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TN Code § 9-11-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 11 - Cash Basis Law of 1937|§ 9-11-116. Enforcement Power of the Comptroller of the Treasury or Comptroller's Designee

 The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall require such periodic information from a unit operating under this chapter and make such audits as the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee deems necessary, to the end that it may be ascertained that the budget of the unit is kept balanced during the life of bonds issued under this chapter. The annual budget of each unit operating under this chapter shall be submitted to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee at least three (3) weeks prior to its adoption. The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee must thereupon determine whether or not the budget will be in balance in accordance with this chapter. If the budget does not comply with this chapter, the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall have the power and authority to direct the governing body of the unit to adjust its estimates or to make additional tax levies sufficient to comply with this chapter. No budget shall be adopted by the governing body of a unit which shall have issued bonds under this chapter until it shall have been approved by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall approve the budget only when the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee is satisfied that it complies with this chapter.
TN Code § 9-11-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 11 - Cash Basis Law of 1937|§ 9-11-117. Tax Anticipation Notes

 The governing body of any unit which shall have issued bonds under this chapter may issue tax anticipation notes under chapter 21 of this title.
TN Code § 9-11-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 11 - Cash Basis Law of 1937|§ 9-11-118. Remedies of Bondholders

  Any holder of bonds issued under this chapter, or any person or officer being a party in interest, may either at law or in equity by suit, action or mandamus, enforce and compel the performance of the duties required by this chapter of the governing body or any board or officer of the unit.   Inasmuch as the purpose of this chapter is to place and maintain the fiscal affairs of the counties and cities in the state on a cash basis, this chapter shall constitute an irrepealable contract with the holders of bonds issued under this chapter.
TN Code § 9-11-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 11 - Cash Basis Law of 1937|§ 9-11-119. Nature and Construction of Chapter

 No restriction, limitation, or provision contained in any other law, either public or private, relating to the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations of a unit, or limiting the amount of taxes which may be levied in a unit, shall apply to bonds or notes issued under this chapter. The powers granted by this chapter are in addition to all other powers heretofore granted to a unit, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting a unit from issuing bonds or notes under any public or private statute applicable to such unit. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as mandatory for any unit to issue funding or refunding bonds under the terms and conditions of this chapter.
TN Code § 9-14-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 14 - Local Economic Adjustment Act of 1975|§ 9-14-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Economic Adjustment Act of 1975.”
TN Code § 9-14-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 14 - Local Economic Adjustment Act of 1975|§ 9-14-102. Purpose

 In order to promote the health, safety, right to gainful employment, economic opportunity and general welfare of the inhabitants of this state, the local governments (cities, towns and counties) are authorized to participate cooperatively with the state and federal governments in activities designed to alleviate or moderate existing or potential conditions of severe economic adjustment, resulting from termination or closure of major industries or firms, unemployment caused therefrom, and other hardships that would result in loss of the labor force, breakup of the family unit, and other conditions resulting from explosions, floods, earthquakes, or other major disasters, natural or man-made.
TN Code § 9-14-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 14 - Local Economic Adjustment Act of 1975|§ 9-14-103. Chapter Definitions — Economic Adjustment Project

 For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Cities,” “towns” and “counties” mean those general government units that are political subdivisions of the state of Tennessee;   “Economic adjustment project” means those activities for which funds are available from local, state or federal sources and which include one (1) or more of the following objectives:  Plan, finance, construct, operate and maintain all types of public facilities, including publicly owned industrial parks;   Make commercial loans for business and industrial development;   Do economic development planning, including research and technical assistance studies related to accelerating the development process;   Provide public service jobs;   Provide rent supplements to families and individuals, including loans and grants;   Provide mortgage payment assistance to families and individuals, including loans and grants;   Provide for costs of relocation of families and individuals, including loans and grants;   Provide vocational and technical training in cooperation with the state's system of vocational and technical schools; and   Provide other appropriate assistance related to economic adjustment and the purposes of this chapter;     “Federal government” means the government of the United States and any agency, department, board or commission thereof performing or administering programs enacted by statute; and   “State” means the state of Tennessee, including all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions, and other bodies which carry out state functions and programs. “State” also includes development districts as created by title 13, chapter 14.
TN Code § 9-14-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 14 - Local Economic Adjustment Act of 1975|§ 9-14-104. Loans and Grants Authorized

