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TN Code § 13-24-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 24 - Zoning Classifications|Part 4 - Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018|§ 13-24-405. Existing Law Unaffected

 This part does not:   Create regulatory jurisdiction for any subdivision of the state regarding communications services that does not exist under applicable law, regardless of the technology used to deliver the services;   Restrict access granted by § 65-21-201 or expand access authorized under § 54-16-112;   Authorize the creation of local taxation in the form of ROW taxes, rates, or fees that exceed the cost-based fees authorized under existing law, except that the specific fees or rates established pursuant to this part do not exceed cost;   Alter or exempt any entity from the franchising requirements for providing video services or cable services set forth in title 7, chapter 59;   Apply to any segment of the statewide P25 interoperable communications system governed by § 4-3-2018;   Alter the requirements or exempt any entity from the requirements to relocate facilities, including any PSS, small wireless facility, or other related infrastructure, to the same extent as any facility pursuant to title 54, chapter 5, part 8, or other similar generally applicable requirement imposed on entities who deploy infrastructure in ROW;   Prohibit a local authority from the nondiscriminatory enforcement of breakaway sign post requirements and safety restrictions generally imposed for all structures within a ROW;   Prohibit a local authority from the nondiscriminatory enforcement of vegetation control requirements that are imposed upon entities that deploy infrastructure in a ROW for the purpose of limiting the chances of damage or injury as a result of infrastructure that is obscured from view due to vegetation; or   Prohibit a local authority from the nondiscriminatory enforcement of generally applicable local rules regarding removal of unsafe, abandoned, or inoperable obstructions in a ROW.
TN Code § 13-24-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 24 - Zoning Classifications|Part 4 - Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018|§ 13-24-406. Prohibited Activities

 An authority shall not:   Enter into an exclusive arrangement with any person for use of a ROW for the construction, operation, marketing, or maintenance of small wireless facilities;   Discriminate by prohibiting an applicant from making any type of installation that is generally permitted when performed by other entities entitled to deploy infrastructure in a ROW or by imposing any maintenance or repair obligations not generally applicable to all entities entitled to deploy infrastructure in a ROW;   Impose discriminatory prohibitions against deploying a new PSS for small wireless facilities in a ROW. Only requirements imposed generally to other entities entitled to deploy infrastructure in a ROW may be applied to prohibit an applicant's deployment of a new PSS in a ROW; or   Except as provided in this part or otherwise specifically authorized by state law, adopt or enforce any regulations or requirements on the placement or operation of communications facilities in a ROW by a communications service provider authorized by state or local law to operate in a ROW; regulate any communications services; or impose or collect any tax, fee, or charge for the provision of communications service over the communications service provider's communications facilities in a ROW.
TN Code § 13-24-412 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 24 - Zoning Classifications|Part 4 - Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018|§ 13-24-412. Private Right of Action

 Any party aggrieved by the failure of an authority to act in accordance with this part may seek remedy in the chancery court for the county in which the applicant attempted to deploy or has deployed a small wireless facility, unless the claim seeks a remedy against the state, in which case the claim must be brought in the chancery court of Davidson County. The court may order an appropriate remedy to address any action inconsistent with this part.
TN Code § 13-24-413 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 24 - Zoning Classifications|Part 4 - Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018|§ 13-24-413. Study on Impact of Deployment of Broadband — Best Practices — Recommendations — Report

  The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations shall study and prepare a report on the impact of this part, including:  The impact on deployment of broadband;   The fiscal impact on authorities resulting from the administrative process required by this part;   Best practices from the perspective of applicants and authorities;   Best practices in other states and identify opportunities to advance the quality of transportation in this state by utilizing technological applications, sometimes referred to as “smart transportation applications,” that are supported by small wireless facilities; and   Recommendations for changes to this part based on the study's findings.     The report must be delivered to the chairs of the commerce committee of the house of representatives and commerce and labor committee of the senate by January 1, 2021.
TN Code § 13-28-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-201. Short Title

 This part shall be known as the “Local Enterprise Zone Act.”
TN Code § 13-28-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-202. Authorization and Establishment of Program

