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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 21 - CHARTER GOVERNMENT UNIFICATION ACT (§§ 7-21-101 — 7-21-408) › Part 4 - POWERS AND DUTIES (§§ 7-21-401 — 7-21-408) › Section 7-21-406 - Alcoholic beverages

The creation and establishment of unified government under this chapter shall not alter the status of the county, any unified municipality or any smaller city not electing to be included in the unified government as to the legality of the manufacture, receipt, sale, storage, transportation, distribution and possession of alcoholic beverages. Local option elections previously held in the county or unified municipalities or such smaller city to fix such legal status shall continue to control the legal status of alcoholic beverages until the legal status is subsequently altered by a local option election held pursuant to such law. All local option elections with respect to unified governmental entities permitting such legal status of alcoholic beverages, the determination of the geographical areas of same and any other conditions and restrictions shall be as provided in the charter, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. The unified government hereunder shall have the same power as the county and the unified municipalities previously possessed with respect to the regulation and taxation of the manufacture, distribution and sale of beer or any other alcoholic beverages.
Acts 1991, ch. 497, § 406.
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 21 - CHARTER GOVERNMENT UNIFICATION ACT (§§ 7-21-101 — 7-21-408) › Part 4 - POWERS AND DUTIES (§§ 7-21-401 — 7-21-408) › Section 7-21-407 - Zoning regulations

The creation and establishment of a unified government under this chapter shall not alter or change zoning regulations effective in the county and in the unified municipalities, but the zoning regulations shall continue until modified or changed by the legislative branch of the unified government acting under authority of its charter. The creation and establishment of a unified government under this chapter shall not alter or change zoning regulations effective in a smaller city that has not elected to merge with the unified government, but the zoning regulations shall continue until modified or changed by the legislative branch of the smaller city or until the smaller city shall elect to become a part of the unified government pursuant to §
7-21-107
.
Acts 1991, ch. 497, § 407.
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 21 - CHARTER GOVERNMENT UNIFICATION ACT (§§ 7-21-101 — 7-21-408) › Part 4 - POWERS AND DUTIES (§§ 7-21-401 — 7-21-408) › Section 7-21-408 - Applicability of chapter

This chapter shall not apply to counties having a metropolitan form of government pursuant to chapters 1-8 of this title, or to counties having a county charter form of government, pursuant to title 5, chapter 1, part 2, where the county charter prohibits consolidated government.
Acts 1991, ch. 497, § 409.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-101 - Duty to maintain roads

(a)
It is the duty of all incorporated municipalities, when a public highway passes through the corporation, or to any public place within the incorporated municipality, to keep the road in good repair. Nothing in this subsection (a) shall be construed to apply to any railroads or their rights-of-way.
(b)
It is the duty of the grand jury to make presentments as for misdemeanor against the mayor and governing body of any incorporated municipality that violate this section.
Acts 1859-1860, ch. 72, §§ 1, 2; Shan., §§ 1989, 1990; mod. Code 1932, §§ 3405, 3406; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1001.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-102 - Duty to keep board functioning

It is the duty of all incorporated municipalities to keep an organized governing board functioning, and if any incorporated municipalities fail so to do for six (6) consecutive months, the residents of the municipality shall be subject to work on the public roads for the space of twelve (12) months thereafter, and until a board is elected, organized and functioning.
Acts 1859-1860, ch. 72, § 3; Shan., § 1991; mod. Code 1932, § 3407; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1002.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-103 - Notice of tort action based on condition of streets

No suit shall be brought against any municipal corporation on account of injuries received by person or property on account of the negligent condition of any street, alley, sidewalk, or highway of the municipal corporation, unless within one hundred twenty (120) days after an injury to the person or property has been inflicted, a written notice shall be served upon the mayor or manager of the municipality, stating the time and place where the injury was received and the general nature of injury inflicted. The failure to give the notice prescribed in this section, within the time set out, shall be a valid defense against any liability of the municipality that might otherwise exist on account of the defective or negligent condition of the street, alley, sidewalk, or highway; provided, that proof of registered letter by registry receipt addressed to the mayor or manager setting forth the injury and place of injury complained of shall be a complete compliance with this section.
Acts 1913, ch. 55, § 1; Shan., § 4469a1; mod. Code 1932, § 8596; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1003; Acts 1982, ch. 627, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-104 - Establishment of streets in extension

