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TN Code § 13-11-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 11 - Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1972|§ 13-11-114. Administration — Relocation Assistance Programs

 To prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of this chapter, a state agency, applicable local agency, or applicable person may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, or corporation for services in connection with a program or project, or may carry out all functions provided for under this chapter through any federal agency or any state agency, or any local agency, or any person having an established organization for conducting this chapter.
TN Code § 13-11-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 11 - Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1972|§ 13-11-115. Payments Not to Be Considered as Income or Resources

  No payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall be considered as income or resources for the purposes of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law or for the purposes of the state's corporation tax law, or other tax laws.   These payments shall not be considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance and the payments shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would be entitled.   No payments under this chapter shall be subject to attachment or execution at law or equity.
TN Code § 13-11-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 11 - Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1972|§ 13-11-116. Replacement by Building Code Enforcement or Voluntary Rehabilitation

 A person who moves or discontinues such person's business or moves other personal property, or moves from such person's dwelling on or after March 30, 1972, as the direct result of building code enforcement activities or a program of rehabilitation of buildings conducted pursuant to a state project or program shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be deemed to have been displaced as the result of the acquisition of real property.
TN Code § 13-11-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 11 - Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1972|§ 13-11-117. Reduction in Payments

 No payment or assistance provided for under this chapter shall be required to be made to any displaced person, or included as a program or project cost under this chapter, if such displaced person receives a payment required by federal, state, or local law, which is determined by the head of the displacing agency to have substantially the same purpose or effect as such payment under this chapter.
TN Code § 13-11-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 11 - Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1972|§ 13-11-118. Uneconomic Remnant — Donation of Property

  If the acquisition of only a portion of a property being acquired for a program or project with federal financial assistance would leave the owner with an uneconomic remnant, the state agency, local agency, or person concerned shall offer to acquire that remnant. For the purposes of this chapter, an uneconomic remnant is a parcel of real property in which the owner is left with an interest after the partial acquisition of the owner's property, and which the head of the displacing agency concerned has determined has little or no value or utility to the owner.   A person whose real property is being acquired for a program or project with federal financial assistance, may, after the person has been fully informed of the person's right to receive just compensation for such property, donate such property, any part thereof, any interest therein, or any compensation paid therefor, to a state agency, local agency, or person, as such person who owns the real property shall determine.
TN Code § 13-11-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 11 - Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1972|§ 13-11-119. State as Federal Agent

 A state agency shall be authorized to act as the agent of a federal agency to carry out the federal agency's responsibilities under federal law which are consistent with this chapter.
TN Code § 13-16-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 16 - Industrial Development|§ 13-16-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known as the “Industrial Park Act.”
TN Code § 13-16-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 16 - Industrial Development|§ 13-16-102. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Governing body” means the board or body in which the general legislative powers of a municipality are vested;   “Industrial park” means land and rights, easements and franchises relating thereto, and may include adequate roads and streets, water and sewer facilities, utilities, and docks and terminals, as required for the use of industry, and such appurtenant land for necessary incidental use. “Industrial park” may also include a site for the establishment or location of a single industry;   “Industrial park agency” means the governing body, or the commission, board, or other agency to which powers under this part have been delegated by the governing body; and   “Municipality” means any county or incorporated city or town in this state.
TN Code § 13-16-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 16 - Industrial Development|§ 13-16-103. Powers of Municipality

 Subject to the conditions of this part, any municipality has the power to:   Acquire land and rights and easements therein by gift, purchase, or eminent domain, and develop the land into industrial parks within or without the municipality or partially within and partially without the municipality, and maintain and operate such industrial parks; provided, that the power of eminent domain shall be exercised only for public use, as defined in § 29-17-102, and shall not be extended to or exercised with respect to property owned or held by a corporation which is subject to regulation by the Tennessee public utility commission, the department of safety, and/or the department of transportation, and which itself possesses the power of eminent domain, except and unless:  No other property is reasonably available for the contemplated use;   The property to be taken is not reasonably necessary to the operation of the corporation owning or holding it; and   The taking will not interfere or be inconsistent with any public use for which the property is used or held;     Issue its bonds to finance in whole or in part the cost of such industrial parks, and pledge its full faith and credit and/or fees, rents, tolls or other charges for the use of or in connection with any industrial building or any public works project as provided in the Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955, compiled in title 7, chapter 55, or the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21;   Sell or lease plots of land and charge and collect fees for services made available within such industrial parks, subject to and in accordance with any agreement which may be made with bondholders; provided, except as set forth in § 13-16-107(a), that prices, rentals and fees shall be fixed and revised from time to time so as to produce, as nearly as possible, sufficient funds to provide for the prompt payment of principal and interest upon all bonds when due, and provide for the operation and maintenance of such parks and adequate depreciation accounts in connection therewith;   Pledge to the punctual payment of the bonds authorized for such purposes and interest thereon the income, revenues and proceeds from sales to be received from such industrial parks;   Accept grants and the cooperation of the state of Tennessee upon such conditions as may be provided by law;   Accept grants and the cooperation of the United States or any agency thereof in the development, maintenance, operation and financing of industrial parks and do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid and cooperation; and   Exercise all powers with respect to industrial parks that municipalities may exercise with respect to industrial buildings under the Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955, and the Industrial Development Corporations Act of 1955, compiled in title 7, chapter 53.
TN Code § 13-16-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 16 - Industrial Development|§ 13-16-104. Control of Industrial Parks

