns of the referendum election on the proposed appendix shall be certified and proclaimed in a manner similar to that provided in § 7-2-106 with respect to the proposed metropolitan charter for the principal city.
(e) Where a proposed charter of metropolitan government is ratified by a majority of those voting in a principal city and of those voting in the county outside of the principal city, but a smaller city continues, either because a proposed appendix has been rejected or no such appendix has been proposed, the smaller city shall become a part of the general services district, but the smaller city may not thereafter be included within the urban services district by action of the metropolitan council.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 9; T.C.A., § 6-3710.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-84-716 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 84 / Section 7-84-716
Bonds, notes, and other obligations - Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) A host municipality has the authority and power to borrow money and issue bonds, notes, or other obligations for the purpose of paying infrastructure costs identified in the establishment resolution, reimbursing the developer for the prior payment of infrastructure costs, or refunding or refinancing such bonds, notes, or obligations, under and pursuant to all the procedures and requirements set forth in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21. (b) A host municipality is further authorized to: (1) Pledge to the payment of the principal, premium, and interest on the bonds, notes, or other obligations, and use for the payment of the bonds, notes, or other obligations the special assessment revenues authorized to be collected by the host municipality pursuant to this part in the same manner as revenues may be pledged pursuant to the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986. For purposes of this subdivision (b)(1), "revenues" has the same meaning as defined in § 9-21-105 , and includes the special assessment revenues described in this part; (2) Delegate to an industrial development corporation incorporated by the host municipality or another host municipality for the district the authority to issue the revenue bonds, in which case such host municipality must enter into an agreement with the industrial development corporation pursuant to which the host municipality agrees to promptly pay to the industrial development corporation the assessments, including any interest on the assessments, as collected. The assessments must be held in trust by the host municipality for the benefit of the industrial development corporation when received. The host municipality may direct any property owner that is required to pay assessments to make the payments directly to an industrial development corporation or its assignee. If an industrial development corporation issues such bonds, then the assessments, and any interest collected on the assessments, constitutes "revenues" as defined in § 7-53-101 , and the infrastructure financed thereby, whether transferred to the industrial development corporation on behalf of the host municipality, to the host municipality itself, or to another governmental entity or provider of public utilities, constitutes a project, as that term is defined in § 7-53-101 ; and (3) Delegate to a public building authority the authority to issue the revenue bonds, in which case the host municipality must enter into an agreement with the public building authority pursuant to which the host municipality agrees to promptly pay to the public building authority the assessments, including any interest on the assessments, collected. The assessments must be held in trust by the host municipality for the benefit of the public building authority when received. The host municipality may direct a property owner that is required to pay an assessment to make the payment directly to a public building authority or its assignee. If a public building authority issues such bonds, then the assessments, and any interest collected on the assessments, constitutes "revenues" as defined in § 12-10-103 , and public facilities and related expenses described in this part, whether transferred to the public building authority on behalf of the host municipality, to the host municipality itself, or to another governmental entity or provider of public utilities constitutes a project, as that term is defined in § 12-10-103 . (c) A host municipality, industrial development corporation, or public building authority, as the case may be, is authorized to: (1) Refund or refinance or otherwise cause the refunding or refinancing of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this section in the manner provided in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21, the Public Building Authorities Act of 1971, compiled in title 12, chapter 10, or chapter 53 of this title, as applicable. Without limiting this subdivision (c)(1), a host municipality may refund or refinance any bonds or loan agreements secured by the full faith and credit of the municipality and revenues received from assessments with bonds or a loan agreement secured only by such revenues. Upon any such refunding, the amount of assessment payments may be adjusted pursuant to policies approved by the host municipality; provided, that the assessment rate must not exceed that set forth in the establishment resolution; and (2) Make the proceeds of bonds, except any bonds secured by the full faith and credit and taxing power of a municipality, issued pursuant to this section available to a developer pursuant to one (1) or more loan agreements, and to assign or pledge the host municipality's rights under the loan agreement to the holders of the bonds. (d) The maximum term of any bonds, notes, or other debt obligations issued pursuant to this section to fund the costs of infrastructure, including any refinancing bonds, must not exceed thirty (30) years from the first issuance of bonds, notes, or other debt obligations for the purpose of funding infrastructure. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 860,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024.
(a) A host municipality has the authority and power to borrow money and issue bonds, notes, or other obligations for the purpose of paying infrastructure costs identified in the establishment resolution, reimbursing the developer for the prior payment of infrastructure costs, or refunding or refinancing such bonds, notes, or obligations, under and pursuant to all the procedures and requirements set forth in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21.
