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TN Code § 69-5-919 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-919. Proceeds From Sale of Maintenance or Administration Certificates

 All funds received from sale of the maintenance or administration certificates, or both, shall be paid to the trustee and placed to the credit of the maintenance and administration fund, to be paid out on warrants as now provided by law.
TN Code § 69-5-920 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-920. Refunding Bonds Authorized — Terms

 For the general purpose of refunding all or any part of the bonded indebtedness, now or hereafter outstanding, of any drainage or levee district now or hereafter organized and existing under any law of this state, whenever in the judgment of the county legislative body of the county in which any such district was organized, it is advisable and for the best interest of the landowners of any such district, or whenever such district is or hereafter shall become unable to pay all or any part of the principal and interest or either the principal or interest of or on its outstanding bonded indebtedness, the county legislative body may issue refunding bonds of such district in an amount that shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of bonds to be refunded, and the accrued interest on the bonds. Such refunding bonds shall be of such denomination or denominations, shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty (40) years from their date, and in such manner, amount or amounts, shall be payable at such place or places, and shall bear such rate of interest payable annually or semiannually as the county legislative body may determine. Such refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded upon consent of the holders of the bonds, or may be sold at such price and in such manner as the county legislative body may determine. Any expense resulting from the sale or issuance of such refunding bonds may be paid out of any available funds of the district. If the outstanding bonds have not matured, they may be refunded only with the consent of the holder or holders of the bonds, which consent shall be sufficiently evidenced by the surrender of the bonds to be refunded. Such refunding bonds shall be signed by the county mayor and countersigned by the county clerk, under the seal of the county or the seal of such clerk, and the interest coupons attached to the bonds shall be executed by the lithographed facsimile signature of the officials.
TN Code § 69-5-921 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-921. Petition for Issuance of Refunding Bonds

 The county legislative body has the authority to issue refunding bonds as provided for in this part, upon the filing with the county legislative body of a petition duly authorized and signed by the board of directors of the district whose outstanding bonds are desired to be refunded. The petition, among other appropriate recitals, shall set forth a description of the outstanding bonds proposed to be refunded, the reason for such refunding, whether or not the holders of the outstanding bonds have consented to the refunding of the bonds, the amount of refunding bonds proposed to be issued, including the proposed date or dates when such refunding bonds are to mature. The petition shall request the county legislative body, upon the giving of the notice and upon the holding of the hearing provided for in § 69-5-924, to direct the issuance of such refunding bonds and to provide for the levy of taxes for the payment of the refunding bonds and the interest on the refunding bonds.
TN Code § 69-5-922 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-922. Refunding Bonds — Notice of Hearing

 Upon the filing of a petition as for issuance of refunding bonds, it is the duty of the county legislative body to set a date for the hearing of such petition and to direct the county clerk to cause to be published a notice in substantially the following form:   To all persons or corporations interested in lands or other property lying in  District,  County, Tennessee, take notice: That the aforementioned district, acting through its board of directors, has filed with the county legislative body of  County, Tennessee, a petition requesting the county legislative body to provide for the refunding of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of such district, and that any person or corporation owning or having any interest in any land or property in the district may appear before the county legislative body at the court house in  , Tennessee, at the hour of  o'clock,  M., on  the  day of  20 , and show cause why such bonds should not be refunded.   You are further notified that in the event the county legislative body, pursuant to the hearing, should enter an order, providing for the issuance of refunding bonds, any landowner shall have the right at any time within two (2) weeks from and after the entering of such order within which to pay the full amount of the principal tax or assessment chargeable to such landowner's land or any tract thereof, for the payment of the bonds proposed to be refunded, and any tract on which such tax or assessment shall be so paid shall thereupon be released from any tax or assessment for the payment of the refunding bonds so authorized to be issued, but shall remain subject to such other or additional taxes, if any, as may be levied pursuant to law. Take notice also that in the event a remonstrance or remonstrances against the issuance of refunding bonds be filed with the county legislative body on or prior to the date hereinabove set forth, signed by sixty percent (60%) or more of the landowners owning sixty percent (60%) or more of the aggregate acreage of lands within the district, then the county legislative body shall enter an order denying and dismissing the petition of the board of directors above referred to.   By order of the county legislative body of  County, Tennessee, this  day of  , 20   County Clerk   Such notice shall be published weekly for at least two (2) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county and having a general circulation in the district, and the first of such publications shall occur at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for such hearing, and the last of such publications shall occur not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. A copy of such notice shall also be posted in a conspicuous place at the court house of the county where the hearing is to be held at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for such hearing.
TN Code § 69-5-923 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-923. Refunding Bonds — Petition and Notice in Multi-County Districts

