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TN Code § 5-13-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 13 - County Fiscal Procedure Law of 1957|§ 5-13-104. Fiscal Procedure System

  There shall be set up and maintained in the office of the director of accounts and budgets a system of fiscal procedure, control and centralized accounting, set out and described in this section, which shall be under the administrative control and direction of the director; but such system shall be conducted in full accordance with the general law of this state respecting the duties and responsibilities of the county mayor as fiscal agent of the county.   The system of fiscal procedure, control and accounting provided for in this section shall conform to generally accepted principles of governmental accounting and shall be in substantial agreement with the recommendations of the national committee on governmental accounting.   The system shall include such records and procedures as may be required to accurately reflect the assets, liabilities, income and expenditures of each fund of the county, together with such records, accounts and files as are necessary to record and control:  The transactions relating to county revenues, and the revenues for each of its several funds;   The transactions relating to the adopted budget and appropriations, including the expenditures and encumbrances against each item of appropriations;   The transactions relating to the bonded debt; and   Such other records as may be necessary to facilitate the operation of the adopted budget and the proper accounting for each item of county expenditure.
TN Code § 5-13-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 13 - County Fiscal Procedure Law of 1957|§ 5-13-106. Receipt of Funds

 Excepting taxes such as the county trustee is authorized to collect, the payment of all moneys to the county trustee by any collectors authorized by statute, or by anyone on account due the county, shall be made only by issuance of a receivable warrant signed by the county mayor instructing the trustee to receive the amount named, for which the trustee shall issue a receipt, a duplicate of which shall be delivered to the director of accounts and budgets to be used by the director in posting the accounting records.
TN Code § 5-13-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 13 - County Fiscal Procedure Law of 1957|§ 5-13-107. Disbursement of Funds

  Before any obligation against the county shall be paid or any disbursement warrant or voucher issued therefor, a detailed invoice or statement approved by the head of the office, department or agency for which the obligation was made shall be filed with the director of accounts and budgets.   The director shall make a careful preaudit of such invoice or statement, including a comparison with any encumbrance document previously posted or filed authorizing such obligation, and shall approve for payment only such items as appear to be correct, properly authorized, and not exceeding the otherwise unencumbered balance of the allotments or appropriations against which they are chargeable.   Disbursement warrants shall be promptly prepared for all such approved items by the director and mailed or delivered to the payees thereof.   A duplicate copy of all disbursement warrants, with all original invoices or other supporting documents, or both, attached to the duplicate copies, shall be kept on file in the office of the director.
TN Code § 5-13-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 13 - County Fiscal Procedure Law of 1957|§ 5-13-108. Agency Reports and Information

  Each official, office, department, institution, agency, board, committee, commission or employee of the county shall furnish such information and make such reports as may be required to properly maintain the central accounting system and fiscal procedures herein authorized and prescribed, and such information and reports shall be furnished at such times and in such form as may be prescribed by the director of accounts and budgets.   The records of all county offices, departments and agencies shall be made available by their respective officials or employees for examination at all reasonable hours by the director.
TN Code § 5-13-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 13 - County Fiscal Procedure Law of 1957|§ 5-13-109. Violations — Penalties

 Any official named in this chapter, or any other official, agent or employee of the county who fails or refuses to perform the duties required of that official, agent or employee under this chapter, or who otherwise fails or refuses to conform to this chapter, commits a Class C misdemeanor and is subject to removal from office.
TN Code § 5-13-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 13 - County Fiscal Procedure Law of 1957|§ 5-13-110. Application to Schools, Etc

 This chapter shall not apply to county school funds for any purpose, the county board of education, and the county director of schools unless approved by the commissioner of education.
TN Code § 5-13-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 13 - County Fiscal Procedure Law of 1957|§ 5-13-111. Construction of Chapter

 This chapter is not exclusive and shall not prevent the adoption of amendments to existing special or local laws pertaining to fiscal procedure, control and accounting, or the enactment of special or local acts creating central accounting systems, fiscal procedures, and offices of director of accounts and budgets.
TN Code § 5-16-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-101. Power Granted to Counties — Chapter Definitions