(b) A host municipality is further authorized to: (1) Pledge to the payment of the principal, premium, and interest on the bonds, notes, or other obligations, and use for the payment of the bonds, notes, or other obligations the special assessment revenues authorized to be collected by the host municipality pursuant to this part in the same manner as revenues may be pledged pursuant to the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986. For purposes of this subdivision (b)(1), "revenues" has the same meaning as defined in § 9-21-105 , and includes the special assessment revenues described in this part; (2) Delegate to an industrial development corporation incorporated by the host municipality or another host municipality for the district the authority to issue the revenue bonds, in which case such host municipality must enter into an agreement with the industrial development corporation pursuant to which the host municipality agrees to promptly pay to the industrial development corporation the assessments, including any interest on the assessments, as collected. The assessments must be held in trust by the host municipality for the benefit of the industrial development corporation when received. The host municipality may direct any property owner that is required to pay assessments to make the payments directly to an industrial development corporation or its assignee. If an industrial development corporation issues such bonds, then the assessments, and any interest collected on the assessments, constitutes "revenues" as defined in § 7-53-101 , and the infrastructure financed thereby, whether transferred to the industrial development corporation on behalf of the host municipality, to the host municipality itself, or to another governmental entity or provider of public utilities, constitutes a project, as that term is defined in § 7-53-101 ; and (3) Delegate to a public building authority the authority to issue the revenue bonds, in which case the host municipality must enter into an agreement with the public building authority pursuant to which the host municipality agrees to promptly pay to the public building authority the assessments, including any interest on the assessments, collected. The assessments must be held in trust by the host municipality for the benefit of the public building authority when received. The host municipality may direct a property owner that is required to pay an assessment to make the payment directly to a public building authority or its assignee. If a public building authority issues such bonds, then the assessments, and any interest collected on the assessments, constitutes "revenues" as defined in § 12-10-103 , and public facilities and related expenses described in this part, whether transferred to the public building authority on behalf of the host municipality, to the host municipality itself, or to another governmental entity or provider of public utilities constitutes a project, as that term is defined in § 12-10-103 .
(1) Pledge to the payment of the principal, premium, and interest on the bonds, notes, or other obligations, and use for the payment of the bonds, notes, or other obligations the special assessment revenues authorized to be collected by the host municipality pursuant to this part in the same manner as revenues may be pledged pursuant to the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986. For purposes of this subdivision (b)(1), "revenues" has the same meaning as defined in § 9-21-105 , and includes the special assessment revenues described in this part;
(2) Delegate to an industrial development corporation incorporated by the host municipality or another host municipality for the district the authority to issue the revenue bonds, in which case such host municipality must enter into an agreement with the industrial development corporation pursuant to which the host municipality agrees to promptly pay to the industrial development corporation the assessments, including any interest on the assessments, as collected. The assessments must be held in trust by the host municipality for the benefit of the industrial development corporation when received. The host municipality may direct any property owner that is required to pay assessments to make the payments directly to an industrial development corporation or its assignee. If an industrial development corporation issues such bonds, then the assessments, and any interest collected on the assessments, constitutes "revenues" as defined in § 7-53-101 , and the infrastructure financed thereby, whether transferred to the industrial development corporation on behalf of the host municipality, to the host municipality itself, or to another governmental entity or provider of public utilities, constitutes a project, as that term is defined in § 7-53-101 ; and
(3) Delegate to a public building authority the authority to issue the revenue bonds, in which case the host municipality must enter into an agreement with the public building authority pursuant to which the host municipality agrees to promptly pay to the public building authority the assessments, including any interest on the assessments, collected. The assessments must be held in trust by the host municipality for the benefit of the public building authority when received. The host municipality may direct a property owner that is required to pay an assessment to make the payment directly to a public building authority or its assignee. If a public building authority issues such bonds, then the assessments, and any interest collected on the assessments, constitutes "revenues" as defined in § 12-10-103 , and public facilities and related expenses described in this part, whether transferred to the public building authority on behalf of the host municipality, to the host municipality itself, or to another governmental entity or provider of public utilities constitutes a project, as that term is defined in § 12-10-103 .
(c) A host municipality, industrial development corporation, or public building authority, as the case may be, is authorized to: (1) Refund or refinance or otherwise cause the refunding or refinancing of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this section in the manner provided in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21, the Public Building Authorities Act of 1971, compiled in title 12, chapter 10, or chapter 53 of this title, as applicable. Without limiting this subdivision (c)(1), a host municipality may refund or refinance any bonds or loan agreements secured by the full faith and credit of the municipality and revenues received from assessments with bonds or a loan agreement secured only by such revenues. Upon any such refunding, the amount of assessment payments may be adjusted pursuant to policies approved by the host municipality; provided, that the assessment rate must not exceed that set forth in the establishment resolution; and (2) Make the proceeds of bonds, except any bonds secured by the full faith and credit and taxing power of a municipality, issued pursuant to this section available to a developer pursuant to one (1) or more loan agreements, and to assign or pledge the host municipality's rights under the loan agreement to the holders of the bonds.
(1) Refund or refinance or otherwise cause the refunding or refinancing of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this section in the manner provided in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21, the Public Building Authorities Act of 1971, compiled in title 12, chapter 10, or chapter 53 of this title, as applicable. Without limiting this subdivision (c)(1), a host municipality may refund or refinance any bonds or loan agreements secured by the full faith and credit of the municipality and revenues received from assessments with bonds or a loan agreement secured only by such revenues. Upon any such refunding, the amount of assessment payments may be adjusted pursuant to policies approved by the host municipality; provided, that the assessment rate must not exceed that set forth in the establishment resolution; and
(2) Make the proceeds of bonds, except any bonds secured by the full faith and credit and taxing power of a municipality, issued pursuant to this section available to a developer pursuant to one (1) or more loan agreements, and to assign or pledge the host municipality's rights under the loan agreement to the holders of the bonds.
