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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-110 - Annual audit and report

(a)
The board of directors of each authority shall cause an annual audit to be made of the books and records of its authority. The comptroller of the treasury, through the department of audit, shall be responsible for determining that the audits are prepared in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards and that the audits meet the minimum standards prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury.
(b)
The audits shall be prepared by certified public accountants or by the department of audit. In the event the governing body of the authority fails or refuses to have the audit prepared, then the comptroller of the treasury may appoint a certified public accountant, or direct the department of audit, to prepare the audit, the cost of the audit to be paid by the authority.
(c)
Each authority shall prepare an annual report of its business affairs and transactions. A copy of the report and a copy of the annual audit referenced in subsection (a) shall be filed annually with the governing body of the municipality granting permission to the authority to organize.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-111 - Municipal support of projects - Assignment or loan of employees and provision of facilities to authority - Acceptance of donations - Reversion of property to donor

(a)
For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with an authority, the municipality authorizing the authority may assign or loan any of its employees, including its engineering staff, and facilities, or those of its agencies and instrumentalities; may provide necessary office space, equipment, and other facilities for the use of the authority and may provide or cause its agencies and instrumentalities to provide such services, all as the governing body of the municipality shall approve by resolution.
(b)
The governing body of the municipality may enter into a lease of any project or part of a project, and may make donations of property, real or personal, or cash grants to the authority, in such amount or amounts as it may deem proper and appropriate in aiding the authority to accomplish its purpose, all as the governing body of the municipality shall approve by resolution.
(c)
Any municipality authorizing an authority that enters into a lease with an authority may convey real property or personal property to the authority and may include a provision in the conveyance for the reversion of the property to the transferor at such time as all revenue bonds or other obligations of the authority incident to the real property so conveyed have been paid in full, all as the governing body of the municipality shall approve by resolution, and any authority created pursuant to this chapter is authorized to accept such a conveyance.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-113 - Exemption from taxation - Bonds deemed to be securities issued by public instrumentality or political subdivision of state

The authority is declared to be performing a public function on behalf of the municipality with respect to which it is organized and to be a public instrumentality of the municipality. Accordingly, the authority and all properties at any time owned by it and the income from the properties and all bonds issued by the authority and the income from the bonds, shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. Also, for purposes of the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980, compiled in title 48, chapter 1, part 1, bonds issued by the authority shall be deemed to be securities issued by a public instrumentality or a political subdivision of the state.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-114 - Credit of municipality not pledged

Except to the extent of any revenues that may be specifically allocated, transferred, contributed or pledged by a municipality in accordance with this chapter and laws, rules and regulations applicable to this chapter, no municipality shall in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever that may be undertaken by the authority, and none of the bonds of the authority or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-115 - Powers of municipalities to aid or assist authorities

(a)
Any municipality is authorized to aid or otherwise provide assistance to an authority created pursuant to this chapter by the municipality, including entering into leases or lease-purchase agreements of projects, or parts of projects with an authority, for such term or terms and upon such conditions as may be determined by resolution of the governing body of the municipality, or granting, contributing or pledging revenues of the municipality to or for the benefit of the authority derived from any source, notwithstanding and without regard to the restrictions, prohibitions or requirements of any other law, whether public or private.
(b)
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, revenues of the municipality derived from ad valorem property taxes shall not be granted, contributed or pledged by the municipality in payment of or as collateral for any bonds of the authority.
(c)
The governing body of any municipality, by resolution, may designate the authority to be the recipient of funds of the state or the municipality, which funds are allocated or directed for use in connection with the construction, improvement, financing or operation of convention center facilities. The municipality may take such actions as may be necessary to cause any such funds to be paid to the authority, and the municipality and the authority may enter into any and all agreements as may be necessary to provide for the payment of the authority's bonds out of such funds, as described in §
7-89-112(g)
. Without limiting this subsection (c), the governing body of any municipality may, by resolution, designate an authority as a public authority for purposes of chapter 88 of this title, and any project undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall, for purposes of chapter 88 of this title, be deemed to be a project meeting the requirements of the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in, title 9, chapter 21.
(d)
The governing body of any municipality, by resolution, may cause any departments, instrumentalities or organizations formed by the municipality to be joined with and into the authority, and may take such steps as may be necessary to cause the assets, liabilities and operations of any such organizations to be transferred to the authority.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-116 - Execution of leases, contracts, deeds

