reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
TN Code § 64-2-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 2 - Railroad Authorities|Part 4 - North Central Tennessee Railroad Authority|§ 64-2-407. Eminent Domain

  The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to condemn, in the name of the authority any land, easements or rights-of-way in the boundaries of the authority that, in the opinion of the board of directors, are necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this part. Title to property so condemned shall be taken by and in the name of the authority, and the property shall thereafter be entrusted to the authority for the purposes of this part. Such condemnation proceedings shall be in accordance with title 29, Chapters 1 6 and 17.   Where title to any property sought to be condemned is defective, it shall be passed by the judgment or decree of the court. Where condemnation proceedings become necessary, the court in which any such proceedings are filed shall, upon application by the authority and upon posting of a bond with the clerk of the court in such amount as the court may deem commensurate with the value of the property, order that a writ of possession shall issue immediately, or as soon and upon such terms as the court, in its discretion, may deem proper and just.
TN Code § 64-2-409 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 2 - Railroad Authorities|Part 4 - North Central Tennessee Railroad Authority|§ 64-2-409. Operating Revenues

  The revenues derived from the operation of the properties and facilities authorized and the proceeds derived from the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any land or other facilities shall be applied and used as follows:  The payment of all operating expenses of the authority, except that the proceeds derived from the sale, transfer or other disposition of any land or other facilities shall not be used for this purpose;   The establishment of necessary reserves for contingencies, depreciation, maintenance, replacement of properties and facilities, storage transfer facilities and any other facilities or other purposes as may be required under any bond indenture or as the authority directors may deem necessary or desirable. This subdivision (a)(2) shall not be construed to authorize the authority to exercise these provisions in a manner inconsistent with statutes, regulations or procedures governing such matters in county government; and   Any revenue or proceeds remaining after all the above items have been provided for shall be held and used for the further development of and for additions to the authority facilities and for the acquisition or construction of new facilities that may become necessary or desirable to further the purposes of this part. None of such revenue shall go into the general funds of the participating counties, except as may be directed by the authority directors.     Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the authority to administer these provisions in a manner inconsistent with statutes, regulations or procedures governing such transactions and activities carried out by county governments, and the authority shall assure that procedures and practices covered by this section conform with statutes, regulations and procedures to which county governments must adhere. All revenues shall be received, deposited and accounted for and all financial transactions shall be handled consistent with the requirements of statutes, regulations and procedures affecting county government.
TN Code § 64-2-410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 2 - Railroad Authorities|Part 4 - North Central Tennessee Railroad Authority|§ 64-2-410. Contracts

 All contracts of the authority shall be entered into and executed in such manner as may be prescribed by statutes, regulations and procedures governing contracting by county governments, but no contract or acquisition by purchase of equipment, apparatus, materials or supplies involving more than five hundred dollars ($500) or for construction, installation, repair or improvement of the property or facilities involving more than five hundred dollars ($500) shall be made except after such contract has been advertised for bids. Advertisement is not required when an emergency arises and requires immediate delivery of the supplies or performance of the service.
TN Code § 64-2-411 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 2 - Railroad Authorities|Part 4 - North Central Tennessee Railroad Authority|§ 64-2-411. Annual Report

  The board of directors of the authority shall report annually to the governing bodies of the various counties and cities within the boundaries of the authority.   Such reports shall include statements of financial receipts and expenditures and a summary of activities and accomplishments for the period and proposed plans for the next year and for subsequent years.
TN Code § 64-2-412 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 2 - Railroad Authorities|Part 4 - North Central Tennessee Railroad Authority|§ 64-2-412. Audit of Operations

