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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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-121 - Development by municipalities for resale prohibited - Exceptions

(a)
No municipality shall have, or acquire by private act or amendment to a charter, the power to acquire undeveloped real property for the purpose of development or subdivision into residential lots for resale.
(b)
Subsection (a) shall not affect any power that a municipality may have by general law or private act to engage in slum clearance or the redevelopment of blighted areas, or the construction or development of subsidized low or moderate income housing under state or federal law.
(c)
As used in this section "municipality" includes incorporated towns or cities, metropolitan governments, or counties.
Acts 1996, ch. 788, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-123 - Personnel policies

On or before July 1, 1998, any municipality, incorporated before June 13, 1997, that has not adopted a personnel policy by ordinance, resolution, or otherwise, shall adopt such a policy that applies fairly, impartially, and uniformly, to the extent practicable, to each department of the municipal government. The policy may include, but not be limited to, hiring procedures, benefits, personnel rules and regulations, fair and reasonable complaint conferences and hearing procedures for employees dismissed, demoted, or suspended; procedures for compliance with federal laws such as, but not limited to, the Fair Labor Standards Act (
29 U.S.C. § 201
et seq.), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (
42 U.S.C. § 12101
et seq.); drug and alcohol testing policy; and a sexual harassment policy. The policy may not grant a property right or contract right to the job to any employee. The municipality may work with the University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service, in cooperation with the Tennessee Municipal League, in developing its policy. A copy of the resolution or ordinance adopting the policy, or its caption, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality before final adoption of the policy. A copy of the personnel policy as required by this section shall be kept in the office of the city recorder or clerk and made available to an employee on request. Any municipality incorporated after June 13, 1997, shall have two (2) years after incorporation to adopt and implement a personnel policy pursuant to this section.
Acts 1997, ch. 428, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-124 - Community development block grant funds - Payments in lieu of property taxes - Reports of expenditures

(a)
A municipality that is the recipient of community development block grant funds shall make a report concerning the expenditure of such funds. The municipality shall place a copy of such report in the main branch of the public library located within the boundaries of the municipality. A municipality that permits access to public information through the Internet may also place such report on the municipality's homepage.
(b)
A municipality or an industrial development corporation formed by such municipality that is a party to an agreement that involves a payment in lieu of property taxes shall make a report concerning such agreement and the expenditure of such funds. The municipality shall place a copy of such report in the main branch of the public library located within the boundaries of the municipality. A municipality that permits access to public information through the Internet may also place such report on the municipality's homepage.
Acts 1997, ch. 447, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-125 - Municipal officials and employees prohibited from purchasing surplus property, except at public auction - Penalty

(a)
It is unlawful for any municipal official or employee to purchase from the municipality any property declared to be surplus by the municipality, except by bid at public auction during the tenure of such person's office or employment, or for six (6) months thereafter.
(b)
A purchaser who violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor.
Acts 1998, ch. 1043, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-126 - Zoning limitations on agricultural land

For any land that is used for agricultural purposes as of May 10, 1998, a municipality may not use its zoning power to interfere in any way with the use of such land for agricultural purposes as long as the land is used for agricultural purposes.
Acts 1998, ch. 1101, § 22; 1999, ch. 235, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-129 - Requirements prior to employment with municipality

(a)
Prior to employment with a municipality, the municipality may require all persons to:
(1)
Agree to the release of all investigative records to the municipality for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of criminal violation information contained on an employment application; and
(2)
Supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation. In addition, to the extent permitted by federal law, and at the discretion of the municipality, a check of such prints may be made against records maintained by the federal bureau of investigation.
(b)
Any costs incurred by the Tennessee bureau of investigation or the federal bureau of investigation, as appropriate, in conducting such investigations of applicants shall be paid by the municipality requesting such investigation and information; provided, that the municipality may require an applicant to pay such costs if the applicant is offered and accepts a position with such municipality. Payment of such costs is to be made in accordance with §
38-6-103
.
(c)
A municipality may establish the job titles or classifications to which the requirements of this section apply; provided, however, that such classifications shall not supersede any mandatory fingerprint-based criminal history background requirements that may be applicable for any person who is seeking employment in a position in any program subject to licensure, approval or certification by any state agency.
Acts 2000, ch. 693, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-130 - Amateur radio service

