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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 3 - ENUMERATED FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-3-301 — 7-3-316) › Section 7-3-304 - Zoning regulations

The creation and establishment of a metropolitan government pursuant to chapters 1-3 of this title shall not alter or change zoning regulations effective in the county and in the city or cities consolidated, but the zoning regulations shall continue until modified or changed by the metropolitan council acting under authority granted in the charter of the metropolitan government.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 18; T.C.A., § 6-3718.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 3 - ENUMERATED FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-3-301 — 7-3-316) › Section 7-3-305 - Authority to order demolition of certain unoccupied buildings

In any county having a metropolitan form of government with a population of less than one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the governing body of any municipality that has a metropolitan form of government may authorize the demolition and removal of any unoccupied building or dwelling that is in such a state of disrepair that it constitutes a violation of one (1) or more municipal codes so as to render the building or dwelling unfit for human habitation, as determined by a court having jurisdiction of the case; provided, that the owner of any unoccupied building or dwelling has the right, within twelve (12) months of any final judicial determination adverse to such owner, to make such repairs as are necessary to bring the building or dwelling in compliance with the applicable codes of the municipality.
Acts 1979, ch. 372, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3763; Acts 1992, ch. 758, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 3 - ENUMERATED FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-3-301 — 7-3-316) › Section 7-3-306 - Competitive bidding

Where the charter for a metropolitan government requires purchases in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) be made on the basis of competitive bidding, "competitive bidding" means:
Dollar amount of purchase:
Requirement;
$1,000 to $3,999.99
Three (3) verbal, including telephone, quotations required
$4,000 to $9,999.99
Three (3) written, including faxed, quotations required
$10,000 and above
Competitive sealed bids or request for proposals
Acts 1995, ch. 160, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 3 - ENUMERATED FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-3-301 — 7-3-316) › Section 7-3-312 - Certain state offenses enumerated - Exclusive jurisdiction in state courts - Restrictions on ordinances

(a)
In all counties in this state that have adopted a metropolitan form of government, or that may subsequently adopt a metropolitan form of government, the offenses enumerated in subsection (b) are declared to be state offenses, and any person arrested for violation of the offenses shall be tried for violation of state law in state courts, in which the jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Any ordinance presently enacted to regulate any of the enumerated offenses or to be later enacted is hereby declared to be void and of no effect.
(b)
The enumerated offenses are as follows:
(1)
Driving while intoxicated or drugged, as forbidden by §
55-10-401
;
(2)
Failing to stop after a traffic accident, as forbidden by title 55, chapter 10;
(3)
Driving while license is suspended or revoked, as forbidden by §
55-50-504
; and
(4)
Drag racing, as defined and forbidden by §
55-10-501
.
Acts 1967, ch. 265, § 1; 1967, ch. 389, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-3725.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 3 - ENUMERATED FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-3-301 — 7-3-316) › Section 7-3-313 - Airport noise mitigation programs

(a)
Counties with metropolitan forms of government in which a metropolitan airport authority has been created pursuant to §
42-4-104
are hereby authorized to establish airport noise mitigation programs to minimize the impact of noise from airport operations on surrounding properties located within the area of the metropolitan government. Such airport noise mitigation programs may include sound insulation programs, purchase assistance programs, grant or loan programs or payment of compensation to property owners whose properties are adversely affected by airport noise. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the expenditure of public funds to implement such a noise mitigation program shall be for the public purpose of protecting the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the metropolitan government.
(b)
No state funds shall be obligated or expended to implement this section.
Acts 1991, ch. 500, §§ 1, 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 3 - ENUMERATED FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-3-301 — 7-3-316) › Section 7-3-315 - Additional services that may be provided by water or sewer authority

A municipality-owned water or sewer utility, operating within the boundaries of a metropolitan government, may participate with a local housing authority to provide services, which may include leak repairs, payment of certain water and sewer charges caused by the leak, water or sewer connections, and service line replacements for eligible low and moderate income persons.
Acts 1998, ch. 775, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 4 - METRO SHERIFFS' RESTITUTION ACT OF 1978 (§§ 7-3-401 — 7-3-405) › Section 7-3-401 - Short title

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Metro Sheriffs' Restitution Act of 1978."
Acts 1978, ch. 698, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3739.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 4 - METRO SHERIFFS' RESTITUTION ACT OF 1978 (§§ 7-3-401 — 7-3-405) › Section 7-3-402 - Establishment of program