  Cities and counties are authorized to accept grants from the federal government to carry out economic adjustment projects. Cities and counties are also authorized to enter into contractual agreements with the federal government and with state government to accept grants and disburse or redistribute funds for purposes of economic adjustment projects, such disbursements to be in the form of grants and loans. No grant, however, shall be made to a private profit-making entity. Grants or loans can be made to a private or public nonprofit organization or association.   Loans for commercial and industrial development purposes shall be legally binding obligations and shall require interest payments and shall be consummated in accordance with applicable state and federal statutes and regulations. Commercial loans can be made only for legal purposes and subject to safeguards to protect the public interest, and can be made in conjunction with another commercial lender, a federal agency, and a state industrial development authority. Commercial loans made under this chapter can be first, second or third mortgage loans. The claim and right for principal repayment on second and third mortgage loans shall be secondary and subordinate to the first mortgage loan, except that repayment of principal and interest shall be made and prorated concurrently as agreed among the several lenders. In cases of foreclosure and acquisition of assets for liquidation or resale, the claim and right of the city or county shall be in a first, second or third mortgage position, as appropriate and as agreed to.   Loans made for public facilities, the repayment of which extends more than five (5) years, shall be in the form of municipal bonds, subject to the bond provisions and procedures spelled out by state enabling statutes for cities, counties and other political subdivisions. Loans made for less than five (5) years may be at a reduced interest cost, but not less than two percent (2%), simple interest.
TN Code § 9-14-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 14 - Local Economic Adjustment Act of 1975|§ 9-14-105. City and County Economic Adjustment Departments

 Cities and counties, singly or jointly by contract with each other or with state government, in initiating an economic adjustment project or program, shall create a department within the local government to carry out such projects or programs over a multi-year period. Such department shall be staffed by competent professionals, and headed by a director responsible to the local government as determined by ordinance, resolution or contract agreement.
TN Code § 9-14-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 14 - Local Economic Adjustment Act of 1975|§ 9-14-106. Funds

 Cities and counties are specifically authorized to appropriate funds from local sources, from general funds available, and from any other source authorized by state law, to operate the department and otherwise manage an economic adjustment project as described in this chapter, including the provision of funds needed to match available state and federal funds for such purposes. Commercial loans made to individuals, private firms and corporations shall in no way extend the credit of cities and counties in behalf thereof; however, such loans can be made in behalf of the federal government and with use of federal funds granted for such purposes.
TN Code § 9-14-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 14 - Local Economic Adjustment Act of 1975|§ 9-14-107. Record of Activities and Finances

 Appropriate financial and other records shall be kept on all transactions, which will show at all times activities planned, in progress and completed, the cost of each activity, the operational costs, and other such information as may be required to protect the public interest. An annual financial audit of the department shall be made by the comptroller of the treasury as provided by § 9-3-211. All records shall be open for public inspection during regular working hours. All audits performed by the internal audit staff of the department shall be conducted in accordance with the standards established by the comptroller of the treasury pursuant to § 4-3-304(9).
TN Code § 9-14-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 14 - Local Economic Adjustment Act of 1975|§ 9-14-108. Construction of Chapter

 This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes.
TN Code § 9-16-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 16 - Special County Census for Allocation of Funds|§ 9-16-101. Special Census by Counties

 For purposes of determining its eligibility in whole or part for an allocation of tax proceeds or other funds, each county may take not more than two (2) special censuses at its own expense at any time during the interim between the regular decennial federal censuses. The special census shall be taken by the federal census bureau or in a manner directed by and satisfactory to the department of economic and community development. The population of the county shall thereafter be revised in accordance with the special census, effective on July 1 following certification of the census results by the federal census bureau or department of economic and community development to the commissioner of finance and administration.
TN Code § 9-18-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 18 - Financial Integrity Act of 1983|§ 9-18-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Financial Integrity Act of 1983.”
TN Code § 9-18-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 18 - Financial Integrity Act of 1983|§ 9-18-102. Internal Controls — Management Assessment of Risk

