reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
TN Code § 7-35-416 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 35 - Sewers and Waterworks|Part 4 - Authority to Own and Operate System|§ 7-35-416. Service Contracts

 Any city or town operating a waterworks or sewerage system under this part is authorized and empowered to contract with one (1) or more other cities or towns or with corporations, firms, or individuals to furnish service by such works, and to collect charges for the service, and such other cities, towns, corporations, firms and individuals are authorized to enter into such contracts for such service, but only to the extent of the capacity of the works, without impairing the usefulness of the works to the owners. Cities or towns entering into contracts with owners of waterworks or sewerage systems under this part are authorized to establish, charge, and adjust by ordinance, rates and charges for the service rendered by such system or systems. Revenues derived from this source shall be used to meet the obligations of the contract. The income received by the owner of the works under any such contract shall be deemed to be a part of the revenues of the works, and shall be applied only as provided in this part for the application of such revenues.
TN Code § 7-35-420 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 35 - Sewers and Waterworks|Part 4 - Authority to Own and Operate System|§ 7-35-420. Borrowing and Bonds Authorized

 7-35-432. Supplemental to other laws.
TN Code § 7-39-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-39-101. Short Title — Legislative Intent — Construction of Chapter

  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Energy Acquisition Corporations Act.”   It is recognized by the general assembly that the provision of dependable, economical sources of energy to the citizens and residents of the state of Tennessee is vital to the health, welfare and economic well-being of the citizens and residents of the state of Tennessee and that the primary sources of energy in Tennessee are natural gas and electrical power. The general assembly further recognizes that both the market for natural gas and the market for electrical power have undergone major changes in recent years. In order to ensure that the municipal distributors of natural gas and electricity have the flexibility and power to compete for and obtain natural gas and electrical power for redistribution on terms that will result in continuing availability of these energy sources at reasonable rates to the citizens and residents of the state of Tennessee, it is the intent of the general assembly by this chapter to authorize the incorporation of public corporations in the several municipalities of this state to:  Finance, acquire, own, operate, lease and dispose of rights, titles and interest of every kind and nature in natural gas properties located within or outside of the state, including gas in reservoirs or in storage, and including facilities of every kind and nature, both real and personal, for the drilling of wells, extraction of liquids and transportation of gas and liquids;   Contract for the purchase of supplies of natural gas or any substitute for natural gas, including synthetic natural gas, liquefied natural gas, coal gas or other substance useable in lieu of natural gas, from any supplier located inside or outside the state;   Finance, acquire, own, operate, lease and dispose of rights, titles and interest of every kind and nature in electrical production, distribution and transmission facilities located within or outside of the state, including electrical materials and supplies and including facilities of every kind and nature, both real and personal, for the procurement of raw materials for the production of electrical energy;   Contract for the purchase of supplies of electrical power or any substitute for supplies of electricity from any supplier located inside or outside the state; and   Vest such corporations with all powers necessary to enable them to accomplish such purposes.     This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with such intent, it being hereby determined and declared that the means provided by this chapter are needed to provide for the continued availability to the citizens and residents of the state of natural gas and electrical power at reasonable rates.
TN Code § 7-39-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-39-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Associated municipality” means the municipality for the benefit of which an energy acquisition corporation is organized;   “Bonds” means bonds, notes, interim certificates or other obligations of a corporation issued pursuant to this chapter;   “Corporation” or “energy acquisition corporation” means a public corporation formed under this chapter, which shall be a public instrumentality of its associated municipality and of the state of Tennessee;   “Energy distribution system” means a system for the distribution of natural gas or electric power that is owned or operated by a municipality or any board or agency of the municipality;   “Governing body” means, with respect to a municipality that is an associated municipality of, or purchaser of gas from, an acquisition corporation established to exercise the powers described in this chapter with respect to natural gas and natural gas substitutes, any board, commission or other instrumentality of such municipality having jurisdiction, control and management of the gas distribution system of that municipality, and, with respect to a municipality that is an associated municipality of, or purchaser of electrical power from, an acquisition corporation established to exercise the powers described in this chapter with respect to electrical power, any board, commission or other instrumentality of such municipality having jurisdiction, control and management of the electrical power distribution system of that municipality. With respect to any action permitted or required to be taken under this chapter by any such board, commission or instrumentality of a county or incorporated city, town or metropolitan government, if such board, commission or instrumentality by resolution waives its right to take such action or if no such board, commission or instrumentality exists, the power to take such action shall be vested in the body in which the general legislative powers of the county or incorporated city, town or metropolitan government are vested. The governing body of a utility district or gas, electric or energy authority shall be the board of commissioners of the utility district or gas, electric or energy authority or such other board or body as shall be vested by statute or private act with jurisdiction, control and management of the energy distribution system of the district or authority. The governing body of an energy acquisition corporation shall be the board of directors of the energy acquisition corporation;   “Municipality” means any county, incorporated city, town or metropolitan government, utility district, energy acquisition corporation or gas, electric or energy authority in this state; and   “Municipally-owned” means owned by a municipality as defined in this chapter.
TN Code § 7-39-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-39-103. Qualfications of Incorporator or Director of Energy Acquisition Corporation

