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TN Code § 7-37-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 37 - Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act of 1951|§ 7-37-114. Tax Exemption of Bonds

 All bonds and the income from the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxation, except inheritance, transfer and estate taxes, except as otherwise provided in this code.
TN Code § 7-37-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 37 - Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act of 1951|§ 7-37-115. Rentals Sufficient to Pay Bonds

 The governing body of a municipality issuing bonds pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe and collect rentals for industrial buildings, and shall revise the rentals from time to time whenever necessary so that the income and revenues to be derived from such rentals will always be sufficient to pay when due all bonds and interest on the bonds for the payment of which such revenues are pledged, including reserves for the payment of the bonds and interest on the bonds.
TN Code § 7-37-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 37 - Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act of 1951|§ 7-37-116. Supplemental Nature of Chapter

 The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to, and the limitations imposed by this chapter shall not affect the powers conferred by, any other general, special or local law. Industrial buildings may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered, and extended, and bonds may be issued under this chapter for such purposes, notwithstanding that any general, special, or local law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment and extension of a like industrial building, or the issuance of bonds for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitation or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law.
TN Code § 7-38-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 38 - Private Fire Companies|§ 7-38-101. Formation

 Any number of persons, resident within a municipality, may form themselves into a company for the purpose of extinguishing fires, by having their names and objective recorded in the register's office of the county.   Code 1858, § 1706 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 27, § 1); Shan., § 3019; mod. Code 1932, § 5244; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2401.
TN Code § 7-38-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 38 - Private Fire Companies|§ 7-38-102. Rules and Regulations — Fines

 A company may make rules and regulations for their government, and may impose fines for nonattendance or other delinquencies, not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00), upon their members, to be recovered in the name adopted for such company before any judge of the court of general sessions.   Code 1858, § 1707 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 27, § 1); Shan., § 3020; Code 1932, § 5245; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2402.
TN Code § 7-38-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 38 - Private Fire Companies|§ 7-38-103. Property

 The company may also procure fire engines, buckets, hooks, ladders, and all implements necessary for working such engines and carrying out the objectives of its formation, and may hold property, real or personal, sufficient for its purposes, and as a place for the keeping of the implements and meetings of its members.   Code 1858, § 1708 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 27, § 1); Shan., § 3021; Code 1932, § 5246; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2403.
TN Code § 7-38-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 38 - Private Fire Companies|§ 7-38-104. Exemption From Military Service

 The members of these companies, and the fire companies of any incorporated town or city are exempt from military duty in time of peace.   Code 1858, § 1709 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 27, § 2); Acts 1877, ch. 52, § 1; Shan., § 3022; Code 1932, § 5247; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2404; Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 2.
TN Code § 7-40-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act.”
TN Code § 7-40-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-102. Purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to increase tourism and the competitiveness of this state with bordering states by empowering local governments to encourage the development of extraordinary retail or tourism facilities, including shopping, recreational, and other activities.
TN Code § 7-40-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-105. Annual Adjustments

 Annual adjustments to the sales and use tax revenues collected in the district shall be made by the department of revenue within ninety (90) days of the end of each fiscal year and shall be effective immediately upon notification of such adjustment from the department of revenue to the municipality or industrial development corporation.
TN Code § 7-40-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-107. Delegation to Industrial Development Corporation

 An eligible municipality in which a district is located is authorized to delegate to any industrial development corporation within the county or counties where the municipality is located the authority to carry out all or part of the project and to issue revenue bonds to finance a project within a district and to incur cost for the project; provided, that the municipality may enter into an agreement with an industrial development corporation in which the municipality shall agree to promptly pay to the industrial development corporation the tax revenues received pursuant to this chapter sufficient to service the repayment of such bonds and costs incurred by the industrial development corporation for the project. Upon receipt, that portion of such tax revenues shall be held in trust by the municipality for the benefit of the industrial development corporation.
TN Code § 7-40-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-108. Indebtedness

 Any bonds, notes, refunding bonds, or other indebtedness relative to the cost of an economic development project shall not be issued for a term longer than thirty (30) years and the municipality or industrial development corporation is authorized to pledge all proceeds or taxes received by it pursuant to this chapter to the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds, notes, or other indebtedness; provided, that the thirty-year period in this section shall be concurrent with the time limitation established in § 7-40-106.
TN Code § 7-40-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-109. Issuance of Bonds

