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TN Code § 68-211-865 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-865. Duties of the Department of General Services and of the Department of Environment and Conservation

  The department of general services shall:  Recycle surplus state property to the maximum extent practicable, under the program authorized by this part and under § 12-2-404, that cannot be sold for reuse, notwithstanding the existence of any other law, rules or regulations to the contrary;   Revise product specifications to require, to the extent economically feasible, the procurement of recycled products or products with recycled content;   Encourage all departments of state government to purchase products with recycled content or recyclable products from state contracts;   Encourage county governments to purchase materials with recycled content from state contracts in transactions under title 12, chapter 3, part 10; and   Effect procurement contracts that are subject to competitive bidding using specifications revised according to subdivision (a)(2).     The department of environment and conservation shall:  Expand to the maximum extent practicable the department's state recycling program for paper, aluminum cans and bottles;   Expand the department's state recycling program to the maximum extent practicable to include other kinds of recyclable materials, including, but not limited to, newsprint, plastic bottles, mixed paper and steel cans;   Demonstrate new uses of recovered materials; and   Encourage all state facilities to offer recycling opportunities where practicable, including, but not limited to, increasing the availability of recycling receptacles and conducting employee education.
TN Code § 68-211-866 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-866. Whole Waste Tires — Lead-Acid Batteries — Used Oil — When Acceptance for Disposal Prohibited — Storage Sites

  No municipal solid waste disposal facility or incinerator shall accept for disposal any whole waste tires, lead-acid batteries or used oil when an operator or attendant either knew, or should have known, of the presence of such prohibited materials; provided, that, subject to other applicable law and regulations, whole waste tires may be incinerated.   Each county shall provide directly, by contract or through a solid waste authority at least one (1) site to receive and store waste tires, used automotive oils and fluids, and lead-acid batteries, if adequate sites are not otherwise available in the county for the use of the residents of the county. A single site need not receive all of the items for which collection is required by this section, but all items listed above shall have at least one (1) site for reception and storage in the county. The operator of any such sites provided by a county shall sell and/or cause the transfer of the recyclable materials stored at these sites to a commercial recycler or a regional receiving facility for such wastes as often as is practicable.
TN Code § 68-211-872 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-872. Solid Waste Planning and Management Data Base — Guidelines and Best Practices

  The commissioner shall establish and maintain a statewide solid waste planning and management data base which can aggregate and analyze county reports on waste generation, collection, recycling, transportation, disposal and costs.   The department may provide guidelines and best practices for composting and recycling to regional board members, advisory committees, and Class I, Class III, and Class IV landfill owners and operators.
TN Code § 68-211-873 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-873. Annual Report to Governor and General Assembly

  The department shall prepare an annual report to the governor and general assembly on the state's solid waste management system.   The report required by subsection (a) shall include progress implementation updates, including projected implementation steps, on each specific component of the state's comprehensive solid waste management plan, as listed in § 68-211-603.
TN Code § 68-211-874 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-874. Accounting for Financial Activities — Funds — Uniform Solid Waste Financial Accounting System — Development — Approval — Requirement for State Funds

  Each county, solid waste authority and municipality shall account for financial activities related to the management of solid waste in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The activities related to the management of solid waste must be accounted for in either a special revenue or enterprise fund, unless explicitly prohibited by GAAP. Where GAAP prohibits the use of a special revenue or enterprise fund, the solid waste financial activities may be individually accounted for in the general fund, as a separate department, program or function and sufficient detail shall be reported in the annual financial report to identify all applicable revenues and expenditures related to the management of solid waste. Any county, solid waste authority or municipality that operates a landfill and/or incinerator shall account for financial activities related specifically to that landfill and/or incinerator in an enterprise fund. Each county, solid waste authority and municipality shall use a uniform solid waste financial accounting system and chart of accounts developed by the comptroller of the treasury.   The comptroller of the treasury is directed to develop a uniform financial accounting system conforming to generally accepted accounting principles for use as required by this section.   Such uniform accounting system shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration. Upon such approval, each county shall establish and maintain the uniform solid waste financial accounting system.   No state funds for solid waste management shall be released to a county, solid waste authority or municipality unless financial activities related to the management of solid waste are accounted for in accordance with GAAP. The activities related to the management of solid waste must be accounted for in either a special revenue or enterprise fund unless explicitly prohibited by GAAP. Where GAAP prohibits the use of a special revenue or enterprise fund, the solid waste financial activities may be individually accounted for in the general fund as a separate department, program or function and sufficient detail shall be reported in the annual financial report to identify all applicable revenues and expenditures related to the management of solid waste. No state funds for solid waste management shall be released to a county, solid waste authority or municipality that operates a landfill and/or incinerator unless financial activities related to that landfill and/or incinerator are accounted for in an enterprise fund.
TN Code § 68-211-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-901. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991.”
TN Code § 68-211-902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-902. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Authority” or “solid waste authority” means any public instrumentality organized pursuant to this part;   “Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means bonds, notes, interim certificates or other obligations of an authority issued pursuant to this part, or pursuant to any other law, as supplemented by, or in conjunction with, this part;   “Contracting party” or “other contracting party” means any party to a sale contract or loan agreement except the authority;   “Governing body” means the body in which the general legislative powers of a municipal corporation are vested and, in the case of counties, means the legislative body of the respective counties;   “Person” means person as defined in § 68-211-103;   “Project” means any solid waste disposal facility or resource recovery facility, or any combination thereof;   “Resource recovery facility” means land, rights in land, buildings, facilities and equipment suitable or necessary for the recovery or production of energy or energy producing materials in any form resulting from the controlled processing or disposal of solid waste or the systematic separation, extraction and recovery of recyclable materials from the solid waste stream, including facilities or systems for the storage, conversion or transportation thereof;   “Revenue” means all rents, fees and other charges received by the authority for use of its projects, facilities and services including, without limitation, all amounts received for the collection, transportation, disposal or processing of solid waste, the operation of any project, or the sale, storage, distribution or transportation of energy, energy producing materials or other materials or commodities by the authority;   “Solid waste” means solid waste as defined in § 68-211-103;   “Solid waste facility” means land, rights in land, buildings, facilities and equipment suitable or necessary for collecting, receiving, transferring, placing, confining, compacting, treating or covering solid waste or for processing solid waste by, without limitation, incinerating, composting, separating, grinding, shredding, reducing or otherwise modifying the characteristics or properties thereof, including all property, real and personal, appurtenant thereto or connected with such work; and   “State of Tennessee” means the state of Tennessee and, unless otherwise indicated by the context, any agency, authority, branch, bureau, commission, corporation, department or instrumentality thereof now or hereafter existing.
TN Code § 68-211-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-904. Board of Directors — Members — Compensation