(d) The maximum term of any bonds, notes, or other debt obligations issued pursuant to this section to fund the costs of infrastructure, including any refinancing bonds, must not exceed thirty (30) years from the first issuance of bonds, notes, or other debt obligations for the purpose of funding infrastructure.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 860,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-86-304 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 86 / Section 7-86-304
Uniform financial accounting system - Audit - Annual budgets - Supervision of financially distressed districts
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller of the treasury is directed to develop a uniform financial accounting system conforming to generally accepted accounting principles for use as required by this section. Effective July 1, 1999, each emergency communications district shall use the uniform accounting system developed by the comptroller of the treasury. (b) The annual audit of all emergency communications districts shall disclose the failure of any such district to maintain such a financial accounting system as prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury. The comptroller of the treasury shall file with the board a copy of the audited financial statements of each emergency communications district, prepared pursuant to § 7-86-113 . The board shall have authority to act upon any adverse findings noted in such audits or financial statements and to order such action as may be necessary to remedy the adverse findings. (c) The board of directors of each emergency communications district shall file with the board a copy of its annual budget, prepared in accordance with § 7-86-120 . (d) (1) Any emergency communications district that is a financially distressed emergency communications district shall be subject to the supervision and evaluation of the board. A "financially distressed emergency communications district" is a district that, as shown by the annual audits: (A) Has a negative change in net position for a period of three (3) consecutive years; (B) Has a deficit in total net position; or (C) Is in default on any indebtedness. (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (d)(1), the board may determine that a district is a "financially distressed emergency communications district," and shall be subject to the supervision and evaluation of the board, if a district: (A) Is the subject of a lien filed by the internal revenue service; (B) The board determines that it appears that the district cannot satisfy its financial obligations to the extent that the continued operation of the district is at risk; or (C) The district has defaulted on any indebtedness due to insufficient funds, such default is not cured within sixty (60) days and, upon determination of the board, it appears that the district cannot satisfy its financial obligations to the extent that the continued operation of the district is at risk. (3) After reviewing the financial statements and operations of any financially distressed emergency communications district, and after holding a public hearing within such district's service area, the board may prescribe a rate structure, up to the maximum established pursuant to former § 7-86-108(a)(2)(A) [repealed], to be adopted by the district, as may be necessary to cause the district to liquidate in an orderly fashion any deficit total net position, to cure a default on any indebtedness of the district, and to eliminate the negative change in net position, or any of these. (e) If the board of an emergency communications district fails to adopt the prescribed rate structure, the board may, in addition to any and all other remedial actions available to it, petition the chancery court, in a jurisdiction in which the emergency communications district is operating, to require the adoption of the rate structure prescribed by the board or such other remedial actions that, in the opinion of the court, may be required to cause the district to be operated in accordance with state law. Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 579, Secs.s 1, s 2, s 3 eff. 3/28/2014. Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 8; 2001, ch. 149, § 3; 2004, ch. 619, §§ 10 - 12.
(a) The comptroller of the treasury is directed to develop a uniform financial accounting system conforming to generally accepted accounting principles for use as required by this section. Effective July 1, 1999, each emergency communications district shall use the uniform accounting system developed by the comptroller of the treasury.
(b) The annual audit of all emergency communications districts shall disclose the failure of any such district to maintain such a financial accounting system as prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury. The comptroller of the treasury shall file with the board a copy of the audited financial statements of each emergency communications district, prepared pursuant to § 7-86-113 . The board shall have authority to act upon any adverse findings noted in such audits or financial statements and to order such action as may be necessary to remedy the adverse findings.
(c) The board of directors of each emergency communications district shall file with the board a copy of its annual budget, prepared in accordance with § 7-86-120 .
(d) (1) Any emergency communications district that is a financially distressed emergency communications district shall be subject to the supervision and evaluation of the board. A "financially distressed emergency communications district" is a district that, as shown by the annual audits: (A) Has a negative change in net position for a period of three (3) consecutive years; (B) Has a deficit in total net position; or (C) Is in default on any indebtedness. (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (d)(1), the board may determine that a district is a "financially distressed emergency communications district," and shall be subject to the supervision and evaluation of the board, if a district: (A) Is the subject of a lien filed by the internal revenue service; (B) The board determines that it appears that the district cannot satisfy its financial obligations to the extent that the continued operation of the district is at risk; or (C) The district has defaulted on any indebtedness due to insufficient funds, such default is not cured within sixty (60) days and, upon determination of the board, it appears that the district cannot satisfy its financial obligations to the extent that the continued operation of the district is at risk. (3) After reviewing the financial statements and operations of any financially distressed emergency communications district, and after holding a public hearing within such district's service area, the board may prescribe a rate structure, up to the maximum established pursuant to former § 7-86-108(a)(2)(A) [repealed], to be adopted by the district, as may be necessary to cause the district to liquidate in an orderly fashion any deficit total net position, to cure a default on any indebtedness of the district, and to eliminate the negative change in net position, or any of these.
(1) Any emergency communications district that is a financially distressed emergency communications district shall be subject to the supervision and evaluation of the board. A "financially distressed emergency communications district" is a district that, as shown by the annual audits: (A) Has a negative change in net position for a period of three (3) consecutive years; (B) Has a deficit in total net position; or (C) Is in default on any indebtedness.
(A) Has a negative change in net position for a period of three (3) consecutive years;
(B) Has a deficit in total net position; or
(C) Is in default on any indebtedness.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (d)(1), the board may determine that a district is a "financially distressed emergency communications district," and shall be subject to the supervision and evaluation of the board, if a district: (A) Is the subject of a lien filed by the internal revenue service; (B) The board determines that it appears that the district cannot satisfy its financial obligations to the extent that the continued operation of the district is at risk; or (C) The district has defaulted on any indebtedness due to insufficient funds, such default is not cured within sixty (60) days and, upon determination of the board, it appears that the district cannot satisfy its financial obligations to the extent that the continued operation of the district is at risk.
(A) Is the subject of a lien filed by the internal revenue service;
(B) The board determines that it appears that the district cannot satisfy its financial obligations to the extent that the continued operation of the district is at risk; or
(C) The district has defaulted on any indebtedness due to insufficient funds, such default is not cured within sixty (60) days and, upon determination of the board, it appears that the district cannot satisfy its financial obligations to the extent that the continued operation of the district is at risk.