The sheriff of any county having a metropolitan form of government is authorized to establish a residential restitution program for the purpose of allowing persons convicted of felony offenses and sentenced to the workhouse of such counties to reimburse the victim for the value of property stolen, or for damage caused by such offenses. The sheriff may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer the program, and the program shall be carried out using present facilities and administrative staff. Before any inmate is accepted into a restitution program, the inmate shall enter into an agreement to abide by the rules, regulations and special conditions established by the sheriff or the sheriff's designees. No inmate convicted of a felony for which the maximum punishment actually imposed is greater than five (5) years shall be eligible for such a program.
Acts 1978, ch. 698, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-3739.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 4 - METRO SHERIFFS' RESTITUTION ACT OF 1978 (§§ 7-3-401 — 7-3-405) › Section 7-3-403 - Deposit of wages - Charges for board

(a)
When inmates are employed and participating in this program, the sheriff or the sheriff's designees shall require that inmates turn wages and salaries over to the sheriff or the sheriff's designees when received and the sheriff or the sheriff's designees shall deposit such money in trust accounts. Ledgers shall be maintained reflecting the status of individual accounts.
(b)
Each inmate shall be liable for reasonable charges for board as fixed by law.
Acts 1978, ch. 698, § 3; T.C.A., § 6-3739.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 4 - METRO SHERIFFS' RESTITUTION ACT OF 1978 (§§ 7-3-401 — 7-3-405) › Section 7-3-404 - Disbursement of wages

After initial payment of board, the wages and salaries of inmates shall be disbursed for the following purposes in the order set forth:
(1)
Reimbursement to the victims of the offense in the amounts and in the manner set forth in the contract executed between the inmate, victim and the sheriff of such county;
(2)
Support of dependents, if any, in amounts fixed by the sheriff of such counties or the sheriff's designees;
(3)
Payment of any outstanding court costs assessed against the inmate;
(4)
Payment in full or ratably of the inmate's written obligations; and
(5)
The balance, if any, to the inmate upon discharge from confinement.
Acts 1978, ch. 698, § 4; T.C.A., § 6-3739.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 4 - METRO SHERIFFS' RESTITUTION ACT OF 1978 (§§ 7-3-401 — 7-3-405) › Section 7-3-405 - Selection of inmate participants

Participating inmates shall be carefully screened and the committing courts shall be consulted before an inmate is placed in the restitution program.
Acts 1978, ch. 698, § 5; T.C.A., § 6-3739.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 5 - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS (§§ 7-3-501 — 7-3-508) › Section 7-3-501 - Enforcement of ordinances, laws or regulations - Citations and warrants

When any person violates an ordinance, law or regulation of a metropolitan government, any police or peace officer of such metropolitan government or any employee of the metropolitan government authorized to enforce such ordinance, law or regulation, in whose presence the violation is committed or who determines after investigation that there is probable cause such a violation has been committed, may issue a citation or civil warrant, giving a copy to the violator, showing the ordinance, law or regulation violated and the date, time and place when the violator is to appear in court.
Acts 1993, ch. 335, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 5 - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS (§§ 7-3-501 — 7-3-508) › Section 7-3-502 - Notice on citation or warrant

Each citation or civil warrant issued pursuant to this part shall have printed on it, in large, conspicuous block letters, the following:
NOTICE: FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT ON THE DATE ASSIGNED BY THIS CITATION/WARRANT CAN RESULT IN: THE COURT ORDERING YOU TO PAY A CIVIL FINE/PENALTY, COURT COSTS AND LITIGATION TAXES TO THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT; THE ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTION AND GARNISHMENT TO COLLECT THE FINE/PENALTY, COSTS AND TAXES; AND THE ISSUANCE OF A BENCH WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT, WITH A PENALTY OF UP TO FIVE (5) DAYS IN JAIL AND/OR A FINE OF UP TO TEN DOLLARS ($10.00).
Acts 1993, ch. 335, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 5 - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS (§§ 7-3-501 — 7-3-508) › Section 7-3-503 - Service of citation or warrant