 There is hereby authorized and established a program for the selection, designation, and management of enterprise zones within appropriate communities in this state.
TN Code § 13-28-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-203. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the local enterprise zone management board appointed by a municipality;   “Enterprise zone” means an area declared by the board to be eligible for the benefits of this part;   “Municipality” means an incorporated city which has adopted home rule or county which has adopted a metropolitan form of government in accordance with the Constitution of Tennessee, art. XI, § 9, and any county which has adopted a charter form of government pursuant to the Constitution of Tennessee and title 5, chapter 1, part 2;   “Qualified business” means any person, corporation or other entity engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business within a designated enterprise zone, except that for chain stores or other businesses or industries with multiple locations, only those locations or operations within the zone shall be considered as qualified businesses; and   “Qualified property” means:  Any tangible personal property which is used predominately by the taxpayer in an enterprise zone in the active conduct of a trade or business;   Any real property located in such a zone which is used predominately by the taxpayer for residential purposes or in the active conduct of a trade or business, or is sold or exchanged by an individual whose principal residence is in such a zone; or   Any interest in a corporation, partnership, or other entity if, for the most recent taxable year of such entity ending before the date of the sale or exchange, such entity was a qualified business.
TN Code § 13-28-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-204. Local Ordinance or Resolution — Enterprise Zone Management Board

 Each municipality is authorized to create and appoint by ordinance or resolution an enterprise zone management board. The ordinance or resolution shall designate the number and qualification of board members, establish the terms of office of such board members and provide for the appointment of members and administration of such board. No such ordinance or resolution shall take effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of the municipality at two (2) consecutive, regularly scheduled meetings.
TN Code § 13-28-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-205. Board — Powers and Duties

 The board shall administer this part and has the following powers and duties:   Declare as “enterprise zones” areas for which the municipality has submitted documentation to the board, in the form of an application for designation;   Recommend suspension of local regulations within the zone or zones not specifically suspended by this part, when the board determines such suspension to be appropriate;   Provide individuals who meet the criteria of this part with enterprise zone residency certificates, which individuals can use for the benefits of this part, and which businesses can use to verify that they have met the requirements to qualify as “qualified businesses”;   Monitor the implementation and operation of this part;   Assist the municipality in obtaining demonstration project status and assistance from the state or federal government, including the suspension of state and federal regulations within the enterprise zones;   Submit reports evaluating the effectiveness of the program and any suggestions for local regulation changes to the municipality or suggestions for state regulation changes to the governor and the general assembly by January 1 of each year; and   Promulgate necessary rules and regulations and to prescribe procedures to effectuate the purposes of this part.
TN Code § 13-28-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-207. Application — Review — Removal of Designation

  Upon receipt of an application from the municipality, the board shall review such application and secure any additional information it deems necessary for the purpose of determining whether the area or areas described in the application qualify to be declared an enterprise zone.   The board shall complete its review within ninety (90) days of receipt of the application, but it may extend this time period an additional thirty (30) days if necessary. If the application meets the established criteria, then the board shall declare the designated area to be an enterprise zone. If the application does not meet the criteria, then the board shall deny the application and inform the municipality of that fact, together with a description of the reasons the application failed to meet the criteria. If the board fails to render a decision within the required time period, the application shall be automatically approved.   The board may remove designation of any area as an enterprise zone if such area no longer meets the criteria for designation as set out in this part; provided, that no designation shall be removed less than ten (10) years from the date of original designation unless there are no beneficiaries or qualified businesses remaining in the zone.
TN Code § 13-28-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-208. Enterprise Zone Development Corporations — Funding — Employment