 Where a district lies in more than one (1) county, the petition for issuance of refunding bonds shall be filed with the county legislative body of the county where the greater part of the lands of the district are situated, which the legislative body shall have full jurisdiction for the purposes of §§ 69-5-920 — 69-5-927. The notice provided for in § 69-5-922 shall, in such case, be published in one (1) newspaper published and having general circulation in each county where lands of the district are situated, and also by the posting of a copy of such notice in a conspicuous place at each court house in each such county. In the event there should be no newspaper published and of general circulation in any such county, then the aforementioned notice shall be given by posting not less than five (5) copies of the notice in five (5) public places in such county, and by posting at the court house as provided in this section.
TN Code § 69-5-924 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-924. Hearing — Remonstrance

 At the time of the hearing provided for in § 69-5-922, the county legislative body shall hear and dispose of all objections in a summary manner and its disposition of the objections shall be final and conclusive on all parties. In the event a remonstrance or remonstrances against the issuance of refunding bonds be filed with the county legislative body on or prior to the date set for such hearing, signed by sixty percent (60%) or more of the landowners owning sixty percent (60%) or more of the aggregate acreage of land within the district, then the county legislative body shall enter an order denying and dismissing the petition of the board of directors for the issuance of refunding bonds.
TN Code § 69-5-925 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-925. Refunding Bonds — Release of Landowner From Assessment

 Upon the entry by the county legislative body of an order providing for the issuance of refunding bonds of any such district, any landowner in the district shall have the right at any time within two (2) weeks from and after the entry of such order, within which to pay the full amount of the principal tax or assessment chargeable to that landowner's land or any tract of the landowner's land, for the payment of the bonds proposed to be refunded, and any tract on which such tax or assessment shall be so paid shall thereupon be released from any tax or assessment for the payment of the refunding bonds so authorized to be issued, but shall remain subject to such other or additional taxes, if any, as may be levied pursuant to law.
TN Code § 69-5-926 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-926. Refunding Bonds — Extended Assessments

 Upon the issuance of refunding bonds as provided for in §§ 69-5-920 — 69-5-927, the time of payment of the subsequently accruing original annual installments of taxes shall be extended, and the taxes shall become due and payable in such greater number of annual installments and in such respective amounts as the county legislative body, in its order directing the issuance of refunding bonds, shall direct. And the county legislative body shall direct the county clerk to prepare and to certify a new drainage assessment book showing such extended assessments and to file the same with the county trustee, or with the respective county trustees in the event the district should embrace lands in more than one (1) county. The taxes shall be collected and the payment of the taxes enforced at the same time and in the same manner as is now provided by law for the collection and enforcement of payment of drainage taxes. It is the duty of the county legislative body in fixing the respective annual installments of the extended assessments to provide for the collection annually of amounts sufficient to provide for the payment of such refunding bonds and the accruing interest on the bonds.
TN Code § 69-5-927 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-927. Refunding Bonds — Powers Conferred on Board of Directors

 No proceedings shall be required for the issuance of refunding bonds of drainage or levee districts other than those provided by §§ 69-5-920 — 69-5-927, and all powers necessary to be exercised by the board of directors of any drainage or levee district or by the county legislative body in order to carry out those sections are hereby conferred.
TN Code § 69-5-928 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-928. Borrowing Money to Pay Bonds and Interest

