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TN Code § 7-54-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-105. Loan Agreements — Contracts for Leases

  In addition to the powers granted to municipalities under any other provision of this chapter and any other law, either general, special or local, a municipality other than a power district has the power to:  Enter into loan agreements with any person or persons providing for the municipality to loan the proceeds derived from the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter to such person or persons, to be used to pay all or part of the cost of construction of an energy production facility or facilities, and providing for the repayment and securing of such loan upon such terms and conditions as the municipality shall determine;   Issue its bonds pursuant to this chapter to make such loan or loans;   Enter into contracts or leases with any person or persons, including any other municipality owning or operating an energy production facility or executing any contract authorized by this subdivision (a)(3), for the disposal of solid waste at an energy production facility or facilities or for the lease of an energy production facility or facilities, which contracts or leases shall contain such terms and conditions as the municipality shall determine, including, without limitation, provisions whereby the municipality is obligated to make payments under such contract or lease, whether or not use or services pursuant to the contract or lease are rendered, whether or not the related energy production facility or facilities are completed, operable or operating and notwithstanding suspension, interruption, interference, reduction or curtailment of the use or services of such energy production facility or facilities; and   Indemnify and hold harmless any person in connection with the financing of an energy production facility, including, without limitation, indemnification against taxation.     Prior to entering into any loan agreement or any contract for the lease by a municipality of an energy production facility or for the disposal of solid waste at an energy production facility, such municipality shall find and determine that:  There is reasonable assurance that such person or persons have adequate resources to complete payment of the estimated cost of construction of the related energy production facility or facilities; and   Arrangements have been made for a qualified operator or operators of such energy production facility or facilities.     It is hereby found and declared that substantial benefits are to be derived from the financing by municipalities of energy production facilities. Such financings will promote the construction of energy production facilities, thereby providing a safe and sanitary means of disposing of solid waste and producing significant savings in cost of disposing of solid waste in a safe and sanitary manner.
TN Code § 7-54-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-107. Competitive Bidding Laws — Exemptions

 All contracts for the construction, operation or maintenance of an energy production facility and all contracts authorized by § 7-54-105(a)(3) shall be exempted from any applicable competitive bidding laws of this state that shall be applicable to a municipality, and such ordinances or resolutions of any municipality that require competitive bidding, whenever:   The governing body of a municipality shall find and determine:    It is unlikely that such exemption will encourage favoritism in the awarding of such contracts or substantially diminish competition for such contracts;   The awarding of such contracts pursuant to the exemption will result in substantial cost savings to the contracting municipality. In making such finding, the governing body of a municipality may consider the type, cost, amount of the contract, number of persons available to bid and such other factors the governing body of a municipality may deem appropriate;     That such exemption will preserve or increase employment within its boundaries or otherwise promote the local economy; or   Emergency conditions, as so determined by the governing body of a municipality, require the prompt execution of such contracts; and     The governing body of a municipality shall find and determine that the following alternative procedure should be used:  Quotations and other relevant information pertaining to the proposed contract shall be solicited through a request for proposals prepared by the municipality, which shall be spread upon the minutes and be made a public record of the municipality;   The award of such contract may be made to a responsive and responsible vendor whose proposal is determined by the proposing municipality to be the best evaluated offer resulting from negotiation and taking into consideration the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals;   If provided in the request for proposals, the responding proposal shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing offerors and kept secret during the process of negotiation. However, all proposals that have been submitted shall be open for public inspection after the contract is awarded, except for trade secrets and confidential information contained in the proposals and identified as such; and   As provided in the request for proposals and under rules adopted by the municipality, discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award. Offerors must be accorded fair treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals, and revisions may be permitted after submission and before award for the purpose of obtaining the best and final offers.
TN Code § 7-54-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-108. Bond Issues and Loan Agreements — Referendum

  In the event that the issuance of any series of bonds or the entering into of any contract by a municipality, other than a power district, pursuant to this chapter, would constitute the giving or loaning of the credit of such municipality to or in aid of any person, company, association or corporation, or would constitute such municipality becoming a stockholder with others in any company, association or corporation, then such bonds shall not be issued or such contract shall not be entered into unless the governing body of the municipality shall, by resolution spread upon its minutes, declare its intention of issuing such bonds or entering such contract and prior to the delivery and payment for any such bonds or entering into such contract, a three-fourths (¾) majority of the registered voters of such municipality voting at an election on the special question of issuing such bonds or entering into such contract shall approve of such bond issue or contract; provided, that no such election shall be necessary in connection with the authorization of refunding bonds.   The governing body shall, by resolution, direct the county election commission to hold an election on the question of issuing the bonds or entering into such contract.   It is not necessary to submit to the voters any questions other than the maximum amount of bonds to be issued and the purpose for the bonds or the nature of the contract and the purpose for the contract, as the case may be.   It is the duty of the governing body of such municipality to enter upon its minutes the results and returns of such election, and thereafter 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 thereafter be entertained in any of the courts of the state.   If such election results unfavorably to the proposition, then no second or other election shall be ordered or held until the governing body shall, by resolution, determine that such election may be held.   Nothing contained in this section or other laws of the state shall be construed to prohibit or restrict municipalities from contracting with one another according to such terms as such municipalities shall agree are reasonable, necessary and appropriate to implement the purposes and intent of this chapter and other laws of the state pertaining to the collection and disposal of solid waste and the construction, operation and maintenance of energy production facilities.
TN Code § 7-54-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-109. Supplemental Provisions

