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TN Code § 13-26-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 26 - Human Resource Agency Act of 1973|§ 13-26-106. Financial Reports — Audits

  Each governing board operating under this chapter shall prepare an annual report of its activities, including financial statements, through June 30 of each year, and submit a copy of such report to the governor, the general assembly, and the commissioner of finance and administration.    The annual report, including financial statements, and all books of account and financial records are subject to annual audit by the comptroller of the treasury.   A human resource agency may, with the prior approval of the comptroller of the treasury, engage licensed independent public accountants to perform the audits.   The audit contract between the human resource agency and the independent public accountant shall be on contract forms prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury.   The human resource agency is responsible for reimbursement of the costs of audits prepared by the comptroller of the treasury and the payment of fees for audits prepared by licensed independent public accountants.   Audits and working papers prepared by independent public accountants shall be reviewed and approved by the comptroller of the treasury prior to payment.   Copies of such audits shall be provided to each member of the board and the comptroller of the treasury and shall be made available to the press.   All audits performed by the internal audit staffs of any such agency shall be conducted in accordance with the standards established by the comptroller of the treasury pursuant to § 4-3-304(9).
TN Code § 13-26-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 26 - Human Resource Agency Act of 1973|§ 13-26-107. Appropriations — Local Contributions

  Any funds appropriated to implement this chapter are subject to the approval of the governor and the commissioner of finance and administration.   Such approval shall be given only after review by the office of the governor of the annual work program developed by the human resource agency to assure that such program is in accordance with the development plans of the state.   It is the intent of the state to assist financially with the delivery of human resources for residents. After the creation of any such board as provided in this chapter and when the local governments have indicated a willingness to contribute financially by adopting a budget requiring a certain per capita assessment, the state is authorized to match the local contributions according to the following schedule:  Local Assessment     Annual State Contribution   Cents/Capita  Contribution  Cap/County   1-5              $40,000    $7,500   6-10              $70,000   $7,500   11-15             $100,000  $10,000   16-20             $150,000  $12,500    Such local contributions shall be based upon, in the case of counties, an amount not to exceed fifteen cents (15¢) per capita based on the latest decennial census, one half (½) of which may be contributed by local incorporated cities or by other private, public or semipublic bodies; provided, that no county shall be required to contribute more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) annually. The aggregate of such funds may also be used for purposes of matching various federal programs of assistance. Counties and municipalities may participate independently of each other in financing the activities of the board. Cities and counties are specifically authorized to appropriate and expend funds for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
TN Code § 13-26-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 26 - Human Resource Agency Act of 1973|§ 13-26-108. Duties of Governing Board

 Each governing board operating under this chapter shall:   Jointly adopt statewide uniform travel regulations subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration and reimburse its officers and employees for official travel in conformance with such regulations;   Develop a system of competitive bidding on purchases of supplies and equipment and other contracts and submit the written procedures governing such system to the state procurement commission for approval; and   Develop written personnel procedures to be filed with the commissioner of finance and administration for the hiring, promotion, demotion and dismissal of all employees and include an employee compensation plan based on a salary comparability analysis, which takes into account state salary schedules, local government salary schedules, and regional private market variations.
TN Code § 13-26-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 26 - Human Resource Agency Act of 1973|§ 13-26-109. Uniform Accounting System

  The comptroller of the treasury is directed to develop a uniform accounting system conforming to generally accepted accounting principles for the governing boards operating under this chapter.   Such uniform accounting systems shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration.   Upon such approval each human resource agency shall establish and maintain the uniform accounting system.   No state appropriation shall be released to a human resource agency until such agency has established the required accounting system.
TN Code § 13-26-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 26 - Human Resource Agency Act of 1973|§ 13-26-110. Bond Requirements

