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TN Code § 7-51-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 9 - Contracts, Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements|§ 7-51-905. Construction With Other Laws

  This part shall in no manner repeal, modify, change, or interfere with any general or special statutes pertaining to municipal or county contracts or leases, including, but not limited to, those statutes pertaining to competitive bidding, conflicts of interest, public building authorities, purchasing, issuance of bonds, borrowing of money and incurring of debts, and appropriations.   The authorization provided by this part shall be additional and supplemental to, and the limitations provided in this part shall not affect the powers or authorizations provided by any other law, and is not in substitution for the powers or authorizations conferred by any other law.
TN Code § 7-51-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 9 - Contracts, Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements|§ 7-51-906. Proprietary Contracts Unaffected

 This part shall not affect the powers of any municipality to contract in its proprietary capacity.
TN Code § 7-51-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 9 - Contracts, Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements|§ 7-51-907. Sewage Treatment Works and Public Water Systems

 Pursuant to the terms of this part, any municipality is hereby authorized to lease, lease-purchase and/or contract for the construction operation or management of capital improvement property that is all or part of “sewage treatment works” as defined in § 68-221-201, or a “public water system” as defined in § 68-221-703.
TN Code § 7-51-908 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 9 - Contracts, Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements|§ 7-51-908. Contracts Concerning Education

 Municipalities, counties, or school systems may contract among themselves for matters concerning education.
TN Code § 7-51-909 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 9 - Contracts, Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements|§ 7-51-909. Tax Exemption for Capital Improvement Property

 Any contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement with respect to capital improvement property entered into under the authority of this part and the income from the property shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation except for inheritance, transfer and estate taxes, and except as otherwise provided in this code.
TN Code § 7-51-910 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 9 - Contracts, Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements|§ 7-51-910. Contracts for Purchase of Natural Gas, Propane Gas or Electric Power

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any contract for the purchase for resale or municipal use of natural gas, propane gas or electric power may be made without complying with competitive bidding requirements.
TN Code § 7-51-911 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 9 - Contracts, Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements|§ 7-51-911. Contracts for Purchase of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a municipality may, with the approval of its governing body, enter into a negotiated contract or contracts, including a joint contract or contracts, with other municipalities, with a bank, investment bank or other similar financial institution for the purpose of stabilizing the net expense of the municipality incurred in the purchase of gasoline, diesel or both gasoline and diesel fuel actually purchased by the municipality. Any contract entered into under this section must be for a term of no more than twenty-four (24) months. The authority granted under this section is in addition to, and supplemental to, any existing authority granted a municipality under any other law.
TN Code § 7-51-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 10 - Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act|§ 7-51-1001. Short Title

 This part shall be known and cited as the “Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act.”
TN Code § 7-51-1002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 10 - Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act|§ 7-51-1002. Governmental Entity — Defined

 As used in this part, “governmental entity” means any political subdivision of the state of Tennessee and any municipality, metropolitan government, county or airport authority.
TN Code § 7-51-1003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 10 - Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act|§ 7-51-1003. Scope of Authority

  Every municipality, or other governmental entity, is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by licensing, controlling, and regulating by ordinance or resolution each private passenger-for-hire vehicle providing transportation services operated within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other governmental entity.   Every municipality or other governmental entity is empowered to regulate the following:  Entry into the business of providing passenger transportation service, including taxicab service, within the jurisdiction of that municipality or governmental entity;   The rates charged for the provision of such passenger transportation service;   The establishment of safety and insurance requirements even if they reduce the number of such private passenger vehicles for hire that otherwise would operate within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other governmental entity;   The establishment of stands to be employed by one (1) or a limited number of firms providing passenger transportation;   Limited or exclusive access by such passenger transportation service, including taxicab service, to airports or other facilities operated by or within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other governmental entity;   The drivers of private passenger vehicles for hire;   The routes and stops of fixed route private passenger vehicles for hire; and   Any other requirement adopted to ensure safe and reliable passenger transportation service.
TN Code § 7-51-1004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 10 - Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act|§ 7-51-1004. Action on Behalf of State — Immunity

  Any municipality or other governmental entity is authorized to carry out this part as acts of government on behalf of the state as sovereign, to the extent the governmental entity deems necessary or appropriate, even if it is anticompetitive in effect.   All immunity of the state of Tennessee from liability under state and federal antitrust law is hereby extended to any municipality or other governmental entity within the scope of authority contained in this part, and, when so doing, a municipality or other governmental entity shall be presumed to be acting in furtherance of state policy.
TN Code § 7-51-1005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 10 - Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act|§ 7-51-1005. Authority of Department of Safety Unaffected