  Communities which succeed in establishing designated enterprise zones shall be empowered to set up nonprofit enterprise zone development corporations with the agreement of affected governmental entities under existing state legislation (industrial development corporations, compiled in title 7, chapter 53) which empowers such corporations to take title or own, acquire or manage real property, to solicit and accept grants and contributions from any source, and to make loans and grants in accordance with this part.   In addition to establishing such corporations in accordance with title 7, chapter 53, the enterprise zone development corporations shall be composed as follows:  One half (½) of the members shall be selected at-large;   One fourth (¼) of the members shall be selected from residents of the proposed zone; and   One fourth (¼) of the members shall be selected from managers or operators of businesses located within the proposed zone.     The enterprise zone development corporation shall not be vested with the power of eminent domain. The enterprise zone development corporation shall not have the authority to issue bonds.   A minimum of ten percent (10%) of the allocation of funds for low interest loans administered by local government will be set aside for use of qualified residents/owners in the enterprise zone subject to an annual review.   A qualified business in an enterprise zone shall employ at least thirty percent (30%) of qualified zone residents meeting the requirements of new jobs created by such business.
TN Code § 13-28-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-209. Incentives and Exemptions for Qualified Businesses or Residents

 The ordinance or resolution to implement this part shall provide for such incentives and exemptions and the manner in which such incentives and exemptions shall be offered for qualified businesses as in the discretion of the municipality are deemed to be desirable and in the best interest of the welfare of the community as a whole. The ordinance or resolution may provide for state participation in providing incentives or exemptions to qualified businesses or qualified zone residents in the enterprise zone.
TN Code § 13-28-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-210. Regulatory Exemptions of Enterprise Zones

  To carry out the purposes of this part, any agency, as defined by § 4-5-102, which promulgates rules, as defined by § 4-5-102, or any administrative body of the municipality which promulgates regulations pursuant to appropriate legal authority, may, by rule or regulation, exempt designated enterprise zones from any rule or regulation, in whole or in part, promulgated by such agency or by such administrative body as provided in the ordinance or resolution.   An enterprise zone is not exempt from any rule or regulation if the exemption endangers the health and safety of the citizens of the state.   The board shall conduct a review of all rules promulgated, and shall recommend to the municipality the exemption of rules promulgated which would contribute to the implementation of this part.   Any exemption of a regulation by an administrative body of the municipality shall be promulgated as a subsequent regulation in accordance with the law authorizing promulgation of the regulation proposed for exemption within designated zones.
TN Code § 13-28-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 28 - Enterprise Zones|Part 2 - Local Enterprise Zone Act|§ 13-28-211. Issuance of Permission Required by Law — Agency Authority

 Notwithstanding the authority delegated to the board to implement this part, the authority for issuing licenses, permits, certificates, approvals, registrations, charters, or any other form of permission required by law shall remain with the agency otherwise legally authorized to issue such form of permission.
TN Code § 16-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-101. Vesting of Judicial Power

 The judicial power of the state is vested in judges of the courts of general sessions, recorders of certain towns and cities, circuit courts, criminal courts, common law and chancery courts, chancery courts, courts of appeals, and the supreme court, and other courts created by law.   Code 1858, §§ 4094, 4095 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 1); Shan., § 5907; mod. Code 1932, § 10107; modified; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-101.
TN Code § 16-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-102. Powers of Court

 Every court has the power to:   Enforce order in its immediate presence, or as near thereto as is necessary to prevent interruption, disturbance, or hindrance to its proceedings;   Enforce order before a person or body acting under its authority;   Compel obedience to its judgments, orders, and process, and to the order of a judge out of court, in an action or proceeding in court;   Control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its officers, and all other persons connected with a judicial proceeding before it, in every matter pertaining to the proceeding;   Administer oaths whenever it may be necessary in the exercise of its powers and duties; and   Control its process and orders.    Code 1858, § 4099; Shan., § 5911; mod. Code 1932, § 10110; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-102.
TN Code § 16-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-103. Contempt

 For the effectual exercise of its powers, every court is vested with the power to punish for contempt, as provided for in this code.   Code 1858, § 4100; Shan., § 5912; Code 1932, § 10111; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-103.
TN Code § 16-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-104. Conflicts in Use of Courtroom

 In case of conflict among the courts, the use of the courtroom may be regulated by consent, in which case the court yielding the room may hold its session in any other room within the limits of the county seat. If no agreement is made, the circuit court shall be preferred to the chancery court. If excluded from the courtroom on Monday, the circuit court shall try no jury causes on that day, except by consent of parties.   Code 1858, § 4097 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 18, § 12); Shan., § 5909; Code 1932, § 10109; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-104.
TN Code § 16-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-106. Minutes