(3) After reviewing the financial statements and operations of any financially distressed emergency communications district, and after holding a public hearing within such district's service area, the board may prescribe a rate structure, up to the maximum established pursuant to former § 7-86-108(a)(2)(A) [repealed], to be adopted by the district, as may be necessary to cause the district to liquidate in an orderly fashion any deficit total net position, to cure a default on any indebtedness of the district, and to eliminate the negative change in net position, or any of these.
(e) If the board of an emergency communications district fails to adopt the prescribed rate structure, the board may, in addition to any and all other remedial actions available to it, petition the chancery court, in a jurisdiction in which the emergency communications district is operating, to require the adoption of the rate structure prescribed by the board or such other remedial actions that, in the opinion of the court, may be required to cause the district to be operated in accordance with state law.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 579, Secs.s 1, s 2, s 3 eff. 3/28/2014.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 8; 2001, ch. 149, § 3; 2004, ch. 619, §§ 10 - 12.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-67-101 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 67 / Section 7-67-101
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Sports Authorities Act of 1993." Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 1.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Sports Authorities Act of 1993."
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-36-102 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 36 / Section 7-36-102
Chapter definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Acquire" means to construct or to acquire by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, devise, gift, exercise of the power of eminent domain, or exercise of any other mode of acquisition; (2) "Associated municipality" means a municipality that is located in a county having a population of three hundred thirty-five thousand (335,000) or less, according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and that, as of the date an authority is formed under this chapter, operates an electric system under the authority of chapter 52 of this title; the municipality's charter; or otherwise applicable law; (3) "Authority" means an authority created pursuant to this chapter; (4) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority; (5) "Bonds" means bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, lease-purchase agreements, and all other evidences of indebtedness either issued by or the payment of which has been assumed by the authority; (6) "Dispose" means to sell, lease, convey, or otherwise transfer any property or any interest in property of the authority; (7) "Electric service" means the furnishing of electric power and energy for lighting, heating, power, or any other purpose for which electric power and energy can be used; (8) "Energy" means any and all forms of energy no matter how or where generated or produced; (9) "Federal agency" means the United States, the president of the United States, the Tennessee valley authority, and any other authority, agency, instrumentality, or corporation of the United States; (10) "Governing body" means the legislative body of the associated municipality creating an authority pursuant to this chapter or, as applicable in § 7-36-110 , the legislative body of another municipality; (11) "Improve" means to construct, reconstruct, repair, extend, enlarge, or alter; (12) "Improvement" means any extension, betterment, or addition to any system; (13) "Municipal bonds" means bonds of the associated municipality issued to finance or refinance any of the systems; (14) "Municipal electric system" means the electric system division or department of the associated municipality; (15) "Municipality" means any county or incorporated city or town within or outside this state; (16) "Person" means any natural person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, partnership, or governmental entity; (17) "Refunding bonds" means bonds of the authority issued to refund all or any part of bonds of the authority or the municipal bonds; (18) "Supervisory board" means the board of public utilities or other similar body of the associated municipality, as such board is constituted as of the date an authority is formed pursuant to this chapter; (19) "System" means any plant, works, facility, property, or parts thereof, together with all appurtenances thereto, used or useful in connection with the furnishing of any of the services and commodities authorized to be provided in this chapter, including generation or production facilities, transmission facilities, storage facilities, and distribution facilities, and all real and personal property of every nature comprising part of or used or useful in connection with a "system", and all appurtenances, contracts, leases, franchises, and other intangibles relating to a "system"; (20) "Telecommunications service" means telephone, cable television, voice, data, or video transmissions, video programming, internet access and related services, load control, meter reading, appliance monitoring, power exchange, and billing, or any other telecommunications services or similar or component service that may be provided, as allowed by law, including servicing and repairing related equipment, regardless of the facilities used; (21) "Wastewater service" means the collection, transportation, and treatment of water discharged from residential, commercial, industrial, or other processes for final discharge to the environment; and (22) "Water service" means the procurement, treatment, and distribution of water for domestic use or any other purpose for which water can be used. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 446, Secs.s 1, s 2, s 3 eff. 5/25/2017. Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 995, s 1, eff. 4/27/2016.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Acquire" means to construct or to acquire by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, devise, gift, exercise of the power of eminent domain, or exercise of any other mode of acquisition;
(2) "Associated municipality" means a municipality that is located in a county having a population of three hundred thirty-five thousand (335,000) or less, according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and that, as of the date an authority is formed under this chapter, operates an electric system under the authority of chapter 52 of this title; the municipality's charter; or otherwise applicable law;
(3) "Authority" means an authority created pursuant to this chapter;
(4) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority;
(5) "Bonds" means bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, lease-purchase agreements, and all other evidences of indebtedness either issued by or the payment of which has been assumed by the authority;
(6) "Dispose" means to sell, lease, convey, or otherwise transfer any property or any interest in property of the authority;
(7) "Electric service" means the furnishing of electric power and energy for lighting, heating, power, or any other purpose for which electric power and energy can be used;
(8) "Energy" means any and all forms of energy no matter how or where generated or produced;
(9) "Federal agency" means the United States, the president of the United States, the Tennessee valley authority, and any other authority, agency, instrumentality, or corporation of the United States;
(10) "Governing body" means the legislative body of the associated municipality creating an authority pursuant to this chapter or, as applicable in § 7-36-110 , the legislative body of another municipality;
(11) "Improve" means to construct, reconstruct, repair, extend, enlarge, or alter;
(12) "Improvement" means any extension, betterment, or addition to any system;
(13) "Municipal bonds" means bonds of the associated municipality issued to finance or refinance any of the systems;
(14) "Municipal electric system" means the electric system division or department of the associated municipality;
(15) "Municipality" means any county or incorporated city or town within or outside this state;
(16) "Person" means any natural person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, partnership, or governmental entity;
(17) "Refunding bonds" means bonds of the authority issued to refund all or any part of bonds of the authority or the municipal bonds;
(18) "Supervisory board" means the board of public utilities or other similar body of the associated municipality, as such board is constituted as of the date an authority is formed pursuant to this chapter;
(19) "System" means any plant, works, facility, property, or parts thereof, together with all appurtenances thereto, used or useful in connection with the furnishing of any of the services and commodities authorized to be provided in this chapter, including generation or production facilities, transmission facilities, storage facilities, and distribution facilities, and all real and personal property of every nature comprising part of or used or useful in connection with a "system", and all appurtenances, contracts, leases, franchises, and other intangibles relating to a "system";
(20) "Telecommunications service" means telephone, cable television, voice, data, or video transmissions, video programming, internet access and related services, load control, meter reading, appliance monitoring, power exchange, and billing, or any other telecommunications services or similar or component service that may be provided, as allowed by law, including servicing and repairing related equipment, regardless of the facilities used;
(21) "Wastewater service" means the collection, transportation, and treatment of water discharged from residential, commercial, industrial, or other processes for final discharge to the environment; and
(22) "Water service" means the procurement, treatment, and distribution of water for domestic use or any other purpose for which water can be used.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 446, Secs.s 1, s 2, s 3 eff. 5/25/2017.
Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 995, s 1, eff. 4/27/2016.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-39-304 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 39 / Section 7-39-304
Loan - Guarantees and revenue bonds of a municipality
Status: in_force

(a) Any associated municipality or any municipally-owned energy distribution system acting by resolution of the governing body of its associated municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to: (1) Make loans to its energy acquisition corporation; (2) Guarantee or assume the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes issued by such corporation or the payment or performance of any obligations of the corporation incurred in connection with the purchase of gas or electrical power by the corporation; (3) Pledge the revenues of its energy distribution system to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes of the corporation or to secure its guaranty of such bonds or notes; and (4) Pledge the revenues of its energy distribution system to secure the payment of obligations incurred in connection with the purchase of gas or electrical power, as appropriate, by the corporation or to secure its guaranty of any such obligations. (b) (1) Any loan, or payment under such guarantee or pledge, shall be made solely out of the funds otherwise available to the energy distribution system for the benefit of which the bonds or notes were issued or the obligations were incurred and shall not be a general obligation of the associated municipality. Any loan, guarantee or pledge of revenues shall be subject to any contractual limitations undertaken by the associated municipality or energy distribution system for the incurrence of indebtedness or the lending of its credit to others. (2) Any pledge of, or lien on, revenues of the energy distribution system to secure the payment of any bonds, notes or obligations of such corporation pursuant to this chapter shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge or lien is created or granted and shall inure to the benefit of the holder or holders of such bonds or notes or the obligee under any such obligation until the payment or satisfaction in full of the obligation. The priority of any pledge or lien with respect to competing pledges or liens shall be determined by the date such pledge or lien is created or granted. Neither the resolution, the indenture, nor any other instrument granting, creating or giving notice of the pledge or lien need be filed or recorded to preserve or protect the validity or priority of such pledge or lien. (3) Any pledge or lien created or granted pursuant to the terms of this section shall not be subject to the mortgage tax imposed by § 67-4-409(b) and any other tax that is imposed upon the privilege of recording any instrument giving notice of the creation of a lien, security interest or pledge, and such exemption shall apply to any transaction to which the municipality is a party pursuant to this chapter, whether as the secured party or the debtor. (c) Any associated municipality is hereby authorized to issue its revenue bonds in the manner provided by title 9, chapter 21 for the purpose of raising funds to lend to its energy acquisition corporation, such revenue bonds to be payable solely from the revenues derived from the energy distribution system owned by such associated municipality. (d) An associated municipality shall not have the power to assume or guarantee bonds, notes or other obligations of a corporation in such a way as to pledge the full faith and credit and taxing power of the associated municipality to the payment of the obligations. Acts 1977, ch. 299, § 10; T.C.A. § 6-4210; Acts 1988, ch. 750, § 27; 1997 , ch. 93, §§ 14, 15; 1999, ch. 345, §§ 11 - 14.
(a) Any associated municipality or any municipally-owned energy distribution system acting by resolution of the governing body of its associated municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to: (1) Make loans to its energy acquisition corporation; (2) Guarantee or assume the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes issued by such corporation or the payment or performance of any obligations of the corporation incurred in connection with the purchase of gas or electrical power by the corporation; (3) Pledge the revenues of its energy distribution system to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes of the corporation or to secure its guaranty of such bonds or notes; and (4) Pledge the revenues of its energy distribution system to secure the payment of obligations incurred in connection with the purchase of gas or electrical power, as appropriate, by the corporation or to secure its guaranty of any such obligations.
(1) Make loans to its energy acquisition corporation;
(2) Guarantee or assume the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes issued by such corporation or the payment or performance of any obligations of the corporation incurred in connection with the purchase of gas or electrical power by the corporation;
(3) Pledge the revenues of its energy distribution system to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes of the corporation or to secure its guaranty of such bonds or notes; and
(4) Pledge the revenues of its energy distribution system to secure the payment of obligations incurred in connection with the purchase of gas or electrical power, as appropriate, by the corporation or to secure its guaranty of any such obligations.
