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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 58 - COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH PLAN (§§ 6-58-101 — 6-58-118) › Section 6-58-113 - Monitoring and reporting by advisory commission on intergovernmental relations

The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) shall monitor implementation of this chapter and shall periodically report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly. Each agency of the executive branch, each municipal and county official, each local government organization, including any planning commission and development district, shall cooperate with the commission and provide necessary information and assistance for the commission's reports. TACIR reserve funds may be expended for the purpose of performing duties assigned by this section.
Acts 1998, ch. 1101, § 14; 2002, ch. 594, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 58 - COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH PLAN (§§ 6-58-101 — 6-58-118) › Section 6-58-115 - Applicability to pending annexation ordinances

This chapter shall not apply to any annexation ordinance that was pending, but not yet effective, on November 25, 1997.
Acts 1998, ch. 1101, § 16.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 58 - COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH PLAN (§§ 6-58-101 — 6-58-118) › Section 6-58-116 - Airport - Annexation-free zone

Notwithstanding §§
6-58-106
, former 6-58-108 [repealed] and 6-58-111, the property of an airport with regularly scheduled commercial passenger service that is located in a county other than the county where the creating municipality is located, except upon approval by resolution of the legislative body of the creating municipality, shall be and remain in an annexation-free zone.
Acts 2002, ch. 572, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 58 - COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH PLAN (§§ 6-58-101 — 6-58-118) › Section 6-58-117 - Flood insurance rate map or flood hazard boundary map - Requirements for participation in the national flood insurance program

(a)
In cooperation with the department of economic and community development, all counties and municipalities in this state that have an effective flood insurance rate map or flood hazard boundary map published by the federal emergency management agency that identifies a special flood hazard area within the political boundaries of the county or municipality shall meet the requirements for participation in the national flood insurance program authorized by
42 U.S.C. § 4001
et seq. and administered by the federal emergency management agency on or before June 30, 2012.
(b)
If a county or municipality does not currently have an effective flood insurance rate map or flood hazard boundary map published by the federal emergency management agency that identifies a special flood hazard area within the political boundaries of county or municipality, the county or municipality shall have twenty-four (24) months from the effective date of any future flood insurance rate map or flood hazard boundary map published by the federal emergency management agency to meet the requirements for participation in the national flood insurance program.
Acts 2010, ch. 1091, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 58 - COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH PLAN (§§ 6-58-101 — 6-58-118) › Section 6-58-118 - Urban growth boundaries - Expansion without reconvening coordinating committee or approval from county

A municipality may expand its urban growth boundaries to annex a tract of land without reconvening the coordinating committee or approval from the county or any other municipality if:
(1)
The tract is contiguous to a tract of land that has the same owner and has already been annexed by the municipality;
(2)
The tract is being provided water and sewer services; and
(3)
The owner of the tract, by notarized petition, consents to being included within the urban growth boundaries of the municipality.
Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 707,s 6, eff. 4/15/2014.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 59 - REPEALED (§§ 6-59-101 — 6-59-107) › Section 6-59-101 - [Repealed]

Acts 2005, ch. 448, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-101 - Definitions - Chapters 1-6

As used in chapters 1-6 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"City governing body" means the city council or other public agency possessing power and authority usually possessed by a city council;
(2)
"County governing body" means that body in a particular county that is vested with the power to levy property taxes;
(3)
"General services district" means a service district within a metropolitan government whose geographical limits are coextensive with the total area in which the government functions;
(4)
"Metropolitan government" means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities;
(5)
"Metropolitan government charter commission" or "charter commission" means a commission established to propose to the voters for adoption the charter for a metropolitan government;
(6)
"Municipal corporation" means an incorporated city or town;
(7)
"Principal city" means:
(A)
That municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a particular county; or
(B)
If the municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a county fails to adopt a consolidation resolution within ninety (90) days of the county's adoption of a consolidation resolution, the county seat of that county, if the county seat is an incorporated municipality;
(8)
"Smaller city" means any municipal corporation other than the principal city; and
(9)
"Urban services district" means a service district within a metropolitan government in which are furnished by the metropolitan government municipal services additional to those provided in the general services district.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 314,s 1, eff. 5/8/2019.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 1; 1977, ch. 453, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3701.
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 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-102 - Legislative purpose and intent - Construction - Continuation of local functions and powers