(a)
A municipality, including a city and lesser incorporated area, or a county may not enact or enforce an ordinance that does not comply with the ruling of the federal communications commission in "In the Matter of Federal preemption of state and local regulations pertaining to Amateur radio facilities," 101 FCC 2nd 952 (1985), or a regulation related to amateur radio service adopted under 47 CFR chapter I, subchapter D, part 97.
(b)
If a municipality adopts an ordinance involving the placement, screening or height of an amateur antenna based on health, safety, or aesthetic conditions, the ordinance shall:
(1)
Reasonably accommodate amateur radio communications; and
(2)
Represent the minimal practicable regulation to accomplish the municipality's or county's purpose.
Acts 2003, ch. 63, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-131 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 420,s 1, eff. 5/21/2019.
Acts 2003, ch. 113, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-132 - Wheel immobilizers

Municipalities shall be authorized to regulate the commercial use of wheel immobilizers to disable vehicles.
Acts 2008, ch. 722, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-133 - Design review commission - Authority - Members - Appeal of decisions

Any municipality may create a design review commission (DRC) having the authority to develop general guidelines for the exterior appearance of nonresidential property, multiple family residential property, and any entrance to a nonresidential development within the municipality. The municipal governing body may designate the planning commission as the DRC. When the municipality creates a separate DRC, the mayor shall appoint the members of the DRC from residents of the municipality and shall strive to ensure that the membership is representative of the municipality as a whole, including, if possible, members with either architectural or engineering knowledge, or any other person having experience in nonresidential building. Any property owner affected by the guidelines may appeal a decision of the DRC to the municipality's planning commission or, if there is no planning commission or if the municipality has designated the planning commission as the DRC, to the municipality's governing body.
Acts 2008, ch. 1049, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-134 - Sale of surplus property by public auction includes sale by Internet auction

When a municipality is required by any law to sell surplus property by public auction, "public auction" includes the sale by Internet auction.
Acts 2009, ch. 173, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-136 - Archives and record management fee

(a)
Any city or town may establish and collect, through all entities creating public records, except for the office of the county register, an archives and record management fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per record filed.
(b)
Any city or town may establish and collect through the clerks of court, an archives and record management fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per public record for the purpose of initiating a legal proceeding.
(c)
Funds collected though these fees must be designated exclusively for duplicating, storing and maintaining any records required by law to be permanently kept.
Acts 2009, ch. 520, § 3; 2010, ch. 1101, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-138 - Changing the date by ordinance of municipal elections to coincide with general election

(a)
Notwithstanding any private act of a municipality to the contrary, the legislative body of a municipality may by ordinance change the date of municipal elections to coincide with the August or November general election. The ordinance changing the election date shall provide for the extension of the terms of members of the legislative body of the municipality necessary to meet the election date, but no term may be extended for more than two (2) years beyond its regular expiration date. If an action is taken pursuant to this subsection (a), the presiding officer of the legislative body shall file a certified copy of the ordinance with the state coordinator of elections.
(b)
Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to remove any incumbent from office or abridge the term of any incumbent prior to the end of the term for which an elected official was selected.
(c)
If the legislative body of a municipality changes the date of municipal elections pursuant to subsection (a), the legislative body may at a later date change the election date back to what such date was prior to moving the election date to coincide with the August or November general election. The legislative body may only make a change under this subsection (c) one (1) time. Terms of incumbent members of the legislative body shall not be abridged to accomplish an election date change under this subsection (c); however, members elected at a date change pursuant to this subsection (c) may take office at a later date so as to not abridge terms of incumbent members of the legislative body. If such members take office at a later date, their term may be abridged due to such members having to take office at the later date.
Acts 2010, ch. 1008, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-139 - Action or proceeding to set aside the charter of municipality or to challenge the legality of the municipality's existence