 This chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to any other law providing for energy facilities and shall not be deemed to amend or repeal any other law.
TN Code § 7-54-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-110. Filing of Proposed Ordinance or Resolution — Determination by Department — Report Concerning Implementation — Enforcement

  Any municipality, as defined in § 7-54-101, and any county that, as a part of the construction, financing, operation or maintenance of an energy production facility, or of an energy recovery facility or resource recovery facility as defined in § 68-211-501, or of a solid waste disposal system as defined in § 68-211-103, or in connection with any contract authorized by § 7-54-105(a)(3), proposes to displace competition with regulation or monopoly public service shall file with the department of environment and conservation a certified copy of its proposed ordinance or resolution and of the plans for the construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the proposed project, not less than one hundred twenty (120) days before the ordinance or resolution becomes effective.   The commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's authorized representative shall, upon submission in final form, review such implementing ordinance or resolution and such plans, and, based solely upon the record before the municipality or before the county, shall determine, in the commissioner's discretion, whether they are reasonably necessary in order to achieve the energy and environmental policy objectives of this chapter and of title 68. Any such determination shall be issued before the scheduled effective date of the ordinance, resolution or plan, and absent a determination entered on or before that date declaring the ordinance, resolution or plan to be in violation of this chapter or of title 68, the ordinance, resolution or plan shall be conclusively presumed to be valid under this chapter and consistent with the policy of title 68, chapter 211.   One (1) year after the effective date of any ordinance or resolution in accordance with subsection (b) and each year thereafter during the operation of the project, the municipality or county shall file a report with the commissioner describing its implementation and administration of the ordinance or resolution. In the event that the municipality or county proposes changes to the ordinance, resolution or plans for the project, any such changes that may significantly affect the project shall be submitted to the commissioner in advance in accordance with the procedures set forth in subsections (a) and (b).   The commissioner shall interpret, apply and enforce this section on behalf of the state and may promulgate such regulations as the commissioner deems to be appropriate for its implementation.   The determination made pursuant to subsection (b) shall not exempt any facility or site from regulation by the commissioner or the Tennessee solid waste disposal control board pursuant to title 68, chapter 211 and other applicable statutes. Further, such determination shall not be construed as warranting the economic or technological feasibility of the project.
TN Code § 7-54-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-111. Solid Waste Recovery Disposal Systems — Participation by Not-for-Profit Corporations

 Any not-for-profit corporation authorized by the laws of Tennessee to act for the benefit or on behalf of any one (1) or more counties, cities and towns pursuant to this chapter is authorized to participate in applicable approved local, joint or regional solid waste recovery disposal systems pursuant to chapter 58 of this title. When acting pursuant to chapter 58 of this title, such corporation shall have and exercise all authority granted to counties, cities, towns and local governments by the terms and provisions of such chapter.
TN Code § 7-54-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-112. Meetings of Board — Conflicts of Interest

 The members of the board of directors of a not-for-profit corporation when acting pursuant to this chapter or chapter 58 of this title are deemed to be within title 12, chapter 4, part 1, relative to conflicts of interest, and the meetings of such board shall be subject to title 8, chapter 44. This section shall not apply to any county with a metropolitan form of government and having a population of four hundred thousand (400,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 7-54-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-113. Appointment of Local Directors

  Notwithstanding any other law or charter to the contrary, the board of directors of any not-for-profit corporation acting for the benefit or on behalf of any one (1) or more counties, cities, towns or governmental entities pursuant to this chapter or chapter 58 of this title shall include two (2) directors to be appointed by the respective chief executive officer of any municipality, county, or other local government on whose behalf such corporation is acting. One (1) of such appointees shall be black. This section shall not apply to any county with a metropolitan form of government and having a population of four hundred thousand (400,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.   The persons appointed pursuant to this section shall be confirmed by the appropriate local legislative body.
TN Code § 7-54-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-114. Director as Employee Prohibited

