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TN Code § 6-54-142 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-54-142. Contracts and Agreements of Economic and Community Development Program as Public Record

  Except as otherwise provided in this section, any contract or agreement, together with all supporting records and documentation, that obligates public funds as part of a municipality's economic and community development program to assist new and existing businesses and industries in locating or expanding in the municipality is a public record subject to title 10, chapter 7, part 5, and open for public inspection as of the date such contract or agreement is made available to members of the governing body. A governing body shall publicly disclose the proposed contract or agreement in a manner that would adequately notify and fairly inform the public of the proposed contract or agreement before voting on the proposal.   This section does not apply to trade secrets received or maintained by a municipality. All such trade secrets are confidential.   This section does not apply to company documents or records containing marketing information or capital plans that are provided to a municipality with the understanding that they are confidential. Any such document or record is confidential until such time as the provider thereof no longer requires its confidentiality.   As used in this section:  “Capital plans” means plans, feasibility studies, and similar research and information that will contribute to the identification of future business sites and capital investments;   “Marketing information” means marketing studies, marketing analyses, and similar research and information designed to identify potential customers and business relationships; and   “Trade secrets” means manufacturing processes, materials used in manufacturing processes, and costs associated with the manufacturing process of a person or company submitting information to a municipality relating to an opportunity to contract with the municipality.
TN Code § 6-54-143 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-54-143. Attendance of Meetings by Service Members Through Use of Two-Way Electronic Audio-Video Communication

  By passage of an ordinance, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, a municipal legislative body may allow a service member who is deployed for thirteen (13) months or less while serving as a member of the municipal legislative body to attend sessions of the body through the use of two-way electronic audio-video communication during the deployment. Attendance by the use of two-way electronic audio-video communication does not prevent the service member from being allowed to vote or drawing pay for attendance. Only one (1) service member at a time may attend and vote in sessions of the body as provided in this subsection (a).   As used in this section, “service member” means a member of the following:  The active and reserve components of the army, navy, air force, marine corps, or coast guard of the United States;   The United States merchant marine;   The commissioned corps of the United States public health service;   The commissioned corps of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration of the United States; or   The national guard of this state.
TN Code § 6-54-144 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-54-144. Ordinance Prohibiting or Restricting Display of Flag Prohibited — Ordinance Regulating Manner or Placement of Flag

  As used in this section, “municipality” means any incorporated town, city, or metropolitan government.   Except as provided in subsection (c), a municipality shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance that prohibits or restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting, a property owner from displaying a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on the property owner's property.   A municipality may adopt and enforce an ordinance that reasonably regulates the manner and placement of the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces only when necessary to promote public health and safety.
TN Code § 6-54-146 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-54-146. Prohibited Regulation of Business of Person Under 18 Years of Age

  As used in this section:  “Business” means any enterprise carried on for the purpose of gain or economic profit; and   “Gross receipts”:  Means all receipts from whatever sources derived before any deductions; and   Does not include tips, gratuities, or other amounts customarily assumed to be intended for the person who has served the customer or client.       Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipality shall not require a license, permit, or any other form of regulation for a business that:  Is operated solely by a person or persons under eighteen (18) years of age;   Is located on private property with the permission of the property owner; and   Generates gross receipts of three thousand dollars ($3,000) or less in a calendar year.
TN Code § 6-54-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 2 - Advertising|§ 6-54-201. Municipal Advertising Authorized — Special Tax