(a)
If a municipality:
(1)
Contains the minimum number of persons as actual residents of the municipality required pursuant to the general law charter under which it incorporates;
(2)
Has continuously functioned as a municipality pursuant to its charter since its incorporation; and
(3)
Has levied a municipal property tax,
then any action or proceeding in any court to set aside the charter of such municipality or to otherwise challenge the legality of the municipality's existence as a political subdivision of this state must be commenced within ten (10) years of the date the municipality was first incorporated.
(b)
This section shall apply to any municipality meeting the requirements of this section incorporated prior to or on or after June 10, 2011.
(c)
With respect to any municipality which meets the requirements of this section, whether in existence ten (10) or more years on June 10, 2011, or after June 10, 2011, the adoption of the charter, the incorporation of territory as a municipality pursuant to the general laws of this state and the election of officials of such municipality are hereby ratified and validated in all respects; and no flaw or defect or failure to comply with any requirement of incorporation shall invalidate the territory's status as an incorporated municipality or invalidate any ordinance passed by the governing body of the municipality.
Acts 2011, ch. 453, § 10.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-140 - Authority for municipal governments to display historic documents on public buildings and grounds

Each city and town is authorized to display, in municipal public buildings and on municipal public grounds, replicas of historical documents, including, but not limited to, the Ten Commandments, Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Constitution of Tennessee, and other such historically significant documents in the form of statues, monuments, memorials, tablets, or any other display that respects the dignity and solemnity of such documents.
Acts 2012, ch. 686, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-142 - Contracts and agreements of economic and community development program as public record

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, any contract or agreement, together with all supporting records and documentation, that obligates public funds as part of a municipality's economic and community development program to assist new and existing businesses and industries in locating or expanding in the municipality is a public record subject to title 10, chapter 7, part 5, and open for public inspection as of the date such contract or agreement is made available to members of the governing body. A governing body shall publicly disclose the proposed contract or agreement in a manner that would adequately notify and fairly inform the public of the proposed contract or agreement before voting on the proposal.
(b)
This section does not apply to trade secrets received or maintained by a municipality. All such trade secrets are confidential.
(c)
This section does not apply to company documents or records containing marketing information or capital plans that are provided to a municipality with the understanding that they are confidential. Any such document or record is confidential until such time as the provider thereof no longer requires its confidentiality.
(d)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Capital plans" means plans, feasibility studies, and similar research and information that will contribute to the identification of future business sites and capital investments;
(2)
"Marketing information" means marketing studies, marketing analyses, and similar research and information designed to identify potential customers and business relationships; and
(3)
"Trade secrets" means manufacturing processes, materials used in manufacturing processes, and costs associated with the manufacturing process of a person or company submitting information to a municipality relating to an opportunity to contract with the municipality.
Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 421,s 2, eff. 5/18/2017.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-143 - Attendance of meetings by service members through use of two-way electronic audio-video communication

(a)
By passage of an ordinance, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, a municipal legislative body may allow a service member who is deployed for thirteen (13) months or less while serving as a member of the municipal legislative body to attend sessions of the body through the use of two-way electronic audio-video communication during the deployment. Attendance by the use of two-way electronic audio-video communication does not prevent the service member from being allowed to vote or drawing pay for attendance. Only one (1) service member at a time may attend and vote in sessions of the body as provided in this subsection (a).
(b)
As used in this section, "service member" means a member of the following:
(1)
The active and reserve components of the army, navy, air force, marine corps, or coast guard of the United States;
(2)
The United States merchant marine;
(3)
The commissioned corps of the United States public health service;
(4)
The commissioned corps of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration of the United States; or
(5)
The national guard of this state.
Acts 2018 , ch. 604, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-144 - Ordinance prohibiting or restricting display of flag prohibited - Ordinance regulating manner or placement of flag

(a)
As used in this section, "municipality" means any incorporated town, city, or metropolitan government.
(b)
Except as provided in subsection (c), a municipality shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance that prohibits or restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting, a property owner from displaying a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on the property owner's property.
(c)
A municipality may adopt and enforce an ordinance that reasonably regulates the manner and placement of the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces only when necessary to promote public health and safety.
Acts 2018, ch. 857, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-145 - Municipal notice requirements

