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TN Code § 6-1-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 2 - Adoption of Charter|§ 6-1-208. Succession to Old Corporation

   This charter shall take effect in any municipality immediately after the election and qualification of the first board of mayor and aldermen, and any then-existing charter of the municipality shall immediately become null and void.   The right, title and ownership of all property of the municipality and all of its uncollected taxes, dues, claims, judgments, and choses in action, and all of its rights of every kind whatsoever, shall immediately become vested in the new corporation chartered under Chapters 1 4 of this title.   The new corporation shall answer and be liable for all debts, contracts and obligations of the corporation it succeeds in the same manner and proportion and to the same extent as the former corporation was liable under existing laws.   All ordinances, resolutions and bylaws duly enacted and in force under the preexisting charter and not inconsistent with this charter shall remain in full force until repealed, modified or amended.     Any zoning ordinance applicable to any territory incorporated under this charter shall continue to apply to that territory until the municipality enacts a zoning ordinance, or enacts an ordinance rescinding the zoning that applied to such territory.
TN Code § 6-1-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 2 - Adoption of Charter|§ 6-1-209. Sample Petition for Adoption

 Petitions for adoption of this charter shall be in substantially the following form:   PETITION FOR INCORPORATION ELECTION FOR TOWN (CITY) OF  , TENNESSEE   TO: The County Election Commission,  County, Tennessee   We the undersigned, being registered voters and residents of the territory herein proposed for incorporation, and being in number in excess of thirty-three and one-third percent (331/3%) of the registered voters of the herein described territory, hereby request the county election commission to hold an election on the question of whether or not the herein described territory shall be incorporated under the terms of Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, Chapters 1 4, and be known by the name and style of the “Town (City) of  , Tennessee,” all as prescribed in Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, Chapters 1 4.   The territory in question, being part of the  , Civil District(s) of  County, Tennessee, is further described as:   (Here insert a description of boundaries with references to tax maps)   The wards of the Town (City) shall be as follows:   (Here insert a description of wards, and if there is only one (1) ward state that the boundaries are as described above)   Wards that will carry an initial two-year term:   (For those municipalities incorporating with more than four (4) wards.)   The proposed plan of services is as follows: (Here insert a description of the plan of services as defined in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-1-203).   PETITIONERS' SIGNATURES   Name   Residence Address        Date   (List name and residence as on registration records)   Certificate   I,  , hereby certify that I personally solicited the signatures of the persons appearing on this page and that they, in fact, signed their names to this petition in my presence.   Name   Address   Date   STATE OF TENNESSEE COUNTY OF  On this  day of  , 20  , before me personally appeared  , to me known to be the person described in, and who executed, the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that such person executed it as such person's free act and deed.   Signature and Seal of Notary Public   My commission expires:
TN Code § 6-1-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 2 - Adoption of Charter|§ 6-1-210. General Validation Provision

  The adoption, heretofore accomplished, of chapters 1 and 2 of this title, before June 30, 1991, by any territory or municipality is hereby ratified and validated in all respects. No flaw or defect or failure to comply with any technical requirement of incorporation shall invalidate any ordinance passed by any municipality incorporating under Chapters 1 4 of this title, after June 30, 1991.    Notwithstanding this chapter or any other law to the contrary,  IF the registered voters of any unincorporated territory approved a mayor-aldermanic charter and elected municipal officials, acting pursuant to this chapter on or before December 31, 1999; AND   IF, from the election of such officials until April 26, 2001, the territory has continuously functioned as a mayor-aldermanic municipality; AND   IF the territory, between the date of such election and April 26, 2001, received and expended state funding allocated for municipalities; THEN     The adoption of such charter, the incorporation of such territory as a mayor-aldermanic municipality and the election of such officials are hereby ratified and validated in all respects; and no flaw or defect or failure to comply with any requirement of incorporation, set forth in § 6-1-201(b), shall invalidate the territory's status as an incorporated municipality or invalidate any ordinance passed by the board.
TN Code § 6-1-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 2 - Adoption of Charter|§ 6-1-211. Elections Valid Despite Informalities

 No informalities in conducting any election held under this chapter shall invalidate it if the election is conducted fairly and in substantial conformity with the requirements of this chapter and the general election law.
TN Code § 6-1-219 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 2 - Adoption of Charter|§ 6-1-219. [unconstitutional.]