 An incorporator or a director of an energy acquisition corporation must be a natural person who meets any of the following qualifications:   With respect to a natural person seeking to act as an incorporator or director of an energy acquisition corporation organized or proposed to be organized with respect to and for the benefit of a county or incorporated city, town or metropolitan government, a duly qualified elector of and taxpayer in the county or incorporated city, town or metropolitan government;   With respect to a natural person seeking to act as an incorporator or director of an energy acquisition corporation organized or proposed to be organized with respect to and for the benefit of a utility district or gas, electric or energy authority, a resident and landowner within the boundaries of the utility district or gas, electric or energy authority;   A member of the governing body of the municipality with respect to and for the benefit of which the energy acquisition corporation is organized or proposed to be organized; or   An employee of the energy distribution system of the municipality with respect to which and for the benefit of which the energy acquisition corporation is organized or proposed to be organized.
TN Code § 7-39-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 2 - Incorporation|§ 7-39-201. Application for Incorporation — Qualifications of Applicants — Resolution — Certificate

  Whenever any number of natural persons, no fewer than three (3), each of whom shall meet any one (1) of the qualifications for an incorporator as set forth in § 7-39-103, files with the governing body of the municipality with respect to which the corporation is proposed to be organized and for the benefit of which the corporation will function, an application in writing seeking permission to apply for the incorporation of an energy acquisition corporation of the municipality, the governing body shall proceed to consider the application.   If the governing body, by appropriate resolution, duly adopted, finds and determines that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the corporation be formed, and shall authorize the persons making such application to proceed to form a corporation, and shall approve the form of certificate of incorporation proposed to be used in organizing the corporation, then the person making application shall execute, acknowledge and file a certificate of incorporation for the corporation as provided in this part.   No corporation may be formed unless the application has first been filed with the governing body of the municipality and the governing body has adopted a resolution as provided in this section.
TN Code § 7-39-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 2 - Incorporation|§ 7-39-202. Requisites of Certificate of Incorporation — Subscription and Acknowledgment

  The certificate of incorporation shall set forth:  The names and residences of the applicants, together with a recital that each of the applicants meets the qualifications for an incorporator as set forth in § 7-39-103;   The name of the corporation;   A recital that permission to organize the corporation has been granted by resolution duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality and the date of the adoption of the resolution;   The location of the principal office of the corporation;   The purposes for which the corporation is proposed to be organized;   The number of directors of the corporation;   The period for the duration of the corporation, if other than perpetual; and   Any other matter that the applicants may choose to insert in the certificate of incorporation, which shall not be inconsistent with this chapter or with the laws of the state of Tennessee; provided, that it shall not be necessary to set forth in the certificate of incorporation the powers enumerated in this chapter.     The certificate of incorporation shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of Tennessee to take acknowledgments to deeds.
TN Code § 7-39-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 2 - Incorporation|§ 7-39-203. Approval of Certificate by Secretary of State — Recording — Beginning of Corporate Existence

  When executed and acknowledged in conformity with § 7-39-201, the certificate of incorporation shall be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall examine the certificate of incorporation and, if the secretary of state finds that the recitals contained in the certificate of incorporation are correct, that the requirements of § 7-39-201 have been complied with and that the name is not identical with or so nearly similar to that of another corporation already in existence in this state as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, the secretary of state shall approve the certificate of incorporation and record it in an appropriate book of record in the secretary of state's office.   When the certificate has been so made, filed and approved, the corporate existence shall begin, and the certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the energy acquisition corporation has been formed pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 7-39-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 2 - Incorporation|§ 7-39-204. Amendment of Certificate

  The certificate of incorporation may, at any time, and from time to time, be amended so as to make any changes in the certificate of incorporation and add any provisions to the certificate of incorporation that might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.   Any such amendment shall be effected in the following manner:  The members of the board of directors of the corporation shall file with the governing body of the associated municipality an application in writing seeking permission to amend the certificate of incorporation, specifying in such application the amendment proposed to be made.   The governing body shall consider the application and, if it shall, by appropriate resolution, duly find and determine that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the proposed amendment be made and shall authorize the amendment to be made and shall approve the form of the proposed amendment, then the persons making application shall execute an instrument embodying the amendment specified in the application, and shall file the application with the secretary of state.   The proposed amendment shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each member of the board of directors before an officer authorized by the laws of Tennessee to take acknowledgments to deeds.   The secretary of state shall examine the proposed amendment and, if the secretary of state finds that the requirements of this section have been complied with and the proposed amendment is within the scope of what might be included in an original certificate of incorporation, the secretary of state shall approve the amendment and record it in an appropriate book in the secretary of state's office.     When an amendment has been so made, filed and approved, it shall become effective and the certificate of incorporation shall be amended to the extent provided in the amendment.   No certificate of incorporation shall be amended except in the manner provided in this section.
TN Code § 7-39-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 3 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-39-301. Directors — Qualifications — Number — Expenses — Term — Removal

