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TN Code § 6-21-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 5 - City Court|§ 6-21-507. Collection of Fines and Cost

  The city judge, in all cases heard or determined by such city judge for offenses against the corporate laws and ordinances, shall set and collect municipal court costs in accordance with  § 16-18-304, shall levy and collect the litigation tax in accordance with  § 16-18-305 and, in addition, shall add thereto one dollar ($1.00), as a tax on all such cases. The city judge shall certify to the chief of police for collection, all fines, costs, and forfeitures imposed by the city judge for offenses against the laws and ordinances of the city. Costs in favor of any person paid a fixed salary by the city shall belong to the city and be paid into its treasury. It is the duty of the city judge to collect and receipt for all fines imposed by the city judge, and the city judge shall render a monthly report to the board of commissioners of all costs and fines collected and of all assessed and uncollected.   It is unlawful for any other person or officer to collect or receipt for such fines, costs, and recoveries, but the city judge may authorize the chief of police to collect and receipt for fines and costs.
TN Code § 6-21-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 5 - City Court|§ 6-21-508. Appeal From City Judge's Judgment

 Any person dissatisfied with the judgment of the city judge in any case or cases heard and determined by the city judge, may, within ten (10) entire days thereafter, Sundays exclusive, appeal to the next circuit court of the county, upon giving bond with good and sufficient security as approved by the city judge for such person's appearance or the faithful prosecution of the appeal; provided, that in prosecutions for violations of the city ordinances, the bond shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
TN Code § 6-21-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 6 - Police|§ 6-21-601. Appointment

 The city manager shall appoint a chief of police and such patrol officers and other members of the police force as may be provided by ordinance.
TN Code § 6-21-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 6 - Police|§ 6-21-602. Duties

 It is the duty of the chief of police and the members of the police force to:   Preserve order in the city;   Protect the inhabitants and property owners therein from violence, crime, and all criminal acts;   Prevent the commission of crime, violations of law and of the city ordinances; and   Perform a general police duty, execute and return all processes, notices, and orders of the mayor, city manager, city attorney, and recorder, and all other processes, notices, and orders as provided in this charter or by ordinance.
TN Code § 6-21-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 6 - Police|§ 6-21-603. Emergency Assistance to Police

 In time of riot or other emergency, the mayor or city manager shall have power to summon any number of inhabitants to assist the police force.
TN Code § 6-21-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 6 - Police|§ 6-21-604. Duties in Prosecution of Violations

 Members of the police force, whenever necessary for the purpose of enforcing the ordinances of the city, shall procure the issuance of warrants, serve the same, and appear in the city courts as prosecutors, relieving complaining citizens insofar as practical of the burden of instituting cases involving the violation of city ordinances; but this section shall not be construed to relieve any person from the duty of appearing in court and testifying in any case.
TN Code § 6-21-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 7 - Fire Department|§ 6-21-701. Appointment

 The city manager shall appoint a chief of the fire department and such other members of the department as may be provided by ordinance.
TN Code § 6-21-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 7 - Fire Department|§ 6-21-702. Duties

 It is the duty of the chief of the fire department and the members thereof to take all proper steps for fire prevention and suppression.
TN Code § 6-21-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 7 - Fire Department|§ 6-21-703. Emergency Powers

  When any fire department or company recognized as duly constituted by the commissioner of commerce and insurance pursuant to § 68-102-108 is requested to respond to a fire, hazardous materials incident, natural disaster, service call, or other emergency, it may, regardless of where the emergency exists, proceed to the emergency site by the most direct route at the maximum speed consistent with safety. While responding to, operating at, or returning from such emergency, the chief of the responding fire department or company, or any member serving in capacity of fire officer-in-charge, shall also have the authority to:  Control and direct the activities at the scene of the emergency;   Order any person or persons to leave any building or place in the vicinity of such scene for the purpose of protecting such person or persons from injury;   Blockade any public highway, street or private right-of-way temporarily while at such scene;   Trespass at any time of the day or night without liability while at such scene;   Enter any building or premises, including private dwellings, where a fire is in progress, or where there is reasonable cause to believe a fire is in progress, for the purpose of extinguishing the fire;   Enter any building or premises, including private dwellings, near the scene of the fire for the purpose of protecting the building or premises, or for the purpose of extinguishing the fire that is in progress in another building or premises;   Inspect for preplanning all buildings, structures, or other places in the chief's fire district, except the interior of a private dwelling, where any combustible material, including waste paper, rags, shavings, waste, leather, rubber, crates, boxes, barrels, rubbish, or other combustible material that is or may become dangerous as a fire menace to such buildings, structures, or other places has been allowed to accumulate, or where such chief or the chief's designated representative has reason to believe that such combustible material has accumulated or is likely to accumulate;   Direct without liability the removal or destruction of any fence, house, motor vehicle, or other thing, if such person deems such action necessary to prevent the further spread of the fire;   Request and be furnished with additional materials or special equipment at the expense of the owner of the property on which the emergency occurs, if deemed necessary to prevent the further spread of the fire or hazardous condition; and   Order disengagement or discouplement of any convoy, caravan, or train of vehicles, craft, or railway cars, if deemed necessary in the interest of safety of persons or property.     When any fire department or company responds to any emergency outside its fire district, however, it shall at all times be subject to the control of the fire chief or designated representative in whose district the emergency occurs.
TN Code § 6-21-704 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 7 - Fire Department|§ 6-21-704. Fire Marshal

