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TN Code § 7-82-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 6 - Multi-County Districts|§ 7-82-605. Filing and Publication of Order Creating District

 A certified copy of the order creating such district shall be filed with the county clerk of each of the counties included in whole or in part in such district and shall be entered of record. A copy of such order shall also be published in each of the counties situated in whole or in part within such district in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in such county, or if there is no such newspaper in any such county, a copy of the order shall be posted in five (5) conspicuous public places within such county. A certified copy of such order shall also be filed with the secretary of state. Upon such filing and publication or posting, the incorporation of such district shall be complete.
TN Code § 7-82-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 6 - Multi-County Districts|§ 7-82-606. Appeals From Order Creating District

 Appeals from an order creating such a district may be prayed as provided in this chapter to the circuit court of any county included in whole or in part in such district.
TN Code § 7-82-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 6 - Multi-County Districts|§ 7-82-607. Vacancies in Board

  Except as provided in subsection (b), the office of any commissioner, other than a commissioner at large, shall become vacant if the incumbent ceases to reside in or be a district customer in the county from which the commissioner was elected.   In any county having a population of not less than twenty-seven thousand nine hundred (27,900) nor more than twenty-seven thousand nine hundred twenty (27,920), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the office of any commissioner, other than a commissioner at large, shall become vacant if the incumbent ceases to reside in the county from which the incumbent was elected.
TN Code § 7-82-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 6 - Multi-County Districts|§ 7-82-608. Financial Statements

 Statements published pursuant to § 7-82-401 shall be published in each of the counties situated in whole or in part in such district in a newspaper having general circulation in the counties.
TN Code § 7-82-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 6 - Multi-County Districts|§ 7-82-609. Part Not Retroactive

 It is expressly the legislative intent that nothing in this part shall be construed to be retroactive, and that the terms and conditions of such sections shall in no wise affect or abridge the rights, powers, privileges and duties of utility districts existing on March 21, 1955.
TN Code § 7-82-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 7 - Utility Management Review Board|§ 7-82-701. Created — Authority — Composition — Terms — Chair

  There is hereby created in the office of comptroller of the treasury a utility management review board for the purpose of advising utility district boards of commissioners in the area of utility management. The utility management review board created by this section is vested with authority over all utility districts established pursuant to this chapter or by any public or private act.   The board shall be composed of nine (9) members as follows:  The commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's designee;   The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, who shall serve as chair; and   Seven (7) members appointed by the governor, three (3) of whom shall be experienced utility district managers, three (3) of whom shall be experienced utility district commissioners and one (1) of whom shall be a consumer residing in the state who may have experience in residential development but is not engaged in utility district management or operation. The consumer member shall be appointed for a four-year term of office at the expiration of the term of office of a utility district manager first occurring after June 11, 2009.     The governor shall consult with the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts (TAUD) as to qualified individuals to be appointed to the board.   Members shall be appointed to four-year terms; provided, that the initial appointments shall be for terms, not to exceed four (4) years, as shall be necessary so that the terms of no more than two (2) members of the board shall end in any one (1) year.   [Deleted by 2015 amendment.]
TN Code § 7-82-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 7 - Utility Management Review Board|§ 7-82-703. Financially Distressed Utility Districts — Audited Annual Financial Reports — Adoption of Prescribed Rate Structures

  The comptroller of the treasury shall cause to be filed with the board a copy of the audited annual financial report of a financially distressed utility district prepared pursuant to § 7-82-401 within sixty (60) days from the date that the audit is filed with the comptroller of the treasury.   After reviewing the audited annual financial report and operations of the financially distressed utility district, and after holding a public hearing within the service area of such utility district, the board may prescribe a rate structure to be adopted by the financially distressed utility district to cause such utility district to eliminate negative changes in net position, to liquidate in an orderly fashion any deficit total net position or to cure a default on any indebtedness of the district, or any combination of these.   In the event the board of commissioners of the financially distressed utility district fails to adopt the prescribed rate structure, the utility management review board shall petition the chancery court in a jurisdiction in which the utility 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 utility district to be operated in accordance with state law.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, nothing in this section shall preclude a public utility district from operating water and sewer systems as individual or combined entities.
TN Code § 7-82-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 7 - Utility Management Review Board|§ 7-82-705. Reports — Amendments to Chapter

 The board shall report annually to the governor and the general assembly on the activities of the board for the preceding year. The board shall receive and consider from any source whatever, whether private or governmental, suggestions for amendments to this chapter, and, on the basis of the suggestions, shall either recommend amendments under § 7-82-702(10) or shall report to the suggesting party, in writing, its reasons for not recommending such proposed amendment.
TN Code § 7-82-706 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 7 - Utility Management Review Board|§ 7-82-706. Legislative Intent