 If in any year, on account of the delinquent assessments, and the incidental delay in enforcing their collection, the funds are insufficient to pay the bonds and interest, or bonds or interest maturing for payment in that year, the board of directors of the district has the power to borrow the necessary money to make up the deficiency and prevent default, and may make a note or notes, in the name of the drainage district, or drainage and levee district, signed by the board officially. For security, the board may pledge or bind, for the payment of the note or notes, the delinquent, or unpaid assessment, for the particular year. The delinquent assessments, when collected, shall constitute a fund for the payment of the money borrowed. The amount so borrowed by the board of directors shall be paid to the trustee of the county to be used by the trustee as other funds are used in the payment of the bonds and interest maturing.
TN Code § 69-5-929 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-929. Appointment of Receiver for Defaulting Drainage District

 When any bond or interest coupon of any bond, issued by any district within the state has been past due for two (2) years, and payment has been demanded by the holder of any such at the place designated for payment in such instrument, and also to the chair of the board of directors of any such district, such holder of any bond, or interest coupon on any such bond, has the right to make application to any court of competent jurisdiction within the county or counties of the district for the appointment of a receiver for the defaulting district, and it is the duty of the court, upon presentation of a petition properly verified, to appoint a receiver in such case to collect the assessments and taxes due any such district.
TN Code § 69-5-930 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-930. Powers of Receiver — Removal and Appointment of Another

 Any receiver appointed pursuant to § 69-5-929 shall have the power to institute suits for the collection of delinquent assessments in the same manner as the district itself would have had and with the same effect and to do all things necessary to collect delinquent assessments or other debts due the district. Such receiver shall first pay all costs out of the assessments as soon as collected, and shall then prorate the remainder to the payment of bonds and coupons then due. The receiver shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the court appointing the receiver, and shall have power to proceed in any court of competent jurisdiction where it is necessary to enforce any lien against any land within the district. The court shall have the power to discharge the receiver at any time and appoint another receiver, and when all bonds and interest coupons overdue have been paid, the receiver shall be discharged. The receiver shall have further authority to give a deed and pass good title to any lands in the district that may be advertised for sale and sold for delinquent taxes, subject only to the rights of the owner of the lands to redeem the land within two (2) years from the date of the sale, on payment of the amount paid by the purchaser for the land, with legal interest on the amount paid, to the date of redemption. Any person owning an undivided interest or any specific portion thereof or any part of any tract or tracts of land that is assessed for drainage sums assessed to another shall receive receipt in full for that person's taxes on paying such portion of the taxes as the claims of the property or such proportion of the taxes as that person's quantity of the property bears to the whole quantity taxed.
TN Code § 69-5-931 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 9 - Bond Issues and Warrants|§ 69-5-931. County Trustee's Compensation

 The county trustee, for receiving and paying out money received from the sale of bonds and warrants issued and sold under this part, shall be entitled to a commission of one half of one percent (0.5%) for receiving the same, and one half of one percent (0.5%) for paying out the same. The trustee shall pay over to the trustee's successor in office any of the moneys and funds remaining in the trustee's hands at the expiration of the trustee's term of office, when the successor trustee has executed bond, as provided by § 69-5-908. It is the duty of such succeeding trustee to execute such bond, and for failure to do so, the succeeding trustee shall be liable to the penalties provided by § 69-5-908. Whichever trustee actually disburses the funds so arising from the sale of bonds or warrants shall be entitled to the commission of one half of one percent (0.5%); provided, that the succeeding trustee shall not be entitled to any commissions for receiving such funds from the predecessor trustee.
TN Code § 69-5-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 10 - Multi-County Districts Generally|§ 69-5-1001. Application by Petitions — Engineer — Viewers

