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TN Code § 7-51-1116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1116. Entertainers or Escorts — Permits — Application

  Any person desiring to secure a permit as an entertainer, employee, or escort shall make application to the board. The application shall be filed in triplicate with and dated by the board. A copy of the application shall be distributed promptly by the board to the sheriff's department.   The application for a permit shall be upon a form provided by the board. An applicant for a permit shall furnish the following information under oath:  Name and address, including all aliases;   Written proof that the individual is at least eighteen (18) years of age;   The applicant's height, weight, color of eyes and hair;   The adult-oriented establishment or similar business permit history of the applicant; whether such person, in previously operating in this or any other city or state under permit, has had such permit revoked or suspended, the reason for the revocation or suspension, and the business activity or occupation subject to such action of suspension or revocation;   Any conviction for or plea of nolo contendere to a specified criminal act, as defined in § 7-51-1102;   Two (2) portrait photographs at least two inches by two inches (2" x 2") of the applicant; and   A statement by the applicant that the applicant is familiar with this part and is in compliance with  this part.     Within ten (10) days of receiving the results of the investigation conducted by the board or sheriff's department, the board shall notify the applicant that the applicant's application is granted, denied or held for further investigation. Such additional investigation shall not exceed an additional thirty (30) days unless otherwise agreed to by the applicant. Upon the conclusion of such additional investigations, the board shall advise the applicant in writing whether the application is granted or denied.   If an additional investigation is held that is not caused by actions of the applicant, upon the expiration of the thirtieth day from the filing of the application, the applicant shall be permitted conditionally to work as an entertainer, employee, or escort pending final judicial review by the trial court of a decision by the board to deny the application.   Failure or refusal of the applicant to give any information relevant to the investigation of the application, or the applicant's refusal or failure to appear at any reasonable time and place for examination under oath regarding the application, or the applicant's refusal to submit to or cooperate with any investigation required by this part, constitutes an admission by the applicant that the applicant is ineligible for such permit, and is grounds for denial thereof by the board.
TN Code § 7-51-1117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1117. Entertainers, Employees or Escorts — Permits — Qualifications — Investigations

  To receive a permit as an entertainer, employee or escort, an applicant must meet the following standards:   The applicant shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age;   The applicant shall not have had a permit revoked within two (2) years immediately preceding the date of the application;   The applicant shall not have been convicted of a specified criminal act, as defined in § 7-51-1102, for which:   Less than two (2) years have elapsed since the date of conviction if the conviction is for a misdemeanor offense;   Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of conviction if the conviction is for a felony offense; and   Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of conviction for two (2) or more misdemeanor offenses occurring within any twelve-month period;       The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on disqualification of the applicant;   An applicant who has been convicted of any specified criminal activities may not be denied a permit based on those convictions once the time period required in subdivision (a)(1)(C) has elapsed.     No permit shall be issued until the board or sheriff's department has investigated the applicant's qualifications to receive a permit. The results of that investigation shall be filed in writing with the board no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the application. The board shall only deny a permit application for reasons set forth in this part.
TN Code § 7-51-1118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1118. Entertainers and Escorts — Permits — Fees

  A license fee of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be submitted with the application for a license.   A permit fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be submitted with the application for a permit.
TN Code § 7-51-1119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1119. Penalties for Violation of Part

   A violation of this part shall, for a first offense, be a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only of five hundred dollars ($500), and shall result in the suspension or revocation of any license.   A second or subsequent violation of this part is a Class A misdemeanor, and shall result in the suspension or revocation of any license.     Each violation of this part shall be considered a separate offense, and any violation continuing more than one (1) hour of time shall be considered a separate offense for each hour of violation.
TN Code § 7-51-1120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1120. Local Approval Required

 This part shall be local in effect and shall become effective in a particular county upon the contingency of a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body adopting this part.
TN Code § 7-51-1121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1121. Part Not Exclusive or Preemptory of Local Laws or Regulations

  Nothing in this part shall preempt or prevent political subdivisions in this state from enacting and enforcing other lawful and reasonable restrictions, regulations, licensing, zoning, and other criminal, civil or administrative provisions concerning the location, configuration, code compliance, or other business operations or requirements of adult-oriented establishments and sexually-oriented businesses. Except as specified in this part, such other lawful and reasonable restrictions, regulations, licensing, and other criminal, civil, or administrative provisions shall not be a basis for the board's denying, revoking, or suspending a license or permit under this part.   Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other law to the contrary, if a city or other political subdivision in this state chooses to enact and enforce its own regulatory scheme for adult-oriented establishments and sexually-oriented businesses, then this part shall not apply within the jurisdiction of such city or other political subdivision.
TN Code § 7-51-1201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 12 - Demolition of Historic Structures|§ 7-51-1201. Restrictions on Demolition of Residential Structures — Approval of Demolition