 Code Commission Notes.   This section (enacted pursuant to Acts 1997, ch. 98) was found unconstitutional by the Tennessee Supreme Court in Tennessee Municipal League v. Thompson, 958 S.W.2d 333 (Tenn. 1997) and has been deleted by the code commission.
TN Code § 6-1-220 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 2 - Adoption of Charter|§ 6-1-220. County of Situs to Continue Receiving Tax Revenues From New Municipality Until July 1 — Exception — Notice to Department

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, whenever a new municipality incorporates under any form of charter, the county or counties in which the new municipality is located shall continue to receive the revenue from all state and local taxes distributed on the basis of situs of collection, generated within the newly incorporated area, until July 1 following the incorporation, unless the incorporation takes effect on July 1.   If the incorporation takes effect on July 1, then the municipality shall begin receiving revenue from such taxes generated within its corporate boundaries for the period beginning July 1.   Whenever a municipality incorporates, the municipality shall notify the department of revenue of such incorporation prior to the incorporation becoming effective for the purpose of tax administration.   Such taxes shall include the local sales tax authorized in § 67-6-103, the income tax on dividends authorized in § 67-2-102, and all other such taxes distributed to counties and municipalities based on the situs of their collection.
TN Code § 6-1-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 3 - Surrender|§ 6-1-301. Surrender of Charter

  After the adoption of this charter and the election of the first board of mayor and aldermen, no election for the surrender of this charter shall be called or held for a period of four (4) years from the date the first board takes office.   After the expiration of the four-year period, an election to surrender the charter may be held. In order for a surrender election to be held, a petition requesting surrender of the charter must be filed in the same manner and contain the signatures of the same number of registered voters as provided for the adoption of this charter. The petition must pray for a surrender of the charter and must be accompanied by a cash bond to be posted by the petitioners to cover the cost of the election. In case of a failure to surrender the charter, future elections to surrender it shall not be held more frequently than at four-year intervals.
TN Code § 6-1-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 3 - Surrender|§ 6-1-302. Conduct of Surrender Election

 The county election commission has the same duties with respect to an election for the surrender of a charter as it has with respect to an election to adopt a charter under this title.
TN Code § 6-1-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 3 - Surrender|§ 6-1-303. Termination of Charter — New Charter

 If a majority of the votes cast in the election favor the termination of this form of government, this charter shall terminate at one (1) minute after midnight (12:01 a.m.) on the sixtieth day next following the date of the election, unless this falls upon Sunday or a holiday, in which case it shall terminate at one (1) minute after midnight (12:01 a.m.) on the next day. If, before the adoption of this charter, the municipality functioned under a different charter, then upon termination of this charter the prior charter shall become effective at the time provided for in this section. Territory previously unincorporated shall revert to that status. Another charter, however, may be adopted, and the question of whether or not another charter shall be adopted may be placed on the ballots used in the election mentioned in this section, if the petition filed requests that, and if all other necessary legal steps to adopt the other charter have been taken.
TN Code § 6-1-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 3 - Surrender|§ 6-1-304. Election of New Officers When Charter Is Surrendered

  If there was a previously incorporated municipality or if a new charter is adopted as provided in § 6-1-303, the county election commission shall call an election not more than sixty-two (62) days following the election for surrender of this charter, at which time municipal officials for the newly adopted form of government shall be chosen who shall take office immediately after the election.   The previous board shall hold over until the newly elected officers take office.   The qualifying deadline for filing nominating petitions shall be as described in § 2-5-101.   All registered voters of the municipality may vote in the election.
TN Code § 6-1-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 3 - Surrender|§ 6-1-305. Succession to Assets, Liabilities and Obligations After Surrender of Charter

  In case of a reversion to a former charter or adoption of a new one simultaneously with the surrender of the old, all assets, liabilities and obligations of the old municipality shall become those of the new municipality.   In the event a municipality reverts to unincorporated status, the board of mayor and aldermen shall become trustees of the property and funds of the former municipality, and, under such bonds as may be required by the county legislative body, shall proceed to terminate the affairs of the municipality and dispose of its property.
TN Code § 6-1-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 3 - Surrender|§ 6-1-306. Liquidation of Affairs