(a)
A municipality shall display in the city hall or other building that houses the municipality's seat of local government, a sign at least eleven inches (11") in height and seventeen inches (17") in width stating:
PURSUANT TO TENNESSEE CODE ANNOTATED, §
33-2-405
, IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, OR CORPORATION TO OWN OR OPERATE A SERVICE OR FACILITY THAT PROVIDES ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 33 OF THE TENNESSEE CODE ANNOTATED WITHOUT HAVING OBTAINED A LICENSE. A VIOLATION OF THIS REQUIREMENT IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR. EACH DAY OF OPERATION WITHOUT A LICENSE CONSTITUTES A SEPARATE OFFENSE. REPORT ANY SUSPECTED UNLICENSED ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT SERVICES TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES' OFFICE OF LICENSURE BY DIALING [WEST TENNESSEE LICENSURE OFFICE PHONE NUMBER; MIDDLE TENNESSEE LICENSURE OFFICE PHONE NUMBER; OR EAST TENNESSEE LICENSURE OFFICE PHONE NUMBER, AS APPLICABLE TO THE LOCATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY].
(b)
If a municipality maintains a website, then the notice required under subsection (a) must be placed prominently on the municipality's website.
(c)
As used in this section, "municipality" means an incorporated city or town, or a county with a metropolitan form of government.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 309, s 2, eff. 7/1/2022.
Acts 2018 , ch. 879, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-146 - Prohibited regulation of business of person under 18 years of age

(a)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Business" means any enterprise carried on for the purpose of gain or economic profit; and
(2)
"Gross receipts":
(A)
Means all receipts from whatever sources derived before any deductions; and
(B)
Does not include tips, gratuities, or other amounts customarily assumed to be intended for the person who has served the customer or client.
(b)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipality shall not require a license, permit, or any other form of regulation for a business that:
(1)
Is operated solely by a person or persons under eighteen (18) years of age;
(2)
Is located on private property with the permission of the property owner; and
(3)
Generates gross receipts of three thousand dollars ($3,000) or less in a calendar year.
Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 210,s 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-148) › Section 6-54-147 - Prohibited regulation of online marketplace

(a)
As used in this section, "online marketplace" means a person or entity that:
(1)
Provides for consideration, regardless of whether the consideration is deducted as a fee from the transaction, an online application, software, website, system, or other medium, through which a good or service in this state is advertised or offered to the public as available; and
(2)
Directly or indirectly provides or maintains a platform for goods or services by performing the following:
(A)
Providing a payment system that facilitates a transaction between two (2) platform users;
(B)
Transmitting or otherwise communicating the offer or acceptance of a transaction between two (2) platform users;
(C)
Owning or operating the infrastructure, whether electronic or physical, or technology that brings two (2) or more users together;
(D)
Providing a virtual currency that users are allowed or required to use to transact; or
(E)
Providing software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in this subdivision (a)(2).
(b)
A municipality shall not:
(1)
Regulate the operation of an online marketplace; or
(2)
Require an online marketplace to provide personally identifiable information of users without an administrative subpoena or court order.
Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 339, s 2, eff. 5/4/2021.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 2 - ADVERTISING (§§ 6-54-201 — 6-54-204) › Section 6-54-202 - Expenditure of advertising funds

The funds provided for in §
6-54-201(b)
shall be used and expended under the direction and control of the governing body of the municipal corporation or through such agency or agencies as they shall prescribe, and under such rules and regulations as the governing body of the municipal corporation deems proper.
Acts 1937, ch. 163, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 3336.2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-607.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 2 - ADVERTISING (§§ 6-54-201 — 6-54-204) › Section 6-54-203 - Election on advertising tax