(a)
It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent and purpose of chapters 1-3 of this title to provide for the consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the governmental and corporate functions now or hereafter vested in municipal corporations with the governmental and corporate functions now or hereafter vested in the counties in which such municipal corporations are located, and to provide for the creation of metropolitan governments, which may be used to fulfill the unique and urgent needs of a modern metropolitan area.
(b)
Chapters 1-3 of this title are hereby declared to be remedial legislation to be liberally construed as a utilization of the constitutional power granted by Amendment No. 8 to article XI, § 9 of the Constitution of Tennessee approved at an election on November 3, 1953.
(c)
After consolidation of a county and a municipal corporation or corporations under §
7-1-103
, no functions of the governing bodies of the county and the municipal corporation, or of the officers thereof, shall be retained and continued, unless chapters 1-3 of this title or the charter of the metropolitan government expressly so provide, or unless such retention and continuation are required by the Constitution of Tennessee. After the consolidation, no officer or agency of the county or of the municipal corporation shall retain any right, power, duty or obligation, unless chapters 1-3 of this title or the charter of the metropolitan government expressly so provide, or unless such retention and continuation are required by the Constitution of Tennessee.
(d)
Any municipal corporation that lies in two (2) or more counties, except those in counties excluded in §
7-1-112(d)
, may consolidate with the county in which the majority of its territory lies.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-3702; Acts 1988, ch. 911, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-103 - Consolidation of functions

(a)
Each county in this state, without regard to population, and the municipal corporations within such county, may consolidate all, or substantially all, of their governmental and corporate functions in the manner and with the consequences provided in this chapter. The consolidation, when complete, shall result in the creation and establishment of a new metropolitan government to perform all, or substantially all, of the governmental and corporate functions previously performed by the county and by the municipal corporations, the voters of which approve the consolidation.
(b)
Nothing contained in this section, or any other law, except §
7-1-112(d)
, shall be construed to prohibit a municipal corporation that lies in two (2) or more counties from consolidating its governmental and corporate functions with the county in which the majority of its territory lies.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 3; 1963, ch. 97, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3703; Acts 1988, ch. 911, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-104 - Creation of municipality or public service district after charter commission created

When a metropolitan government charter commission is created, as provided in §
7-2-101
, no municipality and no public service district, including, but not limited to, a utility district, sanitary district or school district, shall thereafter be created in the county proposed to be included in such consolidation, unless and until the proposed charter of metropolitan government shall have been rejected by voters in a referendum election as provided in §
7-2-106
, or unless and until a charter has been adopted by the voters in a referendum election as provided in §
7-2-106
with provisions permitting such municipalities or public service districts as described in §
7-1-103
.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 15; 1963, ch. 256, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3716.
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 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-105 - Civil districts

When a metropolitan government is created and established within a county, there shall then be and continue only two (2) civil districts, one (1) consisting of the area embraced in the urban services district and the other consisting of the area of the county other than the urban services district.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 20; T.C.A., § 6-3721.
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 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-106 - Excluded smaller city - Inclusion within metropolitan government

Any smaller city that has been excluded from a metropolitan government created and established under chapters 1-3 of this title may at any time surrender its municipal charter and become a part of that metropolitan government under such terms and conditions and by such methods and procedures as may be established in the charter of the metropolitan government; provided, that no such consolidation shall become effective until submitted to the registered voters residing within the smaller city and approved by a majority of those voting.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 17; 1972, ch. 740, § 4(62); T.C.A., § 6-3722.
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 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-107 - Effect on local government simplification statutes