(b) (1) Any loan, or payment under such guarantee or pledge, shall be made solely out of the funds otherwise available to the energy distribution system for the benefit of which the bonds or notes were issued or the obligations were incurred and shall not be a general obligation of the associated municipality. Any loan, guarantee or pledge of revenues shall be subject to any contractual limitations undertaken by the associated municipality or energy distribution system for the incurrence of indebtedness or the lending of its credit to others. (2) Any pledge of, or lien on, revenues of the energy distribution system to secure the payment of any bonds, notes or obligations of such corporation pursuant to this chapter shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge or lien is created or granted and shall inure to the benefit of the holder or holders of such bonds or notes or the obligee under any such obligation until the payment or satisfaction in full of the obligation. The priority of any pledge or lien with respect to competing pledges or liens shall be determined by the date such pledge or lien is created or granted. Neither the resolution, the indenture, nor any other instrument granting, creating or giving notice of the pledge or lien need be filed or recorded to preserve or protect the validity or priority of such pledge or lien. (3) Any pledge or lien created or granted pursuant to the terms of this section shall not be subject to the mortgage tax imposed by § 67-4-409(b) and any other tax that is imposed upon the privilege of recording any instrument giving notice of the creation of a lien, security interest or pledge, and such exemption shall apply to any transaction to which the municipality is a party pursuant to this chapter, whether as the secured party or the debtor.
(1) Any loan, or payment under such guarantee or pledge, shall be made solely out of the funds otherwise available to the energy distribution system for the benefit of which the bonds or notes were issued or the obligations were incurred and shall not be a general obligation of the associated municipality. Any loan, guarantee or pledge of revenues shall be subject to any contractual limitations undertaken by the associated municipality or energy distribution system for the incurrence of indebtedness or the lending of its credit to others.
(2) Any pledge of, or lien on, revenues of the energy distribution system to secure the payment of any bonds, notes or obligations of such corporation pursuant to this chapter shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge or lien is created or granted and shall inure to the benefit of the holder or holders of such bonds or notes or the obligee under any such obligation until the payment or satisfaction in full of the obligation. The priority of any pledge or lien with respect to competing pledges or liens shall be determined by the date such pledge or lien is created or granted. Neither the resolution, the indenture, nor any other instrument granting, creating or giving notice of the pledge or lien need be filed or recorded to preserve or protect the validity or priority of such pledge or lien.
(3) Any pledge or lien created or granted pursuant to the terms of this section shall not be subject to the mortgage tax imposed by § 67-4-409(b) and any other tax that is imposed upon the privilege of recording any instrument giving notice of the creation of a lien, security interest or pledge, and such exemption shall apply to any transaction to which the municipality is a party pursuant to this chapter, whether as the secured party or the debtor.
(c) Any associated municipality is hereby authorized to issue its revenue bonds in the manner provided by title 9, chapter 21 for the purpose of raising funds to lend to its energy acquisition corporation, such revenue bonds to be payable solely from the revenues derived from the energy distribution system owned by such associated municipality.
(d) An associated municipality shall not have the power to assume or guarantee bonds, notes or other obligations of a corporation in such a way as to pledge the full faith and credit and taxing power of the associated municipality to the payment of the obligations.
Acts 1977, ch. 299, § 10; T.C.A. § 6-4210; Acts 1988, ch. 750, § 27; 1997 , ch. 93, §§ 14, 15; 1999, ch. 345, §§ 11 - 14.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-63-105 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 63 / Section 7-63-105
Failure of offender to appear after signing agreement - Additional warrant
Status: in_force

In the event that the offender signs the agreement and waiver as provided in § 7-63-102 , and then fails to appear for trial at the time and place designated, then the court having jurisdiction of the case shall immediately issue a warrant against the offender for the offense, and an additional warrant for the offense of violating the agreement to appear; provided, that the municipal, metropolitan or city government has made the failure so to appear an offense, or has adopted the state law creating such offense. The warrant or warrants shall then be served upon the offender and the procedure followed as set out in § 7-63-104 regarding the service of warrants, booking the defendant, and taking appearance bail or committing to jail. Acts 1969, ch. 208, § 5; T.C.A., § 6-655.
In the event that the offender signs the agreement and waiver as provided in § 7-63-102 , and then fails to appear for trial at the time and place designated, then the court having jurisdiction of the case shall immediately issue a warrant against the offender for the offense, and an additional warrant for the offense of violating the agreement to appear; provided, that the municipal, metropolitan or city government has made the failure so to appear an offense, or has adopted the state law creating such offense. The warrant or warrants shall then be served upon the offender and the procedure followed as set out in § 7-63-104 regarding the service of warrants, booking the defendant, and taking appearance bail or committing to jail.
Acts 1969, ch. 208, § 5; T.C.A., § 6-655.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-54-104 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 54 / Section 7-54-104
Procedure for option - Use of Tennessee resources
Status: in_force

(a) Any municipality wishing to bring itself under any one (1) or more of the provisions of this chapter may do so by resolution or ordinance of the governing body of such municipality. Such action may be taken during any stage of the construction, acquisition, development or financing of an energy production facility and shall not be impaired or prejudiced by any previous action taken by or on behalf of such municipality. (b) Any not-for-profit corporation acting by or on behalf of a municipality during any stage of the construction, acquisition, development, or operation of an energy production facility is encouraged to utilize Tennessee labor, products and materials to the greatest extent possible and practical so as to promote or enhance the employment opportunities in or provide economic benefits to such municipality. Acts 1975, ch. 204, § 4; T.C.A., § 6-1334; Acts 1987, ch. 250, §§ 7, 13.