(a)
Should the governing body of any municipal corporation fail to levy such tax at the regular tax levy then, upon a petition containing the signatures of not less than five percent (5%) of the registered voters of the municipal corporation being presented to the governing body, such governing body shall call an election to be held at the next regular municipal election, at which time it shall be determined by a majority vote whether or not such tax shall be levied and collected to be used for any one (1) or more of such purposes.
(b)
The ballots used at the election shall be the ballots used in the next and regular municipal election; the election shall be held to determine the will of the voters as to whether the tax shall be levied, collected and used as mentioned in subsection (a). The election shall be held and conducted and notice given as other elections are now required by law to be held and notice thereof given.
(c)
The ballots used at the election shall contain, in substance, these words:"
For Advertising Tax Levy of ______________ cents
Against Advertising Tax Levy of ______________ cents
and the voters shall signify their will by putting an X mark opposite "For Advertising Tax Levy of ____________________ cents" or "Against Advertising Tax Levy of ____________________ cents.
(d)
At such election every voter qualified to vote in the regular municipal election shall be entitled to vote.
(e)
A majority vote of the votes cast "For Advertising Tax Levy of ____________________ cents" and "Against Advertising Tax Levy of ____________________ cents" shall determine the will of the voters. After the election has been held and the vote determined, the governing body of the municipal corporation where the election was held shall carry out the will of the voters.
Acts 1937, ch. 163, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 3336.3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-608.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 2 - ADVERTISING (§§ 6-54-201 — 6-54-204) › Section 6-54-204 - Confidential records of city whose primary industry is tourism

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, records held by a city whose primary industry is tourism that address a specific amount of money expended in a given market for digital or traditional media or that address the specific detail of targeted audiences identified for marketing purposes may be treated as confidential and not subject to the open records law, compiled in title 10, chapter 7. Nothing in this section shall prevent public disclosure of aggregate expenditure amounts for marketing activities at any time.
Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 974,s 1, eff. 4/27/2016.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 3 - POLICE AUTHORITY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS (§§ 6-54-301 — 6-54-308) › Section 6-54-301 - Extension of police authority beyond limits

The police authority of all incorporated towns and cities shall extend to a distance of one (1) mile from the lawful corporate limits thereof, for the suppression of all disorderly acts and practices forbidden by the general laws of the state; provided, that such jurisdiction of an incorporated town or city shall not be hereby extended beyond the limits of the county in which any part of such town is situated, or so as to come within one (1) mile of any other incorporated town or city.
Acts 1870, ch. 67, § 1; Shan., § 1924; Code 1932, § 3336; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-609.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 3 - POLICE AUTHORITY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS (§§ 6-54-301 — 6-54-308) › Section 6-54-302 - Service of warrants outside city

Any duly and regularly appointed police officer of a municipality having a duly constituted city or municipal court has the authority to serve warrants for the arrest of persons for municipal offenses committed within the municipal limits, at any point within the county wherein the municipality is located.
Acts 1941, ch. 11, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3343.1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-610.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 3 - POLICE AUTHORITY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS (§§ 6-54-301 — 6-54-308) › Section 6-54-303 - Execution on municipal court judgments

(a)
In all municipal courts where the judge has entered a judgment for fines and costs, and same remain unpaid for thirty (30) days thereafter, the court is authorized by and through its clerk to issue execution thereon from the court in the same manner and methods as prescribed in title 26, chapters 1-3, and the clerks shall assess the same fees and costs as allowable to clerks of general sessions court.
(b)
For purpose of service of a levy of execution or execution by garnishment, the police officers of the municipality are empowered to serve the same anywhere in the county.
Code 1858, § 1379 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 17, § 3); Shan., § 1968; mod. Code 1932, § 3375; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-616; Acts 1983, ch. 327, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 3 - POLICE AUTHORITY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS (§§ 6-54-301 — 6-54-308) › Section 6-54-304 - Disposition of fines and costs

(a)
The procedure set out in §
6-54-303
shall likewise apply to judgments for fines and costs of municipal courts exercising concurrent jurisdiction with general sessions courts.
(b)
(1)
Upon collection of state fines and costs, the clerk shall remit those portions due the county and state as though paid by the defendant before levy or execution.
(2)
Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1), in any county having a population of not less than seventy-four thousand five hundred (74,500) nor more than seventy-four thousand six hundred (74,600), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and in any county having a population of not less than forty-nine thousand four hundred (49,400) and not more than forty-nine thousand five hundred (49,500), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the clerk of a municipal court shall, upon collection of state fines and costs, remit such fines and costs to the municipality for which the municipal court was created as though paid by the defendant before levy or execution.
Acts 1891, ch. 110, § 1; Shan., § 1969; mod. Code 1932, § 3376; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-617; Acts 1983, ch. 327, § 2; 1986, ch. 608, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 3 - POLICE AUTHORITY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS (§§ 6-54-301 — 6-54-308) › Section 6-54-305 - Collection of fines for nonmoving traffic violations - Service by mail