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all leases, contracts, deeds of conveyance or instruments in writing executed by the authority shall be executed in the name of the authority by the chair or secretary of the authority, or by such other officers as the board of directors, by resolution, may direct, and the seal of the authority may be affixed to the instruments.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-117 - Wage rates and benefits for workers - Solicitation of bids from minority-owned businesses

In the case of an authority created by a municipality subject to title 7, chapter 4, part 2, the authority shall, if otherwise applicable, be subject to §§
7-4-205
and
7-4-206
in addition to the metropolitan government; provided, that, notwithstanding any contrary provision of §§
7-4-205
and
7-4-206
, the governing body of the municipality may, by resolution, designate the authority and its board of directors to be responsible for satisfaction of the requirements of the municipality and its governing body under §§
7-4-205
and
7-4-206
.
Acts 2009 , ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-118 - Disposition of earnings

The authority shall be a public nonprofit corporation, and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm or corporation, except that, in the event the board of directors determines that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds and other obligations of the authority, including reserves for the expenses, bonds and other obligations, any net earnings of the authority thereafter accruing may be used to provide a reserve for depreciation of any project or projects undertaken by the authority, in an amount determined by the board of directors to be necessary and reasonable, and net earnings available thereafter shall be paid to the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the board of directors from transferring all or any part of its properties in accordance with the terms of any lease entered into by the authority.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-119 - Dissolution - Disposition of property

Whenever the board of directors of an authority or the governing body of the creating municipality by resolution determines that the purposes for which the authority was formed have been substantially accomplished and all bonds theretofore issued and all obligations theretofore incurred by the authority have been fully paid, the members of the board of directors or the executive officers of the municipality, as the case may be, shall thereupon execute and file for record in the office of the secretary of state a certificate of dissolution, reciting such facts and declaring the authority to be dissolved. The certificate of dissolution shall be executed under the seal of the authority. Upon the filing of the certificate of dissolution, the authority shall stand dissolved, the title to all funds and properties owned by it at the time of the dissolution shall vest in the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized, and possession of such funds and properties shall forthwith be delivered to the municipality.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-120 - Joint operation of authorities

(a)
The powers conferred upon authorities created under this chapter may be exercised by two (2) or more such authorities acting jointly.
(b)
Two (2) or more municipalities by resolution may, by acting jointly, incorporate a convention center authority to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. When two (2) or more municipalities incorporate such an authority, each and every requisite pertaining to the application for incorporation, charter and amendment of charter shall, as nearly as may be practicable, be incumbent in like manner upon each municipality joining in the creation of the authority.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-121 - Acquisition and transfer of project sites

Any municipality may acquire a project site by gift, purchase or lease, or exercise of the power of eminent domain, and may transfer any project site to an authority by sale, lease or gift. The transfer may be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of the municipality without submission of the question to the voters, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-122 - Investment of funds

Funds of the authority are authorized to be invested in the following:
(1)
Direct obligations of the United States government or any of its agencies;
(2)
Obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States government or any of its agencies;
(3)
Certificates of deposit and other evidences of deposit at state and federally chartered banks, savings and loan institutions or savings banks deposited and collateralized as described in §
7-39-313(a)
;
(4)
Repurchase agreements entered into with the United States or its agencies or with any bank, broker-dealer or other such entity, so long as the obligation of the obligated party is secured by a perfected pledge of full faith and credit obligations of the United States or its agencies;
(5)
Guaranteed investment contracts or similar agreements providing for a specified rate of return over a specified time period with entities rated in one (1) of the two (2) highest rating categories of a nationally recognized rating agency;
(6)
The local government investment pool created by title 9, chapter 4, part 7;
(7)
Direct general obligations of a state of the United States, or a political subdivision or instrumentality of a state, having general taxing powers and rated in either of the two (2) highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency of such obligations; or
(8)
Obligations of any state of the United States or a political subdivision or instrumentality of any state, secured solely by revenues received by or on behalf of the state or political subdivision or instrumentality of the state irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the obligations, rated in the two (2) highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency of those obligations.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-123 - Certain purchases for which competitive bidding not required - Use of competitive sealed proposals