  Where a proposed or desired improvement will require a location in more than one (1) county, applications by petition shall be made to the county court of each of the counties as provided by part 1 of this chapter for applications where the improvement to be made lies wholly in one (1) county, and signed by one (1) or more persons owning lands lying in each county to be affected, or assessed for the proposed improvement.   When such petitions have been filed, the county court of the county in which the larger or largest percent of the lands to be affected by such improvement lies shall appoint a competent engineer to make survey, of such proposed improvement district in the same manner as when the proposed improvement lies wholly in one (1) county, and such engineer shall proceed in the same manner as when the improvement lies wholly in one (1) county, and the engineer shall make out duplicate reports of the survey and work and file one (1) with each of the county clerks in the counties where the petition for such improvement is filed. After the reports of the engineer are so filed, the county court of each of the counties shall proceed as provided in part 1 of this chapter for improvement districts located wholly in one (1) county until the point in the proceeding is reached when viewers are to be appointed to assess damages, as provided by part 2 of this chapter. As to such viewers, the county court of the county in which the larger or largest percent of the lands to be affected or assessed on account of such improvement is located, or lies, shall appoint two (2) viewers, and one (1) of whom shall be appointed by the county court of each of the other counties concerned, if more than one (1) other county, and if only one (1) other, by the county court of such county, the viewers to have the same qualifications, as provided for viewers in part 2 of this chapter. When so appointed, the viewers shall meet as soon as practicable at some convenient point to be designated by the clerk of the county, the court of which appoints two (2) of the viewers, and shall then proceed to assess damages, as provided in part 2 of this chapter for districts lying in one (1) county only, the engineer rendering them like assistance, as provided in part 2 of this chapter. When their work is completed, the viewers shall make out one (1) copy of their report for each of the counties, signing same, and shall file a copy of such report with each of the county clerks of the counties where such petitions have been filed for the establishment of such improvement or district.
TN Code § 69-5-1002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 10 - Multi-County Districts Generally|§ 69-5-1002. Proceedings After Reports of Viewers — Assessment of Lands

  When the viewers have so reported, each of the county courts shall proceed as provided in other cases in parts 1 and 2 of this chapter until the point is reached to appoint commissioners to make assessments and apportion them as to the lands affected, when the county court of the county in which the larger or largest percent of the land lies to be assessed or affected, shall appoint two (2) of the commissioners, one (1) of these appointees to be a competent engineer, and the other county court, or courts, shall appoint one (1) of the commissioners each, the commissioners so appointed to have the same qualifications as provided in part 3 of this chapter.   When so appointed, the commissioners shall, as soon as practicable, meet at some convenient place to be designated by the county clerk of the county, the court of which has appointed two (2) of the commissioners, one (1) being an engineer, and shall then proceed to assess the lands in such district, and apportion the assessments in the same manner as provided in part 3 of this chapter where such district lies wholly in one (1) county, and shall report in like manner, and shall file a copy of their report with the clerk of each county having lands within such improvement district.   When such commissioners have so reported, each of such county courts shall proceed as to the reports and in levying assessments, as provided by part 3 of this chapter, in cases of districts lying in one (1) county only.
TN Code § 69-5-1003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 10 - Multi-County Districts Generally|§ 69-5-1003. Board of Directors

 In cases of districts so lying in more than one (1) county, the board of directors of such districts shall consist of one (1) member from each county, to be appointed by the county court of such county, and the county mayor of each of the counties shall be a member of such board of directors, and the qualifications, powers, and duties of such board of directors shall be the same as provided by parts 6 through 9 of this chapter for boards of directors and members of boards in improvement districts lying entirely in one (1) county.
TN Code § 69-5-1004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 10 - Multi-County Districts Generally|§ 69-5-1004. Removal of Viewers, Commissioners, and Directors

 The county courts have the same right to remove the viewers, commissioners, and directors appointed by such court, and to appoint others in their stead, and to fill vacancies that the county courts have where such improvement district lies wholly in one (1) county.
TN Code § 69-5-1005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts|Part 10 - Multi-County Districts Generally|§ 69-5-1005. Chair and Secretary-Treasurer

 The county mayor of the county in which the larger or largest percent of the lands of such improvement district lies shall be chair of such board of directors, with authority to call meetings of the board. The board shall elect one (1) of the appointed directors secretary and treasurer of the board of directors, and such treasurer shall give bond, as provided by part 6 of this chapter, such bond or a duplicate of same to be filed with the county clerk in each of the counties and recorded in the drainage record, the bond to be taken before and approved by the county court of the county in which the larger or largest percent of the lands of the district lies.