  Advertising the commercial, social, agricultural, industrial, scenic, recreational, historical, educational, and other advantages, the points of interest and attractions within the various municipalities, and tourist promotion generally are declared to be a municipal purpose.  Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1), the official governing body of each municipality is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to appropriate from the general funds of such municipality a sum of money not to exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) per annum for the purpose of advertising the commercial, social, agricultural, industrial, scenic, historical, educational, and other advantages, the points of interest and attractions therein for tourist promotion; provided, that a municipality and county that have consolidated under the metropolitan form of government, or where a municipality and county government have entered into a contractual agreement, the total appropriation may be a sum of money not to exceed sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) per annum. Notwithstanding this subdivision (a)(1), the official governing body of a city whose primary industry is tourism is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to appropriate from the general funds and/or hotel/motel tax fund of such municipality whatever funds its governing body deems necessary to conduct tourist promotion.   Upon the adoption of an ordinance by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of any municipality located in any county having a population of not less than one hundred thirty-four thousand seven hundred (134,700) nor more than one hundred thirty-four thousand eight hundred (134,800), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the official governing body of the municipality is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to appropriate from the general funds and/or hotel/motel tax fund of the municipality whatever funds its governing body deems necessary to conduct tourist promotion.     The governing body of any municipal corporation is empowered to levy annually a special tax not to exceed two cents (2¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of the annual tax aggregate, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a fund for advertising the commercial, social, agricultural, industrial, scenic, historical, and educational advantages of the municipal corporation's community, and any points of interest and attraction, and for such other purposes as the bodies mentioned in this subsection (b), in their discretion, believe will increase the population, value of taxable property, and the general business prospects and the general welfare of their respective municipal corporations.
TN Code § 6-54-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 2 - Advertising|§ 6-54-202. Expenditure of Advertising Funds

 The funds provided for in § 6-54-201(b) shall be used and expended under the direction and control of the governing body of the municipal corporation or through such agency or agencies as they shall prescribe, and under such rules and regulations as the governing body of the municipal corporation deems proper.
TN Code § 6-54-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 2 - Advertising|§ 6-54-203. Election on Advertising Tax

  Should the governing body of any municipal corporation fail to levy such tax at the regular tax levy then, upon a petition containing the signatures of not less than five percent (5%) of the registered voters of the municipal corporation being presented to the governing body, such governing body shall call an election to be held at the next regular municipal election, at which time it shall be determined by a majority vote whether or not such tax shall be levied and collected to be used for any one (1) or more of such purposes.   The ballots used at the election shall be the ballots used in the next and regular municipal election; the election shall be held to determine the will of the voters as to whether the tax shall be levied, collected and used as mentioned in subsection (a). The election shall be held and conducted and notice given as other elections are now required by law to be held and notice thereof given.   The ballots used at the election shall contain, in substance, these words:”  For Advertising Tax Levy of  cents   Against Advertising Tax Levy of  cents   and the voters shall signify their will by putting an X mark opposite “For Advertising Tax Levy of  cents” or “Against Advertising Tax Levy of  cents.    At such election every voter qualified to vote in the regular municipal election shall be entitled to vote.   A majority vote of the votes cast “For Advertising Tax Levy of  cents” and “Against Advertising Tax Levy of  cents” shall determine the will of the voters. After the election has been held and the vote determined, the governing body of the municipal corporation where the election was held shall carry out the will of the voters.
TN Code § 6-54-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 2 - Advertising|§ 6-54-204. Confidential Records of City Whose Primary Industry Is Tourism

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, records held by a city whose primary industry is tourism that address a specific amount of money expended in a given market for digital or traditional media or that address the specific detail of targeted audiences identified for marketing purposes may be treated as confidential and not subject to the open records law, compiled in title 10, chapter 7. Nothing in this section shall prevent public disclosure of aggregate expenditure amounts for marketing activities at any time.
TN Code § 6-54-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 3 - Police Authority and Penalties for Violations|§ 6-54-301. Extension of Police Authority Beyond Limits

 The police authority of all incorporated towns and cities shall extend to a distance of one (1) mile from the lawful corporate limits thereof, for the suppression of all disorderly acts and practices forbidden by the general laws of the state; provided, that such jurisdiction of an incorporated town or city shall not be hereby extended beyond the limits of the county in which any part of such town is situated, or so as to come within one (1) mile of any other incorporated town or city.
TN Code § 6-54-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 3 - Police Authority and Penalties for Violations|§ 6-54-302. Service of Warrants Outside City