Nothing in chapters 1-3 of this title shall be construed to alter, abridge or abrogate any provision of §§
5-1-113
and
49-2-503
or any other law, practice, custom or tradition with respect to contractual, cooperative, unilateral or other devices for simplifying or expediting municipal or county government.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 22; T.C.A., § 6-3723.
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 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-108 - Appointment of state officials to public utility boards

Notwithstanding any law, including any municipal or metropolitan charter to the contrary, the appropriate appointing authority may appoint at least one (1) elected state official to serve as a member of the board of any public utility operated by a municipality or metropolitan government. This section shall only apply to those counties having a metropolitan form of government.
Acts 1981, ch. 292, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-109 - Elected officials may decline salaries

Any and all elected public officials in counties that have a metropolitan form of government are authorized to refuse or decline any and all salaries to which they may be entitled under the laws of this state or local ordinances.
Acts 1983, ch. 248, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-110 - Change by ordinance of local governmental entities or functions established by private act

Any city or county office, department, board, commission, agency or function established by private act prior to the adoption of a metropolitan form of government may be altered, consolidated or abolished by ordinance of the chief legislative body of the metropolitan government if the charter of the metropolitan government does not otherwise provide for the office, department, board, commission, agency or function, and such alteration, consolidation or abolition is not otherwise prohibited by chapters 1-6 of this title or the Constitution of Tennessee.
Acts 1987, ch. 52, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-111 - Electric power boards - Removal of members of certain utility boards - Salary increase

(a)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any electric power board having a customer service greater than two hundred thousand (200,000) active electric meters within a county having a metropolitan form of government shall be composed of at least seven (7) members.
(b)
The initial term of office of the two (2) additional members of the electric power board appointed pursuant to this section shall be for a period of five (5) years and three (3) years respectively, with each such appointment to be effective July 1, 1988. Each successive term of office shall be for a period of five (5) years from the date of expiration of the preceding term of office.
(c)
Any member of a utility board created under the charter of a metropolitan government that has a population in excess of four hundred thousand (400,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, may be removed from office upon a vote of three fourths (3/4) of the members of the governing body of such metropolitan government, but only after the assertion of reasons for removal as set forth in a resolution passed by three fourths (3/4) of the members of such governing body and only after the holding of a public hearing before such governing body.
(d)
No officer of an electric system owned and operated by a metropolitan government shall receive any salary increase that exceeds ten percent (10%) of such officer's base salary for the previous year unless such increase is approved by a unanimous vote of the board.
Acts 1988, ch. 681, §§ 1, 2; 1991, ch. 390, § 1; 1991, ch. 517, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 1 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-1-113) › Section 7-1-112 - Consolidation with county wherein majority of municipal territory lies