  The board of directors of the authority shall cause an annual audit to be made of the books and records of the authority. Within thirty (30) days after receipt by the authority, a copy of the annual audit shall be filed with the clerk or recorder of the appropriate county or municipality, who shall then distribute copies to members of the appropriate legislative body. Within thirty (30) days after receipt by the authority, a copy of the annual audit shall also be filed with the chief administrative officer of the appropriate county or municipality. The comptroller of the treasury, through the department of audit, shall be responsible for determining that such audits are prepared in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards and that such audits meet the minimum standards prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury.   These audits shall be prepared by certified public accountants or by the department of audit. If the board of directors of the authority shall fail or refuse to have the audit prepared, then the comptroller of the treasury may appoint a certified public accountant or direct the department of audit to prepare the audit, the cost of such audit to be paid by the authority.   The comptroller of the treasury is authorized to modify the requirements for an audit as set out in this section for the authority whose activity, in the comptroller of the treasury's judgment, is not sufficient to justify the expenses of a complete audit.
TN Code § 64-2-413 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 2 - Railroad Authorities|Part 4 - North Central Tennessee Railroad Authority|§ 64-2-413. Liberal Construction

  This part is remedial in nature and shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes of:  Promoting the movement and transfer of people, goods and merchandise to, from and through the boundaries of the authority;   Encouraging utilization of the natural resources therein; and   Promoting the growth and development of commerce and industry in the counties and cities.     Such liberal construction shall not work to override the application of the general statutes, regulations or procedures to the administrative or financial management practices of the authority in the same manner as they apply to county governments.
TN Code § 64-2-414 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 2 - Railroad Authorities|Part 4 - North Central Tennessee Railroad Authority|§ 64-2-414. Part Supplemental to Other Laws

 The powers, authority and rights conferred by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to, and the limitations imposed by this part shall not affect, the powers conferred by any other general, special or local law.
TN Code § 64-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 1 - Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee|§ 64-8-101. Creation

 There is hereby established a regional transportation authority in the counties of Davidson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Robertson, Cheatham, Maury, Dickson and Rutherford. In order for Davidson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Robertson, Cheatham, Maury, Dickson or Rutherford County or any city, town or metropolitan government located within one (1) of these counties to participate in the regional transportation authority, the local government must pay its yearly local assessment to the authority within the time frame established by the authority. A county or city, town or metropolitan government may opt out of participation by means of a notice to the authority that it is ceasing payment of its yearly assessment or the failure of any local government to pay its yearly assessment, after notice and within a time frame as established by the authority, shall result in a presumption of the authority that the local government's wishes to opt out of participation in the authority. Such presumption may be overcome by the local governments payment of current and past due assessments within a time frame established by the authority. The regional transportation authority shall be a body corporate and politic, shall be governed and managed as provided for in this chapter and shall have the powers and duties provided for by this chapter and other applicable provisions of the law.
TN Code § 64-8-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 1 - Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee|§ 64-8-102. Governing Board

   The authority shall be governed by a board consisting of:  The county mayor or metropolitan mayor of each county included within the authority;   The mayor of each town or city included in the authority;   The commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee; and   Six (6) persons residing in the included counties to be appointed by the governor. In making these appointments, the governor shall strive to appoint people who will reflect the composition and interest of the population of the service area of the authority.     The ex officio members shall serve during their terms of office and the appointed members shall be appointed to five-year terms and may be reappointed.   The appointed members shall be persons representative of and knowledgeable concerning mass transit operations or service.     The board shall elect a chair and such other officers as it may deem necessary.   The board shall meet at least annually and may meet at any time on the call of the chair or upon request of a majority of the membership.   Any ex officio member may designate a representative who shall be entitled to vote and fully participate in the actions of the board.   Actions of the board shall require a majority vote of a quorum of the board, such quorum being set by the authority's bylaws.   The board may establish through bylaws an executive committee and such procedures and rules for its operation as it may deem necessary. The executive committee may be empowered to perform as the administrative body of the board. The executive committee may be empowered by the board to act in its stead.   Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but appointed or designated members may receive reimbursement for necessary travel expenses from funds available to the authority.
TN Code § 64-8-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 1 - Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee|§ 64-8-103. Personnel

 The board may employ such personnel or contract for professional planning, engineering, management, operating and support services as it may deem necessary from funds available to it. The board may also utilize services or assistance from any included county or municipality, including the loan of personnel.
TN Code § 64-8-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 1 - Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee|§ 64-8-105. Funds

