TN Code § 7-33-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 33 - Improvement Bonds|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 7-33-121. Issuance of Revenue Bonds

  Notwithstanding this chapter to the contrary, a municipality may issue revenue bonds in the manner provided in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21, including part 3, or enter into a loan agreement pursuant to the Public Building Authorities Act of 1971, compiled in title 12, chapter 10, with a public building authority to finance all costs and expenses permitted to be assessed pursuant to § 7-32-115(b) and/or refund or refinance bonds or other obligations of the municipality that temporarily financed such costs and expenses. In such cases, all assessments received pursuant to chapter 32 of this title by the municipality shall be deemed revenues for purposes of the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986 or shall be deemed revenues of a project for purposes of the Public Building Authorities Act of 1971. In such cases, the revenue bonds or loan agreement may be, but are not required to be, additionally secured by the full faith and credit of the municipality, in the manner provided in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986 or the Public Building Authorities Act of 1971 for the incurrence of indebtedness by the municipality that is secured by the full faith and credit of the municipality.    Any municipality is also authorized to delegate to any industrial development corporation incorporated by the municipality or any other municipality in which the public facility is located the authority to issue the revenue bonds, in which case the municipality shall enter into an agreement with the industrial development corporation pursuant to which the municipality shall agree to promptly pay to the industrial development corporation the assessments including any interest on the assessments, as collected. The assessments shall be held in trust by the municipality for the benefit of the industrial development corporation when received. The municipality may direct any property owner that is required to pay assessments to make the payments directly to an industrial development corporation or its assignee. If an industrial development corporation issues such bonds, assessments imposed pursuant to chapter 32 of this title, and any interest collected on the assessments constitutes revenues, as defined in § 7-53-101, and public facilities and related expenses described in § 7-32-101(d), whether transferred to the industrial development corporation on behalf of the municipality or to the municipality itself, shall constitute a project as defined in § 7-53-101.   Any municipality is authorized to delegate to an industrial development corporation the authority to acquire a public facility on behalf of the municipality in the manner described in § 7-32-101(d). All bonds issued by industrial development corporations pursuant to this section shall be issued in accordance with chapter 53 of this title.      Any municipality is also authorized to delegate to any public building authority the authority to issue the revenue bonds, in which case the municipality shall enter into an agreement with the public building authority pursuant to which the municipality shall agree to promptly pay to the public building authority the assessments, including any interest on the assessments, as collected and the assessments shall be held in trust by the municipality for the benefit of the public building authority when received. The municipality may direct any property owner that is required to pay assessments to make the payments directly to a public building authority or its assignee. If a public building authority issues the bonds, assessments imposed pursuant to chapter 32 of this title, and any interest collected on the assessments shall constitute revenues, as defined in § 12-10-103, and public facilities and related expenses described in this chapter, whether transferred to the public building authority on behalf of the municipality or to the municipality itself shall constitute a project, as defined in § 12-10-103.   Any municipality is authorized to delegate to a public building authority the authority to acquire an improvement described as a public facility on behalf of the municipality. All bonds issued by public building authorities pursuant to this section shall be issued in accordance with the Public Building Authorities Act of 1971.     At least thirty (30) days prior to the issuance of any bonds or other obligations by any public entity acting pursuant to this chapter, the public entity shall give notice of the proposed issuance of the bonds or other obligations to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee and shall also provide the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee with a copy of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the bonds or other obligations.   A municipality is authorized to refund or refinance or otherwise cause the refunding or refinancing of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this section in the manner provided in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, the Public Building Authorities Act of 1971, or chapter 53 of this title, as applicable. Without limiting this subsection (e), a municipality may refund or refinance any bonds or loan agreements secured by the full faith and credit of the municipality and revenues received from assessments with bonds or a loan agreement secured only by such revenues. Upon any such refunding, the amount of assessment payments may be adjusted pursuant to policies approved by the municipality; provided, that the amount of the assessment as adjusted does not exceed the maximum costs assessed by the municipality.   For purposes of calculating the applicable formula rate under § 47-14-103 and the related provisions of title 47, chapter 14 to determine the maximum effective rate applicable to bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter by any municipality or other public entity, the language “four (4) percentage points above the average prime loan rate” in the definition of formula rate in § 47-14-102 shall be replaced with the language “seven (7) percentage points above the average prime loan rate”. This subsection (f) shall apply to bonds or other obligations issued on or before June 30, 2012.