  Any board member, policy council member, employee, officer, or any authorized person of a human resource agency who receives public funds, has authority to make expenditures from public funds, or has access to any public funds is hereby required to give bond to be made payable to the state of Tennessee with such sureties as are hereinafter provided. Such bond is to be conditioned in all cases in which a different condition is not prescribed, upon the faithful discharge of the duties of such office, employment, or other authorized activity in which such person is engaged during the time such person continues therein, or in the discharge of any part thereof.   Such official bond shall be executed in the same form as that prescribed by § 8-19-101 for county and state officials and employees.    Effective July 1, 2013, the minimum amount of such required bond shall be determined from the amount of revenues handled by the respective human resource agency as reported in the last audit approved by the comptroller of the treasury. The minimum amount of the bond shall be based on revenues as follows:  Four percent (4%) of the revenues up to three million dollars ($3,000,000); and   Two percent (2%) of the excess over three million dollars ($3,000,000) shall be added.     The amounts indicated in subdivisions (c)(1)(A) and (B) shall be cumulative.     All such official bonds shall be signed by authorized individuals of a corporate surety, and such corporation shall be duly licensed to do business in this state as a surety.   The official bonds required under this section are hereby required to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds where the office of the human resource agency is located and transmitted to the office of the county clerk in the same county for safekeeping.   No examination or certification of any such bonds shall be required in this section.   Provisions for bonds of all state and county officers set forth in title 8, chapter 19, shall also govern the bonds of all persons covered under this section, so far as title 8, chapter 19, is not inconsistent with this section.   The respective human resource agency shall pay the premium for such bonds.
TN Code § 13-26-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 26 - Human Resource Agency Act of 1973|§ 13-26-111. Oversight — Funding

  For purposes of general oversight, and specifically for purposes of § 13-26-107, the human resource agencies created pursuant to this chapter are attached to the department of human services. Any reports required of human resource agencies by this chapter, or reports that may arise from activities undertaken pursuant to the authority of this chapter, shall be filed with the commissioner of human services in addition to any other filing which may be required.    It is the legislative intent that the commissioner consider the financial needs of human resource agencies, particularly matching funds as envisioned by § 13-26-107, and to the extent deemed appropriate shall include such funds in the budget request of the department of human services submitted to the commissioner of finance and administration pursuant to § 9-4-5103.   The commissioner of human services shall provide planning assistance and oversight to these agencies to assure coordination and avoidance of duplication of activities among human service providers in each jurisdiction.   Nothing in this section shall require any expenditure of funds unless such funds are lawfully appropriated by the general assembly.
TN Code § 13-29-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Minority Business Councils Cooperation Act of 1997|§ 13-29-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Minority Business Councils Cooperation Act of 1997.”
TN Code § 13-29-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Minority Business Councils Cooperation Act of 1997|§ 13-29-102. Legislative Findings

 The general assembly finds the following:   Minority business councils have been created to serve, support and promote minority business interests and minority-owned business entities in Tennessee urban communities;   Such councils have enhanced the ability of minority business to procure employment opportunities in each council's respective community; and   At present, each council has independent and often duplicative certification procedures and no reciprocity provisions exist between the various councils.
TN Code § 13-29-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Minority Business Councils Cooperation Act of 1997|§ 13-29-103. Purpose of Chapter

 The purpose of this chapter is to create one (1) central certification process that would permit reciprocity of certification for minority businesses throughout Tennessee.
TN Code § 13-29-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 29 - Tennessee Minority Business Councils Cooperation Act of 1997|§ 13-29-104. Cooperation by Minority Business Councils

 Minority business councils doing business in Tennessee shall promulgate uniform certification procedures for member businesses, shall charge uniform fees for such services, and shall permit reciprocity of certification among the individual minority business councils. Such councils shall bear all costs of implementing this chapter.
TN Code § 13-30-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 30 - Tennessee Local Land Bank Program|§ 13-30-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Local Land Bank Program.”
TN Code § 13-30-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 30 - Tennessee Local Land Bank Program|§ 13-30-102. Legislative Findings