 No owner may demolish any residential structure that meets all of the following criteria, unless the county or municipal legislative body, as provided in this part, approves by majority vote such demolition:   The residential structure was originally constructed before 1865;   The residential structure is reparable at a reasonable cost; and   The residential structure has an historical significance besides age itself, including, but not limited to, uniqueness of architecture, occurrence of historical events, notable former residents, design by a particular architect, or construction by a particular builder.
TN Code § 7-51-1202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 12 - Demolition of Historic Structures|§ 7-51-1202. Jurisdiction

  If such property is located within the boundaries of a municipality, the municipal legislative body shall approve the demolition and no county approval shall be required.   If such property is located outside the boundaries of a municipality, the county legislative body shall approve the demolition.
TN Code § 7-51-1203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 12 - Demolition of Historic Structures|§ 7-51-1203. Approval Not Granted — Condemnation or Purchase

 If approval is not granted, the county or municipality shall proceed with a condemnation proceeding as provided in title 29, chapter 17, or purchase the property in question within a reasonable period of time, which shall not exceed ninety (90) days.
TN Code § 7-51-1204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 12 - Demolition of Historic Structures|§ 7-51-1204. Applicability of Part

 This part shall apply in any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and shall be inapplicable to such residential structures within the right-of-way of projects administered by the department of transportation whenever a determination has been made that such structures are of historical significance and plans for their disposition or preservation have been coordinated with and concurred in by the state historic preservation officer of the Tennessee historical commission.
TN Code § 7-51-1301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 13 - Civil Service Notice|§ 7-51-1301. Notice of Examinations

  For civil service employment, notices shall be posted for any examinations given by any municipal government or any county government or any metropolitan government to establish promotion eligibility for civil service employment.   Such notice shall be posted at least thirty (30) days prior to the examination.   The chief executive officer of any local government may, upon written notice to an affected department head, waive the posting requirement of this section.
TN Code § 7-51-1402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 14 - Adult-Oriented Establishments|§ 7-51-1402. Hours of Operation for Adult-Oriented Establishment

  No adult-oriented establishment shall open to do business before eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.), Monday through Saturday; and no such establishment shall remain open after twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight, Monday through Saturday. No adult-oriented establishment shall be open for business on any Sunday or a legal holiday as designated in § 15-1-101.   A local ordinance, resolution or private act may establish opening hours for adult-oriented establishments that are later than eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) and closing hours that are earlier than twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight, but in no event may such ordinances, resolutions or private acts extend the opening hours to earlier than eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) or the closing hours to later than twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight.
TN Code § 7-51-1403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 14 - Adult-Oriented Establishments|§ 7-51-1403. Physical Design of Premises

 No person shall own, operate, manage, rent, lease or exercise control over any commercial building, structure, premises or portion or part of any commercial building, structure or premises that is an adult-oriented establishment and that contains:   Partitions between subdivisions of a room, portion or part of a building, structure or premises having an aperture that is designed or constructed to facilitate sexual activity between persons on either side of the partition; or   Booths, stalls, or partitioned portions of a room or individual rooms, used for the viewing of motion pictures or other forms of entertainment, having doors, curtains or portal partitions, unless such booths, stalls, partitioned portions of a room or individual rooms so used shall have at least one (1) side open to adjacent public rooms so that the area inside is visible to persons in adjacent public rooms. Such areas shall be lighted in a manner that the persons in the areas used for viewing motion pictures or other forms of entertainment are visible from the adjacent public rooms, but such lighting shall not be of such intensity as to prevent the viewing of motion pictures or other offered entertainment.
TN Code § 7-51-1404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 14 - Adult-Oriented Establishments|§ 7-51-1404. Penalty

 A first offense for a violation of this part is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable only by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500); and a second or subsequent such offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 7-51-1405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 14 - Adult-Oriented Establishments|§ 7-51-1405. Hours of Operation for Live, Stage Adult Entertainment

 The opening and closing time limitations placed on adult-oriented establishments in § 7-51-1402 shall not apply to an establishment or the portion of an establishment that offers only live, stage adult entertainment in a theatre, adult cabaret, or dinner show type setting.
TN Code § 7-51-1406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 14 - Adult-Oriented Establishments|§ 7-51-1406. Local Laws Not Preempted

