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TN Code § 5-19-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 19 - Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal Services|§ 5-19-111. Bonds

  The county legislative body, or other governing body, of the county is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the county for the purpose of financing the cost of the establishment, construction, installation or acquisition of any refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility.   Bonds so issued may be either general obligation bonds of the county secured by the full faith and credit and taxing power of the county, or by taxes levied on property in a specified district, or revenue bonds secured by the revenues derived from the operation of the refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility financed thereby, or by a combination of such revenues and the unpledged revenues derived by the county from any other refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility owned and operated by the county, or combination revenue-general obligation deficiency bonds secured primarily by revenues and secondarily by the taxing power of the county.    Any bonds issued by the county for the purpose of financing refuse collection or disposal equipment or facilities shall be issued in the manner and form prescribed by the applicable provisions of title 9, chapter 21.   In the issuance of bonds, any refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility so financed shall be deemed to be a “public works project,” as defined in title 9, chapter 21, and all power and authority conferred upon the county by the terms and provisions of title 9, chapter 21, with respect to the construction, operation, maintenance, financing and the fixing and collection of fees, rates, rents and other charges shall be available to and vested in the county with respect to the establishment, construction, installation, acquisition, operation, maintenance and financing of the refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility authorized pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 5-19-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 19 - Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal Services|§ 5-19-112. Plan of Services

  No county shall adopt the resolution provided for in § 5-19-103 until there shall have been presented to the regional planning commission serving such county a plan of services for a specified area or areas for study and a written report to be rendered within ninety (90) days after such submission unless, by resolution of the county legislative body or other governing body, a longer period is allowed.   Such plan of services shall set forth, at a minimum, the identification and proposed timing of the services to be rendered.   No county shall construct or acquire facilities under this chapter unless plans, including necessary engineering and financing plans, shall have been similarly presented to the planning commission for study and report.   In the event there is no such regional planning commission, then the referral shall be to the local planning commission of the largest municipality within the county having such a commission, and, if no municipality within the county has such a planning commission, to the state planning office [abolished].
TN Code § 5-19-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 19 - Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal Services|§ 5-19-113. Inspection of Facilities

  The county sanitarian of each county shall, not less frequently than quarterly, inspect any and all refuse processing or refuse disposing facilities, or both, public or private, within the county for any practices or procedures followed in the county that do, or may, adversely affect the public health, the public safety, or the quality of the environment, and shall report the findings of the results of such inspections both to the board or governing body having jurisdiction over the area involved and to the superintendent.   The superintendent, within budgetary, policy and feasibility limits as such are defined by the board or governing body, will make every effort to correct any shortcomings in county-owned operations reported upon by the county sanitarian.   Such board or governing body may, in its discretion, institute corrective action on its own with reference to its own operations or initiate appropriate action designed to abate such practice or practices under terms of existing laws dealing with the abatement of nuisances or the elimination of hazards to the public health with reference to the refuse disposal operations of others within its jurisdiction.
TN Code § 5-19-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 19 - Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal Services|§ 5-19-114. Investigations of Facilities

  Either on the commissioner's own initiative or at the request of the governing body of any political subdivision of the state, the commissioner of environment and conservation may investigate refuse disposal operations within any county, city or town in the state, may make written or other recommendations for the improvement thereof, and may offer such technical advice and assistance to the responsible local officials for the betterment of refuse disposal practices within their jurisdictions as limitations of staff and budget will allow.   The commissioner may also draw up, publish, distribute information and recommend standards in refuse disposal for the consideration of responsible local officials.   The commissioner may delegate the responsibilities described in subsections (a) and (b) to appropriate personnel of the department of environment and conservation or to the director of a city, county or district health department to the extent deemed necessary.
TN Code § 5-19-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 19 - Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal Services|§ 5-19-115. Governmental Entities' Rights Preserved