If the police or peace officer or employee of a metropolitan government authorized to enforce such ordinance, law or regulation is unable to serve the citation or civil warrant issued pursuant to §
7-3-501
at the time the ordinance, law or regulation is violated, the citation or civil warrant may be served by the police or peace officer or any employee of the metropolitan government authorized to enforce such ordinance, law or regulation or charged with the duty to serve civil or criminal process and who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. Service may be made by delivering a copy of the citation or civil warrant to the violator personally or, if the violator evades service, by leaving a copy of the citation or warrant at the violator's dwelling house or usual place of abode, with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing in the dwelling house or abode, whose name shall appear on the proof of service.
Acts 1993, ch. 335, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 5 - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS (§§ 7-3-501 — 7-3-508) › Section 7-3-504 - Service by mail

Service by mail of a citation or civil warrant upon the violator may be made by any employee of a metropolitan government, by any additional plaintiff, or the violator's attorney, or by any person authorized by statute. The person serving the citation or civil warrant by mail shall send, postage prepaid, a copy of the citation or civil warrant to the violator by registered, return receipt, or by certified, return receipt mail. Service by mail shall not be the basis for the entry of a judgment by default unless the record contains a return receipt showing personal acceptance by the violator or by the violator's authorized agent.
Acts 1993, ch. 335, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 5 - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS (§§ 7-3-501 — 7-3-508) › Section 7-3-505 - Failure to produce identification - Arrest - Release - Bond

When any police or peace officer of a metropolitan government or any employee of a metropolitan government authorized to enforce ordinances, laws or regulations of the metropolitan government or charged with the duty to serve civil or criminal process, asks the violator for identification for the purpose of issuing a citation or civil warrant to that person, the failure to produce or give such identification shall be grounds for the violator to be arrested by an officer authorized to make arrests pursuant to title 40, chapter 7. In such event, the violator shall be arrested, transported to the police station or jail, booked, photographed and fingerprinted for identification purposes and, thereafter, shall be served with the citation or civil warrant and released from custody without being required to post a bond.
Acts 1993, ch. 335, § 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 5 - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS (§§ 7-3-501 — 7-3-508) › Section 7-3-506 - Injunctions and restraining orders

Injunctions or restraining orders issued by any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any ordinance, law or regulation of any metropolitan government or to restrain the violation of any ordinance, law or regulation of any metropolitan government shall not be stayed pending appeal, unless such stay is requested by motion in the court that issued the injunction and an appropriate bond approved by the court is posted. The court having issued the injunction or restraining order shall retain jurisdiction to consider such motion for a stay after an appeal has been filed. This section shall not be applicable in any proceeding where the procedure is governed by the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure or the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Acts 1993, ch. 335, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 5 - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS (§§ 7-3-501 — 7-3-508) › Section 7-3-507 - Penalties

All metropolitan governments are empowered to set a penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day during which the violation of ordinances, laws and regulations of such metropolitan government continues or occurs. No penalty in excess of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) may be imposed on any property owner who is charged with violating any ordinance, law or regulation relating to zoning or housing standards when the principal use of the property is for an owner-occupied residential dwelling and the appraised value of such property as shown on the records of the assessor of property does not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).
Acts 1993, ch. 335, § 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 5 - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS (§§ 7-3-501 — 7-3-508) › Section 7-3-508 - Powers deemed additional and supplemental

The powers conferred by this part are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other laws, charter or home rule provision.
Acts 1993, ch. 335, § 8.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-112) › Section 7-4-103 - Tax added to room invoice - Tax on short-term rental unit - Collection and remittance of tax

(a)
The tax shall be added by each and every operator to each invoice prepared by the operator for the occupancy of the operator's hotel, such invoice to be given directly or transmitted to the transient, and the tax shall be collected by the operator from the transient and remitted to the tax collection official.
(b)
Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, on or after January 1, 2021, the tax, when levied upon the occupancy of a short-term rental unit secured through a short-term rental unit marketplace, must be collected and remitted in accordance with title 67, chapter 4, part 15.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 787, s 3, eff. 1/1/2021.
Acts 1976, ch. 704, § 3; modified; T.C.A., § 6-3728; Acts 1994, ch. 758, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-112) › Section 7-4-104 - When tax collected and remitted - Compensation to operator for administrative expenses