  Except as provided in § 7-51-1007(c), this part shall not apply to any motor vehicles operating passenger services that are subject to the authority of the department of safety pursuant to title 65, chapter 15.   Except as provided in § 7-51-1007(c), nothing in this part shall be construed as limiting or in any way interfering with the jurisdiction of the department of safety to regulate passenger operations in accordance with title 65, chapter 15.
TN Code § 7-51-1006 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 10 - Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act|§ 7-51-1006. Exemption

 This part shall not apply to any governmental entity of a county having a population of not less than two hundred eighty-seven thousand seven hundred (287,700) nor more than two hundred eighty-seven thousand eight hundred (287,800), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 7-51-1007 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 10 - Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act|§ 7-51-1007. Regulation of Entry Into the Business of Providing Passenger Transportation Service — Limousine, Sedan, Shuttle and Taxicab Service

  In addition to exercising all the authority granted by all other provisions of this part, every governmental entity in any county having a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, is empowered to regulate entry into the business of providing passenger transportation service, including, but not limited to, limousine, sedan, shuttle and taxicab service.   As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Limousine” means any motor vehicle except a taxicab or sedan designed or constructed to accommodate and transport passengers for hire, with an extended wheel base and expanded seating capacity designed for the transport of persons. The vehicle will have additional rear seating capacity, area, and comforts; and shall be designed to transport not more than fourteen (14) in number, exclusive of the chauffeur/driver, and the principal operation of which is confined to the area within the corporate limits of cities and suburban territory adjacent to the cities;   “Sedan” means any motor vehicle, except a limousine or taxicab, designed or constructed to accommodate and transport passengers for hire, that does not have an extended wheel base or an expanded seating capacity designed for the transport of persons. The vehicle will have no additional rear seating capacity, area or comforts; shall be designed to transport not more than five (5) passengers, exclusive of the chauffeur/driver, and the principal operation of which is confined to the area within the corporate limits of cities and suburban territory adjacent to the cities, and not operated on a fixed route or schedule;   “Shuttle” means any motor vehicle designed or constructed to accommodate and transport passengers for hire, not more than fifteen (15) in number, exclusive of the driver, and the principal operation of which is confined to the area within the corporate limits of cities and suburban territory adjacent to the cities, and operated on a fixed route or schedule;   “Taxicab” means any motor vehicle except a limousine or sedan designed or constructed to accommodate and transport passengers for hire, not more than nine (9) in number, exclusive of the driver, and the principal operation of which is confined to the area within the corporate limits of cities and suburban territory adjacent to the cities, and not operated on a fixed route or schedule.     In any county to which this section applies, limousines, sedans, shuttles and taxicabs, as defined in this section, shall comply with the safety rules and regulations and the liability insurance requirements contained in title 65, chapter 15.
TN Code § 7-51-1101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1101. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998.”
TN Code § 7-51-1103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1103. Adult-Oriented Establishment Board — Massage Registration Board as Substitute

  There is created in any county in which this part is adopted as provided in § 7-51-1120, an adult-oriented establishment board.   The board shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the county mayor of such counties. If there exists a massage registration board appointed by the county mayor, such board may be used for the adult-oriented establishments, as determined by the county mayor.   If the board consists of the massage registration board, the terms of the board members shall be coextensive with the terms of the massage registration board with no member serving after the expiration of the member's term or removal from the massage registration board. If the board consists of five (5) members appointed by such county mayor, the terms of the board members shall be for four (4) years.   A majority of the members to which the board is entitled shall constitute a quorum.   The board shall serve without compensation, but the members shall receive their actual expenses for attending adult-oriented establishment board meetings.   The board shall select a chair from among its members and the chair shall notify interested persons and members of board meetings.   The board shall meet as often as required to carry out this part.   To further the purposes of this part, the board shall have authority to promulgate procedural rules and any substantive rules consistent with this part that are constitutionally valid and are promulgated in such a way that the board's discretion about whether to grant, deny, revoke, or suspend a license or permit is not unbridled.
TN Code § 7-51-1104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1104. License to Operate — Required

