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TN Code § 6-51-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 1 - Annexation|§ 6-51-118. Applicability to Certain Counties With a Metropolitan Form of Government

 No provision of Acts 1998, ch. 1101, applies to an annexation in any county with a metropolitan form of government in which any part of the general services district is annexed into the urban services district; provided, that any section of this part specifically referenced on May 19, 1998, in the charter of any county with a metropolitan form of government shall refer to the language of such sections in effect on January 1, 1998.
TN Code § 6-51-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 1 - Annexation|§ 6-51-119. Provision of Copy of Resolution for Annexation, the Plan for Emergency Services and Map Designating the Annexed Area to Emergency Communications District

  The legislative body of an annexing municipality or its designee shall provide a copy of the resolution for annexation, along with a copy of the portion of the plan of services dealing with emergency services and a detailed map designating the annexed area, to any affected emergency communications district upon ratification of a resolution to annex. The map shall identify all public and private streets in the area to be annexed, including street names and direction indicators. The map shall include or have appended a list of address ranges for each street to be annexed. For contested resolutions for annexation, in cases in which the municipality plans to begin providing emergency services in the annexed territory immediately, the municipality shall notify the district when the annexation becomes final. Compliance or noncompliance with this section is not admissible against the municipality in any case brought under this title or title 29, chapter 14, or against the municipality or any affected emergency communications district under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, compiled in title 29, chapter 20.   The municipality shall provide the information required in subsection (a) to an affected district by certified return receipt mail or other method that assures receipt by the district.
TN Code § 6-51-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 1 - Annexation|§ 6-51-120. Annexation of Territory in a State Park or Natural Area

 No municipality shall annex any territory located within any state park or natural area unless all of the following conditions are met:   The territory proposed for annexation must be located within the municipality's urban growth boundaries;   The municipality must provide advance written notification of the proposed annexation to the commissioner of environment and conservation;   The advance written notification must include a detailed description of the territory proposed for annexation, reasons for the proposed annexation, the proposed plan of municipal services, and the timeline for actual delivery of each municipal service;   The department of environment and conservation must study the likely impact upon the park or natural area and its wildlife, scenery, ambiance, traffic, roads, visitors and mission. The cost of the study shall be borne by the municipality proposing the annexation;   As a component of the study, the department must conduct one (1) or more public hearings for citizen input;   Prior to the public hearing, the department must seek the county commission's input regarding the municipality's proposed annexation; and   The department must report its findings and may prescribe such binding prerequisites for the proposed annexation as may be necessary and desirable to protect and preserve the park or natural area for the benefit of all current and future Tennesseans.
TN Code § 6-51-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 1 - Annexation|§ 6-51-121. Recording of Annexation Resolution by Annexing Municipality

 Upon referendum approval of an annexation resolution as provided in this part, an annexing municipality shall record the resolution with the register of deeds in the county or counties where the annexation was adopted or approved. The resolution must include a detailed description of the annexed territory, including, but not limited to, map and parcel numbers of all real property within the annexed territory. A copy of the resolution, map, and detailed description must be sent to the comptroller of the treasury and the assessor of property for each county affected by the annexation.
TN Code § 6-51-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 1 - Annexation|§ 6-51-122. No Municipality Permitted to Extend Corporate Limits by Annexation Ordinance on Municipality's Own Initiative for Certain Period of Time — Exceptions — Comprehensive Review and Evaluation of State Policies