(a)
An authority in the operation, maintenance, and routine repairs of a project may purchase goods, supplies and services that are generally sold to the public by advertised price without the necessity of competitive bidding; provided, that no such purchase shall exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). The board of directors of the authority shall adopt a policy governing all purchases in the operation, maintenance and routine repairs of a project in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). In lieu of adopting its own policy for such purchases in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the authority may adopt, follow or participate in the purchasing procedures of the municipality.
(b)
A qualified management contract or other agreement for the operations of an authority facility in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) annually shall be selected through the use of competitive sealed proposals independent of any other procurement.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-124 - Powers not restricted - Law complete in itself

This chapter shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers that an authority, as a public corporation, might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative of any such powers. No proceedings, notice or approval shall be required for the organization of the authority or the issuance of any bonds or any instrument as security for the bonds, except as provided in this chapter, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deprive the state and its governmental subdivisions of their respective police powers over properties of the authority, or to impair any power over properties of the authority of any official or agency of the state and its governmental subdivisions that may be otherwise provided by law. Projects may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered and extended, and bonds may be issued under this chapter for such purposes, notwithstanding that any other general, special or local law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment and extension of a like project, or the issuance of bonds for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Medical School Authorities Act of 2010."
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-102 - Legislative findings - Purpose - Construction

(a)
It is hereby found and determined that:
(1)
There is and is expected to be in the future a shortage of physicians and nurses, particularly primary care physicians in the state, and the existing schools in the state are not presently able to graduate sufficient numbers to avoid this shortage;
(2)
The creation of additional medical education facilities in the state will help mitigate the existing and expected shortage of physicians and nurses in this state;
(3)
The existence of a medical education facility within or adjacent to a municipality helps promote the quality of health care in that municipality and is a significant contributor to the economic growth of such municipalities;
(4)
It is in the best interests of the state to permit municipalities, as defined herein, to facilitate the creation of medical education schools within their jurisdiction or within jurisdictions adjacent to their jurisdiction; and
(5)
It is in the best interests of the state to permit the creation of medical school authorities, created by one (1) or more municipalities, to provide facilities to promote the creation and development of medical education facilities within their jurisdiction.
(b)
It is the purpose of this chapter to address these findings by providing for the establishment of authorities to plan, finance, construct, acquire, renovate, equip and enlarge educational and research facilities to be used for education of physicians, dentists, nurses and allied health professional.
(c)
This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with its purpose.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-104 - Filing application for permission to apply for medical school authority - Filing a charter

Any number of natural persons, not fewer than three (3), each of whom are duly qualified voters of the municipality, may file with the governing body of the municipality an application in writing seeking permission to apply for the incorporation of a medical school authority of such municipality. If the governing body, by appropriate resolution duly adopted, finds and determines that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the authority be formed, authorizes the persons making such application to proceed to form such authority and approves the form of corporate charter proposed to be used in organizing the authority, then the persons making such application shall execute, acknowledge and file a charter for the authority as provided in §
7-90-106
. No authority may be formed unless such application has first been filed with the governing body of the municipality and the governing body has adopted a resolution as provided in this section.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-105 - Charter contents

(a)
The charter shall set forth:
(1)
The names and residences of the applicants, together with a recital that each of them is a duly qualified voter in the municipality;
(2)
The name of the authority, which shall contain the words "medical school authority";
(3)
The location of the principal office of the authority;
(4)
The number of directors of the authority, which shall be no fewer than seven (7);
(5)
The period, which may be perpetual, for the duration of the authority;
(6)
A provision addressing conflicts of interest of members of the boards of directors of the medical school authority;
(7)
The purposes for which the authority is proposed to be organized;
(8)
A statement that permission to organize the authority has been granted by resolution duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality and the date of the adoption of such resolution; and
(9)
Any other matter that the applicants may choose to insert in the charter that is not inconsistent with this chapter or with the laws of the state.
(b)
The charter shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each of the applicants as being in conformity with this section and §
7-90-104
.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-106 - Filing of charter

The secretary of state shall examine the charter and, if the secretary of state finds that the necessary information is contained in the charter and that the name is distinguishable from that of any other authority already in existence in this state, the secretary of state shall file the charter. Upon such filing, the charter shall be effective and the authority shall constitute a public corporation under the name set out in the charter.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-107 - Amendments to charter