Any municipality or metropolitan government having a city or metropolitan court is empowered to permit by ordinance service of process through the use of registered mail or certified mail, addressee only, return receipt requested, in lieu of personal service of process in an action of debt involving nonpayment of any ticket or citation issued for any nonmoving traffic violation. This section shall only apply to municipalities having a population of thirty-two thousand (32,000) or more, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
Acts 1973, ch. 61, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-618; Acts 1987, ch. 174, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 3 - POLICE AUTHORITY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS (§§ 6-54-301 — 6-54-308) › Section 6-54-306 - Penalty for violation of home rule municipal ordinances

(a)
All home rule municipalities are empowered to set maximum penalties of thirty (30) days imprisonment or monetary penalties and forfeitures, or both imprisonment and monetary penalties and forfeitures, up to five hundred dollars ($500), or both, to cover administrative expenses incident to correction of municipal violations.
(b)
Notwithstanding the limitations on recovery of administrative costs imposed in subsection (a), if a home rule municipality has adopted an ordinance to prohibit false threats or hoaxes involving biological weapons, destructive devices, or weapons of mass destruction, then the municipality may recover actual administrative expenses incurred as a result of any such prohibited threat or hoax.
Acts 1974, ch. 592, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-619; Acts 1991, ch. 350, § 1; 2002, ch. 746, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 3 - POLICE AUTHORITY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS (§§ 6-54-301 — 6-54-308) › Section 6-54-307 - Mutual aid agreements

(a)
(1)
Incorporated cities and towns are authorized to enter into contracts and mutual aid agreements with other incorporated cities and towns, counties, and metropolitan airport authorities that provide law enforcement service within the state and with those of any other states or with any agency of the United States to the extent that the laws of such other state or the United States permit such joint contracts or agreements to furnish one another assistance in law enforcement.
(2)
Incorporated cities and towns may also enter into contracts with an organization of residents and property owners of an unincorporated community for the purpose of providing law enforcement assistance to such unincorporated community.
(3)
Contracts or mutual aid agreements entered into pursuant to this section by an incorporated city or town shall, in the judgment of the city's or town's governing body, be advantageous to and serve the public interest of the city or town.
(b)
In authorizing or permitting its law enforcement officers to answer calls outside the corporate limits as authorized in this section, and in answering such calls, the city or town and its officers and employees shall be considered as acting in a governmental capacity.
(c)
Any officer, or employee of a police department of an incorporated city or town, while engaged in any duty or activity in connection with this section or pursuant to orders or instructions from such person's officers or superiors, shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, exemptions and immunities as if such duty or activity were performed within the corporate limits of the incorporated city or town by which such person is employed.
Acts 1987, ch. 233, § 1; 1990, ch. 921, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 3 - POLICE AUTHORITY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS (§§ 6-54-301 — 6-54-308) › Section 6-54-308 - Penalty for violation of nonhome rule municipal ordinances

(a)
Except as provided in §
6-54-306
for home rule municipalities, the legislative body of any other municipality may establish a monetary penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation of an ordinance of such municipality.
(b)
The authority for increased monetary penalties for ordinance violations provided by this section does not apply to ordinances regulating all moving traffic violations.
Acts 1993, ch. 393, § 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 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 4 - PUBLIC MORALS (§§ 6-54-401 — 6-54-406) › Section 6-54-401 - Enforcement of laws for protection of public morals

It is the duty of the mayors, commissioners, council members, aldermen, chiefs of police, recorders, municipal judges, marshals, and police officers of each municipal corporation, to faithfully maintain and enforce, within the corporate limits of their respective municipalities, the statute laws relating to lewdness, drunkenness, gaming, and the sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquors, by having arrested and arraigned for trial all persons violating such laws with their knowledge, and by taking such other proceedings against such violators as may be authorized and provided by the ordinances of such municipalities.
Acts 1915, ch. 37, § 1; Shan., § 1996a1; Code 1932, § 3499; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-614.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 4 - PUBLIC MORALS (§§ 6-54-401 — 6-54-406) › Section 6-54-402 - Failure to enforce laws