(a)
Notwithstanding §
7-2-106
, or any other law to the contrary, whenever a municipal corporation that lies in two (2) or more counties is proposed for consolidation with the county in which the majority of its territory lies, any referendum held pursuant to §
7-2-106
shall also include all qualified voters of the municipal corporation, regardless of whether such voters reside or own property outside of the boundaries of the county in which the majority of the municipal corporation's territory lies. The respective county election commissions shall cooperate fully in order to implement this section in an effective, efficient, and timely manner.
(b)
Notwithstanding §
2-2-107
, or any other law to the contrary, whenever a municipal corporation that lies in two (2) or more counties consolidates its governmental and corporate functions with the county in which the majority of its territory lies, elections for consolidated government representation and school board representation, as well as all other referenda and elections pertaining to the affairs of such consolidated government, shall also include all qualified voters of such municipal corporation, regardless of whether such voters reside or own property outside of the boundaries of the county in which the majority of the municipal corporation's territory lies. The respective election commissions shall cooperate fully in order to implement this section in an effective, efficient, and timely manner.
(c)
Whenever a municipal corporation that lies in two (2) or more counties consolidates its governmental and corporate functions with the county in which the majority of its territory lies, the urban services tax prescribed pursuant to §
7-2-108(a)(5)
may be levied throughout the territory of the municipal corporation; however, the general services tax prescribed pursuant to §
7-2-108(a)(5)
shall not be levied in any portion of the territory of the municipal corporation that lies outside of the boundaries of such county.
(d)
(1)
This section and §§
7-1-102(d)
and
7-1-103(b)
do not apply in counties with populations according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census of:
not less than
nor more than
19,650
19,725
26,400
26,500
28,250
28,300
28,650
28,660
32,760
32,800
32,850
32,950
37,000
37,100
49,400
49,500
58,075
58,175
84,000
84,100
85,725
85,825
(2)
This section and §§
7-1-102(d)
and
7-1-103(b)
do not apply in counties having a metropolitan form of government and a population in excess of four hundred fifty thousand (450,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
Acts 1988, ch. 911, §§ 3-5, 7-12.
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 2 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-ADOPTION AND PROVISIONS OF CHARTER (§§ 7-2-101 — 7-2-109) › Section 7-2-102 - Election of members

(a)
No less than forty-six (46) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the adoption of a consolidation resolution by the governing bodies of a county and of its principal city, which resolution providing for an election of the members of a metropolitan government charter commission, it shall be the duty of the county election commission to hold a special election to elect members of the charter commission.
(b)
The cost of the election shall be paid out of county funds.
(c)
The ten (10) candidates receiving the highest total vote in the election shall be elected as members of the metropolitan government charter commission.
(d)
Any qualified voter of the county shall be eligible for election as a member of the charter commission.
(e)
The deadline for filing nominating petitions for candidates for the charter commission is twelve o'clock (12:00) noon of the fortieth day before the election.
Acts 1963, ch. 260, § 1; 1972, ch. 740, § 4(60); impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 7; T.C.A., § 6-3705.
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 2 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-ADOPTION AND PROVISIONS OF CHARTER (§§ 7-2-101 — 7-2-109) › Section 7-2-103 - Organization of charter commission - Officers and personnel - Compensation - Vacancies

(a)
The members of the charter commission shall hold an organizational meeting at the courthouse at ten o'clock a.m. (10:00 a.m.) on the fifth day following their appointment or election, or at such subsequent date and place as a majority of the members may assemble.
(b)
The metropolitan government charter commission shall be authorized to elect a chair, a secretary, and such other officers as it may deem necessary.
(c)
The charter commission shall be authorized to employ such staff as may be required to assist it in drafting a charter for a single metropolitan government, which shall consolidate county and city functions as provided in this chapter and which shall be proposed for adoption.
(d)
Members of the charter commission shall not receive per diem or other compensation for their services, except reimbursement of actual expenses by members.
(e)
The staff employed by the commission shall be paid compensation as determined by the charter commission within the limits of funds available to it under this chapter.
(f)
Vacancies in the office of charter commission shall be filled by the remaining members.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 5; 1961, ch. 199, § 3; T.C.A., § 6-3706; Acts 1989, ch. 576, §§ 3, 4, 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 2 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-ADOPTION AND PROVISIONS OF CHARTER (§§ 7-2-101 — 7-2-109) › Section 7-2-104 - Appropriation for charter commission - Disbursement - Cooperation from public officials

(a)
Whenever any charter commission is established as provided in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the governing body of the county to appropriate sufficient funds to defray the expenses of the commission, which appropriation shall be not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Such funds shall be disbursed by the county mayor or other fiscal officer of the county upon vouchers or warrants signed by the chair and the secretary of the commission.
(b)
All public officials shall, upon request, furnish the commission with all information and assistance necessary or appropriate for its work.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 6; 1961, ch. 199, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A., § 6-3707; Acts 1989, ch. 576, §§ 5, 7; 1997, ch. 261, § 1; 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 2 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-ADOPTION AND PROVISIONS OF CHARTER (§§ 7-2-101 — 7-2-109) › Section 7-2-105 - Preparation and filing of proposed charter - Publication