  The various counties of this state are hereby authorized to establish, construct, install, acquire, operate and maintain urban type public facilities in any area or areas within their borders, and to charge fees, rates and charges for such facilities.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Other governing body” means only that body having the taxing authority; and   “Urban type public facilities” means and includes sanitary and storm sewer lines and facilities, plants for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and waste matter, facilities and plants for the incineration or other disposal of garbage, trash, ashes and other waste matter, or water supply and distribution lines, facilities and plants, chemical pipelines and docks, or all of these things, and fire protection and emergency medical services.
TN Code § 5-16-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-102. Resolution of Authorization

 For the exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter, a county shall authorize same by resolution adopted by a majority of the county legislative body or other governing body. Such resolution shall provide for the exercise of such powers by either:   Some agency of the county already in existence;   A public works department to be created; or   A board established as provided in § 5-16-103.
TN Code § 5-16-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-104. Superintendent — Appointment — Compensation — Powers Exercised on Behalf of County

  The general supervision and control of the acquisition, improvement, operation and maintenance of the urban type public facilities as provided in this chapter shall be in charge of the board or other agency as provided in this chapter.   If the powers of this chapter are exercised by an agency other than the board as provided in this chapter, such agency shall have at its head a person to be known as a superintendent, to be appointed by the county mayor, subject to confirmation by the county legislative body or other governing body, and if such powers are exercised by a board, such board shall appoint a superintendent.    The superintendent in any case shall be a person who shall be qualified by training and experience for supervision over the maintenance and operation of the facilities as provided in this chapter.   Such person need not be a resident of the county or of the state at the time of such person's selection.      In the event that the powers as provided in this chapter are exercised by an agency other than the board as provided in this chapter, the salary of the superintendent shall be fixed by the county legislative body or other governing body.   If such powers are exercised by the board as provided in this chapter, the salary shall be fixed by the board, subject to approval of the county legislative body or other governing body.   In either case, the superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and shall be subject to removal by that authority at any time.     Within the limits of the funds available therefor, all powers to acquire, improve, operate and maintain the facilities as provided in this chapter, and all powers necessary or convenient thereto, conferred by this chapter shall be exercised on behalf of the county by the board, or other agency, and the superintendent respectively.
TN Code § 5-16-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-105. Superintendent — Powers and Duties

  The superintendent shall have charge of all actual construction, the immediate management and operation of all the facilities as provided in this chapter and the enforcement of all rules, regulations, programs, plans and decisions of the governing authority, which shall be either the county legislative body or other governing body, or the board as provided in this chapter.   The superintendent shall hire all employees and fix their duties, excepting that the appointment of all technical consultants, advisers and legal assistants shall be subject to the approval of the governing authority.   The superintendent, with the approval of the governing authority, may fix compensation of all employees.    The superintendent may, with the approval of the governing authority, acquire and dispose of all property, real and personal, necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Title to such property shall in all cases be taken in the name of the county.   The superintendent, subject to the approval of the governing authority, shall let all contracts.   The superintendent may, however, make purchases of personalty up to a cost of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) without the approval of the governing authority, but subject to such regulations as the governing authority may prescribe.   Any contract for construction exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be advertised by the superintendent for bids.   If the powers conferred by this chapter are exercised by an agency other than the board as provided in this chapter, such bids shall be subject to the approval of the county mayor, and if they are exercised through the board, they shall be subject to approval of the board.   If the county has a central purchasing authority, purchases for the purposes herein contemplated must, at the discretion of the governing body of the county, be made through:  The central purchasing authority; or   The county board of public utilities, in accordance with purchasing policies approved by the governing body of the county.       The superintendent shall make and keep full and proper books and records, subject to the supervision and direction of the governing authority.
TN Code § 5-16-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-106. Bonds