When the limits of an incorporated municipality are enlarged by law, the mayor and board may establish such new streets, alleys, or parks as are deemed necessary by reason of the enlargement. When the improvement is made for its public utility, it shall be done at the expense of the corporation; but should improvement be done for individual convenience, the applicants shall pay the expenses.
Code 1858, §§ 1386, 1387; Shan., §§ 1979, 1980; mod. Code 1932, §§ 3394, 3395; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1004.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-105 - Construction of sidewalks authorized

It is lawful for any person owning town lots, or lands adjoining the public highways or streets in any village or unincorporated town in the state, to construct suitable sidewalks on those highways or streets along the line of the lots or lands.
Acts 1897, ch. 99, § 1; Shan., § 1679a1; Code 1932, § 2807; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1005.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-106 - Unlawful use of sidewalks

When any sidewalks are constructed, every person who rides or drives a horse, team or other vehicle on the sidewalks, except for the purpose of crossing the sidewalks when necessary to do so, or who hitches any horse or other animal to any tree growing on or adjacent to such sidewalks, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1897, ch. 99, § 2; 1899, ch. 193, § 1; Shan., § 1679a2; Code 1932, § 2808; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1006; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-107 - Condemnation for streets

Wherever any municipal corporation shall seek to condemn lands to be used in establishing, widening, extending, or otherwise improving its public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards, it shall have full power to condemn the fee of the land necessary to be taken, by paying the fair cash market value of the land to be fixed in the manner provided by law where private property is taken for public use.
Acts 1923, ch. 76, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 1981a1; Code 1932, § 3398; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1007.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-108 - Assessment of damages by freeholders

When the owner of the land through which any street, alley, or park is to be extended or established requires compensation or damages for the extension or establishment, the legislative body of such municipality shall, by ordinance or resolution, appoint freeholders, not exceeding seven (7) in number, who after first being duly sworn, shall examine the premises and assess the damages or compensation, and report the damages or compensation to the mayor and aldermen or the legislative body of the municipality, which body shall cause the report to be spread upon its minutes with its action on the assessment.
Code 1858, § 1388; Shan., § 1981; Acts 1925, ch. 31, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 3397; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1008.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-109 - Opening of street on payment of damages

Upon payment of the compensation or damages that have been assessed by the condemnation commission and approved by the municipal legislative body, into the office of the recorder or city clerk, for the benefit, or to the account and subject to the order of the owner of the land condemned, the administrative officer or officers of the municipality may order the owner of the land condemned to open the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards, and give the municipality possession of the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards, and fifteen (15) days after the date of the order such municipality may open and take possession of the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards.
Code 1858, § 1389; Shan., § 1982; Acts 1925, ch. 31, § 1; Code 1932, § 3399; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1009.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-110 - Failure to open street on condemnation

If any owner of land condemned refuses or fails to give possession of land to the municipality or to open the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards, so condemned within fifteen (15) days after the order of the administrative officer or officers of such municipality, then such owner may be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for such failure and refusal, and each and every day of such failure and refusal is deemed a separate offense. If the owner of land condemned contests the right or legality of the condemnation, then the obligation to surrender possession to the municipality and the liability for the fine for failing so to do shall not obtain until the question of the right or legality of the condemnation shall be finally determined. Any municipal court shall have jurisdiction over such offenses. This remedy is not exclusive, but is in addition to the right of the municipality to take possession as owner of the condemned land and to open the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards.
Code 1858, § 1390; Shan., § 1983; Acts 1925, ch. 31, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 3400; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1010.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-111 - Appeal from order opening street