 In carrying out this part, the board shall be deemed to be acting for the public welfare and in furtherance of the general assembly's intent that utility districts be operated as self-sufficient enterprises.
TN Code § 7-82-709 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 7 - Utility Management Review Board|§ 7-82-709. Authority of Board to Investigate Compliance With Federal and State Law

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the utility management review board has the authority to investigate utility districts under its jurisdiction pursuant to § 7-82-701(a), and may include the assistance of the department of environment and conservation and the comptroller of the treasury; determine the financial, technical, and managerial capacity of the systems to comply with the requirements of any applicable federal and state acts; and require systems to take appropriate action to correct any deficiencies in such areas, including, but not limited to, changes in ownership, management, accounting, rates, maintenance, consolidation, alternative water supply, or other procedures.   The utility management review board shall have the authority to investigate public water systems of utility districts whose water loss as reported in the utility district's annual audit is excessive as established by rules determined by the board. In the event a utility district fails to take the appropriate actions required by the board to reduce water loss to an acceptable level, the utility management review board may petition the chancery court in a jurisdiction in which the utility district is operating to require the utility district to take such actions.
TN Code § 7-82-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 8 - Utility District Purchasing Procedures|§ 7-82-801. Purchasing Policy

 The board of commissioners of each utility district, whether created pursuant to this chapter or any public or private act by the general assembly, shall adopt a policy governing all purchases, leases, and lease-purchase agreements of the district, which shall contain the following provisions:   Provisions requiring competitive bidding in appropriate circumstances;   Provisions establishing appropriate competitive bidding procedures, which procedures need not require public advertisement for bids; provided, that a vendor list shall be developed by the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts (TAUD), and bids for capital expenditures or purchases in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) not otherwise excepted from competitive bidding requirements shall be solicited from vendors on such list if public advertisement is not used, or, in the alternative, each utility district may develop and maintain its own vendor list according to procedures established by the district, so long as the district publicly advertises for additions to the list at least annually in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation in the grand division in which the district has its principal office;   Provisions establishing appropriate exceptions to the competitive bidding requirement, including, but not limited to, establishing dollar purchase amounts for individual items or groups of items below which competitive bidding shall not be required; contracts to provide a continuous work force through independent contractors for maintenance, installation and repair of system facilities or items sold at retail by the district; purchase of goods or services for which there is a single source of supply; purchases or leases for immediate delivery in actual emergencies arising from unforeseen causes; purchases, leases, or lease-purchases of real property; purchases, leases or lease-purchases from any federal, state or local government unit or agency; purchases in the open market, including fuel and fuel product purchases; and purchases of items for resale;   Provisions establishing procedures for open-market purchases; and   Provisions establishing procedures for documentation of compliance with purchasing procedures, whether competitive, negotiated or open-market purchases.
TN Code § 7-82-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 8 - Utility District Purchasing Procedures|§ 7-82-802. Implementation of Policy

 The purchasing policy shall be adopted by the board of commissioners of the district, and upon adoption shall be implemented and adhered to by the district. The policy shall provide for uniform procedures for the same or substantially similar purchases and shall be applied on a consistent basis to all purchases of the district.
TN Code § 7-82-803 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 8 - Utility District Purchasing Procedures|§ 7-82-803. Purchases Not Required to Be Addressed in a Utility District Purchasing Policy

 Purchases of the following shall not be required to be included in any utility district policy:   Purchases made under § 12-3-1201;   Purchases from instrumentalities created by two (2) or more cooperative governments, such as, but not limited to, the Local Government Data Processing Corporation;   Purchases from nonprofit corporations, such as, but not limited to, the Local Government Data Processing Corporation, whose purpose or one (1) of whose purposes is to provide goods or services specifically to various forms of local governments, including utility districts;   Purchases, leases, or lease-purchases of real property; and   Purchases, leases, or lease-purchases from any federal, state, or local government.
TN Code § 7-82-804 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 82 - Utility District Law of 1937|Part 8 - Utility District Purchasing Procedures|§ 7-82-804. Legislative Intent

 It is the specific intent of the general assembly that this part shall facilitate and encourage fiscal internal controls of each utility district and in no way interfere with existing sound and prudent business practices as may be practiced by the board of commissioners of any utility district. Questions of the appropriateness or adequacy of any utility district purchasing policy shall be submitted in writing to the utility management review board pursuant to § 7-82-702(7).
TN Code § 7-84-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-84-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971.”
TN Code § 7-84-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-84-102. Purpose