 Any of the provisions of this chapter notwithstanding, any municipality, utility or other special district shall retain existing rights to provide such garbage and rubbish collection services or disposal services, or both, to residents and taxpayers within its jurisdiction, including any territory annexed to such jurisdiction, and the existing rights of such instrumentalities to acquire disposal sites outside the limits of their jurisdictions shall not be impaired in any wise whatsoever.
TN Code § 5-19-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 19 - Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal Services|§ 5-19-116. Householders' Rights Preserved

 This chapter shall not prohibit an individual householder from disposing of solid waste from such householder's own household upon such householder's own land; provided, that such disposal does not create a public nuisance or a hazard to the public health.
TN Code § 5-20-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 20 - Adoption of Prepared Building, Plumbing and Gas Codes by Reference|§ 5-20-101. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Code” means any published compilation of rules and regulations that has been prepared by technical trade associations or model code organizations regulating building construction, plumbing and gas installation, fire prevention, any portion of such rules, or any amendment of such rules; and   “Governing body” means the county legislative body, board of commissioners, county council, or other body in which the general legislative powers of a county are vested.
TN Code § 5-20-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 20 - Adoption of Prepared Building, Plumbing and Gas Codes by Reference|§ 5-20-102. Adoption by Reference Authorized

  The governing body of any county may adopt or repeal a resolution that incorporates by reference the provisions of any code properly identified as to date and source, without setting forth the provisions of such code in full, except that this enabling authority shall not apply to any subject area that the state, now or hereafter, elects to regulate through its own adopted code.    At least one (1) copy of the code that is incorporated by reference shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and kept there for public use, inspection, and examination.   This filing requirement shall not be deemed complied with unless the required copy of the code is filed with the clerk for a period of ninety (90) days before the adoption of the resolution that incorporated the code by reference.   Federal rules and regulations, including any changes in the regulations when properly identified as to the date and source, may be incorporated by reference without setting forth the provisions of the regulations in full.     No resolution incorporating a code by reference shall be effective until published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county.
TN Code § 5-20-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 20 - Adoption of Prepared Building, Plumbing and Gas Codes by Reference|§ 5-20-103. Administration of Code

  The adopting resolution may also incorporate by reference the administrative provisions of any code, or may include in the adopting resolution any suggested administrative provisions found in a code.   If a code does not contain administrative provisions, the administrative provisions of another code may be adopted and included in such resolution.   The powers and duties of enforcing the provisions of any code may be conferred upon such officials within the existing framework of the county government as the governing body may determine, such as, but not limited to, officials administering zoning and planning regulations of the county.
TN Code § 5-20-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 20 - Adoption of Prepared Building, Plumbing and Gas Codes by Reference|§ 5-20-104. Enforcement of Code

 The county attorney or any official vested with the powers of enforcing any code may, in addition to any other remedies provided by law, institute an injunction to prevent the violation of such code.
TN Code § 5-20-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 20 - Adoption of Prepared Building, Plumbing and Gas Codes by Reference|§ 5-20-105. Code Violations — Penalties

  The authority of this chapter shall not extend to the incorporation by reference of any penalty clause contained in a code.    Any person, firm or corporation or agent who violates any code or fails to comply therewith or with any of the provisions thereof, or violates a detailed statement or plans submitted and approved thereunder, commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Each such person, firm or corporation or agent commits a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of a code is committed or continued.
TN Code § 5-20-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 20 - Adoption of Prepared Building, Plumbing and Gas Codes by Reference|§ 5-20-106. Applicability

 This chapter shall apply only to the unincorporated area of a county adopting such a code resolution and to those incorporated cities and towns within the county that do not elect, now or hereafter, to adopt their own codes regulating the same subject areas.
TN Code § 5-21-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “County Financial Management System of 1981.”
TN Code § 5-21-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Committee” means the county financial management committee;   “Department” means the finance department; and   “Director” means the director of the finance department.
TN Code § 5-21-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-104. Financial Management Committee — General Provisions