Any charter commission established under this chapter shall prepare and file the charter proposed by it not later than nine (9) months after the date of its initial meeting, or within such extended limit of time as may be authorized by resolution of the governing bodies of the county and principal city. Copies of the proposed charter shall be filed with the county clerk, with the city clerk of each incorporated municipality in the county and with the county election commission. The copies shall be public records, available for inspection or examination by any interested person. The charter commission shall also furnish or make available to every daily or weekly newspaper published in the county a complete copy of the charter. The charter commission shall take such other steps within the limitation of its available funds as it deems reasonable and appropriate to inform the public throughout the county of the contents of the proposed charter, and the proposed charter may be published or summarized in pamphlets and booklets to be made available for general distribution.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 7; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 7; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A., § 6-3708.
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 2 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-ADOPTION AND PROVISIONS OF CHARTER (§§ 7-2-101 — 7-2-109) › Section 7-2-107 - Smaller cities - Inclusion in proposed consolidation - Referendum

(a)
After a charter commission has been created, any smaller city within the county may by action of its legislative body appoint a representative to consult with the charter commission concerning the terms upon which the functions of such smaller city may be included in the proposed consolidation. Any terms proposed by the charter commission with respect to the smaller city shall be filed and published separately as an appendix to the metropolitan charter proposed with respect to the principal city, and shall be submitted independently in a special referendum election for ratification or rejection by the voters of the smaller city and by the voters of the county outside the smaller city in a manner similar to that provided in §§
7-2-105
and
7-2-106
with respect to the proposed metropolitan charter for the principal city.
(b)
The appendix shall be deemed ratified and adopted if it is approved by a majority of those voting within the smaller city and also by a majority of those voting in the county outside of such smaller city, but shall not become effective unless the proposed metropolitan charter with respect to the principal city and the county is ratified and adopted.
(c)
The appendix shall be deemed rejected and shall not become effective if it is disapproved by a majority of those voting in the smaller city. It shall also be deemed rejected and shall not become effective if it is disapproved by a majority of those voting in the county outside of such smaller city.
(d)
The returns of the referendum election on the proposed appendix shall be certified and proclaimed in a manner similar to that provided in §
7-2-106
with respect to the proposed metropolitan charter for the principal city.
(e)
Where a proposed charter of metropolitan government is ratified by a majority of those voting in a principal city and of those voting in the county outside of the principal city, but a smaller city continues, either because a proposed appendix has been rejected or no such appendix has been proposed, the smaller city shall become a part of the general services district, but the smaller city may not thereafter be included within the urban services district by action of the metropolitan council.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 9; T.C.A., § 6-3710.
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 2 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-ADOPTION AND PROVISIONS OF CHARTER (§§ 7-2-101 — 7-2-109) › Section 7-2-109 - Required votes for improvements to public facilities

The general assembly encourages the improvement of public property and facilities, which can include the use of public-private partnerships. Therefore, notwithstanding the provisions of another law to the contrary, a metropolitan government ordinance, resolution, or charter provision that requires a supermajority vote of the local legislative body in order to make improvements to, renovations to, or the demolition and replacement of existing facilities owned by the metropolitan government when such facilities are to be used for substantially the same use and purpose as the use prior to improvement, renovation, or demolition and replacement is declared to be contrary to public policy and is void. Rather, the voting requirement for improvements, renovations, or the demolition and replacement of existing facilities owned by the metropolitan government that are to be used for substantially the same use as the use prior to improvement, renovation, or demolition and replacement, including the lease of the property to a private entity for the purpose of making the improvement, renovation, or demolition and replacement, or operation of the facility, must be the same voting requirement applicable to ordinances of the legislative body in general.
Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 364,s 1, eff. 5/5/2023.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-106) › Section 7-3-101 - Successor to rights and obligations of counties and cities