 It is hereby determined and declared that the deterioration of the central business districts of some cities and towns of the state by reason of dilapidation, obsolescence, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, deleterious land use, obsolete layout, or any combination of these or other factors, is a threat to the property tax and other revenue sources of such municipalities and is detrimental to the safety, health, morals, and general and economic welfare of the communities in which they are located; that the elimination of urban blight and decay and the modernization and general improvement of such central business districts by governmental action is considered necessary to promote the public health, safety and welfare of such communities; and that restoration of such central business districts is an appropriate subject for remedial legislation.
TN Code § 7-84-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-84-103. Definitions — Parts 1-4

 As used in parts 1-4 of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Assessed value” means value as assessed for municipal property tax purposes;   “Board” means the board of assessment commissioners;   “District” means the central business district created by ordinance or resolution by a municipality, or a corridor of central business districts created by joint agreement of two (2) or more municipalities;   “Governing body” means the council or commission or other municipal body exercising general legislative power in the municipality or any county legislative body;   “Municipality” means any incorporated city, town, metropolitan government, or county of this state exercising general governmental functions in the state;   “Owner” means record owner in fee; and   “Plan” or “plan of improvement” means the detailed design plan of all proposed improvements in the district, including all such engineering studies, blueprints, architects' renderings, photographs, diagrams, maps, schematics, specifications, and drawings as may be required or desired to fully effectuate the construction of improvements and the purchase of equipment or other items.
TN Code § 7-84-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-84-104. Housing Authority Proceedings Not Affected — District May Be Part of Urban Renewal Area

 This chapter shall not affect any proceedings under title 13, chapter 20, parts 1-3, and all or any part of the area within the boundaries of a central business improvement district may be part of any urban renewal area created pursuant to such provisions or other laws.
TN Code § 7-84-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-84-105. Supplemental Nature of Provisions — Scope of Authority — Amendments

  Parts 1-4 of this chapter are intended to afford an alternative method for the making or acquisition of improvements by a municipality, the creation of special improvement districts for central business districts of the various municipalities, the levy of assessments and the issuance of bonds by municipalities, and shall not be so construed as to deprive any municipality of the right to make or acquire improvements, create special improvement districts, levy the assessments or other special taxes or issue bonds under authority of any other law of this state now in effect or hereafter enacted, including part 5 of this chapter. Nevertheless, parts 1-4 of this chapter shall constitute full authority for the making or acquisition of improvements, creation of central business improvement districts, levy of assessments and issuance of bonds under title 9, chapter 21, to the extent applicable, by such municipalities as act under parts 1-4 of this chapter.   No act hereafter passed by the general assembly amending other acts relating to the same subject matter as covered by parts 1-4 of this chapter shall be construed to affect the authority to proceed under parts 1-4 of this chapter in the manner provided in parts 1-4 of this chapter, unless such future act amends parts 1-4 of this chapter and specifically provides that it is to be applicable to proceedings taken and to bonds issued under parts 1-4 of this chapter.
TN Code § 7-84-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-84-106. Control and Jurisdiction Over Property

 Nothing in this chapter shall affect or impair the control and jurisdiction that a municipality has over all property within its boundaries. The powers and authority granted by this chapter shall be in addition to any and all other powers and authority now residing with, or hereafter granted to, municipalities in the state, and all powers granted in this chapter shall be subject to the general control and jurisdiction of such municipalities.
TN Code § 7-84-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-84-107. Liberal Construction

 This chapter, being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
TN Code § 7-84-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-84-108. Effect of Other Laws

 In the event of conflict between this chapter and any other laws or parts of laws governing the statutes of Tennessee, this chapter shall govern.
TN Code § 7-84-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 2 - Creation|§ 7-84-201. Authorized

 The governing body of any municipality of the state is hereby authorized to create by ordinance one (1) or more central business improvement districts in the manner provided in this part.
TN Code § 7-84-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 84 - Central Business Improvement District Act of 1971|Part 2 - Creation|§ 7-84-202. Organization — Procedure — Contents of Petition or Resolution

 The organization of such a district shall be initiated in either of two (2) methods:    By a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the municipality signed by not less than a majority in number 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 such 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 petition shall set forth:   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, “Central Business Improvement District”;   A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to be included in the district, identified with sufficient certainty to enable a property owner to determine whether or not such property owner's property is within the district;   A general description of the improvements to be constructed, installed or acquired within and for the district;   The estimated cost of the proposed improvements; and   A prayer for the organization of the district; or       The governing body of a municipality may initiate the organization of a central business improvement district by adoption of a resolution containing the matters prescribed in subdivision (1)(D) for a petition.