 The board may solicit, accept and expend grants, appropriations, contributions or other funds from any source, public or private, and maintain an accounting of such receipts and expenditures, subject to audit by the comptroller of the treasury.
TN Code § 64-8-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 1 - Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee|§ 64-8-106. Public Service or Assistance

 Any department or agency of the state or any county, municipality or metropolitan government included in the authority may, upon request of the board, provide any services or assistance to the board in preparing a plan or in organizing its operations.
TN Code § 64-8-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 2 - Alternative Provisions for Creation and Governance of Regional Transportation Authorities|§ 64-8-201. Purposes of Regional Transportation Authority

 The express purposes of the regional transportation authority are to improve mobility and expand multimodal transportation options for residents and visitors in Tennessee's large urban areas. The intent of the legislation is to respond to the growing need for regional approaches and solutions to managing traffic congestion and improving transportation options for residents, businesses and visitors in Tennessee's large urban areas. In an effort to ensure continued economic growth and prosperity and to encourage environmental sustainability, this part seeks to establish additional tools for local governments in those areas to work cooperatively to plan, finance, construct, operate, maintain and manage mass transit systems and related activities to include, but not be limited to, demand-response transit services, vanpool programs, rideshare programs, local bus services, regional bus services, bus rapid transit services, light rail transit services, commuter rail services, park-and-ride lots, transit oriented development nodes and all infrastructure that would be required to support or sustain these facilities or services and developments.
TN Code § 64-8-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 2 - Alternative Provisions for Creation and Governance of Regional Transportation Authorities|§ 64-8-202. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Authority” means a regional transportation authority created pursuant to this part or reconstituted pursuant to § 64-8-203(b);   “Board” means the board of directors of an authority;   “Creating municipality” means any metropolitan form of government, city, town or county that creates an authority pursuant to this part;   “Executive officer” means the mayor, county mayor or other chief executive officer of any creating municipality;   “Governing body” means the chief legislative body of any creating municipality;   “Mass transit system” means, without limitation, a combination of real and personal property, structures, improvements, buildings, terminals, parking facilities, equipment, plans, and rights-of-way, public rail and fixed guideway transportation facilities, rail or fixed guideway access to, from or between other transportation terminals, and commuter railroads and commuter rail facilities, or any combination thereof or addition thereto, used, directly or indirectly, useful or convenient for the purpose of public transportation by automobile, truck, bus, rapid transit vehicle, light rail or heavy rail;   “Metropolitan government” means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or town or cities or towns;   “Metropolitan planning organization” means the federally designated regional transportation planning agency established for urbanized areas of at least fifty thousand (50,000) people to develop a long-range regional transportation plan and short-range transportation improvement program;   “Regional transportation authority of Middle Tennessee” means the regional transportation authority created by part 1 of this chapter and composed of certain counties and the cities and towns contained in those counties, those counties being Davidson, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Robertson, Cheatham, Maury, Dickson and Rutherford;   “State” means the state of Tennessee;   “Transit adjacent development” means development near or next to a transit station that promotes or takes advantage of transit ridership but is not designed specifically around a transit station; and   “Transit oriented development” or “TOD” means, without limitation, land use development centrally located around a transit station, sometimes part of the station or where the station is a prominent feature of the development, that has a mixture of land uses in close proximity to one another, including office, residential, retail, public and civic uses, occurring at a relatively high density. TOD is designed to be walkable and easy to navigate by bicycles and other nonmotorized modes of transportation.
TN Code § 64-8-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 2 - Alternative Provisions for Creation and Governance of Regional Transportation Authorities|§ 64-8-203. Creation of a Regional Transportation Authority