Any owner aggrieved by the opening of the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards may appeal to the circuit court within twenty (20) days after the administrative officer or officers of the municipality have ordered the public streets, alleys, highways, parks, parkways, or boulevards to be opened and possession delivered; provided, that any such appeal shall not operate to prevent the municipality from taking possession of the land condemned, nor stay the opening or extension of any such street, alley or other improvement.
Code 1858, § 1391; Shan., § 1984; Acts 1925, ch. 31, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 3401; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1011.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-112 - Damage from change of grade or repair

When any owner of real estate in any municipality sustains any damage to the owner's property by reason of any change made in the natural or established grade of any highway, street or alley, or by reason of the raising or lowering of the grades, or other acts done for the purpose of improving or repairing any highway, street or alley, the owner shall be paid all damages for the damage by such municipality, which damages may be recovered by suit brought at any time within one (1) year from the completion of or the cessation of such works, acts, or improvements; but all benefits accruing by reason of such improvements, acts, or works shall be allowed to affect, reduce, and offset the damages provided for in this section.
Acts 1891, ch. 31, §§ 1, 2; 1893, ch. 41, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 1988; mod. Code 1932, § 3404; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1012.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-113 - Maintenance guaranties in paving contracts

(a)
Municipalities have the power to provide in any contract made by them for paving any street, highway, alley, park, or public square, that the contractor shall guarantee to maintain and repair the street, highway, alley, park, or public square, for such time as the governing body or board of the municipality shall deem proper, the expense of which shall be included in the assessment for the construction, and no special or improvement assessment shall be affected or invalidated on account of the guaranty.
(b)
The municipalities have the authority to provide the manner and time of payment for the guaranty of maintenance or repairs.
Acts 1919, ch. 121, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 1980a1; mod. Code 1932, § 3396; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1013.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 31 - STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-31-114) › Section 7-31-114 - Installation of ramps at crosswalks

(a)
Every incorporated city and town shall install ramps at crosswalks, in both business and residential areas, when making new installations of sidewalks, curbs or gutters, or improving or replacing existing sidewalks, curbs or gutters, so as to make the transition from street to sidewalk easily negotiable for persons with disabilities in wheelchairs and for other persons who may have difficulty in making the required step up or down from curb level to street level.
(b)
"Ramps," as used in this section, means a sloping asphalt or concrete surface, from the level of the sidewalk or curb to the level of the street at curbside, extending outward and downward from the curb to the street for such a distance, at such an angle, and at such a width as will facilitate the movement up and down such ramps of persons in wheelchairs or persons who have difficulty in stepping up or down between curb level and street level.
(c)
All such ramps shall be constructed or installed in accordance with design specifications for the ramps prepared by the department of transportation. The department shall make available to such municipalities design standards for such ramps.
Acts 1974, ch. 544, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 6-1014; Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-102 - Ordinance for improvement

When the legislative body of any municipality shall determine to construct any improvement authorized by §
7-32-101
, it shall adopt an ordinance that such improvement or improvements shall be made, which ordinance shall describe the nature and extent of the work, the character of materials to be used, the location and the terminal points of the proposed improvements, and the flood plain, streets, alleys, highways, or other public places, or part or parts thereof, on which such improvements are to be made, and which shall direct that full details, drawings, plans, specifications, and surveys of the work and estimates be prepared by the city engineer, or such other person as may be designated in the ordinance; or the legislative body may adopt plans for such work already prepared.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 2; Shan., § 1991a2; mod. Code 1932, § 3409; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1102; Acts 2001, ch. 267, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-103 - Filing of documents

Details, drawings, plans, specifications, and estimates shall, when completed, be placed on file in the office of the city engineer, or other official designated in the ordinance, where the property owners who may be affected by such improvement may see and examine the details, drawings, plans, specifications, and estimates.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 2; Shan., § 1991a3; Code 1932, § 3410; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1103.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-104 - Appointment of time to hear objections

The ordinance shall appoint a time when the legislative body of the municipality shall meet, which shall not be less than two (2) weeks after the date of the first publication of notice of the ordinance, to hear any objections or remonstrances that may be made to the improvement, the manner of making objections, or the character of material to be used.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 2; Shan., § 1991a4; Code 1932, § 3411; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1104.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-105 - Notice of ordinance and hearing of objections