(a)
The tax levied by this chapter shall be remitted by all operators who lease, rent, or charge for any rooms to the metropolitan department of finance not later than the twentieth of each month next following collection from the transient. The operator is hereby required to collect the tax from the transient at the time of the presentation of the invoice for the occupancy whether prior to occupancy or not, as may be the custom of the operator; the obligation to the metropolitan government entitled to such tax shall be that of the operator.
(b)
For the purpose of compensating the operator in accounting for and remitting the tax levied by this chapter, the operator shall be allowed two percent (2%) of the amount of tax due and accounted for and remitted to the tax collection official in the form of a deduction in submitting the operator's report and paying the amount due by the operator; provided, that the amount due was not delinquent at the time of payment.
Acts 1976, ch. 704, § 4; T.C.A., § 6-3729; Acts 1994, ch. 758, § 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-112) › Section 7-4-105 - Prohibited representations

No operator of a hotel shall advertise or state in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, that the tax or any part of the tax will be assumed or absorbed by the operator, or that it will be added to the rent, or that, if added, any part will be refunded.
Acts 1976, ch. 704, § 5; T.C.A., § 6-3730.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-112) › Section 7-4-106 - Violations and penalties - Delinquent taxes

(a)
Taxes collected by an operator that are not remitted to the tax collection official on or before the due dates are delinquent.
(b)
An operator shall be liable for interest on such delinquent taxes from the due date at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, and in addition for penalty of one percent (1%) for each month or fraction of a month that such taxes are delinquent. Such interest and penalty shall become a part of the tax required in this chapter to be remitted.
(c)
Willful refusal of an operator to collect or remit the tax or willful refusal of a transient to pay the tax imposed is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d)
Any fine levied in this chapter shall be applicable to each individual transaction involving lodging services paid by a customer to the operator in those cases when the operator fails or refuses to pay the tax payable.
Acts 1976, ch. 704, § 6; T.C.A., § 6-3731; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-112) › Section 7-4-107 - Records

It is the duty of every operator liable for the collection and payment of any tax imposed by this chapter to keep and preserve for a period of three (3) years all records necessary to determine the amount of the tax, which records the tax collection official shall have the right to inspect at all reasonable times.
Acts 1976, ch. 704, § 7; T.C.A., § 6-3732.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-112) › Section 7-4-108 - Administration and enforcement - Taxpayer remedies

(a)
In administering and enforcing this chapter, the tax collection official shall have, as additional powers, those powers and duties with respect to collection of taxes provided in title 67 or otherwise provided by law; provided, that title 67, chapter 1, part 17, does not apply to any record, document, or other information pertaining to a tax on the privilege of occupancy in a hotel imposed pursuant to this chapter.
(b)
Upon any claim of illegal assessment and collection, the taxpayer has the remedy provided in §
67-1-911
, it being the intent of this chapter that the provisions of law that apply to the recovery of state taxes illegally assessed and collected be conformed to apply to the recovery of taxes illegally assessed and collected under the authority of this chapter; provided, that the tax collection official shall possess those powers and duties as provided in §
67-1-707
, with respect to the adjustment and settlement with taxpayers of all errors of taxes collected by the tax collection official under the authority of this chapter and to direct the refunding of the adjustments and settlements. Notice of any tax paid under protest shall be given to the tax collection official, and suit for recovery shall be brought against the tax collection official.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 796,s 4, eff. 4/14/2016.
Acts 1976, ch. 704, § 8; T.C.A., § 6-3733.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-112) › Section 7-4-109 - Tourist commission

