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TN Code § 7-55-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-107. Submission to Voters — Election

 The governing body of any municipality desiring to enter into the plan authorized in this chapter, after receiving a certificate of public purpose and necessity from the committee, as provided by this chapter, by resolutions spread upon its minutes, shall declare its intention of entering into such plan, and prior to the delivery and payment for any bonds authorized under this chapter a three-fourths (¾) majority of the registered voters of such municipality voting at an election on the special question of issuing such bonds shall approve of such bond issue; provided, that no such election shall be necessary in connection with the authorization of refunding bonds under this chapter. The governing body shall, by resolution, direct the county election commission to hold an election on the question of issuing the bonds. It shall not be necessary to submit to the voters any question other than the maximum amount of bonds to be issued and the purpose for the bonds. It is the duty of the governing body of such municipality to enter upon its minutes the results and returns of such election, and, after the delivery of any bonds voted upon at such election and payment for the bonds, such entry upon its minutes shall be conclusive evidence of the result of such election, and no suit, action or other proceeding contesting the validity of such election shall be entertained in any of the courts of the state thereafter. If such election results unfavorably to the proposition, then no second or other election shall be ordered or held until the committee shall determine that such election may be held.
TN Code § 7-55-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-108. Bond Resolution — Contents and Covenants — Receivers — Recourse

  Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under this chapter may contain covenants as to the:  Use and disposition of the rentals from the industrial building for which the bonds are to be issued, including the creation and maintenance of reserves;   Issuance of other or additional bonds payable from the income and revenues from such industrial building;   Maintenance and repair of such industrial building;   Insurance to be carried on the industrial building and the use and disposition of insurance moneys; and   Terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds, or any portion of the bonds or any trustees for the bonds, shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver by the chancery court, which court shall have jurisdiction in such proceedings, and which receiver may enter and take possession of the industrial building and lease and maintain the industrial building, prescribe rentals and collect, receive, and apply all income and revenues thereafter arising from the rentals in the same manner and to the same extent as the municipality itself might do.     This chapter and any such resolution or resolutions shall be a contract with the holder or holders of the bonds and shall continue in effect until the principal of and the interest on the bonds so issued shall have been fully paid, and the duties of the municipality and its governing body and officers under this chapter, and any such resolution or resolutions shall be enforceable by a bondholder by mandamus, or other appropriate suit, action or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction.
TN Code § 7-55-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-109. Validity in Bond Issues — Recital

 Bonds bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing of the bonds shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery of the bonds and payment for the bonds, any or all the persons whose signatures appear on the bonds shall have ceased to be officers of the municipality issuing the bonds. The validity of the bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of the industrial building for which the bonds are issued. The resolution authorizing the bonds may provide that the bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this chapter, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance.
TN Code § 7-55-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-110. Lien on Rentals

 All bonds issued under this chapter shall have a lien upon the rentals from the industrial building for which the bonds have been issued, and the governing body may provide in the resolution or resolutions authorizing such bonds for the issuance of additional bonds to be equally and ratably secured by a lien upon such rentals or may provide that the lien upon such rentals for future bonds shall be subordinate.
TN Code § 7-55-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-111. Securing Bonds — Enforcement by Bondholders — Tax Levy — Restrictions

 In order to secure the payment of any of the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, and interest on the bonds, or in connection with such bonds, any municipality has the power as to such bonds to pledge, in addition to all other revenues and funds provided for in this chapter, the full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power of the municipality to the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, subject to this chapter. In the event such pledge of full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power of the municipality is given, any holder or holders of the bonds, including a trustee or trustees for holders of such bonds, shall have the right, in addition to all other rights, by mandamus or other suit, action or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce such holder's or holders' rights against the municipality, and the governing body of the municipality, and any officer, agent or employee of the municipality, including, but not limited to, the right to require the municipality and governing body and any proper officer, agent or employee of the municipality, to assess, levy and collect taxes and other revenues and charges adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or pledge of, such taxes, revenues and charges. The taxes authorized to be pledged in this section shall be levied without limit as to rate or amount upon all taxable property within the municipality, and all such taxes to be levied are hereby declared to have been levied for county and corporation purposes, respectively, within the meaning of Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, § 29.
TN Code § 7-55-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-112. Collection and Revision of Rent — Separation of Funds

 The governing body of a municipality issuing bonds pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe and collect rentals for industrial buildings and shall revise such rentals from time to time whenever necessary so that the income and revenues to be derived from such rentals will always be sufficient to pay when due all bonds and interest on the bonds for the payment of which such revenues are pledged, including reserves for the payment of the bonds and interest, and to provide for all expenses of operation, maintenance, and depreciation charges of such industrial buildings. All funds arising under this chapter shall be kept separately and apart from other funds of the county, city or town, as the case may be.
TN Code § 7-55-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-113. Exemption From Taxation