 Any duly and regularly appointed police officer of a municipality having a duly constituted city or municipal court has the authority to serve warrants for the arrest of persons for municipal offenses committed within the municipal limits, at any point within the county wherein the municipality is located.
TN Code § 6-54-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 3 - Police Authority and Penalties for Violations|§ 6-54-303. Execution on Municipal Court Judgments

  In all municipal courts where the judge has entered a judgment for fines and costs, and same remain unpaid for thirty (30) days thereafter, the court is authorized by and through its clerk to issue execution thereon from the court in the same manner and methods as prescribed in title 26, Chapters 1 3, and the clerks shall assess the same fees and costs as allowable to clerks of general sessions court.   For purpose of service of a levy of execution or execution by garnishment, the police officers of the municipality are empowered to serve the same anywhere in the county.    Code 1858, § 1379 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 17, § 3); Shan., § 1968; mod. Code 1932, § 3375; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-616; Acts 1983, ch. 327, § 1.   Law Reviews.   Selected Tennessee Legislation of 1983 (N. L. Resener, J. A. Whitson, K. J. Miller), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 785 (1983).
TN Code § 6-54-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 3 - Police Authority and Penalties for Violations|§ 6-54-304. Disposition of Fines and Costs

  The procedure set out in § 6-54-303 shall likewise apply to judgments for fines and costs of municipal courts exercising concurrent jurisdiction with general sessions courts.    Upon collection of state fines and costs, the clerk shall remit those portions due the county and state as though paid by the defendant before levy or execution.   Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1), in any county having a population of not less than seventy-four thousand five hundred (74,500) nor more than seventy-four thousand six hundred (74,600), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and in any county having a population of not less than forty-nine thousand four hundred (49,400) and not more than forty-nine thousand five hundred (49,500), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the clerk of a municipal court shall, upon collection of state fines and costs, remit such fines and costs to the municipality for which the municipal court was created as though paid by the defendant before levy or execution.
TN Code § 6-54-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 3 - Police Authority and Penalties for Violations|§ 6-54-305. Collection of Fines for Nonmoving Traffic Violations — Service by Mail

 Any municipality or metropolitan government having a city or metropolitan court is empowered to permit by ordinance service of process through the use of registered mail or certified mail, addressee only, return receipt requested, in lieu of personal service of process in an action of debt involving nonpayment of any ticket or citation issued for any nonmoving traffic violation. This section shall only apply to municipalities having a population of thirty-two thousand (32,000) or more, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 6-54-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 3 - Police Authority and Penalties for Violations|§ 6-54-306. Penalty for Violation of Home Rule Municipal Ordinances

  All home rule municipalities are empowered to set maximum penalties of thirty (30) days imprisonment or monetary penalties and forfeitures, or both imprisonment and monetary penalties and forfeitures, up to five hundred dollars ($500), or both, to cover administrative expenses incident to correction of municipal violations.   Notwithstanding the limitations on recovery of administrative costs imposed in subsection (a), if a home rule municipality has adopted an ordinance to prohibit false threats or hoaxes involving biological weapons, destructive devices, or weapons of mass destruction, then the municipality may recover actual administrative expenses incurred as a result of any such prohibited threat or hoax.
TN Code § 6-54-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 3 - Police Authority and Penalties for Violations|§ 6-54-307. Mutual Aid Agreements