  If the property and funds are more than sufficient to meet the municipality's obligations, the surplus shall be paid into the treasury of the county to become a part of its general fund.   If the property and funds are insufficient to meet all the municipality's current obligations, the county legislative body may levy and collect taxes upon the property within the boundaries of the former municipality and pay the revenue to the trustees for the purpose of meeting the current deficit.   The trustees shall terminate the affairs of the municipality as soon as possible, but in no event shall the trusteeship continue for more than thirty-six (36) months. Any matters, including obligations maturing after thirty-six (36) months, not disposed of within the thirty-six-month period shall become the responsibility of the county legislative body of the county in which the municipality is located.
TN Code § 6-1-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 5 - Name Change of Municipality|§ 6-1-501. Amendment of Charter

 A municipality may amend this charter for the sole purpose of changing the corporate name of the municipality, including the municipality's designation as a town or city in the manner provided in § 6-1-502.
TN Code § 6-1-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 5 - Name Change of Municipality|§ 6-1-502. Approval by Resolution — Notice — Effect of Majority Vote

 The corporate name of a municipality may be changed only in the following manner:   The proposed name change must be approved by resolution by a vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the board in the manner provided for ordinances in § 6-2-102;   If approved by the board, the resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality within fourteen (14) days of final approval by the board or the first available opportunity for publication, whichever is sooner. Such resolution shall become operative sixty (60) days after its adoption by the board unless ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of the municipality sign a petition and present it to the board during such sixty-day period requesting that the resolution be referred to the electors, in which case it must receive the approval of a majority of the electors voting thereon at an election held as provided in subdivision (3). If such a petition is not received within such sixty-day period, the resolution shall become operative at the end of such sixty-day period and the mayor shall file a copy of the resolution indicating the new corporate name of the municipality with the secretary of state;   Upon receipt of a petition filed in the manner provided in subdivision (2), a certified copy of the resolution shall be sent to the county election commission, which shall place the question whether to approve the resolution on the ballot of the next scheduled municipal election or general election at which members of the general assembly are chosen, whichever is sooner. The ballot shall provide options to vote “FOR” or “AGAINST” the resolution. The qualifications for voting shall be the same as otherwise provided in § 6-1-204 in the election to adopt the original charter under this chapter;   If the majority vote is for the resolution, it shall be deemed to be operative on the date that the county election commission makes its official canvas of the election returns. The county election commission shall then promptly certify the results of the election to the secretary of state and the new corporate name of the municipality; and   If the majority vote is against the election, the question of approving the resolution shall not be included on any subsequent election ballot unless a new resolution is first approved by the board in the manner provided in this section.
TN Code § 6-1-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - Mayor-Aldermanic Charter — Adoption and Surrender|Part 5 - Name Change of Municipality|§ 6-1-503. Effect on Civil Liability

 Any change in the name of any municipality under this part shall have no effect whatever on any obligations or liabilities of the municipality, in contract, tort, or otherwise, all of which shall remain the same as prior to the name change.
TN Code § 6-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Powers of Municipalities With Mayor-Aldermanic Charter|Part 1 - Ordinances|§ 6-2-101. Publication of Ordinances

 Each ordinance, or the caption of each ordinance, shall be published after its final passage in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. No ordinance shall take effect until the ordinance or its caption is published.
TN Code § 6-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Powers of Municipalities With Mayor-Aldermanic Charter|Part 1 - Ordinances|§ 6-2-102. Ordinance Procedure

 An ordinance shall be considered and adopted on two (2) separate days; any other form of board action shall be considered and adopted in one (1) day. Any form of board action shall be passed by a majority of the members present, if there is a quorum. A quorum is a majority of the members to which the board is entitled. All ayes and nays on all votes on all forms of board action shall be recorded.
TN Code § 6-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Powers of Municipalities With Mayor-Aldermanic Charter|Part 1 - Ordinances|§ 6-2-103. Annual Operating Budget and Budgetary Comparisons — Publication

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the governing body shall publish the annual operating budget and budgetary comparisons of the proposed budget with the prior year's actual figures and the current year's estimated figures, which information shall include the following:  Revenues and expenditures for the following governmental funds: general, streets/public works, general purpose school and debt service;   Revenues for each fund shall be listed separately by local taxes, state of Tennessee, federal government and other sources;   Expenditures for each fund shall be listed separately by salaries and other costs;   Beginning and ending fund balances shall be shown for each fund; and   The number of full-time equivalent employee positions shall be shown for each fund.     The publication shall be in a newspaper of general circulation and shall be published not less than ten (10) days prior to the meeting where the governing body will consider final passage of the budget.
TN Code § 6-2-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 2 - Powers of Municipalities With Mayor-Aldermanic Charter|Part 1 - Ordinances|§ 6-2-105. Ordinances Prior to June 30, 1991 Ratified