  Notwithstanding this part or any other law to the contrary:   From April 15, 2013, through April 15, 2014, no municipality shall extend its corporate limits by means of annexation by ordinance upon the municipality's own initiative, pursuant to § 6-51-102, in order to annex territory being used primarily for residential or agricultural purposes; and no such ordinance to annex such territory shall become operative during such period, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to subdivision (a)(1)(B);   If, prior to April 15, 2013, a municipality formally initiated an annexation ordinance restricted by subdivision (a)(1)(A); and if the municipality would suffer substantial and demonstrable financial injury if such ordinance does not become operative prior to April 15, 2014; then, upon petition by the municipality submitted prior to April 15, 2014, the county legislative body may, by a majority vote of its membership, waive the restrictions imposed on such ordinance by subdivision (a)(1)(A); and      From April 15, 2014, through May 15, 2015, no municipality shall extend its corporate limits by means of annexation by ordinance, pursuant to § 6-51-102, or by resolution, pursuant to §§ 6-51-104 and 6-51-105; and no annexation shall become operative during such period, unless otherwise permitted pursuant to subdivision (a)(1)(B), (a)(2)(B), or § 6-58-118, or unless the owner or owners of the property give written consent for the annexation;   If, prior to April 15, 2014, a municipality formally acted upon an annexation ordinance or resolution restricted by subdivision (a)(2)(A); and if the municipality would suffer substantial and demonstrable financial injury if such ordinance or resolution does not become operative prior to May 15, 2015; then, upon petition by the municipality submitted prior to May 15, 2015, the county legislative body may, by a majority vote of its membership, waive the restrictions imposed on such ordinance or resolution by subdivision (a)(2)(A).       On or before February 15, 2015, the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) shall complete a comprehensive review and evaluation of the efficacy of state policies set forth within this chapter and chapter 58 of this title, and shall submit a written report of findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
TN Code § 6-51-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 1 - Annexation|§ 6-51-123. County Having Metropolitan Government Permitted to Expand Area of Urban Services District by Any Method Authorized by Charter

 Notwithstanding Chapter 707 of the Public Acts of 2014, this part, or any other law to the contrary, any county having a metropolitan form of government may expand the area of its urban services district using any method authorized by its charter. Such expansion may also be accomplished using any method, identified by charter reference to general annexation law, that was applicable at the time the charter or amendment was approved by referendum held pursuant to Article XI, § 9 of the Tennessee Constitution and § 7-2-106(c) or § 7-2-108(a)(20).
TN Code § 6-51-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 2 - Contraction|§ 6-51-201. Procedure — Ordinance — Referendum

  Any incorporated city or town, whether it was incorporated by general or special act, may contract its limits within any given territory; provided, that three fourths (¾) of the qualified voters voting in an election thereon assent thereto.    Any incorporated city or town, whether it was incorporated by general or special act, may after notice and public hearing, contract its limits within any given territory upon its own initiative by ordinance when it appears in the best interest of the affected territory.   Such contraction of limits within any territory shall not occur unless a majority of the total membership of the city legislative body approves such contraction.   Such contraction of limits within any territory shall not occur if opposed by a majority of the voters residing within the area to be deannexed. The concurrence of a majority of the voters shall be presumed unless a petition objecting to deannexation signed by ten percent (10%) of the registered voters residing within the area proposed to be deannexed is filed with the city recorder within seventy-five (75) days following the final reading of the contraction ordinance. If such a petition is filed, a referendum shall be held at the next general election to ascertain the will of the voters residing in the area that the city proposes to deannex. The ballot shall provide a place where voters may vote for or against deannexation by the city. If a majority of those voting in the referendum fail to vote for the deannexation, the contraction ordinance shall be void and the matter may not be considered again for two (2) years. If a majority vote for deannexation, the ordinance shall become effective upon certification of the result of the referendum.
TN Code § 6-51-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 2 - Contraction|§ 6-51-202. Election

 The election provided for in § 6-51-201, shall be held under an ordinance to be passed for that purpose. A full report of the election shall be spread upon the minutes of the board, if three fourths (¾) of the voters assent to the contraction, and in the report the metes and bounds of the territory to be excluded must be fully set forth.
TN Code § 6-51-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 2 - Contraction|§ 6-51-203. Recording of Deannexation Ordinance by Contracting Municipality

 Upon approving deannexation by ordinance in accordance with § 6-51-201, a contracting municipality shall record the ordinance with the register of deeds in the county or counties where the deannexation was adopted or approved. The ordinance must include a detailed description of the deannexed territory, including, but not limited to, map and parcel numbers of all real property within the deannexed territory. A copy of the ordinance, map, and detailed description must also be sent to the comptroller of the treasury and the assessor of property for each county affected by the deannexation.
TN Code § 6-51-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 2 - Contraction|§ 6-51-204. Effective Date of Contraction — Continuing Jurisdiction for Taxation — Notice of Contraction