Notice of the adoption of an ordinance shall be given by publishing a notice once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. It shall not be necessary to set out in full in the notice the ordinance, but the notice shall state the character of the improvement or improvements, the location and terminal points of the improvements, and also the time and place, not less than two (2) weeks from the date of first publication of the notice, at which the legislative body of the municipality shall meet to hear remonstrances or protests against the making of the improvement or improvements.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 2; Shan., §§ 1991a5, 1991a6; Acts 1921 Private, ch. 526, § 1; mod. Code 1932, §§ 3412, 3413; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1105.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-106 - Hearing of objections - Final action on ordinance

At the time and place appointed, pursuant to §
7-32-105
, the legislative body shall meet, and at the meeting, or at the time and place to which the meeting may be adjourned from time to time, all persons whose property may be affected by the improvement or improvements may appear in person or by attorney or by petition and protest against the making of such improvement or improvements, the material to be used, and the manner of making improvement or improvements; and the legislative body shall consider such objections and protests, if any, and may confirm, amend, modify, or rescind the original ordinance. Failure to object or protest at the time of confirmation of the original ordinance shall constitute a waiver of any and all irregularities, omissions, and defects in the proceedings taken prior to such a time.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 2; Shan., §§ 1991a7, 1991a8; Code 1932, §§ 3414, 3415; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1106.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-107 - Undertaking work - Construction contract

Upon the confirmation of the ordinance, it shall be the duty of the legislative body to proceed to construct the improvements thus authorized, which may be done by contract with the lowest and best responsible bidder, in accordance with the charter of such city or town, or it may be done by the municipality, as it may elect.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 3; Shan., § 1991a9; Code 1932, § 3416; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1107.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-108 - Security required of bidders

In case the work is let to the lowest and best responsible bidder, all bids submitted for the construction of an improvement shall be accompanied by a certified check or a suitable bond, with at least two (2) good and solvent sureties, who are citizens or residents of the city or town where the improvement is to be done; or in lieu of personal sureties, the bond of some surety company authorized to do business in this state may be given in a penal sum of at least ten percent (10%) of the entire cost of the work to be done or improvements to be made, computed on the basis of the bid submitted, and conditioned that the contractors named in the bid shall, in case the work is awarded to them, enter into a contract with the city or town within the time required and for the price named in their respective bids, and in accordance with the plans and specifications of the municipality and the ordinance providing for the improvement.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 3; Shan., § 1991a10; Code 1932, § 3417; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1108.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-109 - Rejection of bids - Rebidding

The legislative body has the power to reject any and all bids and to order new bids.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 3; Shan., § 1991a11; Code 1932, § 3418; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1109.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-110 - Contractor's performance bond

The successful bidder shall execute a bond to the city or town, in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the entire contract price of the improvement, conditioned that the party shall well and truly perform all of the terms and conditions of the contract, in a good and workmanlike manner, and in accordance with the plans and specifications, which shall form part of the contract, and shall indemnify and hold the city harmless from all losses, costs, and expenses that it may sustain by reason of any negligence or default of such contractor.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 3; Shan., § 1991a12; mod. Code 1932, § 3419; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1110.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-111 - Costs borne by railway

Should there be a street, electric, interurban or steam railroad track or tracks on any street, alley, avenue, or highway improved under this chapter, the cost of such improvement between the rails and the spaces between such tracks and eighteen inches (18") beyond the outer rail, including switches and turnouts, shall be paid by the owners of such railroad, and shall be assessed and collected from such owner, and shall be a lien upon the railroad and the property used in connection with the railroad and the property; provided, that where any such railroad shall occupy any street, alley, or highway under ordinance or contract with the municipality, it shall pay or improve according to such ordinance or contract, as is provided in §
7-32-113
.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 14; Shan., § 1991a62; mod. Code 1932, § 3469; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1111.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-112 - Replacement of railway rails