 Nothing in this part shall preempt an ordinance, regulation, restriction or license that was lawfully adopted or issued by a political subdivision prior to the enactment of Acts 2007, ch. 541, or prevent or preempt a political subdivision in this state from enacting and enforcing in the future other lawful and reasonable restrictions, regulations, licensing, zoning or other civil or administrative provisions concerning the location, configuration, code compliance or other business operations or requirements of adult-oriented establishments and sexually-oriented businesses.
TN Code § 7-51-1407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 14 - Adult-Oriented Establishments|§ 7-51-1407. Restrictions on Locations of Adult-Oriented Businesses

   An adult-oriented establishment or adult cabaret shall not locate within one thousand feet (1,000') of a child care facility, a private, public, or charter school, a public park, family recreation center, a residence, or a place of worship.   For the purposes of subdivision (a)(1), measurements shall be made in a straight line in all directions, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest point on the property line of a parcel containing an adult-oriented establishment to the nearest point on the property line of a parcel containing a child care facility, a private, public, or charter school, a public park, family recreation center, a residence, or a place of worship.     Subsection (a) shall not apply to an adult-oriented business located in an otherwise prohibited location in operation on July 1, 2007, and the business activity shall be deemed an existing use of the property; provided, that the business remains in continuous operation as an adult-oriented business regardless of change of ownership.
TN Code § 7-51-1501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 15 - Employees' Political Freedoms|§ 7-51-1501. Rights Guaranteed to Local Government Employees

 Notwithstanding any county, municipal, metropolitan, or other local governmental charter to the contrary, and notwithstanding any resolution or ordinance adopted by any such county, municipality or other local governmental unit to the contrary, every employee of every such local governmental unit shall enjoy the same rights of other citizens of Tennessee to be a candidate for any state or local political office, the right to participate in political activities by supporting or opposing political parties, political candidates, and petitions to governmental entities; provided, further, the city, county, municipal, metropolitan or other local government is not required to pay the employee's salary for work not performed for the governmental entity; and provided, further, that unless otherwise authorized by law or local ordinance, an employee of a municipal government or of a metropolitan government shall not be qualified to run for elected office in the local governing body of such local governmental unit in which the employee is employed.
TN Code § 7-51-1502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 15 - Employees' Political Freedoms|§ 7-51-1502. Rights Under § 5-5-102

 The rights granted to county employees under § 5-5-102(c)(1) are preserved.
TN Code § 7-51-1503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 15 - Employees' Political Freedoms|§ 7-51-1503. Time Off for Political Activities Limited

 Any time off from work used by the employee for participation in political activities shall be limited to earned days off, vacation days, or by any other arrangements worked out between the employee and the municipal or county governmental body.
TN Code § 7-51-1601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 16 - Natural Disaster Relief|§ 7-51-1601. Definitions — Assistance to Private Residential Property Owners

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Natural disaster” means a disaster that has caused widespread devastation in an area and includes an area that has been declared by the governor to be a disaster area; and   “Private residential property” means real property, and the improvements to such real property, that is not owned by the federal government or a state agency and is used as a dwelling.     When a natural disaster occurs, a municipality or county shall have access to and may spend public funds to assist in cleaning up debris and fallen trees on private residential property, if a request is made by the owner of the property for such assistance.   The municipality or county shall by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, adopt a plan for providing assistance for natural disaster relief to private residential property as authorized by this section. A county highway department may perform work as part of a plan adopted under this subsection (c) if the plan specifically authorizes the county highway department to perform the work and the plan provides for the reimbursement of the costs incurred by the county highway department.
TN Code § 7-51-1701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 17 - Leave Policy for Arrested Employees|§ 7-51-1701. Leave Policy for Arrested Employee — Restoring Back Pay

 If a municipality or county has or implements a personnel policy that places an employee on leave for any period of time immediately following any arrest of the employee, the municipality or county must also implement a policy of restoring back pay to the employee if the charges are dropped or the employee is found not guilty of the charges. This requirement shall not apply if the employee pleads guilty to the charges or enters into a plea agreement on the charges.
TN Code § 7-51-1801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 18 - Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act|§ 7-51-1801. Short Title — Part Definitions

  This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act.”   As used in the part, the term:  “County” includes any county having a metropolitan form of government; and   “Local government” means a municipality or county.