Any metropolitan government created and established pursuant to chapters 1-3 of this title shall acquire and succeed to all rights, obligations, duties and privileges of the county and of the cities consolidating; and, without the necessity or formality of deed, bill of sale or other instrument of transfer, the metropolitan government shall be and become the owner of all property previously belonging to the county and cities.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 21; T.C.A., § 6-3720.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-106) › Section 7-3-102 - Federal and state aid

(a)
Any metropolitan government created and established pursuant to chapters 1-3 of this title shall be entitled to receive as state aid or as grant-in-aid from the state of Tennessee, from the United States or from any other agency, public or private, all funds to which a county is, or may hereafter be, entitled, and also all funds to which an incorporated city or municipality is or may hereafter be entitled and to receive the funds without diminution or loss by reason of a consolidation made as provided in chapters 1-3 of this title.
(b)
(1)
The metropolitan government shall be deemed a county and shall also be deemed an incorporated city or municipality for the purpose of determining its right to receive, and for the purpose of receiving, state aid or grant-in-aid from the state of Tennessee, from the United States or from any other agency.
(2)
When state aid or other grant-in-aid is distributed to any county on the basis of population or area, or both, then the entire population and the total area of the county in which such metropolitan government is established shall be considered in calculating and determining the basis of such distribution.
(3)
When state aid or other grant-in-aid is distributed to any county on the basis of rural area, rural road mileage or rural population, or any combination thereof, then that area of the general services district outside of the urban services district shall be deemed to constitute rural area, its road mileage to constitute rural road mileage and its population to constitute rural population.
(4)
When state aid or other grant-in-aid is distributed to any incorporated city or municipality on the basis of population or area, or both, then the population and the area of the urban services district shall be deemed the population and the area of the metropolitan government in calculating and determining the basis of such distribution.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 11; T.C.A., § 6-3712.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-106) › Section 7-3-103 - Reapportionment

(a)
(1)
Notwithstanding any general law or metropolitan charter to the contrary, the planning commission of any county having a metropolitan form of government shall recommend to the metropolitan council that councilmanic districts or school districts or both be reapportioned for either or both of the following reasons:
(A)
To more closely conform the boundary lines of such districts to the boundary lines of state senate and state house of representatives districts in order to minimize voter inconvenience, to avoid split precincts, and to substantially reduce the expense of conducting elections in the county; and
(B)
To correct drafting or typographical errors appearing in a previously adopted ordinance of reapportionment.
(2)
If the planning commission determines that such districts should be reapportioned for either or both of the reasons enumerated by subdivision (a)(1), then the commission shall submit a proposed ordinance designed to accomplish its recommendations. The metropolitan council shall then act upon such ordinance in the procedural manner prescribed by controlling general law or metropolitan charter for other duly presented ordinances of reapportionment.
(b)
The authority to reapportion granted by subsection (a) shall not be exercised more than once in regard to any ordinance of reapportionment that was previously enacted in direct response to either a federal decennial census or a court order.
Acts 1982, ch. 615, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-106) › Section 7-3-104 - Representation of county employees by employee organizations

For any county with a metropolitan form of government that has adopted a labor policy establishing the right of its employees to join an employee organization and that has a procedure for establishing exclusive representation status of an employee organization, an employee may be represented before any board, agency, civil service commission, hearing officer, or other body empowered to impose discipline or otherwise deal with wages, hours, and working conditions of employees by a representative from the employee organization that has been designated as the exclusive representative for such employees. Any such employee shall be entitled to select a spokesperson or representative for the purpose of providing aid and assistance in any proceeding before any such board, agency, commission, hearing officer, or entity, notwithstanding any other code section to the contrary. Such assistance or representation by a member or employee of the exclusive representative for such employee shall not be considered "law practice" or "law business" as may be defined in the Tennessee Code Annotated. Such representation does not include representation in any court of law, or in any judicial proceeding. Nothing in this section prevents such employee from being represented by an attorney if the employee or the exclusive representative so chooses.
Acts 1996, ch. 1078, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-106) › Section 7-3-106 - Metropolitan funding of criminal abortions prohibited