  Each agency of state government and institution of higher education along with each county, municipal, and metropolitan government shall establish and maintain internal controls, which shall provide reasonable assurance that:  Obligations and costs are in compliance with applicable law;   Funds, property, and other assets are safeguarded against waste, loss, unauthorized use, or misappropriation; and   Revenues and expenditures are properly recorded and accounted for to permit the preparation of accurate and reliable financial and statistical reports and to maintain accountability over the assets.     To document compliance with the requirements set forth in subsection (a), each agency of state government and institution of higher education shall annually perform a management assessment of risk. The internal controls discussed in subsection (a) should be incorporated into this assessment. The objectives of the annual risk assessment are to provide reasonable assurance of the following:  Accountability for meeting program objectives;   Promoting operational efficiency and effectiveness;   Improving reliability of financial statements;   Strengthening compliance with laws, regulations, rules, and contracts and grant agreements; and   Reducing the risk of financial or other asset losses due to fraud, waste and abuse.
TN Code § 9-18-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 18 - Financial Integrity Act of 1983|§ 9-18-103. Guidelines for Assessment of Compliance

 The commissioner of finance and administration, in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury, shall establish guidelines for the assessment, by management of state agencies and higher education institutions, of the risks and systems of internal control to determine compliance with the requirements of § 9-18-102. The commissioner, in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury, may modify the guidelines from time to time as deemed necessary.
TN Code § 9-18-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 18 - Financial Integrity Act of 1983|§ 9-18-104. Report by Head of Executive Agency

  By December 31, 2008, initially, and then by December 31 of every year thereafter, the head of each state agency and higher education institution shall, on the basis of the evaluations conducted in accordance with guidelines prescribed under § 9-18-103, prepare and transmit to the commissioner of finance and administration and the comptroller of the treasury a report that states that:  The agency or institution acknowledges its management's responsibility for establishing, implementing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control; and   A management assessment of risk performed by the agency or institution provides or does not provide reasonable assurance of compliance with the objectives of the assessment as specified in this chapter.     In the event that the agency's or institution's assessment does not provide reasonable assurance of compliance with the objectives of the assessment as stated in this chapter, the report shall include a corrective action plan that identifies:  Any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the agency's or institution's system of internal control and/or lack of risk mitigating control activity; and   The plans and the schedule for correcting the weaknesses.
TN Code § 9-19-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 19 - Registration of Public Obligations|§ 9-19-101. Short Title

 This chapter may be known as the “Tennessee Public Obligations Registration Act.”
TN Code § 9-19-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 19 - Registration of Public Obligations|§ 9-19-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Book-entry form” means, with respect to public obligations, obligations that are not represented by an instrument but are evidenced and transferred on registration books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer;   “Facsimile seal” means the reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping, or other means of the seal of the issuer, official or official body;   “Facsimile signature” means the reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping, or other means of the manual signature of an authorized officer;   “Financial intermediary” means a bank, broker, or clearing corporation or the nominee of any of them, or other person or nominee which in the ordinary course of its business maintains public obligation accounts for its customers, when so acting;   “Issuer” means any entity, department, or agency which under the laws of this state issues public obligations. “Issuer” may thus include the state of Tennessee, agencies of the state of Tennessee and all political subdivisions and public instrumentalities of the state of Tennessee, including, without limitation, cities, towns, metropolitan governments, counties, authorities, districts, and corporations or other public entities;   “Official” or “official body” means the officer or board that is empowered under the laws of this state to provide for original issuance of a public obligation of the issuer, by defining the obligation and its terms, conditions and other incidents, the successor or successors of any such official or official body, and such other person or group of persons as shall be assigned duties of such official or official body under applicable law from time to time;   “Official actions” means the actions by statute, order, ordinance, charter, resolution, contract, or other authorized means by which the issuer provides for issuance of a public obligation; and   “Public obligation” means an agreement of an issuer to pay principal and any interest thereon, whether in the form of a contract to repay borrowed money, a lease, an installment purchase agreement, or otherwise, and includes a share, participation, or other interest in any such agreement.
TN Code § 9-19-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 19 - Registration of Public Obligations|§ 9-19-103. Authorization to Issue Public Obligations

