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TN Code § 7-59-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 59 - Cable Television|Part 3 - Competitive Cable and Video Services Act|§ 7-59-302. Scope of Part — Construction

 This part creates a fair franchising process for cable and video services and codifies the terms of the franchise in state law. This part does not alter existing state law regarding local control of public rights-of-way or the police powers of local government. This part does not alter or restrict the right of any municipality or county to impose ad valorem taxes, sales taxes, or other taxes of general applicability. This part does not alter or restrict in any manner the application of the Broadband Business Certainty Act of 2006, compiled in title 65, chapter 5, part 2. This part does not alter in any manner the provisions contained in chapter 52, part 6 of this title. This part does not alter or apply in any manner to wholesale telecommunications access by competitive local exchange carriers. It is the intent of this part to confer a limited role on the Tennessee public utility commission, referred to in this part as the “department”, which will be ministerial and narrowly construed, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided for in this part, and no rulemaking authority is provided by this part.
TN Code § 7-59-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 59 - Cable Television|Part 3 - Competitive Cable and Video Services Act|§ 7-59-307. Restrictions to Specified Entities Concerning Negotiating Cable or Video Services — Retail Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol Service

  Nothing in this part confers authority upon a municipality or county to require any cable or video service provider to negotiate a local cable or video service franchise agreement with a municipality or county.  The decision to choose whether to utilize either a state-issued certificate of franchise authority or a local franchise is within the sole discretion of the cable or video service provider.    In the event an entity or person is providing cable or video service on July 1, 2008, under a local franchise previously granted by a municipality or county that has expired, the entity or person shall, as a condition of continuing to provide cable or video service within the municipality or county, either negotiate a renewal of an expired local franchise agreement or apply for a state-issued certificate of franchise authority.   In the event that a municipality or county is unable to successfully negotiate a renewal of an expired local franchise with an incumbent provider within one hundred eighty (180) days after July 1, 2008, a municipality or county may require the incumbent provider to seek a state-issued certificate of franchise authority. The submission of an application for a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall constitute interim authority to continue to provide service pending action by the department.       Part 1 of this chapter is specifically preserved for providers who seek a local franchise. Parts 1 and 2 of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the provisions prohibiting more favorable terms in § 7-59-203, shall have no application to the state-issued certificate of franchise authority established in this part, and parts 1 and 2 of this chapter shall not apply in any manner or impose restrictions or obligations upon the holder operating under a state-issued certificate of franchise authority.   No municipality, county, franchising authority, state agency, or political subdivision of the state may impose any additional requirements or request anything of value not provided under this part or any other state law on the provision of cable or video service by any cable or video service provider operating under a state-issued certificate of franchise authority within its jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, any requirement regulating rates charged by the cable or video service provider or any requirement to deploy any facility or equipment.   No franchising authority, state agency, municipality, county or political subdivision of the state is authorized to regulate the provision of retail interconnected voice over Internet protocol service.
TN Code § 7-59-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 59 - Cable Television|Part 3 - Competitive Cable and Video Services Act|§ 7-59-308. Customer Complaint Handling Process — Customer Service Requirements

  In addition to the customer complaint handling process described in the application for a state-issued certificate of franchise authority, a holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority must comply with the customer service requirements found in 47 CFR 76.309(c), which customer service requirements shall be the sole customer service requirements applicable to a holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority. Each holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall identify the department as the applicable franchise authority and include its telephone number on customer invoices.   With regard to providers of cable or video service under the terms of local franchises, the municipal or county government shall handle customer inquiries or complaints, for customers located in the municipality or county, in accordance with the terms of the local franchise governing a cable service provider or provider of video services.    With regard to holders of state-issued certificates of franchise authority, customer complaints shall be handled in accordance with the terms of the service agreement between the holder and the customer. To the extent that a complaint remains unresolved following the procedures in the service agreement, a complaint may be brought to the department. A municipality or county that receives a customer complaint may refer the complaint to the department. If the department determines that the provider has violated the customer service requirements made applicable in this part, it shall order the provider to:  Cure the violation within a reasonable period of time; or   Issue a service credit equal to the charges for the period of time that the customer's service was affected by the provider's failure to comply with the applicable service requirement, which shall not exceed a maximum credit of three (3) months, and the affected period shall not include the time during which the complaint is considered by the department.     If the department determines that no violation has occurred, then it shall dismiss the complaint.   Except as provided for in this subsection (c), the department is not empowered to award remedies or to impose penalties of any kind for any customer service complaint that is not expressly provided for by the FCC's customer service requirements. The department is not empowered to initiate investigations or to review or regulate the general compliance of a provider with the customer service standards and is instead limited to addressing only the specific customer complaints brought to the department. Nothing in this part alters, limits, or expands any existing remedy available to any customer, or any power available to the attorney general and reporter, pursuant to the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977, compiled in title 47, chapter 18.
TN Code § 7-59-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 59 - Cable Television|Part 3 - Competitive Cable and Video Services Act|§ 7-59-314. Duties of Department — Report