(a) Any municipality wishing to bring itself under any one (1) or more of the provisions of this chapter may do so by resolution or ordinance of the governing body of such municipality. Such action may be taken during any stage of the construction, acquisition, development or financing of an energy production facility and shall not be impaired or prejudiced by any previous action taken by or on behalf of such municipality.
(b) Any not-for-profit corporation acting by or on behalf of a municipality during any stage of the construction, acquisition, development, or operation of an energy production facility is encouraged to utilize Tennessee labor, products and materials to the greatest extent possible and practical so as to promote or enhance the employment opportunities in or provide economic benefits to such municipality.
Acts 1975, ch. 204, § 4; T.C.A., § 6-1334; Acts 1987, ch. 250, §§ 7, 13.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-81-301 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 81 / Section 7-81-301
Filling of vacancies
Status: in_force

The mayor has the power to fill vacancies occasioned by sickness, absence, or other disability of any town officer. Acts 1901, ch. 64, § 21; Shan., § 2023a41; Code 1932, § 3672; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2522.
The mayor has the power to fill vacancies occasioned by sickness, absence, or other disability of any town officer.
Acts 1901, ch. 64, § 21; Shan., § 2023a41; Code 1932, § 3672; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2522.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-90-103 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 90 / Section 7-90-103
Chapter definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Authority" or "medical school authority" means any public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter; (2) "Bio-medical research facility" means a facility that engages in the study of biological processes and diseases with the ultimate goal of developing effective treatments and cures; (3) "Bonds" or "revenue bonds" means bonds, notes, interim certificates or other obligations of an authority issued pursuant to this chapter, or pursuant to any other law, as supplemented by, or in conjunction with, this chapter; (4) "Cost," as applied to any project, means and includes the cost of acquisition or construction, the cost of labor, materials, and equipment, the cost of all lands, property rights, easements and franchises required; financing charges, interest and debt service prior to and during construction and up to one (1) year thereafter; costs of plans and specifications, services and estimates of costs and of revenues; costs of engineering and legal services; all expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such acquisitions or constructions; and administrative, legal and engineering expenses and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition or construction or the financing authorized in this chapter; (5) "Dental school" means an educational facility created and operated as part of a program that grants the degree of doctor of dental surgery or doctor of dental medicine to the graduates of such educational facility; (6) "Governing body" means the body in which the general legislative powers of a municipality are vested, and in the case of counties means the legislative body of any county; (7) "Graduate medical education" means the period of didactic and clinical education in a medical specialty or subspecialty which follows the completion of a recognized undergraduate medical education and which prepares physicians for the independent practice of medicine in that specialty or subspecialty, also referred to as residency education; (8) "Lessee" means a private nonprofit or public educational institution, which provides a medical education program; (9) "Medical education program" means a program of study that is a biomedical research program, dental program, nursing program, medical program, including graduate medical education, or allied health program; (10) "Medical school" means an educational facility created and operated as part of a program that grants the degree of doctor of medicine to the graduates of such educational facility or provides graduate medical education; (11) "Municipality" means any county, metropolitan government or incorporated city or town in this state located in a county having a population of not less than ninety-one thousand eight hundred (91,800), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census; (12) "Project" means any facilities or group of facilities to be used for a medical school, dental school, biomedical research, graduate medical education, nursing degree programs, or allied health profession degree programs; and also includes, but is not limited to, roads, streets, utility services, such as water, sanitary sewer, electricity, gas and natural gas, and telecommunications that are constructed, leased, equipped, renovated or acquired as a supporting system or facility for any of the purposes set forth in this chapter; provided, that any such supporting system or facility is dedicated for public use and further provided that there is no medical education program granting the same degree as the proposed project in the same county at the time of issuance of any debt; (13) "Revenues" of a project means all revenues derived from and on account of a project, directly or indirectly, and any revenues paid, contributed or pledged to an authority by the state or a municipality pursuant to law, agreement or otherwise; (14) "State" means the state of Tennessee and, unless otherwise indicated by the context, any agency, authority, branch, bureau, commission, corporation, department or instrumentality of the state, now or hereafter existing; and (15) "THEC" means the Tennessee higher education commission. Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Authority" or "medical school authority" means any public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter;
(2) "Bio-medical research facility" means a facility that engages in the study of biological processes and diseases with the ultimate goal of developing effective treatments and cures;
(3) "Bonds" or "revenue bonds" means bonds, notes, interim certificates or other obligations of an authority issued pursuant to this chapter, or pursuant to any other law, as supplemented by, or in conjunction with, this chapter;
(4) "Cost," as applied to any project, means and includes the cost of acquisition or construction, the cost of labor, materials, and equipment, the cost of all lands, property rights, easements and franchises required; financing charges, interest and debt service prior to and during construction and up to one (1) year thereafter; costs of plans and specifications, services and estimates of costs and of revenues; costs of engineering and legal services; all expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such acquisitions or constructions; and administrative, legal and engineering expenses and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition or construction or the financing authorized in this chapter;
(5) "Dental school" means an educational facility created and operated as part of a program that grants the degree of doctor of dental surgery or doctor of dental medicine to the graduates of such educational facility;
(6) "Governing body" means the body in which the general legislative powers of a municipality are vested, and in the case of counties means the legislative body of any county;
(7) "Graduate medical education" means the period of didactic and clinical education in a medical specialty or subspecialty which follows the completion of a recognized undergraduate medical education and which prepares physicians for the independent practice of medicine in that specialty or subspecialty, also referred to as residency education;
(8) "Lessee" means a private nonprofit or public educational institution, which provides a medical education program;
(9) "Medical education program" means a program of study that is a biomedical research program, dental program, nursing program, medical program, including graduate medical education, or allied health program;
(10) "Medical school" means an educational facility created and operated as part of a program that grants the degree of doctor of medicine to the graduates of such educational facility or provides graduate medical education;
(11) "Municipality" means any county, metropolitan government or incorporated city or town in this state located in a county having a population of not less than ninety-one thousand eight hundred (91,800), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census;
(12) "Project" means any facilities or group of facilities to be used for a medical school, dental school, biomedical research, graduate medical education, nursing degree programs, or allied health profession degree programs; and also includes, but is not limited to, roads, streets, utility services, such as water, sanitary sewer, electricity, gas and natural gas, and telecommunications that are constructed, leased, equipped, renovated or acquired as a supporting system or facility for any of the purposes set forth in this chapter; provided, that any such supporting system or facility is dedicated for public use and further provided that there is no medical education program granting the same degree as the proposed project in the same county at the time of issuance of any debt;
(13) "Revenues" of a project means all revenues derived from and on account of a project, directly or indirectly, and any revenues paid, contributed or pledged to an authority by the state or a municipality pursuant to law, agreement or otherwise;
(14) "State" means the state of Tennessee and, unless otherwise indicated by the context, any agency, authority, branch, bureau, commission, corporation, department or instrumentality of the state, now or hereafter existing; and
(15) "THEC" means the Tennessee higher education commission.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-83-102 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 83 / Section 7-83-102
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 211, s 6, eff. 7/1/2013. Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 4, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 3708.49 (Williams, § 3708.52); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2702.