 The city manager may appoint a fire marshal whose duty shall be, subject to the chief of the fire department, to investigate the cause, origin, and circumstances of fires and the loss occasioned thereby, and assist in the prevention of arson.
TN Code § 6-21-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Schools|§ 6-21-801. Authority of City Manager

 The city manager of any municipality incorporated under Chapters 18 22 of this title has full power to manage and control the public or city schools.
TN Code § 6-21-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Schools|§ 6-21-802. Officers and Employees

 The city manager shall appoint, prescribe the duties and powers of, and fix the salary of the director of schools of the city and appoint, fix the salaries of, and have power to remove, all other officers and all teachers, agents, and employees of the department of education.
TN Code § 6-21-803 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Schools|§ 6-21-803. Building Plans

 All plans for the erection or improvement of school buildings or other buildings used for educational purposes shall be subject to the approval of the city manager.
TN Code § 6-21-804 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Schools|§ 6-21-804. Equipment and Supplies

 All materials, supplies, and equipment for educational purposes shall be purchased by the city manager.
TN Code § 6-21-805 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Schools|§ 6-21-805. State and County School Funds

 In apportioning the state and county school funds of the county, the county board of education, or other apportioning and disbursing body, shall apportion and pay over to the treasurer of the city such portion of the state and county school funds as by law is applicable to the schools within the limits of the city.
TN Code § 6-21-806 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Schools|§ 6-21-806. Disbursements From School Fund

 The board of commissioners shall provide by ordinance for the manner in which the state, county, and city taxes apportioned to the school fund shall be paid over by the city treasurer.
TN Code § 6-21-807 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - City Manager, Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Schools|§ 6-21-807. Board of Education — Election — Powers

  Sections 6-21-801 and 6-21-802 notwithstanding, the board of commissioners, by ordinance, may delegate the power to manage and control the city public schools to an elected board of education.   The board of education shall have the same number of members as the board of commissioners and shall be elected on the same day and in the same manner as the board of commissioners.   If the board of commissioners is elected by district, the board of education shall also be elected by district.   The board shall exercise the power otherwise granted to the city manager in this part.
TN Code § 6-31-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-101. Method of Electing Governing Body

  All corporate, legislative, and other powers of the city, except as otherwise provided in Chapters 30 36 of this title, shall be vested in a council, and the council shall be composed of members to be elected as provided in this section: One (1) member of the council shall be elected from each voting precinct of the incorporated area, to be voted on exclusively by the members of that particular voting precinct, and no person not a resident of the voting precinct shall be eligible to run for the office of council member from that voting precinct. In the event the incorporated area takes in a portion or a part of a voting precinct, that portion or part shall be considered, so far as this section is concerned, as a complete voting precinct. For the purposes of complying with chapter 30 of this title, each voting precinct shall be known as a councilmanic district.   If an area to be incorporated, or that has been incorporated under Chapters 30 36 of this title, lies in two (2) or more counties, the county election commissions of the counties in which the area lies shall jointly conduct elections under Chapters 30 36 of this title.   If the area to be incorporated includes inactive voting precincts or portions of inactive voting precincts, or both, the inactive voting precinct or portions of the inactive precincts, or both, shall be included in a contiguous voting precinct. An inactive precinct is one in which a general state election has not been held for five (5) years prior to the date of filing the petition for incorporation.   In no event shall the membership of the council be less than seven (7), and in the event there are not sufficient voting precincts to elect a minimum of seven (7) members, the additional members of the council shall be elected at large. Council members from the city at large shall be voted on by the electors in all voting precincts.   Any city operating under this charter may elect all such council members from the city at large, at its option. The option may be exercised by a private act of the general assembly providing for such when ratified as provided for by article XI, § 9 of the Constitution of Tennessee.   Election to the board of education shall be as provided in chapter 36 of this title.
TN Code § 6-31-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-102. Time of Election of Council Members