   Beginning on March 1, 2009, the department shall file a report on March 1 of each year until 2011 with the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the governor, the chair of the commerce and labor committee of the senate and the chair of the commerce committee of the house of representatives. The report shall be compiled by the department. The report shall contain the following information:  The number of applications made for state-issued certificates of franchise authority and amendments to the applications during the prior year;   The number of applications or amendments approved;   The number of applications or amendments denied and the reason for the denials;   The service areas covered by each holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority;   The number of customer complaints and a description of the efficacy of the department's complaint resolution process;   The number of municipalities or counties in which two (2) or more cable or video service providers are serving customers; and   The department's aggregated summary of low-income households' access reports submitted by holders of state-issued certificates of franchise authority.     In preparing this report, the department shall rely on information filed with the department or available as public information, but the department shall not issue mandatory data requests or subpoenas to collect the information. The department may invite all cable or video service providers to submit voluntary reports supplying information relating to the services and products offered in this state, and any other information the cable or video services providers volunteer regarding future plans for deployment, new services, new technology, or the impact of competition. All such reports received shall be appended to the department's report.      Upon receipt of an application to obtain a state-issued certificate of franchise authority, the department shall notify all municipalities or counties identified as part of the applicant's service area to obtain the following information:  The number of activated PEG channels for the municipality or county; and   The terms of any PEG support being provided by the incumbent cable provider.     The department shall compile and keep current the information for the use of holders of state-issued certificates of franchise authority. If a municipality or county fails to provide this information after being requested to do so by the department, the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall not be held in violation or noncompliance with § 7-59-309 with regard to the municipality or county until such time as the department has received the information and the holder has been given adequate time to comply with § 7-59-309.
TN Code § 7-59-317 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 59 - Cable Television|Part 3 - Competitive Cable and Video Services Act|§ 7-59-317. Notices to Affected Local Governments

 A holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall provide affected local governments with notices as provided in this section, which notices shall include at a minimum:   Notice of filing of an application for a state-issued certificate of franchise authority, contemporaneously with the filing of the application;   Notice of offering service for purchase in an affected county or municipality, ten (10) days prior to providing service;   Notice of filing of an amendment to its application or its previously granted state-issued certificate of franchise authority, contemporaneously with the filing of the amendment with the department;   Notice of its intent to transfer its state-issued certificate of franchise authority to a successor in interest at least ten (10) days prior to the consummation of the transaction; and   Notice of termination of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority, contemporaneously with the filing of the notice with the department.
TN Code § 7-59-318 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 59 - Cable Television|Part 3 - Competitive Cable and Video Services Act|§ 7-59-318. Obligation to Indemnify and Hold Harmless — Exceptions

  The holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the state, municipality, county and any employee or representative of the state, municipality or county, individually and collectively referred to in this section and § 7-59-305(c)(4) as the indemnitee, as well as any political subdivision of the state and any employee or representative of the political subdivision, from all claims, demands, causes of action, liability, judgments, costs and expenses or losses for injury or death to persons or damage to property owned by, and workers' compensation claims, collectively referred to in this section as claims, against any parties indemnified in accordance with this section, arising out of, caused by, or as a result of the holder's exercising its authority granted under a state-issued certificate of franchise authority, except for claims related to public, educational or governmental channels controlled by an indemnitee or other third-party designated by the indemnitee; provided, that the indemnitee shall give the holder written notice of the holder's obligation to indemnify the indemnitee within ten (10) business days of receipt of a claim. Should the indemnitee determine that it is necessary for it to employ separate counsel, the costs for the separate counsel shall be the responsibility of the indemnitee. If the indemnitee determines in good faith that its interests cannot be represented by the holder, the holder shall be excused from any obligation to defend that indemnitee and shall have standing to intervene in any proceeding relating to such claims, but shall remain obligated to indemnify the indemnitee as provided in this section and shall retain the right to participate in the relevant proceeding to protect its own interests.   Notwithstanding subsection (a), a holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall not be required to indemnify or hold harmless any indemnitee whose negligence or willful misconduct caused the claims.   No indemnitee shall settle any claim for which a holder is responsible without the written consent of the holder.
TN Code § 7-60-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 60 - Tennessee Home Mortgage Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-60-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Home Mortgage Act.”
TN Code § 7-60-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 60 - Tennessee Home Mortgage Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-60-104. Powers Conferred as Additional and Supplemental — Limitations Imposed — Effect

 The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition and supplemental to, and the limitations imposed by this chapter shall not affect, the powers conferred by any other general statute, special act, charter or ordinance of this state or any county. Home mortgages may be acquired, purchased and financed, and bonds or notes may be issued under this chapter for such purposes, notwithstanding that any other general statute, special act, charter or ordinance may provide for the acquisition, purchase and financing of like home mortgages or the issuance of bonds or notes for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other such law.
TN Code § 7-60-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 60 - Tennessee Home Mortgage Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-60-105. Construction — Grandfather Clause