 The legislature finds and declares as follows:   Tennessee's communities are important to the social and economic vitality of the state. Whether urban, suburban or rural, many communities are struggling to cope with vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties;   There exists a crisis in many cities and their metro areas caused by disinvestment in real property and resulting in a significant amount of vacant and abandoned property. This condition of vacant and abandoned property represents lost revenue to local governments and large costs associated with demolition, safety hazards and spreading deterioration of neighborhoods including resulting mortgage foreclosures;   The need exists to strengthen and revitalize the economy of the state and its local units of government by solving the problems of vacant and abandoned property in a coordinated manner and to foster the development of such property and promote economic growth. Such problems may include multiple taxing jurisdictions lacking common policies, ineffective property inspection, code enforcement and property rehabilitation support, lengthy and/or inadequate foreclosure proceedings, and lack of coordination and resources to support economic revitalization;   There is an overriding public need to confront the problems caused by vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties through the creation of new tools to be available to communities throughout the state enabling them to turn vacant spaces into vibrant places;   Land banks are one of the tools that can be utilized by communities to facilitate the return of vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties to productive use.
TN Code § 13-30-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 30 - Tennessee Local Land Bank Program|§ 13-30-103. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   “Board of directors” or “board” means the board of directors or other similar governing body of the corporation;   “Corporation” means a corporation created pursuant to this chapter to operate a land bank;   “Land bank” means real property, however obtained or acquired and held by a corporation, created pursuant to this chapter, with the intent of acquiring and holding onto the real property so acquired until such a time as the corporation is able to find a willing and able buyer to acquire the real property from the corporation;   “Local government” means:  Any home rule municipality;   Any county having a population of not less than one hundred twenty-three thousand one (123,001) nor more than one hundred twenty-three thousand one hundred (123,100), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census;   Any county having a population of not less than eighty-nine thousand eight hundred (89,800) nor more than eighty-nine thousand nine hundred (89,900), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census;   Any county having a metropolitan form of government; or   Any municipality having a population of not less than forty-eight thousand two hundred (48,200) nor more than forty-eight thousand two hundred nine (48,209), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census;   Any municipality having a population of not less than forty-one thousand (41,000) nor more than forty-two thousand (42,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; and   Any county having a population of not less than twenty-seven thousand two hundred (27,200) nor more than twenty-seven thousand three hundred (27,300), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census;     “Real estate” means an identified parcel or tract of land, including improvements, if any; and   “Real property” means one (1) or more defined parcels or tracts of land or interests, benefits and rights inherent in the ownership of real estate.
TN Code § 13-30-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 30 - Tennessee Local Land Bank Program|§ 13-30-104. Creating Corporation — Funding

   Any local government shall have the authority to create a corporation which is authorized to operate a land bank within the jurisdictional boundaries of the local government establishing the corporation.   The corporation is declared to be performing a public function on behalf of the local government with respect to which the corporation is created and organized and to be a public instrumentality of such local government. Accordingly, the corporation and all properties of the corporation, including all properties held in the name of the corporation in the land bank, at any time owned by it, and the income and revenues from the properties, shall be exempt from all taxation in this state.      A corporation shall come into existence under the terms of this chapter when any local government to which subsection (a) applies either on its own initiative or through inter-local agreements entered into by and between one (1) or more creating local governments vote by majority vote of its legislative body to establish the corporation. Evidence of such authorization shall be proclaimed and countersigned by the presiding officer of each participating county or municipality and certified by such officer to the secretary of state.   The governing bodies of the creating local governments shall indicate their willingness to appropriate sufficient funds to provide for the initial administration of the corporation as a part of the authorization process and for such purposes are authorized to provide funding or grants and appropriate money to the corporation in such manner as directed by the legislative bodies.
TN Code § 13-30-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 30 - Tennessee Local Land Bank Program|§ 13-30-105. Board of Directors