 No member of the board of directors of a not-for-profit corporation acting for the benefit or on behalf of any one (1) or more of counties, cities, towns, and local governments under this chapter may, during such member's term, be an employee of such corporation.
TN Code § 7-55-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955.”
TN Code § 7-55-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Enterprise” means the industrial operation or operations to be carried on in an industrial building;   “Governing body” includes bodies and boards, by whatsoever names they may be known, charged with the governing of a municipality;   “Industrial building” means any one (1) or combination of two (2) or more buildings, structures, or facilities to be used as a factory, mill, shop, processing plant, assembly plant, fabricating plant, ship canal, port or port facility, dock or dock facility, harbor facility, and railroads, railway terminals, railway belt lines and switches, to be rented or leased to an industrial concern by the municipality; and   “Municipality” includes any county, or incorporated city or town of the state.
TN Code § 7-55-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-103. Powers of Municipality — Restrictions and Limitations

 In addition to powers that it may otherwise have in its charter or the laws of this state, any municipality has the power under this chapter, subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions provided in this chapter, to:   Construct, acquire by gift or purchase, reconstruct, improve, better or extend any industrial building within or without the municipality or partially within or partially without the municipality, but in no event farther than ten (10) miles from the territorial boundaries of such municipality, and acquire by gift or purchase lands or rights in land in connection with the industrial building;   Issue its bonds to finance in whole or in part the cost of the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any industrial buildings, including the acquisition of lands or rights in land in connection with the industrial buildings. The governing body of the municipality in determining such cost may include all costs and estimated cost of the issuance of such bonds, all engineering, inspection, fiscal and legal expenses, and interest that it is estimated will accrue during the construction period and for six (6) months thereafter on money borrowed or that it is estimated will be borrowed pursuant to this chapter;   Rent or lease such industrial buildings to industrial concerns in such manner that rents to be charged for the use of the industrial buildings shall be fixed and revised from time to time, so as to produce income and revenues sufficient to provide for the prompt payment of interest upon all bonds issued under this chapter and create a sinking fund to pay the principal of such bonds when due, and provide for the operation and maintenance of such industrial buildings and for an adequate depreciation account in connection with the industrial buildings;   Pledge to the punctual payment of bonds authorized under this chapter and interest on the bonds the income and revenues to be received from such industrial buildings, including improvements, betterments, or extensions to the buildings thereafter constructed or acquired, sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as they become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves for the bonds and interest;   Further make certain the punctual payment of bonds authorized under this chapter, and interest on the bonds, by pledging the full faith and credit of the municipality under the conditions, restrictions and limitations set forth in this chapter; and   Issue its bonds to refund in whole or in part, bonds theretofore issued by such municipality under authority of this chapter.
TN Code § 7-55-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-104. Construction of Industrial Buildings — Bonds

 The construction, acquisition, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of any industrial buildings may be authorized under this chapter, and bonds may be authorized to be issued under this chapter to provide funds for such purpose or purposes or for the refunding of bonds theretofore issued under this chapter, by resolution or resolutions of the governing body, which may be adopted at the same meeting at which they are introduced by a majority of all the members of the governing body then in office and shall take effect immediately upon adoption. The bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates, payable semiannually, may be in one (1) or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding forty (40) years from their respective dates, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium, may be executed in such manner, may contain such terms, covenants, and conditions, and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as such resolution or subsequent resolutions may provide. The bonds may be sold in such manner and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the governing body; provided, that bonds for refunding purposes shall not be sold at less than par, but may be delivered in exchange for bonds to be refunded by the refunding bond. Pending the preparation of the definitive bonds, interim receipts or certificates in such form and with such provisions as the governing body may determine may be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of bonds sold pursuant to this chapter. The bonds and interim receipts or certificates shall be fully negotiable within the meaning of and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, compiled in title 47, Chapters 1 9.
TN Code § 7-55-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 55 - Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955|§ 7-55-105. Right of Municipality to Privileges of Chapter — Certificate of Public Purpose and Necessity

  The building finance committee in the industrial development division of the department of economic and community development is charged with the duty of making effective the declared public policy of the state and municipalities as set forth in this chapter, and for that purpose is hereby authorized and empowered to determine whether the public welfare demands, and sound state public policy requires, that any municipality shall have the right to engage in any or all of the rights and privileges enumerated in this chapter. Each municipality within this state has the right to apply to the committee for a certificate of public purpose and necessity from the committee as to whether the general welfare requires that such municipality enter into a given enterprise.   In determining whether such certificate shall be issued, the committee may hold public hearings or private hearings, make investigations as may be desired, and shall have power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, hear testimony and make a record of all things had and done at such hearing or investigation, and to order issued such certificate of public purpose and necessity as the committee may deem advisable.