A metropolitan government shall not expend funds for the purposes of assisting a person in obtaining a criminal abortion. This prohibition includes expending funds as part of a health benefit plan or for travel to another state for the purpose of obtaining an abortion that would be a criminal abortion if performed in this state. As used in this section, "criminal abortion" means an abortion that is prohibited by §
39-15-213
and does not include an abortion performed pursuant to §
39-15-213(c)
.
Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 168, s 3, eff. 4/17/2023.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 2 - TAXES (§§ 7-3-201 — 7-3-204) › Section 7-3-201 - Privilege taxes

(a)
Any metropolitan government created and established pursuant to chapters 1-3 of this title shall be authorized and empowered to levy within its general services district any and every privilege tax that a county is now authorized to levy or may hereafter be authorized to levy. When the amount of the authorized privilege tax shall depend upon the population of the county, then the population of the general services district shall be determinative of the authorized levy.
(b)
In addition to the privilege taxes authorized in subsection (a), any such metropolitan government by action of its metropolitan council shall be authorized and empowered to levy within its urban services district any and every privilege tax that an incorporated city or municipality is now authorized to levy or may hereafter be authorized to levy. When the amount of the authorized privilege tax shall depend upon population of the incorporated city or municipality, then the population of the urban services district shall be determinative of the authorized levy.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 12; T.C.A., § 6-3713.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 2 - TAXES (§§ 7-3-201 — 7-3-204) › Section 7-3-203 - Billing for taxes - Installment payments

A metropolitan government, as defined in §
7-1-101
, is hereby authorized by ordinance or resolution of its governing body to direct or permit its trustee, as a convenience to its taxpayers, to prepare and send to each owner of taxable property a bill for the amount of taxes due on the property. Where the property is located within the urban services district, the governing body may authorize the tax for the urban services district and the tax for the general services district to be consolidated into one (1) tax bill, computed on the combined tax rate of both of the taxing districts; provided, that the tax rate for each of such districts shall be shown plainly on the face of the consolidated tax bill. In any case where the taxpayer pays as much as one half (1/2) of the total amount of the combined tax bill not later than October 31 of the year for which the taxes are due, and the remaining one half (1/2) not later than February 28 of the following year, no interest or penalty shall be charged, notwithstanding any state law, charter or ordinance of the metropolitan government to the contrary.
Acts 1963, ch. 43, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3724.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 2 - TAXES (§§ 7-3-201 — 7-3-204) › Section 7-3-204 - Municipal auditorium events - Privilege tax

(a)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Metropolitan government" means those counties and municipalities adopting the metropolitan form of government; and
(2)
"Municipal auditorium" means a structure with seats for not less than ten thousand (10,000) spectators, which is constructed after July 7, 1977, and which is used primarily for public events and other related activities and financed either by general obligation bonds or revenue bonds by the metropolitan government.
(b)
(1)
There is hereby authorized a privilege tax upon the privilege of attending any event at the municipal auditorium, in an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the consideration charged for spectators attending the event. This authorization to levy tax shall expire on January 1 following the maturity and redemption of the indebtedness for the auditorium. The tax shall be approved by resolution of the metropolitan council.
(2)
The tax levied in this section shall be in addition to all other taxes levied or authorized to be levied, whether in the form of excise, license, or privilege taxes, and shall be in addition to all other fees and taxes now levied or authorized to be levied.
(c)
The tax shall be added by each promoter of the event to the ticket price charged for admission to the municipal auditorium. The tax shall then be remitted to the metropolitan government.
(d)
The proceeds from the tax levied in this section shall be retained by the metropolitan government and utilized to defray the cost of operating and constructing the municipal auditorium.
(e)
This section shall only apply to those counties having a metropolitan form of government.
Acts 1987, ch. 452, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 3 - ENUMERATED FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-3-301 — 7-3-316) › Section 7-3-301 - Issuance of bonds