  The governing body of any municipality may exercise direct control in the development, operation and maintenance of any industrial park, or may delegate by ordinance or resolution any or all powers to a commission or board, the composition, terms of office, appointment, and compensation to be determined by the governing body in such ordinance or resolution.   Such powers may be delegated to an industrial development corporation created under title 7, chapter 53, to any existing port authority, to a regional megasite authority created under title 64, chapter 6 or to similar bodies available to act as an instrumentality of the municipality.
TN Code § 13-16-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 16 - Industrial Development|§ 13-16-105. Provision for Public Services

  Public services required by industries should be provided by governmental and private units and agencies responsible for such services in areas encompassing industrial parks, such as financing and installation of utility services and utility agencies, construction and maintenance of service roads and streets, and storm sewers where needed, by counties or cities, and building of dock and harbor facilities by counties, cities or port authorities.   Governmental and private units and agencies are empowered to provide such services in connection with the development of industrial parks under this part.
TN Code § 13-16-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 16 - Industrial Development|§ 13-16-106. Municipalities Acting Jointly

 The powers conferred upon municipalities under this part may be exercised by two (2) or more municipalities acting jointly, in which event the governing bodies of the municipalities acting jointly shall provide by contract the manner of development, operation and maintenance of industrial parks, or the powers may be delegated by resolution to a joint commission or board, the composition, terms of office, appointment, and compensation of same to be fixed by agreement of the governing bodies of such municipalities acting jointly. Such powers may also be delegated to an industrial development corporation created under title 7, chapter 53, to a port authority, to a regional megasite authority created under title 64, chapter 6, or to similar bodies available to act as instrumentalities of municipalities as specified in § 13-16-104.
TN Code § 13-18-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Major Energy Project Act of 1981.”
TN Code § 13-18-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly otherwise requires:   “Applicant” means any person planning or proposing a project which has been designated a major energy project;   “Approval” means any permit, license, lease, certificate, right-of-way, or other grant, rate, ruling, or decision authorized or issued by an agency of state or local government;   “Contact agency” means the department of economic and community development;   “Joint review process” means the process provided by §§ 13-18-108 — 13-18-115 by which the applications for permits or approvals required by state, local, or federal agencies for a major energy project are consolidated and coordinated;   “Joint review staff” means those persons from involved agencies who are designated to staff the joint review team;   “Joint review team” or “team” means a coordinating group organized to conduct the joint review process on a major energy project. It is an officially composed group of government agencies organized to work with the applicant to coordinate government review and decision-making activities and is composed of involved state, local, and federal agencies and the applicant;   “Lead local agency” means the local department or agency designated by the chief executive officer of that local government to be most affected by or involved in the proposed major energy project;   “Lead state agency” means the department or agency of the state determined by the governor to be most involved in the joint review process;   “Local government” means any government body, including any municipality, county, or utility district or any political subdivision of this state;   “Local law” means the rules, regulations, resolutions, ordinances, codes, case law, and other laws of any local government;   “Major energy project” means any project at one (1) physical location which has been determined by the contact agency to be in the state interest pursuant to its authority under § 13-18-103, which has a capital cost of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) or more, and which is likely to reduce the dependence of the state on imported energy projects;   “Person” means any individual, cooperative, partnership, corporation, association, consortium, unincorporated organization, trust, estate, nonprofit institution or any entity organized for a common purpose, and any instrumentality of state or local government;   “Project decision schedule” or “schedule” means the timetable set out by the joint review team in which to accomplish the joint review process, submit applications, hold hearings, and obtain approval of involved agencies;   “State agency” means any general or special purpose executive agency of Tennessee;   “State law” means the laws, rules, resolutions and case law of Tennessee; and   “Team leader” means the state or local lead agency which is selected by the joint review team to lead the team and coordinate and supervise the joint review process.
TN Code § 13-18-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-104. Joint Review Team — State Lead Agency — Local Lead Agency

  If a project is designated a major energy project and approved for the joint review process, a joint review team shall be formed. The state agencies in the team shall be designated by the governor and shall include all departments or agencies whose approval will be required for any state-issued permit which the project may require. The governor shall designate one (1) agency to be the state lead agency.   In addition to state agencies, the team shall include any local agencies whose approvals may be required in the development of the project. The joint review staff shall be responsible for identifying and contacting each involved local agency. If a local government has more than one (1) involved agency, its chief executive officer shall designate the local lead agency.   In addition to state and local agencies, federal agencies whose approvals may be required in the development of the project shall be invited to join the team. The joint review staff shall be responsible for identifying and contacting each involved local agency.   In addition to all governmental agencies, the team shall include the project applicant as an ex officio member.
TN Code § 13-18-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-105. Duty of Joining Local Agency to Participate in and Abide by Joint Review Process Schedule