When any of the improvements authorized by this chapter have been directed to be done by ordinance, as provided in this chapter, the legislative body of such city has the power to require any street or other railroad company to replace the rails that such company may have in such streets with other rails of a kind to be specified by the legislative body, when, in the judgment of the legislative body, the rails ordered to be removed are not suitable to be used with paving that is about to be put down by the body. Should the company refuse to comply with the requirements of the notice, the legislative body has the right, and it shall be its duty, to institute suitable legal proceedings against the company to compel and require the company to lay and replace the rails as are thus specified; and if successful in such legal proceedings, the city shall be entitled to recover from such company any and all costs, expenses, and losses incurred by it because of such refusal and failure of such company to comply with such order.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 20; Shan., § 1991a68; mod. Code 1932, § 3475; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1112.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-113 - Ascertainment of railway's intent

When any street, highway, avenue, or alley to be improved has located in the street, highway, avenue, or alley the track or tracks of any street railway, interurban railway, or commercial railway company that has agreed to pave any portion of the street, highway, avenue, or alley, and by the terms of its agreement has the option of either doing the work of paving in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by such city, or of permitting the city or town to do the work at a price to be paid to the city or town by the company, it is the duty of the legislative body, before enacting the ordinance or ordinances providing for the improvement, to ascertain whether the company desires to do its portion of the paving itself or that the same be done by the municipality.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 5; Shan., § 1991a17; mod. Code 1932, § 3424; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-114 - Deduction of cost payable by railway

If the company elects to have its portion of the paving done by the municipality, then, and before proceeding to apportion the cost of the improvement upon any lots or parcels of ground abutting on or adjacent to the highway, the board shall first deduct from the total of the improvement the amount that should be paid by such company; and after deducting the amount that is to be paid by such street or other railway company, the legislative body shall proceed to apportion two thirds (2/3) of the balance of the cost of such improvement upon the land abutting on and adjacent to such street, highway, avenue, or alley, as provided in this chapter.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 5; Shan., § 1991a18; Code 1932, § 3425; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1114.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-116 - Limitation on aggregate amount of assessment

(a)
The aggregate amount of the levy or assessment made against any lot or parcel of land shall not exceed one half (1/2) of the cash value of the lot and improvements on the lot.
(b)
By cash value, it is the intent of this section to mean the fair sale price of the lot and improvements on the lot if sold at a voluntary sale.
(c)
The city or town shall pay any part of the levy or assessment against any such lot or parcel of land as may be in excess of one half (1/2) of the cash value of the lot or parcel of land.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 4; Shan., § 1991a14; Code 1932, § 3421; Acts 1951, ch. 94, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1116.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-117 - Apportionment of cost of intersection improvements

Where intersections of any street, avenue, or other highway are improved, the municipality shall pay one third (1/3) of the cost of the improvement, and the balance shall be assessed against the property of the street improved and the intersecting street or streets for one half (1/2) a block in all directions according to the frontage of the property; provided, that the cost to be assessed against railways having tracks within such intersections shall be deducted from the cost of such intersections to be paid by the municipality and property owners.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 4; Shan., § 1991a15; Code 1932, § 3422; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1117.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-118 - Property owners bearing entire cost

In the event a petition is presented to the legislative body of the municipality averring the willingness of each of the signers to pay their pro rata share of the entire cost of any improvement such as is authorized by this chapter, and relieve the municipality from the payment of any part of the improvement as to any street, highway, or alley, or part or parts thereof, which petition is signed by the owners of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the frontage of the lots or parcel of land abutting on such street, highway, or alley or part or parts thereof, proposed to be thus improved, such petition may be granted by the legislative body; and then proceedings may be had under this chapter and chapter 33 of this title, the same in all respects as if the improvement had been begun by the legislative body on its own initiative. Bonds may be issued and assessments shall be made, except that the assessments shall, in such event, be made for the entire cost of the improvement, and bonds may be issued for the entire cost instead of assessments being made and bonds being issued for only two thirds (2/3) of the cost of the improvements; provided, that no assessment under this section shall in any event exceed on any lot one half (1/2) of the assessed value of the lot for municipal taxes for the current year, and all other provisions of this chapter and chapter 33 of this title shall be applicable in respect of any improvement made under this section, except as in this section otherwise expressly provided.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 15; Shan., § 1991a63; Code 1932, § 3470; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1118.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-119 - Costs of improvements