Any metropolitan government created and established pursuant to chapters 1-3 of this title may issue bonds under such terms, conditions and limitations as may be prescribed by the metropolitan charter.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 13; T.C.A., § 6-3714; Acts 1988, ch. 750, § 11.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 3 - ENUMERATED FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-3-301 — 7-3-316) › Section 7-3-302 - Public service districts

Any metropolitan government created and established pursuant to chapters 1-3 of this title may at any time:
(1)
Assume and take over all public functions, rights, duties, property, assets and liabilities of any utility district, sanitary district, school district or other public service district, all of whose public functions, services or duties are performed within the geographical jurisdiction of the metropolitan government, notwithstanding §
7-82-301
, or any other statute; except, that if the metropolitan charter did not provide for the consolidation of the existing school systems, then the metropolitan government shall not have the power or authority to assume any public function, right, duty, property, asset or liability of any special school district that was not included in the consolidation of the local governments; and
(2)
Notify any utility district, sanitary district, school district or other public service district that performs some part of its public functions, services or duties within the geographical jurisdiction of such metropolitan government of its desire to assume responsibility for all or any part of such functions, services or duties. It shall then be the duty of such district and the metropolitan government to attempt to reach agreement in writing for the allocation to the metropolitan government of any such public functions, services or duties as the metropolitan government may desire to assume and all related rights, duties, property, assets and liabilities of such district that justice and reason may require in the circumstances. Such metropolitan government, if and to the extent that it may choose, shall have the exclusive right to perform or provide municipal and utility functions and services within its geographic jurisdiction, notwithstanding §
7-82-301
, or any other statute. Subject to such exclusive right, any such matters upon which the respective parties are not in agreement in writing within sixty (60) days after a metropolitan government gives such notice shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the laws of arbitration of the state of Tennessee effective at the time of submission to the arbitrators, except that §
29-5-101(2)
shall not apply to any arbitration under this subdivision (2). The award so rendered shall be transmitted to the chancery court of the county in which the parties are situated, and then shall be subject to review in accordance with §§
29-5-113
,
29-5-115
, and
29-5-118
.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 14; T.C.A., § 6-3715; Acts 2009 , ch. 371, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-21-408) › Chapter 3 - METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT-OPERATION AND POWERS (§§ 7-3-101 — 7-3-508) › Part 3 - ENUMERATED FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-3-301 — 7-3-316) › Section 7-3-303 - Alcoholic beverages

(a)
The creation and establishment of a metropolitan government under chapters 1-3 of this title shall not alter the status of the county involved as to legality of the manufacture, receipt, sale, storage, transportation, distribution and possession of alcoholic beverages.
(b)
Local option elections previously held in the county pursuant to §§
57-3-106
and
57-3-107
to fix such status shall continue to control until the status is subsequently altered by a local option election held pursuant to such law. Where a local option election under §
57-3-106
has previously permitted, or, subsequent to March 7, 1957, permits the sale of alcoholic beverages, then the urban services district, but not the general services district, shall be deemed a municipality within the meaning of the law.
(c)
The metropolitan council shall have the power and authority:
(1)
For the general services district, to regulate and tax the manufacture, distribution and sale of beer and other alcoholic beverages of less than five percent (5%) to the same extent that governing bodies of counties now possess, or may hereafter possess, such power and authority; and
(2)
For the urban services district, to regulate and tax the manufacture, distribution and sale of beer and other alcoholic beverages of less than five percent (5%) and also the manufacture, receipt, sale, storage, transportation, distribution and possession of other alcoholic beverages to the same extent that governing bodies of cities now possess or may hereafter possess such power and authority.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 16; T.C.A., § 6-3717.