Repealed by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 211, s 6, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 4, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 3708.49 (Williams, § 3708.52); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2702.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-63-203 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 63 / Section 7-63-203
Refusal to sign agreement to appear in court - Arrest
Status: in_force

In the event the offender refuses to sign the ordinance summons agreement to appear in court, the municipal enforcement officer in whose presence the violation is committed may have a summons issued by the clerk of the municipal, metropolitan, or city court, or the municipal enforcement officer may seek the assistance of a police or peace officer to witness the violation, who may issue a citation in lieu of arrest for the violation or make arrest for failure to sign the citation in lieu of arrest, as provided in § 7-63-104 . Acts 1986, ch. 832, § 4.
In the event the offender refuses to sign the ordinance summons agreement to appear in court, the municipal enforcement officer in whose presence the violation is committed may have a summons issued by the clerk of the municipal, metropolitan, or city court, or the municipal enforcement officer may seek the assistance of a police or peace officer to witness the violation, who may issue a citation in lieu of arrest for the violation or make arrest for failure to sign the citation in lieu of arrest, as provided in § 7-63-104 .
Acts 1986, ch. 832, § 4.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-60-216 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 60 / Section 7-60-216
Energy conservation
Status: in_force

(a) When loans are made for the purchase of new houses, such preference in making loans as may be determined by the governing body of the county shall go to those houses incorporating energy-conserving design, construction or other energy-saving features, including solar heating or solar water heating. With houses incorporating such design, construction, or features, the amount of permissible loan may be increased to cover any extra cost such elements represent over the cost of a similar house without such elements. (b) When loans are made for the purchase of older houses, such preference in making loans as may be determined by the governing body of the county shall go to those houses incorporating energy-conserving design, construction, or other energy-saving features, including solar heating or solar water heating. With houses incorporating such design, construction, or features, the amount of permissible loan may be increased to cover any extra costs such elements represent over the cost of a similar house without such elements. (c) A reasonable percentage of new houses financed through this chapter shall be equipped with solar water heating units to supply all or substantially all of the heated water requirement of that household, the determination of the governing body of the county with respect to the reasonableness of such percentage to be conclusive. The applicable amount of mortgage money available to a person through this chapter shall be increased by an amount necessary to cover any added costs of such heater. Each county acting under this chapter shall determine the percentage of houses to be so equipped. Acts 1979, ch. 439, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-4419; Acts 1981, ch. 504, § 29.
(a) When loans are made for the purchase of new houses, such preference in making loans as may be determined by the governing body of the county shall go to those houses incorporating energy-conserving design, construction or other energy-saving features, including solar heating or solar water heating. With houses incorporating such design, construction, or features, the amount of permissible loan may be increased to cover any extra cost such elements represent over the cost of a similar house without such elements.
(b) When loans are made for the purchase of older houses, such preference in making loans as may be determined by the governing body of the county shall go to those houses incorporating energy-conserving design, construction, or other energy-saving features, including solar heating or solar water heating. With houses incorporating such design, construction, or features, the amount of permissible loan may be increased to cover any extra costs such elements represent over the cost of a similar house without such elements.
(c) A reasonable percentage of new houses financed through this chapter shall be equipped with solar water heating units to supply all or substantially all of the heated water requirement of that household, the determination of the governing body of the county with respect to the reasonableness of such percentage to be conclusive. The applicable amount of mortgage money available to a person through this chapter shall be increased by an amount necessary to cover any added costs of such heater. Each county acting under this chapter shall determine the percentage of houses to be so equipped.
Acts 1979, ch. 439, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-4419; Acts 1981, ch. 504, § 29.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-52-408 — TN Code / Title 7 / Chapter 52 / Section 7-52-408
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 204, s 1, eff. 4/23/2013. Acts 2005, ch. 413, § 2; 2007 , ch. 164, § 2.
Repealed by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 204, s 1, eff. 4/23/2013.
Acts 2005, ch. 413, § 2; 2007 , ch. 164, § 2.