(a)
(1)
For the purpose of promoting tourist, convention, and recreational activity, authorization is granted to establish, and there shall be established, a tourist commission of either seven (7) members or nine (9) members as provided in this section. This commission shall be comprised of persons selected by the mayor of the metropolitan government in the following manner:
(A)
Three (3) commissioners from a list of five (5) persons submitted by the hotel and motel association, or if expanded pursuant to subdivision (a)(2), four (4) commissioners from a list of not less than six (6) persons submitted by the hotel and motel association;
(B)
One (1) commissioner from a list of three (3) persons submitted by the area chamber of commerce; and
(C)
Three (3) commissioners selected by the mayor of the metropolitan government from tourist related industries, or, if expanded pursuant to subdivision (2), four (4) commissioners selected by the mayor of the metropolitan government from tourist related industries.
(2)
At least two (2) of the members of the commission shall be selected from minorities, as well as members of the sex that historically have been underrepresented on the tourist commission. If a county with a metropolitan form of government having a population of not less than four hundred seventy thousand (470,000) nor more than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, creates a tourist commission consisting of nine (9) members, at least two (2) of the members of the tourist commission shall be appointed consistent with this subdivision (a)(2).
(b)
The commissioners shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years, and vacancies shall be filled in the same manner that original appointments are made but shall be for the duration of the unexpired term only; commencing in 1988, the terms of the commissioners shall be of such length and so arranged that the terms of one third (1/3) of the commission shall expire each year.
(c)
As relating to budgetary and fiscal matters and expenditures, the commission shall be subject to the same provisions of the local organic law as the other boards and commissions established by the charter of the metropolitan government, and the commission shall be responsible for preparing and submitting a budget for all funds to be expendable pursuant to §
7-4-110(a)(1) and (2)
for appropriate action by the metropolitan government.
Acts 1976, ch. 704, § 9; T.C.A., § 6-3734; Acts 1988, ch. 885, §§ 1-5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-112) › Section 7-4-111 - Tax additional to other taxes and fees

The tax levied in this chapter shall be in addition to all other taxes levied or authorized to be levied whether in the form of excise, license, or privilege taxes, and shall be in addition to all other fees and taxes now levied or authorized to be levied.
Acts 1976, ch. 704, § 11; T.C.A., § 6-3736.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-112) › Section 7-4-112 - Applicability

This chapter shall only apply to those counties having a metropolitan form of government.
Acts 1976, ch. 704, § 12; T.C.A., § 6-3737.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 2 - THE CONVENTION CENTER FUND (§§ 7-4-201 — 7-4-206) › Section 7-4-201 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Metropolitan council" means the council of a county having a metropolitan form of government that has a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census;
(2)
"Metropolitan government" means any county having a metropolitan form of government that has a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census;
(3)
"Minority-owned business" means a business that is solely owned, or at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the assets or outstanding stock of which is owned, by an individual who personally manages and controls the daily operations of the business and who is impeded from normal entry into the economic mainstream because of:
(A)
Past practices of discrimination based on race, religion, ethnic background, or sex;
(B)
A disability as defined in §
4-26-102
; or
(C)
Past practices of racial discrimination against African-Americans;
(4)
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, business organization, receiver, trustee, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit; and
(5)
"Tax collection official" means the department of finance of the county or municipality, as applicable, or the county clerk, if so designated by ordinance of the legislative body of any municipality having a metropolitan government.
Acts 2007, ch. 422, §§ 4, 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 2 - THE CONVENTION CENTER FUND (§§ 7-4-201 — 7-4-206) › Section 7-4-204 - Delinquency - Interest and penalties

(a)
Taxes due and payable that are not remitted to the tax collection official on or before the due dates are delinquent.
(b)
The person owing the taxes shall be liable for interest on any delinquent taxes from the due date at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, and, in addition, for a penalty of one percent (1%) for each month or fraction of a month that the taxes are delinquent. The interest and penalties shall become a part of the tax required to be remitted in this chapter.
(c)
Willful refusal of a person to collect or remit the tax or willful refusal of an operator of a contracted vehicle to keep accurate records of the tax due and payable is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d)
Any fine levied in this chapter shall be applicable to each individual transaction involving an operator of a contracted vehicle for willful refusal to keep accurate records or the willful refusal of a person to collect or remit the tax due and owing.
Acts 2007, ch. 422, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 2 - THE CONVENTION CENTER FUND (§§ 7-4-201 — 7-4-206) › Section 7-4-205 - Wage rates and benefits for workers

(a)
During the construction of a new publicly owned convention center as provided in this part, any contractor entering into a contract with the metropolitan government for the performance of work on the convention center shall pay all workers performing work under those contracts not less than the mean wage for the applicable occupation under the "construction and extraction occupations" published in the Tennessee Occupational Wages Report, as defined in §
12-4-907
. In addition, all such contractors shall provide health insurance coverage for all workers performing work under the contracts.
(b)
After the construction of the convention center is completed, all persons employed to perform labor or services at the convention center shall be paid a wage that is not less than the mean wage for the applicable occupation under the "construction and extraction occupations" published in the Tennessee Occupational Wages Report, as defined in §
12-4-907
. In addition, health insurance coverage shall be provided to all such employees.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 280,s 16, eff. 1/1/2014.
Acts 2007, ch. 422, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 4 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TAX (§§ 7-4-101 — 7-4-206) › Part 2 - THE CONVENTION CENTER FUND (§§ 7-4-201 — 7-4-206) › Section 7-4-206 - Minority-owned businesses