 All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and the income from the bonds shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, except inheritance, transfer and estate taxes.
TN Code § 7-55-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-114. Bonds as Investments

 Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter and secured by a pledge of full faith and credit shall be and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, trustees, guardians and for all public funds of the state, including, but not limited to, the sinking funds of cities, towns, villages, counties, school districts, or other political corporations or subdivisions of the state. Such bonds shall be eligible to secure the deposit of any and all public funds of the state and any and all public funds of cities, towns, villages, counties, school districts or other political corporations or subdivisions of the state, and such bonds shall be lawful and sufficient security for such deposits to the extent of their value when accompanied by all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto.
TN Code § 7-55-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-115. Joint Exercise of Powers

 Counties and municipalities may exercise jointly the powers and authorities conferred upon them in this chapter individually.
TN Code § 7-55-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-116. Powers Supplemental

 The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to, and the limitations imposed by this chapter shall not affect the powers conferred by any other general, special or local law. Industrial buildings may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered, and extended, and bonds may be issued under this chapter for such purposes, notwithstanding that any general, special, or local law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment and extension of a like industrial building, or the issuance of bonds for like purposes, and without regard to the requirement, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law.
TN Code § 7-58-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-101. Chapter Definitions — Approval of Systems

  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Approved system” means a solid waste disposal facility that has as its primary purpose the creation and recovery of energy from solid waste, as defined in subdivision (a)(4), and has as a secondary or incidental purpose the recovery of recyclable commodities, and which facility has been approved by the department of environment and conservation under authority granted to it by title 68, chapter 211;   “Department” means the department of environment and conservation;   “Resource recovery” means the recovery of material physically and economically suitable for further processing, recycling, and ultimate reuse; and   “Solid waste” means all municipal, commercial, or industrial solid waste normally collected and disposed of by local governments, such as garbage, rubbish, refuse, and other such similar and related materials, except those excluded by the department, which shall designate as “special waste” any hazardous or other waste it determines should not be processed in an approved system for reasons of public health or safety, or because the nature of the waste is such that it is not suitable for processing in an approved system, and such materials as are normally collected or accepted by private industry for the purpose of recycling and are not normally collected or accepted by local governments.     The department shall approve, under the terms of this chapter, any system that:  Is planned to handle solid waste in a manner compatible with the public health and safety;   Converts a substantial percentage of solid waste into fuel; and   Conserves resources.
TN Code § 7-58-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-102. Authority to Participate

 The counties, cities, and towns of Tennessee are hereby authorized to participate in applicable approved local, joint or regional solid waste recovery disposal systems.
TN Code § 7-58-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-103. Contracting With Operators of Approved Systems

  Whenever the operator of an approved system proposes to take the solid wastes collected by the counties, cities and towns of Tennessee for the purpose of resource and fuel recovery, such counties, cities and towns are authorized, wherever the resource and fuel recovery is found to be desirable by the governing body of such political subdivision, to contract for the delivery of solid wastes to such operator at a designated processing plant or transfer station, including a transfer station constructed and operated by local government or private industry.   The term of any contract authorized by this section may extend beyond the elected term of the members of the governing body of such political subdivision, but in no event may such term exceed forty (40) years.
TN Code § 7-58-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-104. Contracting With Other Counties, Cities and Towns

  The counties, cities and towns of Tennessee in any combination are authorized to contract with each other for purposes of cooperative solid waste operations under the terms of this chapter.   The term of any contract authorized by this section may extend beyond the elected term of the members of the governing body of the counties, cities or towns involved, but in no event may such term exceed forty (40) years.
TN Code § 7-58-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-105. Out-of-State Hauling — Regulations Applying to Inbound Waste

 Wherever the location of processing plants shall require local governments to haul solid wastes across state lines, such out-of-state hauling is hereby declared to be authorized and to be a valid exercise of the authority of the local governments involved, and likewise solid wastes from out-of-state may be brought into the state of Tennessee for processing in approved systems, such inbound solid waste to be subject to the same handling standards and regulations as solid waste produced within the state.
TN Code § 7-58-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-106. Property Rights in Waste

 The solid wastes involved shall become the lawful property of the local governments involved at the point of collection, and in the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary, shall become the property of the operator of an approved system upon delivery to such operator, whether delivery be at a transfer station or at a processing plant.
TN Code § 7-58-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-107. Construction and Operation of Transfer Stations