 Prior to the issuance of any bonds to finance the cost of an economic development project that will be repaid in whole or part from apportionments under this chapter, the municipality or industrial development corporation issuing such bonds shall submit a proposed debt amortization schedule for such bonds to the commissioner for approval. Such schedule shall show the anticipated contribution to be made to the annual debt service for such bonds from the apportionment of sales and use taxes pursuant to this chapter and all other sources. After the date of issuance of such bonds, the municipality shall continue to contribute each year thereafter until such bonds are retired or a sufficient sinking fund has been established for their retirement.
TN Code § 7-40-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-110. Incentives and Financial Support

 A municipality may, including through an industrial development corporation, limit, condition, or provide incentives or financial support in the district as it deems appropriate, including the requirement that the benefited property owners participate in the repayment of such in an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the property tax for the real property owned by the property owner in the district each year, for such length of time as the municipality receives an appropriation of sales and use tax in accordance with this chapter and the property owner provides a lien on the property for such repayment; provided, however, that a municipality may not provide financial assistance to the location or relocation of existing retailers located within a fifteen-mile radius of the district, provided such existing location is inside the borders of this state, unless the sales floor space is increased by thirty-five percent (35%) or greater from such existing store. Furthermore, a municipality may allocate some or all of the incremental increase in property tax revenue directly as a result of the development within the district to pay for some costs associated with the district formation as well as economic development projects or extraordinary retail or tourism projects within the district.
TN Code § 7-40-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-111. Exercise All Powers and Rights — Standing — Remedies

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the municipality and the industrial development corporation are authorized to exercise all power and rights, express or implied, granted by this chapter. Any developer of a project within a district who has entered into an agreement with a municipality or industrial development board related to such project or any proposed project or district has standing, with respect to such project and district, to seek remedies to enforce this chapter or any rights created by this chapter, including specifically the remedy to appeal the commissioner's determination that a cost is not a qualifying cost under § 7-40-106(c).
TN Code § 7-40-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-112. Application of Chapter to Certain Border Region Retail Tourism Development Districts

 This chapter shall only apply to border region retail tourism development districts for which a certified copy of the ordinance required by § 7-40-104(a)(1), along with the request for certification required by § 7-40-104(a)(2), has been filed with the commissioner before January 1, 2012.
TN Code § 7-40-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 40 - Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-40-113. Application of Chapter to Certain Costs

 The benefits of this chapter shall apply to any cost incurred in connection with developing a project as a whole, even if:   The cost includes development of portions of the district or business in the district, or both, that do not, by themselves, generate state sales and use tax revenue, visitors, or sufficient state sales and use tax revenue, by themselves, to meet the standards set forth in § 7-40-103(7), including a retail store, or series of stores, or other attractions or facilities open to the public, that do not or will not, by themselves, generate state sales and use tax revenue; or   The sequence of development results in development of businesses or attractions, or both, to attract or stimulate interest in the project by retail businesses or retail tourism facilities to be developed at a later time.
TN Code § 7-41-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 41 - Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-41-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act.”
TN Code § 7-41-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 41 - Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-41-102. Purpose of Chapter

 The purpose of this chapter is to increase tourism and the competitiveness of this state with bordering states by empowering local governments to encourage the development of extraordinary retail or tourism facilities, including shopping, recreational, and other activities.
TN Code § 7-41-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 41 - Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-41-105. Annual Adjustments to Sales and Use Tax Revenues Collected in District

 The department of revenue shall make annual adjustments to the sales and use tax revenues collected in the district within ninety (90) days of the end of each fiscal year. The annual adjustments are effective immediately upon notification of the adjustment from the department of revenue to the municipality or industrial development corporation.
TN Code § 7-41-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 41 - Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-41-106. Apportionment and Distribution if Extraordinary Retail or Tourism Facility or Project in Certified District

  Notwithstanding the allocations provided for in § 67-6-103(a), if a municipality or industrial development corporation finances, constructs, leases, equips, renovates, assists, incents, or acquires an extraordinary retail or tourism facility or a project in a certified district, then seventy-five percent (75%) of state sales and use tax collected in the district in excess of base tax revenues must be apportioned and distributed to the municipality in an amount equal to the incremental increase in state sales and use taxes derived from the sale of goods, products, and services within the district in excess of base tax revenues.   Apportionment and distribution according to subsection (a) must continue for a period of thirty (30) years, or until the date on which the entire cost of the economic development project, including any principal and interest on indebtedness, including refunding indebtedness of the municipality or industrial development corporation related to the development of the project, are fully paid, whichever occurs first. Following the expiration of this thirty-year period, or upon the date on which such cost has been fully paid, whichever is sooner, all amounts that would have otherwise been distributed to the municipality or retained in lieu of distribution shall be allocated as provided elsewhere without regard to this chapter.   Tax revenue distributed to the municipality pursuant to this chapter is for the exclusive use of the municipality or the industrial development corporation formally designated by the municipality for payment of the cost of the economic development project, including principal and interest on indebtedness, including refunding indebtedness of the municipality or industrial development corporation related to the development of the project. The department of revenue shall apportion the payment to the municipality within ninety (90) days of the end of each fiscal year for which the municipality is entitled to receive an allocation and payment pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 7-41-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 41 - Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-41-107. Delegation to Industrial Development Corporation