  The minutes of the court for each day's work shall be signed by the judge. The minute book shall provide a place for the judge's signature after the minute entries each day; however, where the orders of the court are photocopied so that an accurate facsimile of the entire order and judge's signature appears, it shall be sufficient for the judge to sign at the end of the minute book approving all the minutes in the book.   When any judge or chancellor fails to sign the minutes of the judge's or chancellor's court because of death, vacancy in office or disability, or for any other reason, the judge's or chancellor's successor shall examine all the unsigned minutes, and if the successor finds that the unsigned minutes satisfactorily represent the true and complete proceedings of the court, the successor shall so certify. The judge's or chancellor's successor shall examine any decree or order that has been signed by the deceased or disabled predecessor but that has not been spread upon the minutes of the court, and if the successor finds that the decree or order is a true and complete decree or order, the successor shall direct that the decree or order be spread upon the minutes of the court and certify the minutes. Any minutes certified by a judge or chancellor pursuant to this subsection (b) have the same force and effect as minutes entered pursuant to subsection (a).    Code 1858, § 4101 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 49, § 20); Shan., § 5913; Code 1932, § 10112; Acts 1967, ch. 81, § 1; 1972, ch. 803, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-106; Acts 1984, ch. 756, § 1.
TN Code § 16-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-107. Power to Sell Land

 In all suits, instituted according to law, to sell the real estate of decedents for the payment of debts, or to sell lands for partition, a court of record may decree a sale of lands lying in any part of the state.   Code 1858, § 4102 (deriv. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 170); Shan., § 5914; mod. Code 1932, § 10113; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-107.   Law Reviews.   Abolishing Local Action Rules: A First Step toward Modernizing Jurisdiction and Venue in Tennessee, 34 U. Mem. L. Rev. 251 (2004).
TN Code § 16-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-108. Vesting Title by Decree or Clerk's Deed

 Courts having jurisdiction to sell lands, instead of ordering parties to convey, may divest and vest title directly by decree, or empower the clerk to make title.   Code 1858, § 4103 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 48; 1837-1838, ch. 176, § 1); Shan., § 5915; Code 1932, § 10114; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-108.
TN Code § 16-1-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-109. Registration of Decree or Clerk's Deed

 The decree or deed of the clerk, as the case may be, has the same force and effect as a conveyance by the party, and shall be registered.   Code 1858, § 4104 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 48; 1837-1838, ch. 176); Shan., § 5916; Code 1932, § 10115; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-109.
TN Code § 16-1-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-110. Implied Covenants in Sales of Land

 In cases where the sale is made at the voluntary instance of parties, the decree or deed of the clerk shall imply a covenant of seisin and warranty of title by the parties whose interest is sold, their heirs and representatives, unless otherwise provided in the face of the decree.   Code 1858, § 4105; Shan., § 5917; Code 1932, § 10116; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-110.
TN Code § 16-1-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-111. Use of Papers Filed in Federal Courts

 In all cases that have been removed from the courts of the state to the federal courts, and that have been afterward remanded to the state courts, the pleadings, depositions and proofs that have been filed in the federal court during its pendency there shall be used as if the pleadings, depositions and proofs had been originally filed in the state court. In cases where the original depositions, pleadings and proofs cannot be obtained from the federal court for use in the state court, then certified copies of the original depositions, pleadings and proofs may be obtained from the federal court, for use in the state court, instead of the originals.
TN Code § 16-1-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-112. Justice of the Peace — Name Change Throughout Code

 Tennessee Code Annotated is amended in each of its provisions providing the judicial powers, duties, functions or jurisdiction of the justice of the peace to delete references to “justice of the peace” or any variation of those words and to substitute instead references to the “court of general sessions” or “judge of the court of general sessions” or a variation of those words. The Tennessee code commission is granted the authority to reword the provisions to conform to the appropriate reference and sentence structure and to make grammatical changes necessary to effect those word changes without any change of substantive law.