 All ordinances adopted on or prior to June 30, 1991, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
TN Code § 6-4-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 4 - Officers and Department Heads|Part 1 - City Administrator|§ 6-4-101. Duties of City Administrator

  The board may appoint a city administrator who shall be under the control and direction of the board. The city administrator shall report and be responsible to the board.   The board may, by ordinance, require the city administrator to perform any or all the following duties:  Administer the business of the municipality;   Make recommendations to the board for improving the quality and quantity of public services to be rendered by the officers and employees to the inhabitants of the municipality;   Keep the board fully advised as to the conditions and needs of the municipality;   Report to the board the condition of all property, real and personal, owned by the municipality and recommend repairs or replacements as needed;   Recommend to the board and suggest the priority of programs or projects involving public works or public improvements that should be undertaken by the municipality;   Recommend specific personnel positions, as may be required for the needs and operations of the municipality, and propose personnel policies and procedures for approval of the board; and   Perform such other duties as may from time to time be designated or required by the board.
TN Code § 6-4-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 4 - Officers and Department Heads|Part 2 - City Recorder|§ 6-4-201. City Recorder — Appointment

 The board shall appoint a city recorder, who also may be appointed to the positions of finance director or treasurer, or both.
TN Code § 6-4-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 4 - Officers and Department Heads|Part 2 - City Recorder|§ 6-4-202. Recorder's Functions at Board Meeting

 The recorder or the recorder's designee shall be present at all meetings of the board, and keep a full and accurate record of all business transacted by the board to be preserved in permanent form.
TN Code § 6-4-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 4 - Officers and Department Heads|Part 2 - City Recorder|§ 6-4-203. Custody of Official Records

  The recorder or the recorder's designee shall have custody of, and preserve in the recorder's office, the city seal, the public records, original rolls of ordinance, ordinance books, minutes of the board, contracts, bonds, title deeds, certificates, and papers, all official indemnity or security bonds, except the recorder's bond, which shall be in the custody of the mayor, and all other bonds, oaths and affirmations and all other records, papers and documents not required by this charter or by ordinance to be deposited elsewhere, and register them by numbers, dates and contents, and keep an accurate and modern index of such material.   All such records shall be the property of the municipality.
TN Code § 6-4-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 4 - Officers and Department Heads|Part 2 - City Recorder|§ 6-4-204. Copies of Records and Ordinances

  The recorder shall provide, copy, and, when required by any officer or person, certify copies of records, papers and documents in the recorder's office.   Fees for copying and certification shall be charged as established by ordinance.
TN Code § 6-4-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 4 - Officers and Department Heads|Part 3 - City Judge — City Court|§ 6-4-301. City Judge — Jurisdiction — Appointment — Qualifications and Compensation — Elections

  There shall be a city court presided over by a city judge appointed by the board or elected as provided in subsection (c).     Where the city judge is appointed, the city judge shall have the qualifications, term of office, if any, and receive the compensation the board may provide by ordinance.   The board may appoint the general sessions court judge of the county or counties in which the municipality lies to act as city judge to the extent the general sessions court judge agrees to act as city judge.     In the absence or disability of the city judge, the mayor may designate a qualified person to serve as city judge or, to the extent the general sessions court judge agrees to serve as city judge, may designate the general sessions court judge of the county or counties in which the municipality lies to be acting city judge until one can be appointed at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the board, or as otherwise provided by ordinance.      The board may require, by ordinance, that the city judge meet the constitutional qualifications and be elected in the same manner as a judge of an inferior court. Constitutional provisions applicable to judges of inferior courts shall apply to the elected city judge.   If an elected city judge is temporarily unable to preside over the city court for any reason, then, to the extent a general sessions court judge agrees to serve temporarily as city judge, the judge shall appoint a general sessions judge of the county or counties within which the municipality lies to sit in the judge's place. If no general sessions judge is available, then the city judge shall appoint an attorney, meeting the same qualifications as a general sessions judge, to sit temporarily.