 The participating local governments may agree to, build and operate the required transfer stations of such types and at such locations within the state as may be agreed upon by the local governments involved and by the department, and that state solid waste grant-in-aid funds made available to local governments by title 68, chapter 211, are authorized to be used for the construction of such approved transfer stations.
TN Code § 7-58-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-108. Assistance of Department

 The department is authorized to assist any operator or potential operator of an approved system and the local governments involved in the design and location of required transfer stations, and in the design and location of sanitary landfills or other disposal facilities in connection with the transfer stations to dispose of special waste.
TN Code § 7-58-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-109. Construction — Supplementary Nature of Chapter

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit local governments or private enterprise from the construction or operation of approved sanitary landfills, or of any other heretofore or hereafter approved solid waste disposal system, it being the intent of this chapter that its provisions shall be supplementary to, and not restrictive of, any previously authorized solid waste disposal system, facility, or operation, nor of any other such system, facility or operation that may be authorized in the future. Nor shall this chapter be interpreted as granting any regulatory authority to the department that is not otherwise granted in other statutes.
TN Code § 7-58-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 58 - Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Disposal|§ 7-58-110. Construction — Activities Not Prohibited

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit private enterprise or other agencies from the construction or operation of recycling plants, or to prohibit the sale or gift of solid wastes to private enterprise or other agencies by local governments.
TN Code § 7-61-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 61 - Ambulance Services|§ 7-61-101. “Ambulance Service” Defined

 For the purpose of this chapter, “ambulance service” means the use of any privately or publicly owned motor vehicle for the transportation of injured or infirm persons on an emergency or nonemergency basis.
TN Code § 7-61-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 61 - Ambulance Services|§ 7-61-102. Provided by County or City as a Public Service

 The governing body of any county or city of the state of Tennessee may provide and maintain and do all things necessary to provide ambulance service as a public service.
TN Code § 7-61-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 61 - Ambulance Services|§ 7-61-103. Provision of Private or Nonprofit Ambulance Service — Regulations

 The governing body of any county or city may license, franchise, or contract for private operators or nonprofit general welfare corporations to provide ambulance service. In order to protect the public health and welfare, any county or city may adopt and enforce reasonable regulations to control the provision of private or nonprofit ambulance service.
TN Code § 7-61-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 61 - Ambulance Services|§ 7-61-104. Interlocal Cooperation

  No county may provide and maintain, license, franchise, or contract for ambulance service within the boundaries of a city or another county, and no city may provide and maintain, license, franchise, or contract for ambulance service outside its corporate boundaries, without the approval of the governing body of the area to be served.    Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2), any two (2) or more counties and municipalities may enter into agreements with each other and with persons providing both emergency and nonemergency ambulance service for a county or counties on a county-wide basis, for joint or cooperative action to provide for ambulance service as authorized in this chapter.   In any county having a metropolitan form of government and a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), or in any county having a population of not less than eight hundred twenty-five thousand (825,000) nor more than eight hundred thirty thousand (830,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, any two (2) or more counties and municipalities may enter into agreements for joint or cooperative action to provide for ambulance service as authorized in this chapter.
TN Code § 7-65-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 65 - Parking Authority Act|§ 7-65-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Parking Authority Act.”
TN Code § 7-65-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 65 - Parking Authority Act|§ 7-65-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Authority” or “parking authority” means any public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter;   “Board” means the governing body of any authority created pursuant to this chapter;   “Bonds” means bonds, notes, interim certificates or other obligations of an authority issued by its board of directors pursuant to this chapter;   “Executive officer” means, with respect to a city or town, the mayor or other officer of the city or town exercising similar executive powers, and with respect to a county, means the county mayor or other officer of the county exercising similar executive powers;   “Existing parking authority” means any public corporation or body politic and corporate or agency of the state of Tennessee or of any city or town in the state created by special or private act primarily for the purpose of planning, constructing, financing or operating parking facilities;   “Governing body” means the body in which the general legislative powers of a municipality, county, or counties having a metropolitan form of government are vested;   “Municipality” means any county or incorporated city or town in this state with respect to which an authority may be organized; and   “Project” means a lot or lots, buildings and structures above, at or below the surface of the earth, including, but not limited to, rights-of-way, equipment, entrances, exits, driveways, approaches, ramps, garages, meters, pedestrian ways, fencing, landscaping and all other facilities and accessories necessary or desirable for or in connection with the parking or storing of vehicles of any kind, and ancillary spaces, uses, and structures related to, located within or adjacent to the facilities and accessories.