  The first election of council members in any city incorporating under Chapters 30 36 of this title shall be had on the fourth Tuesday following the election at which Chapters 30 36 of this title have been adopted, and a regular municipal election shall be held biennially thereafter.    Any city operating under this charter may change the date of holding its regular biennial municipal election from the date provided in subsection (a) to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, to coincide with the election of members of the general assembly and representatives in the congress of the United States, as provided in § 2-3-203 or to coincide with the August general election. This option may be exercised by ordinance duly adopted in accordance with § 6-32-202. The ordinance changing the election date shall provide for the extension of the terms of council members necessary to meet the election date, but no term may be extended for more than two (2) years beyond its regular expiration date.   Nothing in subdivision (b)(1) shall be construed to remove any incumbent from office or abridge the term of any incumbent prior to the end of the term for which an elected official was selected.   If the council changes the date of municipal elections pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the council may at a later date change the election date back to what such date was prior to moving the election date to coincide with the August or November general election. The council may only make an election date change under this subdivision (b)(3) one (1) time. Terms of incumbent council members shall not be abridged to accomplish an election date change under this subsection (b); however, council members elected at a date change pursuant to this subsection (b) may take office at a later date so as to not abridge terms of incumbent council members. If such council members take office at a later date, their term may be abridged due to such members having to take office at the later date.
TN Code § 6-31-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-103. Qualifications for Voting

 In any election under this charter, registered voters of the city or territory may vote.
TN Code § 6-31-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-104. Nonpartisanship

 All elections shall be nonpartisan.
TN Code § 6-31-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-105. Eligibility for Office of Council Member

 Any qualified voter of the city is eligible for election to the office of council member; provided, that such voter has been a resident of the city for one (1) year next preceding the day of election; and provided further, that before taking office, the voter resigns any state, county, or other municipal office or position of employment that is filled by public election or that is remunerative, except as a notary public or member of the national guard.
TN Code § 6-31-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-106. Deadline for Councilmanic Nominations

 The deadline for filing nominating petitions for the first councilmanic election after incorporation is thirty-five (35) days before the councilmanic election will be held.
TN Code § 6-31-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-107. Term of Office

 The terms of council members elected at this and all succeeding elections for the office of council shall be four (4) years. However at the option of the council, an ordinance may be adopted by two thirds (2/3) of the entire membership of the council prescribing and fixing staggered terms for members of the council, and the ordinance may shorten or extend the terms of current members of the council for the sole purpose of staggering the terms, but otherwise the terms of office shall be four (4) years.
TN Code § 6-31-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-108. Restrictions on Candidates and Supporters — Penalty

 If a candidate or any person on such candidate's behalf directly or indirectly gives or promises to any person or persons any office, employment, money, benefit, or anything of value in connection with such candidate's candidacy, upon conviction thereof such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), and shall thereafter be ineligible to hold any office or position of employment in the city government for a period of five (5) years.
TN Code § 6-31-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-109. Certification of Election

 The county election commission or county election commissions shall determine and declare the results of the election and shall certify the results of the election. The chair of the county election commission or the chairs shall by mail send notices of election to the elected candidates, indicating the term to be served by each. A notice of the certification shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.
TN Code § 6-31-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-110. Expenses of Election

 All expenses of the election shall be borne and paid by the city within six (6) months after the election.
TN Code § 6-31-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-111. Time of Taking Office

 Persons elected to the office of council member shall take office the second Tuesday after the election at twelve o'clock (12:00) noon.
TN Code § 6-31-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-31-112. Oath of Office — Bond

  Every officer or employee before taking any office in the city government shall take, subscribe to and file with the city clerk the following oath or affirmation:  “I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I possess all the qualifications prescribed for the office (or position) of  , as prescribed by this charter, and that I will support the Constitution and will obey the laws of the United States and of the state of Tennessee, that I will, in all respects, observe the provisions of the charter and ordinances of the city of  , and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office (or position) of  .”    Any bond that may be required by law shall be filed with the oath or affirmation in subsection (a) in the office of the city clerk; provided, that the first seven (7) council members elected shall file the oath with the county mayor of the county wherein the city is located. Failure to comply with this section within ten (10) days from the date of election or appointment shall vacate the office involved, unless the council shall, by resolution, extend the time for qualifying.
TN Code § 6-31-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 6 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 31 - Elections Under Modified City Manager-Council Charter|Part 2 - Vacancies|§ 6-31-201. Vacancies in Council

  A vacancy shall exist if a council member:  Resigns;   Dies;   Moves the member's residence from the district in which the council member was elected;   Has been continuously disabled for a period of six (6) months so as to prevent the council member from discharging the duties of such office;   Fails to attend sixty percent (60%) of regular council meetings in any period of six (6) consecutive months;   Accepts any state, county or other municipal office or position of employment that is filled by public election or that is remunerative, except as a notary public or member of the national guard; or   Is convicted of malfeasance or misfeasance in office, a felony, a violation of the charter, or a violation of the election laws of the state.     A vacancy shall be filled within thirty (30) days, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining council members, the appointee to serve until the next regular city or county election, whichever is first held. If a tie vote by the council to fill a vacancy is unbroken for thirty (30) days, the mayor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy. No appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within sixty (60) days prior to any regular city election.