(a)
The charter may, at any time and from time to time, be amended in a manner not inconsistent with §
7-90-105
. Any such amendment shall be adopted in the manner set out in subsection (b).
(b)
The board of directors of the authority shall file with the governing body of the municipality with which the application for the creation of the authority was filed an application in writing seeking permission to amend the charter, setting forth the proposed amendment to be made. If that governing body, by appropriate resolution, finds and determines that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the proposed amendment be made and authorizes the amendment to be made, approving the form of the proposed amendment, then the chair of the board of directors of the authority shall execute an instrument embodying the amendment, and shall file the amendment with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall examine the proposed amendment and, if the secretary of state finds that the requirements of this section have been complied with, the secretary of state shall file the amendment. Upon such filing, the amendment shall be in effect.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-110 - Audit

(a)
The board of directors of each authority shall cause an annual audit to be made of the books and records of its authority. The comptroller of the treasury, through the department of audit shall be responsible for determining that such audits are prepared in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards and that such audits meet the minimum standards prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury.
(b)
Such audits shall be prepared by certified public accountants or by the department of audit. In the event the governing body of the authority shall fail or refuse to have the audit prepared, then the comptroller of the treasury may appoint a certified public accountant, or direct the department of audit, to prepare the audit, the cost of such audit to be paid by the authority.
(c)
Each authority shall prepare an annual report of its business affairs and transactions. A copy of such report shall be filed with the municipality granting permission to the authority to organize.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-111 - Donations of services and property - Reversion of property to donor

(a)
For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with an authority, the municipality authorizing such authority may assign or loan any of its employees, including its engineering staff and facilities, and may provide necessary office space, equipment, and other facilities for the use of such authority, as the governing body of such municipality shall approve.
(b)
The governing body of such municipality may make donations of property, real or personal, or cash grants to the authority, in such amount or amounts as it may deem proper and appropriate in aiding the authority to accomplish its purpose; provided that such donations or cash grants shall only be used to fund a project and shall not be otherwise used to fund the operating expenses of the medical education program.
(c)
Any municipality creating an authority may convey real property or personal property to the authority and may include a provision in such conveyance for the reversion of such property to the transferor at such time as all revenue bonds or other obligations of the authority incident to the real property so conveyed shall have been paid in full, and any authority created pursuant to this chapter is authorized to accept such a conveyance.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-113 - Exemption from taxation

The authority is hereby declared to be performing a public function in behalf of the municipality with respect to which it is organized and to be a public instrumentality of such municipality. Accordingly, the authority and all properties at any time owned by it and the income from the properties and all bonds issued by the authority and the income from the bonds, shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. Also, for purposes of the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980, compiled in title 48, chapter 1, part 1, bonds issued by the authority shall be deemed to be securities issued by a public instrumentality or a political subdivision of the state.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-115 - Powers of municipalities to aid or assist authorities

(a)
Any municipality is authorized to aid or otherwise provide assistance to an authority created pursuant to this chapter by such municipality, including entering into leases of projects, or parts of projects with an authority, for such term or terms and upon such conditions as may be determined by the governing body of such municipality, notwithstanding and without regard to the restrictions, prohibitions, or requirements of any other law, whether public or private, or granting, contributing or pledging revenues of the municipality to or for the benefit of the authority derived from any source.
(b)
The governing body of any municipality, by resolution, may designate the authority to be the recipient of funds of the state or the municipality, when such funds are allocated or directed for use in connection with the construction, improvement, financing or operation of facilities. The municipality may take such actions as may be necessary to cause any such funds to be paid to the authority, and the municipality and the authority may enter into any and all agreements as may be necessary to provide for the payment of the authority's bonds out of such funds, as described in §
7-90-112(g)
.
(c)
The governing body of any municipality, by resolution, may cause any departments, instrumentalities or organizations formed by the municipality to be joined with and into the authority, and may take such steps as may be necessary to cause the assets, liabilities and operations of any such organizations to be transferred to the authority.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-116 - Execution of leases, contracts, deeds, instruments in writing

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all leases, contracts, deeds of conveyance, or instruments in writing executed by the authority, shall be executed in the name of the authority by the chair or secretary of the authority, or by such other officers as the board of directors, by resolution, may direct, and the seal of the authority may be affixed to such instruments.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-117 - Nonprofit corporation - Disposition of earnings

The authority shall be a public nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm or corporation, except that in the event the board of directors shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds and other obligations of the authority, including reserves for the expenses, bonds and other obligations; any net earnings of the authority thereafter accruing may be used to provide a reserve for depreciation of any project or projects undertaken by such authority, in an amount determined by the board of directors to be necessary and reasonable, and net earnings available thereafter shall be paid to the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the board of directors from transferring all or any part of its properties in accordance with the terms of any lease entered into by the authority; provided further, that in no event shall such transfer inure to the benefit of a private entity.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-118 - Completion of corporate purpose - Dissolution