  A resolution, creating or amending the resolution creating an authority for a county or approving an agreement to create an authority with other counties or municipalities, shall provide for the establishment of a board of directors to administer the activities of the authority. The authority's board of directors may be the same board as that of the municipal solid waste region or it may be a separate board. If a board separate from that of the region is chosen, the board of directors shall consist of an odd number, not less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) members. Each county and municipality that is a member of an authority shall be represented by at least one (1) member on the board. The members of the board shall be appointed by the county mayors and municipal mayors of the participating counties and municipalities, respectively, whose appointments must be approved by the respective county or municipal governing bodies. The members of the board shall serve for terms of six (6) years or until their successors are elected and are qualified by taking an oath of office, except that the initial board shall have approximately one third (1/3) of the members with terms of two (2) years and approximately one third (1/3) of the members with terms of four (4) years, so as to stagger the terms of office.   Members of county and municipal governing bodies, county mayors, municipal mayors, county and municipal officers and department heads may serve as directors, but the board of directors is not required to include such members.   Directors may receive compensation if provided for by the resolution approved by all of the county and municipal governing bodies participating in the authority. The resolution establishing the compensation may differentiate between municipal and county officials and department heads so as to compensate only those directors who are not officials or employees of a municipal or county government, except for reimbursement for actual expenses.
TN Code § 68-211-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-905. Board of Directors — Officers — Quorum — Vacancies — Removal of Members

  The directors shall meet and organize as a board and shall elect one (1) of its members as chair, one (1) as vice chair, one (1) as secretary and one (1) as treasurer, and such officers shall annually be elected thereafter in like manner. The duties of secretary and treasurer may be performed by the same director. In the absence of any of the chair, vice chair, secretary or treasurer, another member may be elected to fill the vacancy for the anticipated term thereof. Any action taken by the directors under this chapter may be authorized by resolution at any regular or special meeting, and such resolution shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The concurring vote of a majority of all the directors shall be necessary for the exercise of any of the powers granted by this chapter.   Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by the same governing body which filled the position becoming vacant. Any member appointed to the board may, for reasonable cause, be removed from such member's office in the same manner and by the same governing body as such member was appointed to the office; provided, that such removal shall be preceded by a full hearing before the remaining members of the board after adequate notice of such hearing, and a report of such hearing shall be forwarded to such appointing authority. “Reasonable cause” includes, but shall not be limited to, misconduct in office, failure to perform duties prescribed by this part, part 8 of this chapter or other applicable law, or failure to diligently pursue the objectives for which the authority was created.
TN Code § 68-211-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-907. Exclusion or Regulation of Waste

 To the extent that a region's plan permits, an authority may restrict access to its solid waste disposal facilities by excluding waste originating with persons or entities outside the region. An authority may regulate the flow of all municipal solid waste within the county or counties constituting the authority. The authority may require the disposal of any transported waste at a specific solid waste disposal facility.
TN Code § 68-211-908 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-908. Power of Condemnation