  The county legislative body is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the county for the purpose of financing the cost of establishment, construction, installation or acquisition of any urban type public facility.   Bonds so issued may be either general obligation bonds of the county secured by the full faith and credit and taxing power of the county, or revenue bonds secured by the revenues derived from the operation of the urban type public facility financed thereby, or by a combination of such revenues and the unpledged revenues derived by the county from any other urban type public facilities owned and operated by the county.    Any bonds issued by the county for the purpose of financing urban type public facilities shall be issued in the manner and form prescribed by the applicable provisions of title 9, chapter 21.   In the issuance of bonds, an urban type public facility so financed shall be deemed to be a “public works project,” as defined in title 9, chapter 21, and all power and authority conferred upon the county by the terms and provisions of title 9, chapter 21 with respect to the construction, operation, maintenance, financing and the fixing and collection of fees, rates, rents and other charges shall be available to and vested in the county with respect to the establishment, construction, installation, acquisition, operation, maintenance and financing of the urban type public facilities authorized pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 5-16-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-107. Intergovernmental Cooperation

  In connection with the operation of any urban type public facility as provided in this chapter, the board or other administrative agency, with the approval of the county legislative body or other governing body, is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with other governmental units or agencies, federal, state, or local, including municipalities, towns, utility districts and improvement districts within the county, for the furnishing of services and facilities within the purview of this chapter, and to enter into cooperative arrangements and agreements for providing such services and facilities, upon terms deemed advantageous by the board or other administrative agency.   With the approval of the county legislative body or other governing body, the board or other administrative agency is authorized to enter into contracts with any of such governmental units or entities to provide or share in the provision of any urban type facility and for the joint operation thereof, and to make or pay charges in connection therewith by written agreement with such unit or entity.   All governmental units subject to the jurisdiction of the state are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with the board or other administrative agency for providing any urban type public facility within the purview of this chapter, and to otherwise cooperate in furnishing such facilities, upon any terms deemed to be mutually advantageous.   In any cooperative undertaking by the board or other administrative agency with any other governmental unit or entity as described in this section for furnishing any of the facilities contemplated in this chapter, the county's share of the costs may be financed in the same manner as is provided for in § 5-16-106.
TN Code § 5-16-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-108. Sewerage Facilities — Mandatory Connection and Use

 The board or other administrative agency is hereby authorized to require any person, firm or corporation owning or occupying property within an area of land in which sewerage facilities are maintained by the board or administrative agency, to connect with and use such facilities.
TN Code § 5-16-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-109. Service Charges — Rules and Regulations

  The board or administrative agency shall determine and fix charges to be made for furnishing any and all of the facilities as provided in this chapter, upon a basis calculated to ensure the fiscal solvency of the operation at all times.   The board or administrative agency is further authorized and directed to make and publish reasonable rules and regulations covering the use by any individual, firm or corporation of any facility furnished to users.   A board or administrative agency that is increasing the charges for fire protection services by more than ten percent (10%) shall obtain approval for such increase from the county legislative body prior to the increase taking effect. This subsection (c) applies in any county having a population greater than nine hundred thousand (900,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 5-16-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-110. Municipal Annexation or Incorporation — Effect on Facilities

   Upon annexation by any municipality, or by including within the corporate territorial limits of any incorporating municipality, of an area including any of the facilities as herein authorized and provided, the municipality and the county legislative body or other governing body shall attempt to reach a written agreement for the allocation and conveyance to the municipality of any or all functions, rights, duties, property, assets or liabilities, in conjunction with such facilities, that justice and reason may require in the circumstances.   The annexing or incorporating municipality, for and to the extent that it may choose, shall have the exclusive right to provide such facilities within the annexed or incorporated area, and shall manifest such choice by proper resolution or ordinance at the first meeting of its governing body after the annexation or incorporation.   Subject to subdivision (a)(2), any such matters upon which the respective parties are not in written agreement within sixty (60) days after the operative date of such annexation shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the state laws of arbitration effective at the time of submission to the arbitrators, and § 29-5-101(2) shall not apply to any arbitration arising hereunder.   The award so rendered shall be transmitted to the chancery court, and thereupon shall be subject to review in accordance with §§ 29-5-113 — 29-5-115 and 29-5-118.   Subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) shall not apply to any city that is being incorporated if that city does not plan to furnish service that would compete with service the county is now furnishing.      If there are outstanding bonds or other obligations in conjunction with the public facilities as herein provided, the agreement or arbitration award shall also provide that the municipality will operate such facilities in the annexed or incorporated territory and account for the revenues therefrom in such manner as not to impair the obligations of contract with reference to such bonds or other obligations.   The rights vested in the holders of all such outstanding bonds or other obligations shall be fully preserved and in no wise impaired by any agreement or arbitration award.
TN Code § 5-16-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-111. Service Near City or Town — Restrictions