  Except as provided in subsection (e), from and after July 1, 1998, no adult-oriented establishment shall be operated or maintained in any applicable county without first obtaining a license to operate issued by the county adult-oriented establishment board.   A license may be issued only for one (1) adult-oriented establishment located at a fixed and certain place. Any person, partnership or corporation that desires to operate more than one (1) adult-oriented establishment must have a license for each. No building, premises, structure or other facility that contains any adult-oriented establishment shall contain any other kind of adult-oriented establishment.   No license or interest in a license may be transferred to any person, partnership or corporation.   It is unlawful for any entertainer, employee, escort or operator to knowingly work in or about or to knowingly perform any service directly related to or at the request of the operation of any unlicensed adult-oriented establishment or escort service.   All existing adult-oriented establishments, entertainers, employees, escorts, or operators, at the time this part is given local effect pursuant to § 7-51-1120, must submit an application for an appropriate license or permit within one hundred twenty (120) days of this part becoming effective in such county. All existing adult-oriented establishments, entertainers, employees, escorts, or operators, at the time this part is given local effect pursuant to § 7-51-1120, who timely submit an application for an appropriate license or permit, as set forth in this subsection (e), shall be granted a conditional license or permit maintaining the status quo, pending final judicial review by the trial court. If no timely application is filed within the one-hundred-twenty-day period, or no license or permit is issued by the board or granted through judicial review by the trial court, then the adult-oriented establishment, entertainer, employee, escort, or operator shall cease to operate or to perform such services or entertainment.   No license shall be issued by the board unless the applicant certifies, by proof satisfactory to the board, that the applicant has satisfied the rules, regulations and provisions of the applicable zoning requirements in the county. Any zoning requirement shall be in addition to and not an alternative to any requirement of this part.
TN Code § 7-51-1107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1107. Inspections — Notice of Results

  In order to effectuate this part, the board, its authorized representative or sheriff is empowered to conduct investigations of persons engaged in the operation of any adult-oriented establishment and inspect the license of the operators and establishment for compliance. Refusal of an operation or establishment to permit inspections shall be grounds for revocation, suspension or refusal to issue licenses provided by this part.   Within ten (10) days of receiving the results of the investigation conducted pursuant to § 7-51-1106(4), the board shall notify the applicant that the application is granted, denied or held for further investigation. Such additional investigation shall not exceed an additional thirty (30) days, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicant. Upon the conclusion of such additional investigation, the board shall advise the applicant in writing whether the application is granted or denied.   If an additional investigation is held and is not a result of actions by the applicant, upon the expiration of the thirtieth day from the filing of the application, the applicant shall be permitted to operate the business for which the license is sought, unless or until the board or its authorized representative notifies the applicant of a denial of the application and states the reasons for that denial.
TN Code § 7-51-1108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1108. Injunctions — Contempt

  The board has the power and authority to enter into any court of the state of Tennessee having proper jurisdiction to seek an injunction against any person or adult-oriented establishment not in compliance with this part, and is further empowered to enter into any such court to enforce this part in order to ensure compliance with such provisions.   Any violation of an injunction obtained under this section is contempt with a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00).   Each day in contempt of such injunction is considered a separate offense.   The circuit, chancery, or criminal courts of this state and the chancellors and judges of the courts shall have full power, authority, and jurisdiction, upon application by sworn detailed petition filed by the board within their respective jurisdictions, to issue any and all proper restraining orders, temporary and permanent injunctions, and any other writs and processes appropriate to carry out and enforce this part.
TN Code § 7-51-1112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1112. Hours Open for Inspection

 The public portion of all adult-oriented establishments shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by the applicable sheriff's department or such other persons as the board may designate.
TN Code § 7-51-1114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1114. Prohibited Activities

  No operator, entertainer or employee of an adult-oriented establishment, either on the premises or in relation to the person's role as an operator, entertainer, or employee of an adult-oriented establishment, shall permit to be performed, offer to perform, perform, or allow patrons to perform sexual intercourse or oral or anal copulation or other contact stimulation of the genitalia.   No operator, entertainer or employee of an adult-oriented establishment shall encourage or permit any person upon the premises to touch, caress or fondle the breasts, buttocks, anus or genitals of any operator, entertainer or employee.   No entertainer, employee, or customer shall be permitted to have any physical contact with any other on the premises during any performance and all performances shall only occur upon a stage at least eighteen inches (18") above the immediate floor level and removed at least six feet (6') from the nearest entertainer, employee, or customer.    No employee or entertainer, while on the premises of an adult-oriented establishment, may:  Engage in sexual intercourse;   Engage in deviant sexual conduct;   Appear in a state of nudity; or   Fondle such person's own genitals or those of another.     For the purpose of this section, “nudity” means the showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering, the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple, or the showing of the covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.     If the license holder operates an escort bureau, such bureau shall not be operated as a sexually-oriented escort bureau as defined in this part.   No permit holder of an escort bureau shall conduct oneself as a sexually-oriented escort as defined in this part.   No license holder shall advertise that such license holder offers sexual stimulation or sexual gratification as defined in this part.
TN Code § 7-51-1115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Governmental and Proprietary Functions|Part 11 - Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998|§ 7-51-1115. Entertainers or Escorts — Permits — Required

 No person shall be an entertainer, employee, or escort in an adult-oriented establishment without a valid permit issued by the board.