  A county financial management committee is hereby created.    The committee shall consist of the county mayor, supervisor of highways, director of schools, and four (4) members elected by the county legislative body at its regular September session of each year or at any subsequent session.   The four (4) members elected by the county legislative body need not be members of such body.     Such committee shall elect its own chair and shall meet from time to time as it may deem necessary for the discharge of its duties as provided in this section.   The director shall be the ex officio secretary of such committee.    The committee shall establish and approve policies, procedures and regulations in addition to the specific provisions of this chapter, for implementing a sound and efficient financial system for administering the funds of the county.   Such system shall include budgeting, accounting, purchasing, payroll, cash management and such other financial matters necessary to an efficient system.
TN Code § 5-21-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-105. Special Committees — General Provisions

  The county legislative body may authorize the committee to assume the functions of any or all of the following special committees or the county legislative body may by resolution create:  A budget committee;   An investment committee; or   A purchasing committee.      Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2), upon creation, the special committees shall be composed of a minimum of five (5) members appointed by the county legislative body. The members of such committee need not be members of the county legislative body.    Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1), in counties having the following populations, according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, special committees shall be composed of five (5) members:  not less than  nor more than   13,375 13,600   46,000 46,500   67,600 67,900   77,800 78,000    Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1), in counties having a population of not less than seventeen thousand two hundred fifty (17,250) nor more than seventeen thousand five hundred fifty (17,550), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the budget committee shall be composed of six (6) members.       The director shall be the ex officio secretary of each such committee.   The budget committee shall establish and approve policies, forms and documents, procedures, and regulations necessary for the preparation of the annual operating and capital improvement budgets.   The investment committee shall establish and approve policies and procedures for cash management and investing idle cash funds in various investments as prescribed by law.   The purchasing committee shall establish and approve policies and procedures for the purchasing of all supplies, equipment or goods for the county.
TN Code § 5-21-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-106. Director — Appointment and Compensation

   The committee shall appoint the director.   The committee may dismiss the director, subject to the approval of the county legislative body.   The director shall for all purposes be an employee of the county.      The director shall have a minimum of a bachelor of science degree from an accredited college or university. Such person shall have had at least eighteen (18) quarter hours or equivalent semester hours in accounting.   The committee may select a person not having a bachelor of science degree or having a sufficient number of hours in accounting; provided, that such person has at least two (2) years of acceptable experience in a related position or an equivalent number of other related courses.     The compensation of the director shall be established by the committee, subject to the approval of the county legislative body.
TN Code § 5-21-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-107. Director — Duties

  The director shall oversee the operation of the department in the functions established by this chapter, and shall be responsible for the implementation of the policies of the committee or such special committees established by the county legislative body.   The director shall, among the director's duties, install and maintain a purchasing, payroll, budgeting, accounting and cash financial management system for the county.   The director shall assist other county officials and employees in achieving an efficient financial management system for the county.   The director has the authority to hire personnel for the finance department; provided, that the positions are funded in the annual budget and the personnel so hired meet the written job requirements as recommended by the director and approved by the committee.
TN Code § 5-21-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-108. Director — Deputy

  A person employed by the finance department shall be recommended by the director and approved by the committee to serve as deputy director of finance.    The person employed for this position shall perform such duties and responsibilities as assigned by the director.   In the absence of the director, the deputy director shall perform the duties of the director necessary to the continued operation of the department, including, but not limited to, the cosigning of warrants, payroll checks and purchase orders.
TN Code § 5-21-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-109. Director — Bond

  The director shall execute a blanket bond in an amount of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the faithful performance of the director's duties as director and of the department employees in accordance with the general law for such bonds.   The cost of such bond shall be paid from funds appropriated to the department for such purpose.   The amount of such bond may be increased subject to the approval of the committee, and additional appropriations by the county legislative body.   The bond shall be prepared in accordance with title 8, chapter 19, approved by the county legislative body, recorded in the office of the county register of deeds and transmitted to the office of the county clerk for safekeeping.
TN Code § 5-21-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-112. Appropriations — Later Modifications — Impounding