 A county may not extend any public facilities, as provided for in this chapter, within five (5) miles of any part of the boundary of an incorporated city or town unless such incorporated city or town has failed to take appropriate action to provide a specified public facility or facilities in a specified area or areas for a period of ninety (90) days after having been petitioned to do so by resolution of the county legislative body or other governing body. The resolution shall contain a plan of service, and shall be accompanied by a preliminary engineering report and a financial feasibility report, and shall set out the type, standard and schedule of installation of public facilities and the specified area or areas proposed to be served by the county. The resolution, plan of service and reports shall have been previously submitted to the local planning commission for review as provided for in § 5-16-112.
TN Code § 5-16-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 16 - Urban Type Public Facilities|§ 5-16-112. Plan of Services

   No county shall adopt the resolution provided for in § 5-16-102 until there is presented to the regional planning commission serving such county a plan of services for a specified area or areas, for study and a written report, to be rendered within ninety (90) days after such submission, unless by resolution of the county legislative body or other governing body a longer period is allowed.   Such plan of services shall set forth, at a minimum, the identification and proposed timing of the services to be rendered.     No county shall construct or acquire facilities under this chapter unless plans, including necessary engineering and financing plans, have been similarly presented to the planning commission for study and report.   In the event there is no such regional planning commission, then the referral shall be to the local planning commission of the largest municipality within the county having such a commission, and if no municipality within the county has such a planning commission, to the state planning office [abolished].
TN Code § 5-17-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 17 - County-Wide Fire Departments|§ 5-17-101. Formation

  The county legislative body or other governing body of any county is authorized to form a new agency to be known as the county-wide fire department for the purpose of providing fire protection services to all of the county.   The powers and duties of the county-wide fire department may be delegated by the county legislative body or other governing body to an existing agency.    The governing body of any county that now has or may hereafter have a metropolitan form of government as defined by § 7-1-101, is authorized to form a new agency to be known as the county-wide fire department, or to extend fire protection services of an existing agency or department to all or any part thereof of the general services district outside the urban services district in the manner and to the extent prescribed in this section.   In counties governed by metropolitan government, the powers and duties of the agency or department affording fire protection outside the urban services district shall be vested in that agency in which the charter of the metropolitan government vests the responsibility for protection against fire of life and property within the urban services district.     A fire department established pursuant to this chapter may be funded through one (1) of the following methods:  As authorized by §§ 5-17-105 — 5-17-107, the county legislative body may establish one (1) or more fire and emergency services tax districts and levy an annual fire and emergency services tax upon the property in each district for the purpose of funding the activities of the fire department within that district;   As an alternative to fire and emergency services tax districts, the county legislative body is hereby authorized to allocate revenue from the general fund of the county to fund fire protection services to be provided to the unincorporated portions of the county. Any such revenues allocated for fire protection services shall be generated by situs-based taxes collected in unincorporated areas of the county or shall originate from other revenue sources that have already been shared with municipalities;   Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the ability of local governments to provide for fire protection services through an interlocal agreement as authorized by title 12, chapter 9, or any other provision of the Tennessee Code;   Nothing in this subsection (d) shall prohibit nor be construed to prohibit a local government from accepting donations or charitable contributions to fund the activities of the fire department, regardless of the method of funding selected by a local government under this section.     Any county choosing to create a county-wide fire district as authorized by this section, may, with the approval of the local legislative body, mandate that all interlocal agreements and contracts with providers for services permitted under this section contain performance-based criteria designed to ensure timely response and effective services, the exact methodology of which is to be determined by local ordinance.