The cost of any improvement contemplated in this chapter shall include the expense of the preliminary and other surveys, the inspection and superintendence of the work, the preparation of plans and specifications, the printing and publishing of notices, resolutions, and ordinances required, including notice of assessment, preparing bonds, interest on bonds, and any other expense necessary for the completion of the improvement; provided, that the cost of any guaranty or maintenance of any work constructed under the terms of this chapter shall not be assessed against the property abutting on or adjacent to street or streets or other ways improved.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 4; Shan., § 1991a16; mod. Code 1932, § 3423; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1119.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-120 - Water connections

(a)
Before making any of the improvements contemplated in this chapter, the legislative body shall have the power to order the owners of all abutting real estate to connect their several premises with water mains located in the streets or highways adjacent to their several premises; and upon default of the owners for thirty (30) days after such order to make connection, the city may contract for and make the connection aforementioned, at such distances, under such regulations, and in accordance with such specifications as may be prescribed by the legislative body; and the whole cost of each connection shall be assessed against the premises with which the connection is made.
(b)
Any number of such connections may be included in one (1) contract, and the cost thereof shall be added to the final levy or assessment made against the property of each lot owner, as hereinbefore provided.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 17; Shan., § 1991a65; Code 1932, § 3472; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1120.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-121 - Notice of apportionment completion and hearing on objections

(a)
When the legislative body has completed apportionment, the city clerk, or such person as may be designated by the legislative body of the city, shall publish a notice that the assessment list has been completed, and that, on a day named, which shall be not less than ten (10) days after the date of publication of the notice, the city council or board will consider any and all objections to the apportionment that have been filed in the office of the city clerk or person designated.
(b)
The notice shall further recite that the lists are in the office of the city clerk or person designated, and may be inspected within business hours and during the time specified by anyone interested.
(c)
The notice shall also state the general character of the improvement and the terminal points of the improvement.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 6; Shan., §§ 1991a19, 1991a20; Code 1932, §§ 3426, 3427; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1121.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-122 - Filing objections to assessments

All persons whose property it is proposed to assess for the cost of the improvement or any costs incurred pursuant to §
7-32-101(d)
may, at any time on or before the date named in the notice, and before the meeting of the legislative body, file in writing with the city clerk or person designated any objections or defense to the proposed assessment or to the amount of the assessment.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 6; Shan., § 1991a21; mod. Code 1932, § 3428; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1122; Acts 2007, ch. 493, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-123 - Hearing on assessments and objections

On the date named in the notice, or at any day to which the meeting may be adjourned or to which consideration of the assessments and the objections to the assessment may be postponed, the legislative body shall hear and consider the assessment and objections to the assessment, and, after so doing, shall confirm, modify, or set aside the assessments as shall be deemed right and proper. If any objections to an assessment to pay costs pursuant to §
7-32-101(d)
are made, the confirmation of the assessment shall require the unanimous approval of the members of the legislative body present at the meeting at which the objection is considered.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 6; Shan., § 1991a22; Code 1932, § 3429; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1123; Acts 2007, ch. 493, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-124 - Failure to object to assessments

(a)
If no objection to the assessment or the amount of the assessment is filed, or if the property owners fail to appear in person or by attorney and present the objection, the assessment shall be confirmed and made final.
(b)
Property owners who do not file objection in writing or protest against the assessment shall be held to have consented to the assessment and are forever barred to attack the regularity, validity, or legality of the assessment.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 6; Shan., §§ 1991a23, 1991a24; Code 1932, §§ 3430, 3431; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1124; Acts 2007, ch. 493, § 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-125 - Final action on assessments