 If a local agency joins the team, the head of that agency and the chief executive officer of the local government in which the agency is located shall agree to participate in the joint review process and abide by the project decision schedule for all locally required permits, licenses, or other approvals. Such agreement shall not negate the independent authority of the local agency or government to issue its ultimate approval or disapproval, so long as such decision is made in accordance with the project decision schedule.
TN Code § 13-18-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-106. Joining Federal Agency to Cooperate and Abide by Schedule

 If a federal agency joins the team, it shall abide by the project decision schedule and cooperate in the joint review process, insofar as is possible and consistent with federal law.
TN Code § 13-18-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-107. Meeting of Joint Review Team — Timing — Notice

  After all involved state, local, and federal agencies have been identified, the joint review staff shall call a meeting of the joint review team.   Such meeting shall be called not more than six (6) weeks after the project is designated a major energy project, and the participants shall be given at least two (2) weeks notice of the meeting. The notice shall include the time, date and place of the meeting, the agenda to be considered, and any additional information needed to inform participants or the public of the purpose of the meeting. The notice shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation.
TN Code § 13-18-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-108. Selection of Team Leader — Presentation by Applicant — Draft Agreement

  At the first meeting, the joint review team shall select a participating agency to be team leader.   The applicant shall make a presentation to the team at this meeting on the project, stating what actions it has already undertaken, what actions will be undertaken in the future, and what actions it would like the team to take.   Based on the information submitted by the applicant to the contact agency, the joint review staff shall submit a draft agreement of responsibilities to the team describing the statutory and regulatory jurisdiction, duties and responsibilities of each permitting and nonpermitting agency at each level of government that may review the proposed project. It shall also describe the responsibilities and general schedule of the applicant.
TN Code § 13-18-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-109. Second Meeting — Completion of Agreement of Responsibility

  After the team members have had a reasonable time to review the draft agreement and the applicant's presentation, but not more than four (4) weeks, the team leader shall call a second meeting. At this meeting the team shall complete the agreement of responsibility. When completed it shall be signed by the team members.   Notice of this meeting shall be given in accordance with  § 13-18-107.
TN Code § 13-18-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-110. Additional Meetings

  After the agreement of responsibility has been signed, the team shall hold such additional meetings as it deems necessary to hear public comment, to gather information on the project, and clarify the responsibilities of the team members. At these meetings, the team and the applicant shall also develop a tentative project decision schedule.   At least two (2) of these meetings shall be held in the vicinity of the project site.   Not more than fourteen (14) weeks shall be used to complete this process.   Adequate public notice shall be given prior to each meeting, in accordance with § 13-18-107.
TN Code § 13-18-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-111. Consolidation of Applications — Project Decision Schedule

  During the meetings provided for in § 13-18-110, the applicant and the involved agencies shall agree whether or not to attempt a coordination of applications. If possible, the applicant and the team should attempt to agree on one (1) consolidated application designed to satisfy the requirements of all participating agencies without violating administrative and substantive law.   If one (1) consolidated application is not possible, the applicant and the team shall endeavor to consolidate as many different applications as possible into one (1) application. It is expected that all state and local applications will be so consolidated.   When agreement on consolidation of applications has been reached, a project decision schedule shall be adopted to chart the application and approval process. The schedule may subsequently be modified by the team if necessary, but the general time limits agreed on by the applicant and the permitting agencies should be maintained.
TN Code § 13-18-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-112. Preapplication Meetings — Failure to Participate

  Beginning as early in the joint review process as possible, but not less than thirty (30) days prior to application, the applicant and permitting agencies shall hold preapplication meetings to determine what each expects from the other so as to accelerate the application process.   The applicant shall also meet with public individuals and groups who have expressed or have identified interests in the project, either through the medium of the meeting provided for in §§ 13-18-108 — 13-18-110, or otherwise, to identify and deal with the concerns of such persons.   If persons who have had the opportunity to participate in preapplication meetings and raise concerns did not do so, it shall be noted in the application record.   Notice of such meetings shall be given in accordance with § 13-18-107.
TN Code § 13-18-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 18 - Major Energy Project Act of 1981|§ 13-18-113. Implementation and Compliance With Project Decision Schedule

  When the project decision schedule has been agreed on, the application shall be submitted and actions taken in accordance with it. Each permitting agency and the applicant shall endeavor to comply with the schedule so as to complete the permitting process as expeditiously as possible, with due regard for public health, safety, and welfare, and the rights of the applicant. The team leader shall monitor implementation of the schedule and act to resolve delays or disputes.   No project decision schedule shall encompass a period of more than two (2) years unless the team finds that additional time is necessary.   The time limits for agencies' actions set out in the project decision schedule shall be followed unless the team determines that different deadlines would help expedite or coordinate government review.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the time limits and special procedures imposed by the project decision schedule shall constitute the lawful decision-making deadlines and procedures for reviewing applications filed by the applicant.