If the board of directors of an authority or the governing body of the creating municipality by resolution determines that the purposes for which the authority was formed have been substantially accomplished and all bonds theretofore issued and all obligations theretofore incurred by the authority have been fully paid, then the members of the board of directors or the executive officers of the municipality, as the case may be, shall thereupon execute and file for record in the office of the secretary of state a certificate of dissolution, reciting such facts and declaring the authority to be dissolved. Such certificate of dissolution shall be executed under the seal of the authority. Upon the filing of such certificate of dissolution, the authority shall stand dissolved; the title to all funds and properties owned by it at the time of such dissolution shall vest in the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized, and possession of such funds and properties shall forthwith be delivered to such municipality.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-119 - Joint operation

(a)
The powers conferred upon authorities created under this chapter may be exercised by two (2) or more such authorities acting jointly.
(b)
Two (2) or more municipalities may, by acting jointly, incorporate a medical school authority to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. When two (2) or more municipalities incorporate such an authority, each and every requisite pertaining to the application for incorporation, qualification of applicants, charter and amendment of charter shall, as nearly as may be practicable, be incumbent in like manner upon each municipality joining in the creation of such authority.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-120 - Acquisition of project sites

Any municipality may acquire a project site by gift, purchase or lease, or exercise of the power of eminent domain, and may transfer any project site to an authority by sale, lease or gift. Such transfer may be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of the municipality without submission of the question to the voters, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-121 - Construction of chapter - Powers not restricted

This chapter shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers that an authority, as a public corporation, might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative of any such powers. No proceedings, notice or approval shall be required for the organization of the authority or the issuance of any bonds or any instrument as security for the bonds, except as provided in this chapter, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deprive the state and its governmental subdivisions of their respective police powers over properties of the authority, or to impair any power over properties of the authority of any official or agency of the state and its governmental subdivisions that may be otherwise provided by law. Projects may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered and extended, and bonds may be issued under this chapter for such purposes, notwithstanding that any other general, special or local law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment and extension of a like project, or the issuance of bonds for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-122 - Approval for public funding

(a)
(1)
(A)
No state or local funds shall be expended by or on behalf of a medical school authority for a proposed project under this chapter nor shall bonds be issued by the state or bonds be guaranteed under §
7-90-114(b)
on behalf of such project unless THEC, upon review of the proposed medical education program, specifically approves the program for public funding. The program shall not be approved for public funding unless THEC finds that such program is consistent with the purposes of this chapter, as expressed by the general assembly in §
7-90-102
. In considering the program for such approval, THEC shall evaluate whether:
(i)
The medical education program conflicts with the master plan for public higher education developed pursuant to §
49-7-202(c)(1)
;
(ii)
The medical education program is unnecessarily duplicative of other programs offered within the region of Tennessee for which the project is proposed;
(iii)
There are sufficient potential students in the region or who would be attracted to the region to justify and maintain the operation of the medical education program;
(iv)
The market demand for potential graduates of the medical education program is sufficient to support the number of graduates produced; and
(v)
The resources available in the region can sustain the medical education program.
(B)
In making its decision, THEC may also consider other criteria found in §
7-90-123(a)
and information developed by the feasibility study required by §
7-90-123
.
(2)
THEC approval is not required under this subsection (a), if the proposed project and medical education program will be funded exclusively with nonpublic funding and without the issuance of state bonds. A determination that THEC approval under this subsection (a) is not required shall not affect the requirements of §
7-90-123
.
(3)
THEC shall have the authority to contract with another entity to perform the evaluation required by this part, the cost of which shall be the sole responsibility of the authority or the municipality or municipalities creating the authority.
(4)
The authority shall have a right to appeal THEC's action made pursuant to this section to the chancery court of Davidson County. Any such appeal shall be heard by the court de novo.
(b)
The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall not approve a state bond issue under §
7-90-112(f)
until the comptroller or the comptroller's designee has received and examined the approval of the associated medical education program by THEC pursuant to subsection (a).
(c)
All state funds to be expended for a project of a medical school authority shall be specifically appropriated by reference to such project in the general appropriations act and such funds shall only be expended in accordance with the provisions of such act.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 90 - MEDICAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2010 (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-124) › Section 7-90-124 - Project subject to capital outlay priority policies of higher education governing board

