Smart growth means different things to different people.
Tennessee's Growth Policy Law. In May 1998, the Tennessee General Assembly passed a far-reaching law affecting local governments' powers to plan, annex territory into a municipality, obtain tax revenues, and incorporate new cities. This law, commonly known as Public Chapter 1101, is now codified into state law. PC 1101 also contains provisions relating to how a municipality may annex new territory and how annexations affect tax revenues. Additionally, there are provisions in PC 1101 for the incorporation of new municipalities.