   Incorporated cities and towns are authorized to enter into contracts and mutual aid agreements with other incorporated cities and towns, counties, and metropolitan airport authorities that provide law enforcement service within the state and with those of any other states or with any agency of the United States to the extent that the laws of such other state or the United States permit such joint contracts or agreements to furnish one another assistance in law enforcement.   Incorporated cities and towns may also enter into contracts with an organization of residents and property owners of an unincorporated community for the purpose of providing law enforcement assistance to such unincorporated community.   Contracts or mutual aid agreements entered into pursuant to this section by an incorporated city or town shall, in the judgment of the city's or town's governing body, be advantageous to and serve the public interest of the city or town.     In authorizing or permitting its law enforcement officers to answer calls outside the corporate limits as authorized in this section, and in answering such calls, the city or town and its officers and employees shall be considered as acting in a governmental capacity.   Any officer, or employee of a police department of an incorporated city or town, while engaged in any duty or activity in connection with this section or pursuant to orders or instructions from such person's officers or superiors, shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, exemptions and immunities as if such duty or activity were performed within the corporate limits of the incorporated city or town by which such person is employed.
TN Code § 6-54-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 3 - Police Authority and Penalties for Violations|§ 6-54-308. Penalty for Violation of Nonhome Rule Municipal Ordinances

  Except as provided in § 6-54-306 for home rule municipalities, the legislative body of any other municipality may establish a monetary penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation of an ordinance of such municipality.   The authority for increased monetary penalties for ordinance violations provided by this section does not apply to ordinances regulating all moving traffic violations.
TN Code § 6-54-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 4 - Public Morals|§ 6-54-401. Enforcement of Laws for Protection of Public Morals

 It is the duty of the mayors, commissioners, council members, aldermen, chiefs of police, recorders, municipal judges, marshals, and police officers of each municipal corporation, to faithfully maintain and enforce, within the corporate limits of their respective municipalities, the statute laws relating to lewdness, drunkenness, gaming, and the sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquors, by having arrested and arraigned for trial all persons violating such laws with their knowledge, and by taking such other proceedings against such violators as may be authorized and provided by the ordinances of such municipalities.
TN Code § 6-54-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 4 - Public Morals|§ 6-54-402. Failure to Enforce Laws

 The willful failure or neglect of any of such officials or police officers to perform the duties prescribed by § 6-54-401 is a Class C misdemeanor and the offender shall be dismissed from office.
TN Code § 6-54-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 4 - Public Morals|§ 6-54-403. Motion Picture Regulatory Board — Creation

 Any municipality in a county having a population of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the federal census of 1960 or any subsequent federal census, may by ordinance create and establish a regulatory board for the review and classification of commercial motion picture films, which board shall have the powers herein set forth. The number of members of such board and their terms of office shall be set forth in such ordinance.
TN Code § 6-54-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 4 - Public Morals|§ 6-54-404. Motion Picture Regulatory Board — Definition of “minor.”

 For the purpose of §§ 6-54-403 — 6-54-406 “minor” means any person under eighteen (18) years of age.
TN Code § 6-54-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 4 - Public Morals|§ 6-54-405. Motion Picture Regulatory Board — Powers

 The motion picture regulatory board may be empowered to classify commercial motion picture films prior to or after the commencement of their presentation to the public as to their suitability for viewing by minors, and to forbid the showing of commercial films to minors unless information on the film has been submitted to the board for classification of the film in accordance with reasonable or expeditious procedures, and the film has either been classified by the board as suitable for minors or has not been classified within a reasonable time after submission.
TN Code § 6-54-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 54 - Municipal Powers Generally|Part 4 - Public Morals|§ 6-54-406. Motion Picture Regulatory Board — Enforcement of Orders

  The municipality may enforce the lawful orders of the board by fine or other penalty within the power of the municipality to impose, and by obtaining an injunction in any circuit, chancery or criminal court of this state against the showing to minors of any motion picture film that has not been presented to the board for classification in accordance with such ordinance and such reasonable rules as the board may adopt, or that has been classified by the board, pursuant to its authorized procedures, as unsuitable for minors.   The circuit, chancery and criminal courts have jurisdiction to enjoin the presentation to minors of any motion picture film in violation of any ordinance adopted pursuant to §§ 6-54-403 — 6-54-406, or in violation of any lawful classification, regulation or order of any board established pursuant hereto.   In any suit for injunction to forbid the presentation to minors of a motion picture classified as not suitable for minors, the proceedings shall be in accordance with those set forth in § 39-17-908, and no municipality or board shall be required to file any injunction, cost or appeal bond.