 The authority is authorized and empowered to condemn in its own name any land, rights in land, easements or rights-of-way situated within the territorial limits of the authority which, in the judgment of the board of directors, are necessary for carrying out the purposes for which the authority is created, and such property or interest in such property may be so acquired, whether or not the same is owned or held for public use by persons having the power of eminent domain, or otherwise held or used for public purposes; provided, that such prior public use will not be interfered with by the use to which such property will be put by the authority. Such power of condemnation may be exercised in the manner prescribed by title 29, chapter 16, or in the manner prescribed by any other applicable statute for the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
TN Code § 68-211-909 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-909. Counties and Municipalities — Assignment or Loan of Employees and Provision of Facilities to Authority

 For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with an authority, any county or municipality with respect to which such authority is created may assign or loan any of its employees, including its engineering staff and facilities, and may provide necessary office space, equipment or other facilities for the use of such authority.
TN Code § 68-211-911 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-911. Principal of and Interest on Bonds — Security — Guarantees

  The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the authority shall be secured by a pledge of such revenues and receipts out of which the same may be made payable. The proceedings under which the bonds are authorized to be issued may contain any agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of the projects or other facilities covered thereby, the fixing and collection of rents, fees or payments with respect to any projects, facilities, or systems or portions thereof covered by such proceedings, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues and from the proceeds of such bonds, and the rights and remedies available in the event of default, all as the board of directors shall deem advisable and not in conflict with this part and part 8 of this chapter. To the extent provided in the proceedings authorizing any bonds of the authority, each pledge and agreement made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds of the authority shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully paid, or adequate provision for the payment thereof shall have been made by the authority. In the event of default in such payment or in any agreements of the authority made as a part of the proceedings under which the bonds were issued, such payment or agreement may be enforced by suit, mandamus, or the appointment of a receiver in equity, or any one (1) or more of such remedies, all as provided in the proceedings under which the bonds are issued.   Any county or municipality that participates in the creation or organization of an authority may guarantee or otherwise secure the payment of bonds, notes or similar obligations of the authority by resolution of the county governing body or by municipal ordinance. Any county or municipality seeking to guarantee or secure the payment of a bond obligation of an authority may pledge any discretionary revenues and/or may pledge the full taxing powers of the county or municipality. Prior to any meeting of a county or municipal governing body considering action to guarantee or secure the payment of any bond, note or similar obligation of an authority, reasonable public notice shall be published describing the matter to be considered and containing an estimate of the dollar amount of any contingent liability that may be authorized. Any resolution or ordinance of a county or municipality approving of a guarantee or otherwise providing security for the payment of an authority's bonds, notes or similar obligations shall specify the officer or officers of the county or municipality authorized to execute documents necessary to implement the governing body's action.
TN Code § 68-211-912 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-912. Counties and Municipalities — Liability

 No county or municipality shall be liable for the payment of the principal or interest on any bonds, notes or other instruments evidencing indebtedness of the authority except as provided in this part. Neither shall any county or municipality be liable for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the authority except as provided in this part.
TN Code § 68-211-913 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-913. Revenues and Income of Authority — Directors and Employees

 No part of the revenues or income of the authority shall inure to the benefit of any director or employee of the authority except as expressly authorized by this part.
TN Code § 68-211-914 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-914. Authority as Public Instrumentality — Exemption From Taxation — Bonds Deemed to Be Securities

  The authority is declared to be performing a public function in behalf of each county or municipality with respect to which it is organized and to be a public instrumentality of such county, counties, municipality or municipalities. Accordingly, the authority and all properties at any time owned by it and the income therefrom and all bonds issued by it and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Tennessee.   For purposes of the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980, compiled in title 48, chapter 1, part 1, bonds issued by the authority shall be deemed to be securities issued by a public instrumentality or a political subdivision of the state of Tennessee.
TN Code § 68-211-915 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 9 - Solid Waste Authority Act of 1991|§ 68-211-915. Annual Audit — Cost — Copies of Audit Available to Public

 Except as otherwise approved by the comptroller of the treasury, any authority created pursuant to this chapter has the power and shall cause to be made an annual audit of the accounts and records of the authority. The audit shall include all funds of the authority, whether held by the authority or pursuant to trust indentures. The comptroller of the treasury shall be responsible for ensuring that the audits are prepared in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards and determining if the audits meet minimum audit standards which shall be prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury. No audit may be accepted as meeting the requirements of this section until such audit has been approved by the comptroller of the treasury. The audits may be prepared by certified public accountants, public accountants or by the comptroller of the treasury. In the event the authority shall fail or refuse to have the audit prepared, then the comptroller of the treasury may appoint a certified public accountant or public accountant or direct the department of audit to prepare the audit. The cost of such audit shall be paid by the authority. All such audits shall be completed as soon as practicable after the end of the authority's fiscal year. One (1) copy of the audit shall be furnished to each member of the board of directors, the chief executive officer or officers of the county or counties with respect to which the authority has organized and the comptroller of the treasury. Copies of each audit shall also be made available to the public.