  The corporation shall have a board of directors in which all powers of the corporation shall be vested. Such board shall consist of any number of directors, no fewer than five (5), all of whom shall be duly qualified electors of and taxpayers in the creating local government or local governments.   The creating local government or local governments, if more than one (1) has jointly created a corporation, shall determine the qualifications, manner of selection or appointment, terms of office of members of the board, the number of directors, whether and to what extent the members of the local legislative bodies shall be appointed or elected to serve on the board of the corporation and the manner of filling vacancies.   The term of each director on the corporation shall be as set by the creating local government or local governments; provided, that any director shall continue to serve beyond the end of the director's term until the director's successor has been appointed. At the first organizational meeting of the corporation, the creating local government or local governments shall establish the terms of the initial directors so that the directors serve staggered terms and an approximately equal number of directors have terms that expire in each year.
TN Code § 13-30-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 30 - Tennessee Local Land Bank Program|§ 13-30-107. Corporate Authority to Create Land Bank for Real Property — Compliance With State Law, Ethical Standards, and Open Records Provisions

  The corporation, once created, shall have the authority to create a land bank for real property located within the boundaries of the creating local government or local governments.   No rules or bylaws created by the corporation may contravene state law.   All board members, appointees, employees and/or paid advisors of the corporation created, appointed or employed, with or without pay, pursuant to this chapter are subject to title 8, chapter 17, and may not be exempted on the basis of any corporate board governance rules or bylaws.   All meetings of the board of directors of the corporation and/or its employees are subject to title 8, chapter 44, and may not be exempted on the basis of the corporate board governance rules or bylaws.   All corporate records are subject to §§ 10-7-503 — 10-7-505, and may not be exempted on the basis of any corporate board governance rules or bylaws.
TN Code § 13-30-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 30 - Tennessee Local Land Bank Program|§ 13-30-108. Contracts and Agreements

 The corporation may enter into contracts and agreements with the creating local government or local governments for staffing services to be provided to the corporation by such local governments or agencies or departments thereof.
TN Code § 13-30-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 30 - Tennessee Local Land Bank Program|§ 13-30-110. Acquisition and Maintenance of Real Property and Interests in Real Property

  The corporation may acquire real property or interests in real property for the land bank by gift, devise, transfer, exchange, foreclosure, purchase, or otherwise on terms and conditions and in a manner the corporation considers proper.   The corporation may acquire real property by purchase contracts, lease purchase agreements, installment sales contracts or land contracts, and may accept transfers from municipalities or counties upon such terms and conditions as agreed to by the corporation and the local government.   The corporation shall maintain all of its real property and real property held in the land bank in accordance with state law and the laws and ordinances of the jurisdiction in which the real property is located.   The corporation shall not own or hold real property located outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the local governmental entity or entities that created the corporation; provided, however, that the corporation may be granted authority pursuant to an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with another municipality or county to manage and maintain real property located within the jurisdiction of such other municipality or county.   Except as provided in § 13-30-120, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any municipality or county may convey to the corporation real property and interests in real property on such terms and conditions, and according to such procedures, as determined by the legislative body of the local government conveying the real property to the corporation.    The corporation may provide written notice to the clerk and master in advance of any delinquent property tax sale auction held pursuant to § 67-5-2005(b) that it wishes to enter the minimum bid for cash for any parcel advertised for sale in such auction, and such minimum bid shall preempt all other bids for said parcel, and the local land bank shall be the prevailing bidder.   If there are no other bidders on a parcel under subdivision (f)(1), such minimum bid shall be accepted for no cash, and the local land bank shall be the prevailing bidder and take title to said parcel in the same manner as a municipality bidding the minimum bid.     Commencing upon the date of transfer of any real property from a land bank to a taxable person or entity, if approved by local government, the land bank shall be entitled to receive payments from the local government equal to fifty percent (50%) of real property taxes collected by the local government for a period of five (5) years.