(a)
A metropolitan government, in soliciting bids for the construction of a publicly owned convention center in excess of four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) in costs located within the territory of that metropolitan government, shall actively solicit bids from minority-owned businesses. The metropolitan government shall strive to maximize participation of minority-owned businesses through both prime and second tier business contracting opportunities.
(b)
(1)
The metropolitan council shall ensure that the funds that are deposited into the convention center fund created pursuant to this part, are expended in a nondiscriminatory manner.
(2)
The metropolitan government shall monitor the expenditure of funds from the convention center fund to ensure that all contractors, vendors, suppliers and professional services providers receiving compensation from the fund do not discriminate in hiring, partnering, contracting or subcontracting on the basis of race, religion, ethnic background, or sex.
(3)
The metropolitan government shall monitor the results of minority-owned business participation. The metropolitan government shall periodically investigate to ascertain whether minority-owned business participation is being achieved at a level contemplated pursuant to subsection (a) and shall report information to the comptroller of the treasury in the manner prescribed in subdivision (b)(4).
(4)
The metropolitan government shall prepare and submit a quarterly report entitled "the convention center compliance report," which shall be submitted to the comptroller of the treasury no later than twenty (20) business days after the end of any calendar quarter in which funds are expended from the convention center fund. The report shall include:
(A)
Data on the race, religion, ethnic background and sex of the workforce of each person that receives funds from the convention center fund;
(B)
Data on the actual expenditure of funds to minority-owned businesses from the convention center fund; and
(C)
Data summarizing the findings of all periodic investigations conducted in accordance with subdivision (b)(3).
(5)
[Deleted by 2020 amendment.]
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 711, s 1, eff. 6/15/2020.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 236, s 66, eff. 4/19/2013.
Acts 2007 , ch. 422, § 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 5 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS' PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-5-101 — 7-5-113) › Section 7-5-101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Metropolitan Governments' Port Authority Act."
Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3750.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 5 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS' PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-5-101 — 7-5-113) › Section 7-5-102 - Declaration of purpose and necessity - Exemption from taxation

It is hereby declared that a clear need exists in metropolitan areas of Tennessee for improved transportation and navigation for the movement and transportation of people, goods and merchandise, and for the creation of expanded employment opportunities through the promotion of commerce and industry, with minimal pollution, which requires that such metropolitan areas have the option of placing the central operation and financing of such metropolitan port and development agencies within metropolitan instrumentalities, and that such instrumentalities have the authority to acquire from the state, or other owners, real and personal property, and to develop, manage and operate the same for economic and industrial development. It is hereby declared that port authorities created pursuant to this chapter are public and governmental bodies acting as agencies and instrumentalities of the creating and participating municipalities; and that the acquisition, operation, financing and disposal of ports, lands, industrial and other related facilities are hereby declared to be for a public and governmental purpose and a matter of public necessity. The property and revenues of the authority or any interest in the property and revenues shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation.
Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-3751.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 5 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS' PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-5-101 — 7-5-113) › Section 7-5-104 - Creation of metropolitan port authority

(a)
Any metropolitan government having a population of not less than one hundred thousand (100,000) may create a metropolitan port authority in the manner provided in this chapter.
(b)
The governing body of the creating municipality, if it shall determine the public convenience and necessity requires the creation of a metropolitan port authority, shall adopt, and the executive officer of the creating municipality shall approve, a resolution so declaring and creating an authority, which resolution shall designate the name and principal office address of the authority. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the secretary of state and with the commissioner of transportation, and upon adoption and filing, the authority shall constitute a body politic and corporate, with all the powers provided in this chapter. A copy of the resolution shall also be filed with the department of community and economic development, or its functional successor.
Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 4; T.C.A., § 6-3753.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 5 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS' PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-5-101 — 7-5-113) › Section 7-5-106 - Officers and other employees