  Except for responsibility for any debt contracted prior to the surrender of jurisdiction, all municipal jurisdiction shall cease over the territory excluded from the municipality's corporate limits on the effective date of the ordinance if the contraction is done by ordinance, or on the date of the certification of the results of the election if the contraction is done by election. The municipality may continue to levy and collect taxes on property in the excluded territory to pay the excluded territory's proportion of any debt contracted prior to the exclusion.   The chief executive officer of the municipality shall notify the county assessor of property as to contractions in the territorial limits of the municipality and shall provide the county assessor of property with a complete description of all property affected by the contractions.
TN Code § 6-51-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 3 - Mutual Adjustments|§ 6-51-302. Adjustment of Boundaries of Contiguous Municipalities

  Whenever the boundaries of the corporate limits of municipalities are contiguous and such boundaries either are not in line with the street and lot layout of the municipalities or do not conform to existing or proposed public rights-of-way, drainage ways, utility easements, or railroad rights-of-way, these municipalities may adjust such boundaries by contract between themselves so as to avoid confusion and uncertainty about the location of the contiguous boundary or to conform the contiguous boundary to an existing public right-of-way, drainage way, utility easement, or railroad right-of-way, or to dedicated public right-of-way or lot line that appears on a recorded plat or deed, or to a proposed public right-of-way, drainage way, utility easement, or railroad right-of-way that is a part of either a comprehensive municipal or county plan, or both, approved by a municipal or county governmental body or by a legally constituted municipal planning commission, regional planning commission, or the state planning office [abolished].   Such boundary adjustments may not place any elected official into a voting or political subdivision not presently in the district that such elected official represents, and no such boundary shift may occur any less than ninety (90) days prior to any election in which affected citizens may participate if such boundary adjustment had not occurred.
TN Code § 6-51-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 4 - Merger of Municipalities|§ 6-51-401. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Contiguous” means having a shared portion of boundary. In the case of more than two (2) municipalities, it means that each municipality must have a shared portion of boundary with at least one (1) of the other municipalities seeking to merge; and   “Municipality” or “municipalities” refers to incorporated cities and towns in this state.
TN Code § 6-51-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 4 - Merger of Municipalities|§ 6-51-402. Merger — Authorized

  Two (2) or more contiguous municipalities located in the same county may merge into one (1) municipality using the procedures in this part.   When municipalities are separated only by water, they shall be deemed contiguous for all purposes of this part if they are in the same county. After the municipalities merge, the water shall become a part of the consolidated municipality.   The merger, when complete, shall result in the creation and establishment of a new municipality.   Contiguous municipalities may be merged either as provided in § 6-51-403 or § 6-51-404.
TN Code § 6-51-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 4 - Merger of Municipalities|§ 6-51-404. Merger — by Petition and Referendum

  Registered voters in each of the municipalities may petition for a referendum on the merger of the municipalities. The petition shall be signed by ten percent (10%) of the registered voters in each municipality. The petition shall list the municipalities seeking to merge and request a referendum on merging the municipalities, state the name of the proposed consolidated municipality, under which charter it will operate: mayor-aldermanic, chapter 1 of this title; city manager-commission, chapter 18 of this title; or one (1) of the charters of the merging municipalities, and may divide the proposed municipality into wards or districts if the charter provides for wards or districts. The petition shall be forwarded to the county election commission or commissions.   Upon receipt of the petition and its verification, the county election commission or commissions shall proceed as provided in § 6-51-403(b)(1) and (2). Section 6-51-403(b)(3) shall apply if the merger is approved.
TN Code § 6-51-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 4 - Merger of Municipalities|§ 6-51-405. Costs of Referendum

 If the merger is authorized by referendum, the costs of the election shall be borne by the municipality formed by the merger. If the merger is defeated by referendum, the costs shall be borne by each municipality in the proportion its population bears to the total population of the municipalities in which the election was held. Population figures used shall be those from the latest determination of population by the department of economic and community development.
TN Code § 6-51-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 4 - Merger of Municipalities|§ 6-51-406. Continuation of Ordinances