  This chapter is necessary for the health, welfare and safety of this state and its inhabitants; therefore, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.   Any proceedings of the governing body of any county under this chapter prior to June 12, 1981, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, and may be continued as adopted or may be readopted or recommenced by such governing body.
TN Code § 7-60-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 60 - Tennessee Home Mortgage Act|Part 2 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-60-202. Prerequisites to Exercising Powers

  No power granted to a county under this chapter may be exercised unless and until the county shall have found and determined by resolution that conditions substantially as described in § 7-60-102 exist in the county, are continuing and may be ameliorated by the exercise of the powers granted under this chapter.   Such resolution shall include the following findings:  Persons and families of lower and moderate income in the county are subject to hardship in finding and financing through private banking channels decent, safe and sanitary housing;   Private enterprise is not adequately meeting the need for providing and financing decent, safe and sanitary housing for such persons and families and the reduction of blight and deterioration;   There exist in the county conditions of blight and the deterioration of the quality of the environment and living conditions in the county;   Conditions of unemployment and underemployment exist in the construction industry in the county; and   The conditions of unemployment and underemployment and the need for decent, safe and sanitary housing shall be diminished and the blight and the deterioration of the quality of the environment and living conditions in the county shall be alleviated by the exercise and full implementation of the powers granted under this chapter.      The resolution shall not pass final consideration until after a public hearing on the preliminary findings and determinations on the conditions in such county.   Not less than thirty (30) days prior to such public hearing, a notice of public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.   Such notice shall include the preliminary findings and determinations on which such resolution was adopted.
TN Code § 7-60-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 60 - Tennessee Home Mortgage Act|Part 2 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-60-204. Procedure for Adoption of Resolutions

 All action required or authorized to be taken under this chapter by the governing body of any county may be by resolution, which resolution may be adopted at the meeting, regular or special, of the governing body at which such resolution is introduced, and shall take effect immediately upon such adoption. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no resolution under this chapter need be published or posted, nor shall any such resolution be subject to veto by the chief executive officer of a county or presiding officer of the governing body. Any such resolution shall require for its passage not less than a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the governing body present at the meeting, regular or special, in which such resolution shall be introduced for passage.
TN Code § 7-60-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 60 - Tennessee Home Mortgage Act|Part 2 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-60-205. Recital of Issuance Pursuant to Chapter

 Any resolution authorizing bonds or notes under this chapter may provide that such bonds or notes shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this chapter, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and the regularity of their issuance.
TN Code § 7-60-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 60 - Tennessee Home Mortgage Act|Part 2 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-60-206. Interim Certificates — Temporary Obligations

 Pending the preparation or delivery of the definitive bonds or notes, interim certificates or other temporary obligations may be issued by a county to the purchaser of the bonds or notes. Such interim certificates or other temporary obligations shall be in such form and contain such terms, conditions and provisions as the governing body of such county issuing the interim certificates or other temporary obligations may determine.
TN Code § 7-60-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 60 - Tennessee Home Mortgage Act|Part 2 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-60-207. Validity of Bonds or Notes

 The validity of the authorization and issuance of the bonds or notes authorized under this chapter shall not be dependent on or affected in any way by proceedings relating to home mortgages or qualified home improvement loans for which the bonds or notes are issued. Bonds or notes issued under this chapter bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing of the bonds or notes shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery of the bonds or notes any or all of the persons whose signatures appear on the bonds or notes have ceased to be officers of the county issuing the bonds or notes.
TN Code § 7-60-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 60 - Tennessee Home Mortgage Act|Part 2 - Operation and Powers|§ 7-60-208. Deposit and Payment of Funds — Security — Accounting — Audit

   All moneys of a county derived in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this chapter, shall be deposited as soon as practicable in a separate account or accounts in banks or trust companies doing business in or out of the state.   The moneys in such accounts shall be paid out on checks signed by such officer or employee of the county as the county shall authorize.   All deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the county, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the state or of the county of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits.   Notwithstanding this section, a county shall have power to contract with the holders of any of its bonds or notes as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any moneys of the county derived in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, and of any moneys held in a trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or notes, and to carry out such contract.   Moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or notes or in any way to secure bonds or notes and deposits of such moneys may be secured in the same manner as moneys of the county, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits.     Subject to any contract with bondholders and noteholders, a county issuing bonds or notes pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe a system of accounts. All such accounts shall be kept separate from other accounts of the county and shall be used for the purposes of this chapter and for no other purpose.   All accounts of a county established in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter shall be annually audited by the comptroller of the treasury, an independent public accountant or independent certified public accountant, selected by the county and approved by the comptroller of the treasury, and a report of such audit and the books and records of the county kept with respect to any action taken or account established under this chapter, including books and records pertaining to its receipts, disbursements, contracts, reserve funds, sinking funds and investments, shall be open to public inspection.