  The corporation shall have a board of directors in which all of the powers of the corporation shall be vested and which shall consist of any number of directors, no fewer than three (3), each of whom shall meet the qualifications for a director as set forth in § 7-39-103.   The directors shall serve without compensation, except that they shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in and about the performance of their duties under this part.   If the corporation is formed by a board, commission or other instrumentality of a municipality having jurisdiction, control and management of an energy distribution system as provided in §§ 7-39-102(4) and 7-39-201, the directors shall be appointed by the creating board, commission or instrumentality, or its successor, unless the board, commission or instrumentality waives the right to do so, and, if such waiver occurs or the corporation is formed by the body in which the general legislative powers of the municipality are vested, the directors shall be nominated by the mayor or other chief executive officer and elected by the governing body of the associated municipality. If a corporation is formed by another energy acquisition corporation, the directors shall be appointed by the board of directors of the creating energy acquisition corporation. Directors shall be elected so that they shall hold office for staggered terms. At the time of the election of the first board of directors, the governing body of the municipality shall divide the directors into three (3) groups containing as near equal whole numbers as may be possible. The first term of the directors included in the first group shall be two (2) years, the first term of the directors included in the second group shall be four (4) years, the first term of the directors included in the third group shall be six (6) years, and thereafter the terms of all directors shall be six (6) years. If, at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor has not been elected, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until the director's successor shall be so elected.   The governing body of the associated municipality may remove a director for cause, and may appoint a director to serve out the term of any office that becomes vacant for any reason.
TN Code § 7-39-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 3 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-39-303. Condemnation — Right-of-Way for Pipelines — Underground Reservoirs — Land for Pumping Stations and Other Facilities — Use of Public Ways in Municipalities

  An energy acquisition corporation has the right and power pursuant to title 29, chapter 17 to take and condemn lands, property, property rights, privileges and easements of others for:  The purpose of constructing, laying, repairing or extending its pipelines;   The development, construction and operation of underground and aboveground storage reservoirs for natural gas and natural gas substitutes;   Pumping stations, terminal facilities and other facilities reasonably necessary for carrying out the purposes of the corporation;   The construction of electrical power distribution, transmission and production facilities and all other facilities reasonably necessary or related to the purchase, distribution, or transmission of electrical power for use by electrical power distributors or any other person or entity; and   Access to any properties owned or used by such corporation.     None of the public streets, alleys, squares or highways within the corporate limits of any municipality in the state shall be entered upon or used by any such corporation for laying pipelines or electrical power transmission lines, or otherwise, until the consent of the legislative body of such municipality has been obtained, prescribing the terms on which the public streets, alleys, squares or highways may be entered upon or used.
TN Code § 7-39-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 3 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-39-306. Security for Payment of Bonds — Default — Bondholders' Remedies

  The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the corporation shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues and receipts out of which the principal and interest shall be made payable, and may be secured by a mortgage or deed of trust covering all or any part of the properties of the corporation, or by an assignment and pledge of all or any part of the corporation's real or personal assets.   The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued and any such mortgage or deed of trust may contain any agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of the projects covered by the resolution, the fixing and collecting of rents or payments with respect to any projects or portions of projects covered by such resolution, mortgage or deed of trust, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues and from the proceeds of such bonds, and the rights and remedies available in the event of default, all as the board of directors shall deem advisable and not in conflict with this section.   Each pledge, agreement, mortgage and deed of trust made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds of the corporation shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the pledge, agreement, mortgage and deed of trust were made shall have been fully paid.   In the event of default in such payment or in any agreements of the corporation made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, whether contained in the proceedings authorizing the bonds or in any mortgage and deed of trust executed as security for the bonds, such payment or agreement may be enforced by suit, mandamus, the appointment of a receiver in equity, or by foreclosure of any such mortgage and deed of trust, or any one (1) or more of such remedies.
TN Code § 7-39-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 39 - Energy Acquisition Corporations Act|Part 3 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-39-307. Exemption From Taxation — Securities

  The corporation is hereby declared to be performing a public function in behalf of the municipality with respect to which the corporation is organized and to be a public instrumentality of such municipality. Accordingly, the corporation and all properties at any time owned by it, except as provided in subsection (b), and the income and revenues from the properties and all bonds issued by it and the income from the bonds shall be exempt from all taxation in the state, including 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 corporation is a party whether as the secured party or the debtor. Also, for purposes of the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980, compiled as title 48, chapter 1, part 1, bonds issued by the corporation shall be deemed to be securities issued by a public instrumentality or a political subdivision of the state.    Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an energy acquisition corporation, established pursuant to this chapter, that acquires an ongoing concern engaged in the sale and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas (propane) may enter into agreements for payments in lieu of taxes, referred to as “tax equivalents”, with any local government to which the acquired concern formerly paid ad valorem property tax.   The amount of such payments shall be fixed at the amount of ad valorem taxes that would be otherwise due and payable by the business based upon the assessed value of the property that would be subject to tax if such business had not been acquired by the energy acquisition corporation. Such payments shall only be used in the same manner and for the same purposes as ad valorem taxes collected by the recipient local government.