   Unless otherwise provided in the petition or resolution that initiated the merger, this subsection (a) shall govern the continuation of ordinances and the interpretation of existing ordinances.   All ordinances in force within the former municipalities at the time of the merger that are not in conflict with the consolidated municipality's charter or with the ordinances of the former municipality with the greater population according to the latest determination by the department of economic and community development shall remain in full force and effect until superseded or repealed by the governing body of the consolidated municipality.   All such ordinances, except franchise and other ordinances of only local effect, shall apply to the entire area of the consolidated municipality. In the case of different nonconflicting ordinances dealing with the same subject matter, the ordinance of the more populous municipality shall control.   Ordinances of the former municipalities that are in conflict with the charter of the merged municipality or the ordinances of the more populous municipality shall be deemed repealed as of the effective date of the merger.   Nothing in this subsection (a) shall be construed to discharge any person from liability, either civil or criminal, for any violation of any ordinance of any of the former municipalities incurred before the merger.     The petition or resolution initiating the merger may provide different terms for the continuation of ordinances and the interpretation of existing ordinances from those provided in subsection (a).
TN Code § 6-51-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 4 - Merger of Municipalities|§ 6-51-407. Property, Rights and Privileges

 All the property, rights and privileges of every kind vested in or belonging to either of the former municipalities shall be vested in and owned by the consolidated municipality.
TN Code § 6-51-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 4 - Merger of Municipalities|§ 6-51-408. Debts and Liabilities — Bond Funds

  All outstanding debts and liabilities of the former municipalities shall be assumed by the consolidated municipality.   All the territory included within the limits of the consolidated municipality shall be liable for the floating and bonded indebtedness, including interest, of all the territory included within the consolidated municipality.   Whenever at the time of the merger, however, any of the respective municipalities have on hand any bond funds voted for public improvements not already appropriated or contracted for, this money shall be kept in a separate fund and devoted to public improvements in the territory for which the bonds were voted.
TN Code § 6-51-409 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 4 - Merger of Municipalities|§ 6-51-409. State-Shared Taxes

  The consolidated municipality shall continue without interruption receiving state-shared taxes.   For state-shared taxes distributed on a population basis, the entire population of the consolidated municipality shall determine its share of the state revenue.
TN Code § 6-51-410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Change of Municipal Boundaries|Part 4 - Merger of Municipalities|§ 6-51-410. Part Inapplicable

 This part shall not apply to counties having a metropolitan form of government.
TN Code § 6-52-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Dissolution and Liquidation of Affairs|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-52-101. Tax Levy to Pay Indebtedness of Former Municipality

 The county legislative bodies are empowered to levy a special tax within the territory embraced within the limits of any incorporated town or city whose charter has been abolished and no new charter granted, or no reincorporation has taken place, or when a new charter has been granted making no provision for the indebtedness of the former corporation, for the purposes of meeting existing indebtedness due, meeting annual or semiannual interest charges on bonded indebtedness, providing any required sinking fund, and paying off all indebtedness when due.
TN Code § 6-52-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Dissolution and Liquidation of Affairs|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-52-102. Collection and Disposition of Tax

 The proceeds of the special tax levied by § 6-52-101 shall be collected by the county trustee and paid out upon warrant of the county mayor for the purposes enumerated in § 6-52-101, and not otherwise.
TN Code § 6-52-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Dissolution and Liquidation of Affairs|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-52-103. Right to Condemnation Proceeds After Dissolution

  Where any governmental agency, corporation, association, firm, partnership or individual is authorized under the laws of this state, or of the United States, to take property belonging to any of the incorporated municipalities, cities or towns within this state, and such power and authority is exercised to the extent that such incorporated municipality, city or town can no longer function as such, the right to compensation for the property so taken shall vest in the taxpayers of such incorporated municipality, city or town owning real estate or personal property assessed for ad valorem taxes within such incorporated municipality, city or town.   Such rights shall become vested as of the date the first property or properties are acquired by such governmental agency, corporation, association, firm, partnership or individual having the right under the laws of this state or the United States to acquire such property, either by sale, condemnation proceedings or eminent domain.