  The appropriations made in the appropriation resolution, or any amendment thereto, shall constitute the limit to expenditures for the various purposes and from the several funds of such county for the fiscal year covered by the resolution, and no expenditure shall be made or obligation created in excess of such limitation.   Any resolution presented to the county legislative body in any fiscal year, after the original appropriation resolution has been adopted and the tax rate for the year fixed by the county legislative body, that provides for an appropriation in addition to those made in the original budget appropriation, shall specifically provide by tax levy sufficient revenues, or designate the source of funds to meet expenditures to be made in consequence of such additional appropriation.    If at any time during the fiscal year it shall become apparent that the revenues of any of the county's funds, together with its unencumbered cash balance at the beginning of such year, will not be sufficient to equal the amount of the original appropriations, it shall be the duty of the director to impound the appropriations from such fund in such amount as shall be necessary to balance such account. Nevertheless, the impoundment power provided by this section shall not apply to the funds appropriated to the offices of trustee, county clerk, assessor of property, clerks of courts, register of deeds or sheriff.   Upon the written approval of the committee, such impounded funds shall be released.
TN Code § 5-21-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-113. Expenditures — Minor Adjustments

  The appropriations made by the county legislative body shall constitute authorization for the expenditures contained therein unless otherwise limited by the county legislative body.   Expenditures may be made and obligations created against any appropriation to an aggregate total of the amount appropriated.   The expenditures and encumbrances against the amounts appropriated shall be made only upon an order or authorization issued by the department.   No expenditures made or obligations created in any manner shall be valid or binding against the county except as provided by this chapter.    The budget committee, with the consent of any official, head of any department or division that may be affected, may make transfers and adjustments within the smallest budgetary itemization of any subdivision.   Any other transfers or adjustments shall be submitted to the budget committee for its recommendation to the county legislative body.
TN Code § 5-21-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-114. Monthly Reports

   The director shall make a report at the end of each month showing the condition of the budget.   Such report shall show for each item of appropriation, or allotment thereof, the total expenditures for the month and the year to date, the amount of outstanding encumbrances and the amount of the unencumbered balance.   Such report shall also show for each fund an itemized statement of the revenues and receipts estimated for the year, the amount of the collections of each item for the month and the year to date and the unrealized portion of the estimate.     Each department head, elected official and board member shall be furnished copies of monthly reports for their respective departments as soon as the same are available.    The most recent of such reports shall be presented by the director at each regular session of the county legislative body.   At such time, the director shall advise the county legislative body of the condition of the budget, and of any adjustment or reduction of appropriations that should be made, and shall recommend any other action that, in the director's opinion, the county legislative body should take in order that the financial condition of the county is not impaired.
TN Code § 5-21-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 5 - Counties|Chapter 21 - County Financial Management System of 1981|§ 5-21-115. Accounting System — Preaudit of Invoices, Etc

  There shall be set up and maintained in the department a system of fiscal procedure, control and centralized accounting, which shall be under the administrative control and direction of the director. The procedures and records shall be maintained in accordance with  § 5-21-103(d).    Before any obligation against the county shall be paid or any disbursement warrant or voucher issued, a detailed invoice, receivable copy of the purchase order, or such document indicating receipt of merchandise or service should be approved by the head of an office, department or agency for which the obligation was made and be filed with the director.   The director shall establish a system for making a careful preaudit of such invoice, purchase order, or other documents, including a comparison with any encumbrance document previously posted or filed authorizing such obligation, and shall approve for payment only such items as appear to be correct, properly authorized, and not exceeding the otherwise unencumbered balance of the allotments or appropriations against which they are chargeable.   Disbursement warrants shall be promptly prepared for all such approved obligations by the director, signed in accordance with § 5-21-116 and mailed or delivered to the payees thereof.