The willful failure or neglect of any of such officials or police officers to perform the duties prescribed by §
6-54-401
is a Class C misdemeanor and the offender shall be dismissed from office.
Acts 1915, ch. 37, § 2; Shan., § 1996a2; Code 1932, § 3500; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-615; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 4 - PUBLIC MORALS (§§ 6-54-401 — 6-54-406) › Section 6-54-403 - Motion picture regulatory board - Creation

Any municipality in a county having a population of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the federal census of 1960 or any subsequent federal census, may by ordinance create and establish a regulatory board for the review and classification of commercial motion picture films, which board shall have the powers herein set forth. The number of members of such board and their terms of office shall be set forth in such ordinance.
Acts 1969, ch. 306, §§ 1, 5; T.C.A., § 6-647.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 4 - PUBLIC MORALS (§§ 6-54-401 — 6-54-406) › Section 6-54-404 - Motion picture regulatory board - Definition of "minor."

For the purpose of §§
6-54-403
- 6-54-406 "minor" means any person under eighteen (18) years of age.
Acts 1969, ch. 306, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-648.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 4 - PUBLIC MORALS (§§ 6-54-401 — 6-54-406) › Section 6-54-405 - Motion picture regulatory board - Powers

The motion picture regulatory board may be empowered to classify commercial motion picture films prior to or after the commencement of their presentation to the public as to their suitability for viewing by minors, and to forbid the showing of commercial films to minors unless information on the film has been submitted to the board for classification of the film in accordance with reasonable or expeditious procedures, and the film has either been classified by the board as suitable for minors or has not been classified within a reasonable time after submission.
Acts 1969, ch. 306, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-649.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 4 - PUBLIC MORALS (§§ 6-54-401 — 6-54-406) › Section 6-54-406 - Motion picture regulatory board - Enforcement of orders

(a)
The municipality may enforce the lawful orders of the board by fine or other penalty within the power of the municipality to impose, and by obtaining an injunction in any circuit, chancery or criminal court of this state against the showing to minors of any motion picture film that has not been presented to the board for classification in accordance with such ordinance and such reasonable rules as the board may adopt, or that has been classified by the board, pursuant to its authorized procedures, as unsuitable for minors.
(b)
The circuit, chancery and criminal courts have jurisdiction to enjoin the presentation to minors of any motion picture film in violation of any ordinance adopted pursuant to §§
6-54-403
- 6-54-406, or in violation of any lawful classification, regulation or order of any board established pursuant hereto.
(c)
In any suit for injunction to forbid the presentation to minors of a motion picture classified as not suitable for minors, the proceedings shall be in accordance with those set forth in §
39-17-908
, and no municipality or board shall be required to file any injunction, cost or appeal bond.
Acts 1969, ch. 306, § 3; T.C.A., § 6-650; Acts 1996, ch. 675, § 9.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY (§§ 6-51-101 — 6-59-107) › Chapter 54 - MUNICIPAL POWERS GENERALLY (§§ 6-54-NEW — 6-54-1018) › Part 5 - ORDINANCES AND CODES (§§ 6-54-501 — 6-54-513) › Section 6-54-501 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Code" means and includes any published compilation of rules and regulations that have been prepared by various technical trade associations and shall include specifically, but not be limited to, building codes; plumbing codes; electrical wiring codes; codes for the slaughtering, processing, selling of meats and meat products for human consumption; codes for the production, pasteurizing and sale of milk and milk products; together with any other code that embraces rules and regulations pertinent to a subject that is a proper municipal legislative matter;
(2)
"Municipality" means and includes any city or town organized and operating under the general or special laws of the state;
(3)
(A)
"Public record" means and includes any municipal, state, or federal statute, rule, or regulation adopted prior to the exercise by any municipality of the authority to incorporate by reference granted in this part;
(B)
"Public record" does not include the municipal ordinances, rules, or regulations of any municipality, except those of the municipality that is exercising the right to incorporate by reference, nor does "public record" include the state laws, rules or regulations of any state other than the state of Tennessee; and
(4)
"Published" means printed, lithographed, multigraphed, or otherwise reproduced.
Acts 1951, ch. 216, § 1 (Williams, § 3336.6); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-620.