Notwithstanding any other language in this chapter to the contrary, if the proposed project includes a medical education program affiliated with a public institution of higher learning, then such project shall be subject to the capital outlay priority policies of the respective higher education governing board with respect to such public institution and also such policies of THEC.
Acts 2010, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 91 - JUSTBEGREEN VILLAGES OF AMERICA (§§ 7-91-101 — 7-91-104) › Section 7-91-101 - [Repealed effective 7/1/2026] JustBeGreen Villages of America development area

An area of property meeting the following description may be deemed, in accordance with this chapter, the JustBeGreen Villages of America development area, and the future site of an agricultural and educational based development supported by state-of-the-art smart technologies to be known as JustBeGreen Villages of America, for purposes of sustainable living and sustainable economic development, including, but not limited to, the development of sustainable technologies, products, and agriculture:
(1)
The property is located in a county with a population of not less than twenty-one thousand nine hundred (21,900) and not more than twenty-two thousand (22,000), according to the 2010 or any subsequent federal census; and
(2)
The property consists of not less than two thousand (2,000) contiguous acres.
Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 856, s 1, eff. 5/3/2018.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 91 - JUSTBEGREEN VILLAGES OF AMERICA (§§ 7-91-101 — 7-91-104) › Section 7-91-102 - [Repealed effective 7/1/2026] Petition - Resolution

(a)
One (1) or more property owners of property within an area described under §
7-91-101
may petition the county commission to be deemed the JustBeGreen Villages of America development area.
(b)
For purposes of filing a petition under subsection (a), property owners shall provide to the county commission:
(1)
A description of all property to be included in the proposed development area;
(2)
The identity of each property owner filing the petition; and
(3)
A description of the proposed development and its purpose and land uses within the development area.
(c)
Upon receipt of a petition, the county commission may adopt a resolution:
(1)
Designating the area described in the petition as the JustBeGreen Villages of America development area; and
(2)
Authorizing the area to be referred to as JustBeGreen Villages of America.
Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 856, s 1, eff. 5/3/2018.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 91 - JUSTBEGREEN VILLAGES OF AMERICA (§§ 7-91-101 — 7-91-104) › Section 7-91-103 - [Repealed effective 7/1/2026] Development area not a municipality

The JustBeGreen Villages of America development area, designated JustBeGreen Villages of America in accordance with this chapter, is not a municipality for purposes of this code, and does not have the corporate powers and authority of a municipality under this code.
Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 856, s 1, eff. 5/3/2018.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 91 - JUSTBEGREEN VILLAGES OF AMERICA (§§ 7-91-101 — 7-91-104) › Section 7-91-104 - [Repealed effective 7/1/2026] Repealer

This chapter is repealed on July 1, 2026.
Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 856, s 1, eff. 5/3/2018.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-1-204) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-1-111) › Section 8-1-101 - Date governor's oath of office taken

The governor shall take the oath of office on the first Saturday following the fourteenth day of January next following the governor's election, after the commencement of the organizational session of the general assembly as established by the Constitution of Tennessee, Article II, § 8.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 271,s 1, eff. 5/4/2017.
Acts 1979, ch. 355, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-1-204) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-1-111) › Section 8-1-102 - Compensation

The salary of the governor shall be the same as the chief justice of the supreme court payable, in equal monthly installments out of the state treasury on warrant, which compensation shall be in full for services as governor. The salary shall not include upkeep on the governor's residence or such necessary traveling expenses as the governor may incur on behalf of the state. No fees of any kind or character shall attach to the office of governor or in relation to the operation of the office.
Acts 1893, ch. 6, § 3; Shan., § 241; Code 1932, § 183; Acts 1945, ch. 1, § 1; 1949, ch. 1, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 183; Acts 1961, ch. 156, § 1; 1968, ch. 622, §§ 1, 2; 1972, ch. 526, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-101; Acts 1986, ch. 752, § 1; 2006, ch. 982, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168) › Chapter 1 - GOVERNOR (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-1-204) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-1-111) › Section 8-1-103 - Private secretary

There shall be a private secretary to the governor who shall be appointed by the governor and shall be a resident and citizen of Tennessee.
Acts 1893, ch. 134, § 1; Shan., § 239; Code 1932, § 181; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-102.