 Notwithstanding any other law, issuers are hereby authorized to issue public obligations in fully registered form. Such obligations in fully registered form may, if permitted by the official action authorizing public obligations, be issued in book-entry form. If permitted by the official actions authorizing public obligations, obligations in fully registered form and in bearer form shall be exchangeable from time to time.
TN Code § 9-19-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 19 - Registration of Public Obligations|§ 9-19-104. Registration Agents — Paying Agents

 Any issuer of fully registered public obligations is authorized to appoint a registration agent or agents and paying agent or agents with respect to the issuance, exchange and transfer of such public obligations or to maintain records so that public obligations in book-entry form may be effected, with such duties as shall be determined by the issuer. Any such registration agent may be a bank, trust company, financial institution or other financial intermediary within or without this state, including the federal government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities. The state funding board is authorized to adopt such guidelines as it deems necessary relative to the qualifications that such bank, trust company, financial institution, or other financial intermediary must meet to qualify as a registration agent or paying agent for any fully registered public obligations to be issued by any issuer in Tennessee. Any issuer may act as its own registration agent and paying agent in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be established by the state funding board. Any issuer, including the state of Tennessee, may, upon approval by the state funding board, appoint the state of Tennessee, acting by and through the comptroller of the treasury, as registration agent and the state of Tennessee, acting by and through the state treasurer, as paying agent.
TN Code § 9-19-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 19 - Registration of Public Obligations|§ 9-19-105. Records and Books

  The registration agent shall keep such books as shall be necessary in connection with the issuance, exchange and transfer of fully registered public obligations. Any issuer may provide that no such fully registered public obligation shall be valid for any purpose unless certified or authenticated by such registration agent, and if so provided, then such fully registered public obligation shall be valid only if so certified or authenticated by the manual signature of an officer of such registration agent.   The issuance and transference of a public obligation in book-entry form shall be effected by means of entries on the records of the registration agent which shall reflect the description of the issue, the principal amount, the interest rate, the maturity date, the owner of the public obligation and such other information as the issuer deems appropriate. If so permitted by the official actions authorizing public obligations, conversions may be effectuated between such obligations in book-entry form and registered public obligations evidenced by an instrument for owners of obligations who request such a change. The registration agent shall issue a confirmation of a book-entry transaction in the form of a written advice to the appropriate parties thereto. Such written advice shall confer no rights on the recipient, and shall be neither a negotiable instrument nor a security.
TN Code § 9-19-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 9 - Public Finances|Chapter 19 - Registration of Public Obligations|§ 9-19-106. Signatures and Seals

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, public obligations issued in registered form are not required to bear manual signatures of officials of the issuer if such public obligations bear facsimile signatures in lieu thereof, and are certified or authenticated with the manual signature of an officer of the registration agent, and if the use of such facsimile signatures and certification or authentication is provided for in the official actions of the official body authorizing such obligations.   In case any official of the issuer whose signature or facsimile signature appears on a public obligation shall cease to hold office before the delivery thereof to the initial purchasers or before any exchange or transfer between subsequent holders thereof, such signature or facsimile signature nevertheless shall be valid for all purposes the same as if such official had remained in office until after such delivery, exchange or transfer.   When a seal is required or permitted in the execution of any public obligation, the seal may be printed, engraved, stamped, or otherwise placed in facsimile thereon. The facsimile seal has the same legal effect as the impression of the seal.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, no signature or endorsement shall be required upon the original issuance or subsequent transfer of fully registered public obligations in the event that such obligations are issued in book-entry form.