   Except as provided in subsection (b), any metropolitan government of a population of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the most recent federal census, or any combination of local governments, including metropolitan governments, adjacent counties or municipalities in adjacent counties, having a combined population of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the most recent federal census, may create a regional transportation authority in the manner provided in this part.   The governing bodies of all creating municipalities for a proposed new regional transportation authority, upon a determination that there is a public purpose, a public and governmental function for the services a regional transportation authority may provide and that the public convenience and necessity requires the creation of a regional transportation authority, may adopt a joint resolution so declaring and creating an authority, which resolution shall designate the name and principal office address of the authority. A certified copy of the joint resolution bearing the signatures of each of the creating municipalities shall be filed with the secretary of state and with the commissioner of transportation; and upon adoption and filing, the authority shall constitute a body politic and corporate, with all the powers provided in this part.   Using the process described for creation in subdivision (a)(2), additional metropolitan governments, counties or municipalities may join an established regional transportation authority so long as such entity is part of a county that is adjacent to the existing boundaries of a regional transportation authority and accepted into the authority with at least a simple majority vote of acceptance by the board of the authority.     The regional transportation authority of Middle Tennessee shall continue to operate as a regional transportation authority under part 1 of this chapter, but may, by a simple majority vote of its governing board, assume and have the authority to exercise the powers, duties and functions of a regional transportation authority under this part in addition to powers authorized in part 1 of this chapter; provided, that the continued participation of each local government in the regional transportation authority of Middle Tennessee shall be ratified by a vote of its local legislative body. The vote shall take place within the timeframe established by the board of the authority, but not less than sixty (60) days from the date on which the vote is taken to assume the powers, duties and functions of a regional transportation authority under this part.
TN Code § 64-8-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 2 - Alternative Provisions for Creation and Governance of Regional Transportation Authorities|§ 64-8-204. Governing Board — Executive Committee — Adoption of Ethical Standards

   An authority shall be governed by a board consisting of the following representation:  The county mayor, county executive or metropolitan mayor or executive of each county included within the authority;   The mayor of each incorporated town or city included in the authority;   The commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee; and   One (1) person residing in each county of the authority to be appointed by the governor. In making such appointments, the governor shall appoint persons who are knowledgeable concerning mass transit and who reflect the composition and interest of the population of the county from which they are appointed.     The ex officio members of the board shall serve during their terms of office, and the appointed members of the board shall be appointed to five-year terms and may be reappointed.     The board shall elect a chair from its membership and such other officers as it may deem necessary.   The board shall meet at least annually, and special meetings may be called at any time by the chair or upon request of a majority of the membership, following the service of reasonable notice on all board members.   The commissioner of transportation or any ex officio member may have a designated alternate who shall be entitled to vote and fully participate in the actions of the board in the stead of the ex officio member. The authority in the bylaws shall establish the process, scope, tenure and procedure of designation of an alternate.   Actions of the board shall require a majority vote of a quorum of the board, such quorum being set by the authority's bylaws.   The board may establish through bylaws an executive committee and procedures and rules for its operation as it may deem necessary. The executive committee may be empowered to perform as the administrative body of the board. The executive committee may be empowered by the board to act in its stead.   Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but appointed members may receive reimbursement for necessary travel expenses from funds available to the authority.   The board may adopt ethical standards for all board members, officials and employees of the authority. If an ethical standard established by the board is more stringent than an ethical standard established by or pursuant to a law of general application, public law of local application, local option law or private act applicable to an individual board member, official or employee of the authority, then the more stringent standard adopted by the board shall control. Any violation of ethical standards pursuant to this subsection (h) may be enforced by the board in accordance with existing law in the same manner as is applicable to officials or employees of entities pursuant to title 8, chapter 17.
TN Code § 64-8-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 64 - Regional Authorities|Chapter 8 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Part 2 - Alternative Provisions for Creation and Governance of Regional Transportation Authorities|§ 64-8-205. Employment of Personnel or Contracting for Services

 The board may employ such personnel or contract for professional planning, engineering, management, operating, and support services as it may deem necessary from funds available to it. The board may also utilize services or assistance including the loan of personnel from any member county or municipality, public transit agency, metropolitan planning organization, rural planning organization, regional council of governments, development district or state agency or department.