The board shall appoint a port authority manager who shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the authority, and shall enter into a contract with the manager establishing such port authority manager's salary and term of office. The manager shall appoint, subject to the approval of the board, all other officers and other employees subject to any civil service plan adopted by the board. The port authority manager shall prepare an annual operating budget of the authority and submit the budget to the board for approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year. If the budget shall not have been acted upon by the board on the first day of the fiscal year, it shall then automatically go into effect. The manager shall also submit periodic reports to the board as the board may direct. The manager shall attend all meetings of the board.
Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 6; T.C.A., § 6-3755.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 5 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS' PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-5-101 — 7-5-113) › Section 7-5-108 - Real property interests

Any creating municipality, upon the written recommendation of the board, may acquire any interest in land within the boundaries of the creating municipality by gift, purchase, lease, or condemnation and may transfer such interest to an authority by sale, lease or gift. Such transfer may be authorized by ordinance of the governing body of the creating municipality without submission of the question to the voters and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, or other provisions contained in any other general, special, or local law, with the exception of title 29, chapters 16 and 17, or as the same may be hereafter enacted. None of the foregoing interest in land transferred to an authority by any creating municipality shall have been acquired by eminent domain after March 29, 1979, while the land was in use as residential dwellings.
Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 8; T.C.A., § 6-3757.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 5 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS' PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-5-101 — 7-5-113) › Section 7-5-110 - Employees

Employees other than independent contractors of the authority shall be considered employees of the creating municipality, and shall enjoy all rights and responsibilities as do other employees of the creating municipality, and shall be considered in classified or unclassified service as are all other employees of the creating municipality.
Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 10; T.C.A., § 6-3759.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 5 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS' PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-5-101 — 7-5-113) › Section 7-5-111 - Powers of creating municipalities

Any creating municipality has all of the necessary powers in order to further the purposes of this chapter, including, without limitation, the following, any or all of which powers may be exercised by resolution of its governing body:
(1)
Advance, donate or lend money, raised from any source and by any means, or real or personal property to the authority;
(2)
Provide that any funds on hand or to become available to it for port purposes shall be paid directly to the authority;
(3)
Cause water, sewer, gas, electric or other utility services to be provided to the authority;
(4)
Open and improve streets, roads and alleys to the port;
(5)
Provide police and fire protection services to the port; and
(6)
Pledge the full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power of the municipality as surety for the payment of the authority's bonds in accordance with the procedure for industrial development corporations as set out in §§
7-53-306
and
7-53-307
. None of the foregoing powers may be exercised either directly or indirectly by the municipality to provide real estate that had been condemned by eminent domain subsequent to March 29, 1979, while such real estate was in use as residential dwellings, it being the intent of this chapter that none of the power or authority created in this chapter and vested in either the creating municipality or the authority to be created shall be exercised in such a way that real estate utilized in creating or carrying out the purposes or functions of the authority provided in §
7-5-104
shall have been condemned or acquired by eminent domain after March 29, 1979, while it was in use as residential dwellings.
Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 11; T.C.A., § 6-3760.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 5 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS' PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-5-101 — 7-5-113) › Section 7-5-112 - Dissolution - Disposition of property

Whenever the governing body of the creating municipality by resolution determines that the purposes for which the authority was created have been substantially accomplished, that all of the bonds and other obligations of the authority have been fully paid, then the executive officer of the creating municipality shall execute and file for record with the secretary of state a certificate of dissolution reciting such facts and declaring the authority to be dissolved. Upon such filing, the authority shall be dissolved, and title to all funds and other properties of the authority at the time of the dissolution shall vest in and be delivered to the creating municipality.
Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 12; T.C.A., § 6-3761.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 5 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS' PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-5-101 — 7-5-113) › Section 7-5-113 - Supplemental nature of chapter

(a)
The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and are not in substitution for such powers, and the limitations imposed by this chapter shall not affect such powers.
(b)
The powers granted in this chapter may be exercised without regard to requirements, restrictions or procedural provisions contained in any other law or charter, except as expressly provided in this chapter.
(c)
Any metropolitan government authorized under this chapter to create a metropolitan port authority may do so without the necessity of a charter amendment, notwithstanding anything in its charter to the contrary.
Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 13; T.C.A., § 6-3762.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 6 - METROPOLITAN CELEBRATION AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-6-101 — 7-6-112) › Section 7-6-101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Metropolitan Celebration Authority Act."
Acts 1979, ch. 389, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3764.