(a)
The confirmation and final action by the legislative body specified in §
7-32-124
shall be done at a single meeting of the body.
(b)
It is hereby declared that the provisions of the charters of the cities in reference to the passage of ordinances shall not be applicable to the action of the bodies in levying such assessments, except that such levy or assessment shall be approved by the mayor, and in the event the mayor refuses to approve or vetoes the levies or assessments, which the mayor shall do as a whole, such levies or assessments shall be passed over the mayor's veto in like manner as ordinances or resolutions are passed over such vetoes.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 6; Shan., § 1991a25; Code 1932, § 3432; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1125.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-126 - Appeal on assessments

(a)
When any owner or part owner of any of the lots of lands in the flood plain or abutting on or adjacent to any street, highway, avenue, or alley that is improved or about to be improved as provided in this chapter, and upon or against which lots or lands, levies or assessments have been made for the purpose of paying for such improvement, as has been provided in this chapter, shall be aggrieved by the action of the legislative body of such city in confirming the levies or assessments made by the legislative body as mentioned in this chapter, such owner or person shall have the right to appeal from the action of such legislative body to the circuit court of the county in which such city or town is located; provided, that the owner made objection or protest to the levies or assessments at the time provided for and appointed for objecting to the levies or assessments, such appeal shall be perfected by filing with the clerk of such circuit court a petition setting forth the facts in regard to such levies and assessments and the irregularities or illegal acts in the making of the levies or assessments; and such clerk shall then notify such city or town to deliver a copy of such levies or assessments, and all proceedings had in reference to the levies or assessments, to the clerk of the circuit court, and such case then be docketed for trial as other civil causes at law. The appeal of any individual shall not affect the legality of such levy or assessment as to other property involved in the levies or assessments. Such appeal shall be perfected within thirty (30) days after the final action of the legislative body making such levies or assessments, and if not perfected within this time, the levies or assessments shall be regarded as final, and shall not be reviewed by certiorari, injunctions, bills to quiet title or otherwise by any of the courts.
(b)
Notwithstanding subsection (a), an owner of property subject to an assessment may irrevocably waive the owner's right to appeal in the contract for installment payments described in §
7-32-134
or by otherwise evidencing waiver in writing.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 19; Shan., § 1991a67; Code 1932, § 3474; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1126; Acts 2001, ch. 267, § 4; 2007, ch. 493, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-127 - New assessment to replace assessment set aside

If in any court any final assessment made in pursuance of this chapter is set aside for irregularities, omissions, or defects in the proceedings, then the legislative body of such city may, upon recommendation and notice as required in the making of an original assessment, make a new assessment in accordance with this chapter.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 6; Shan., § 1991a28; Code 1932, § 3435; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1127.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-128 - Correction of errors

Any error, mistake of name, number of lot, amount, or other irregularity may at any time be corrected; and no such levy or assessment shall ever be declared void or invalid by reason of any error, mistake, or irregularity, but the person aggrieved may have the error, mistake, or irregularity corrected by application to the legislative body of the city or town.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 6; Shan., § 1991a27; Code 1932, § 3434; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1128.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-129 - Delivery of assessments to tax collector - Indexing of information

(a)
After the legislative body has levied the assessments against certain parcels of property, the city clerk or person designated shall deliver the assessments to the tax collector of the municipality, who shall enter the assessments into the tax collector's records, which shall include the following information:
(1)
Name of owner of the property;
(2)
The amount that has been assessed against the parcel of property; and
(3)
Any other information deemed appropriate.
(b)
The information in subsection (a) shall be indexed according to the names of the owners of the property.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 8; Shan., § 1991a34; Code 1932, § 3441; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1129; Acts 2001, ch. 267, § 5; 2007, ch. 493, § 7; 2009, ch. 489, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 32 - IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT (§§ 7-32-101 — 7-32-142) › Section 7-32-130 - Entries in assessment book - Copies

The special assessment book referred to in §
7-32-129
shall be a book of original entries for any and all purposes, and certified copies of the entries shall be competent evidence in all cases in all the courts.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 18, § 16; Shan., § 1991a64; Code 1932, § 3471; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1130.