 An eligible municipality in which a district is located is authorized to delegate to any industrial development corporation within the county or counties where the municipality is located the authority to carry out all or part of the project, to issue revenue bonds to finance a project within a district, and to incur cost for the project. The municipality may enter into an agreement with an industrial development corporation in which the municipality agrees to promptly pay to the industrial development corporation the tax revenues received pursuant to this chapter sufficient to service the repayment of the bonds and costs incurred by the industrial development corporation for the project. Upon receipt, that portion of tax revenues must be held in trust by the municipality for the benefit of the industrial development corporation.
TN Code § 7-41-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 41 - Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-41-108. Bonds, Notes, Refunding Bonds, or Other Indebtedness Relative to Cost of Economic Development Project

 Any bonds, notes, refunding bonds, or other indebtedness relative to the cost of an economic development project must not be issued for a term longer than thirty (30) years, and the municipality or industrial development corporation may pledge all proceeds or taxes it receives pursuant to this chapter to the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, notes, or other indebtedness. The thirty-year period in this section runs concurrently with the time limitation established in § 7-41-106.
TN Code § 7-41-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 41 - Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-41-109. Debt Amortization Schedule for Bonds

 Prior to the issuance of any bonds to finance the cost of an economic development project that will be repaid in whole or part from apportionments under this chapter, the municipality or industrial development corporation issuing the bonds shall submit a proposed debt amortization schedule for the bonds to the commissioner for approval. The schedule must show the anticipated contribution to be made to the annual debt service for the bonds from the apportionment of sales and use taxes pursuant to this chapter and all other sources. After the date of issuance of the bonds, the municipality shall continue to contribute each year thereafter until the bonds are retired or a sufficient sinking fund has been established for their retirement.
TN Code § 7-41-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 41 - Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-41-110. Limitations, Conditions, or Provision of Incentives or Financial Support in District

 A municipality may, including through an industrial development corporation, limit, condition, or provide incentives or financial support in the district as it deems appropriate, including the requirement that the benefited property owners participate in the repayment of indebtedness due to district formation in an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the property tax for the real property owned by the property owner in the district each year, for the length of time as the municipality receives an appropriation of sales and use tax in accordance with this chapter and the property owner provides a lien on the property for such repayment. A municipality shall not provide financial assistance for the location or relocation of existing retailers located within a fifteen-mile radius of the district, if the existing location is within this state, unless the sales floor space is increased by thirty-five percent (35%) or more from that of the existing store. A municipality may allocate some or all of the incremental increase in property tax revenue directly as a result of the development within the district to pay for costs associated with the district formation, economic development projects, or extraordinary retail or tourism projects within the district.
TN Code § 7-41-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 41 - Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act|§ 7-41-111. Exercise of Powers and Rights Granted by Chapter

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the municipality and the industrial development corporation may exercise all power and rights, express or implied, granted by this chapter.
TN Code § 7-54-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-102. Construction, Purchase, Improvement and Operation Authorized

 A municipality has the power to construct, own, operate, or maintain within its corporate limits or within the limits of the county wherein it is located, an existing or planned energy production facility or facilities. The construction of such facility or facilities may include all necessary real and personal property, any land that may be required for an alternate means for the disposal of solid waste, rights-of-way, easements, buildings, and all other appurtenances usual to such facilities, as well as the building of all necessary means of transportation or transmission of energy and including obtaining all necessary rights-of-way or easements as necessary. A municipality also has the power to acquire, hold, use, lease, as lessor or lessee, sell or otherwise dispose of any energy production facility and to enter into agreements with any person for the operation of such facility.
TN Code § 7-54-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities|Chapter 54 - Energy Production Facilities|§ 7-54-104. Procedure for Option — Use of Tennessee Resources

  Any municipality wishing to bring itself under any one (1) or more of the provisions of this chapter may do so by resolution or ordinance of the governing body of such municipality. Such action may be taken during any stage of the construction, acquisition, development or financing of an energy production facility and shall not be impaired or prejudiced by any previous action taken by or on behalf of such municipality.   Any not-for-profit corporation acting by or on behalf of a municipality during any stage of the construction, acquisition, development, or operation of an energy production facility is encouraged to utilize Tennessee labor, products and materials to the greatest extent possible and practical so as to promote or enhance the employment opportunities in or provide economic benefits to such municipality.