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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 41 - REGIONAL RETAIL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ACT (§§ 7-41-101 — 7-41-111) › Section 7-41-110 - Limitations, conditions, or provision of incentives or financial support in district

A municipality may, including through an industrial development corporation, limit, condition, or provide incentives or financial support in the district as it deems appropriate, including the requirement that the benefited property owners participate in the repayment of indebtedness due to district formation in an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the property tax for the real property owned by the property owner in the district each year, for the length of time as the municipality receives an appropriation of sales and use tax in accordance with this chapter and the property owner provides a lien on the property for such repayment. A municipality shall not provide financial assistance for the location or relocation of existing retailers located within a fifteen-mile radius of the district, if the existing location is within this state, unless the sales floor space is increased by thirty-five percent (35%) or more from that of the existing store. A municipality may allocate some or all of the incremental increase in property tax revenue directly as a result of the development within the district to pay for costs associated with the district formation, economic development projects, or extraordinary retail or tourism projects within the district.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-31-101 — 7-41-111) › Chapter 41 - REGIONAL RETAIL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ACT (§§ 7-41-101 — 7-41-111) › Section 7-41-111 - Exercise of powers and rights granted by chapter

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the municipality and the industrial development corporation may exercise all power and rights, express or implied, granted by this chapter.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 2 - EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-210) › Section 7-51-202 - Compensation for death of correctional employee or community services employee killed in the line of duty

(a)
For the purposes of this section, "in the line of duty" means in the course of employment and in the actual discharge of the duties of the position.
(b)
The estate of any correctional employee or community services employee of the state who is killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). Payment shall be made from the general fund after receipt by the department of finance and administration of a certified death certificate and an affidavit from the decedent's employer that the decedent was killed in the line of duty.
Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1003,s 1, eff. 5/22/2014.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 2 - EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-210) › Section 7-51-203 - Liability insurance for employee protection

All municipal corporations or other political subdivisions of the state of Tennessee are hereby authorized to contract at governmental expense for policies of liability insurance to protect employees in the course of their employment.
Acts 1967, ch. 374, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-641.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 2 - EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-210) › Section 7-51-204 - Fire department employee association dues

(a)
(1)
Any municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the state that maintains a regular fire department with regular full-time employees shall, upon the written request of any such employee, make monthly deductions of membership dues for an employee association if the chief administrative officer of the employee association has previously certified to the chief executive officer of the municipality or political subdivision that the association's current membership is not less than forty percent (40%) of all the employees of the municipality or political subdivision who qualify for membership.
(2)
Such deductions shall be made by the municipality or other political subdivision from each regular paycheck and shall be remitted to the employee association within thirty (30) days after the deduction is made.
(3)
Authorization for such payroll deduction shall continue in effect until the next regular pay period following the thirtieth day after receipt by the municipality or other political subdivision of a written revocation signed by the employee.
(b)
If any provision of this section or the application of this section to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the section that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this section are declared to be severable.
Acts 1987, ch. 223, §§ 1-4; 1989, ch. 130, § 1; 2001, ch. 411, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 2 - EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-210) › Section 7-51-205 - Firefighters - Disease, cancer or death - Presumptions

(a)
For the purposes of this section, "firefighter" means any regular and full-time employee of a county with a metropolitan government with a population of four hundred thousand (400,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, who is required to extinguish and control fires or fire-related incidents and other employees of fire departments who are required to perform their duties under and in a toxic environment.
(b)
Any county with a metropolitan form of government with a population of four hundred thousand (400,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, that maintains a regular fire department manned by regular and full-time employees, and has established or hereafter establishes any form of compensation, other than workers' compensation, to be paid to such firefighters for any condition or impairment of health that results in loss to life or personal injury in the line of duty or course of employment, may establish by ordinance a presumption that any impairment of health of such firefighter caused by disease or cancer resulting in hospitalization, medical treatment or any disability, shall be presumed, unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence, to have occurred or to be due to accidental injury suffered in the course of employment. Any such condition or impairment of health that results in death shall be presumed, unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence, to be a loss of life in the line of duty, and to have been in the line and course of employment, and in the actual discharge of the duties of such firefighter's position, or the sustaining of personal injuries by external and violent means or by accident in the course of employment and in the line of duty; provided, that such firefighter shall have successfully passed a physical examination prior to such claimed disability, or upon entering upon such firefighter's metropolitan government employment, and such examination fails to reveal any evidence of the condition of cancer.
Acts 1991, ch. 465, §§ 2, 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 2 - EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-210) › Section 7-51-207 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 445, s 3, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 2005, ch. 450, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 2 - EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-210) › Section 7-51-208 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 445, s 4, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 2006, ch. 912, § 2; 2012 , ch. 532, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 3 - MINIMUM COMPENSATION FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS (§§ 7-51-301 — 7-51-302) › Section 7-51-301 - Minimum compensation of chief elected executive of certain municipalities

(a)
The minimum compensation payable to the chief elected executive of all municipalities or metropolitan governments having a population greater than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments.
(b)
Any municipality or metropolitan government may provide for greater compensation for the chief elected executive.
Acts 1971, ch. 345, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-808.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 3 - MINIMUM COMPENSATION FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS (§§ 7-51-301 — 7-51-302) › Section 7-51-302 - Minimum salary of council members in certain municipalities

The minimum salary payable to city and metropolitan council members in all municipalities having a population greater than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall be three hundred dollars ($300) per month.
Acts 1971, ch. 345, § 3; T.C.A., § 6-810.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 4 - UTILITY SERVICE EXTENSION, COLLECTION AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-401 — 7-51-402) › Section 7-51-401 - Extension of utility services

(a)
Except as provided in §
7-82-302
, each county, utility district, municipality or other public agency conducting any utility service specifically including waterworks, water plants and water distribution systems and sewage collection and treatment systems is authorized to extend such services beyond the boundaries of such county, utility district, municipality or public agency to customers desiring such service.
(b)
Any such county, utility district, municipality or public utility agency shall establish proper charges for the services so rendered so that any such outside service is self-supporting.
(c)
No such county, utility district, municipality or public utility agency shall extend its services into sections of roads or streets already occupied by other public agencies rendering the same service, so long as such other public agency continues to render such service.
Acts 1949, ch. 23, §§ 1-3; C. Supp. 1950, § 3695.47 (Williams, §§ 3695.45-3695.47); Acts 1959, ch. 166, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-604.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 4 - UTILITY SERVICE EXTENSION, COLLECTION AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-401 — 7-51-402) › Section 7-51-402 - Collection agreements between governmental units

(a)
Counties, municipalities, utility districts, and cooperatives of this state billing and collecting user's fees, rates or charges for a utility service, including, but not limited to, water, sanitary sewer and electricity, or for garbage and refuse collection and disposal service, are authorized by resolution to enter into agreements with each other to provide for such billing and collection to be done by one for the other on such terms as may be agreed upon, including appropriate compensation. The county legislative body shall act for the county in making such agreements, except where billing and collection of such fees, rates or charges are performed by a board, commission or other agency of the county; provided, that such agreements entered into by a board, commission or other agency of the county shall be subject to approval by the county legislative body. The governing body of a municipality shall act for the municipality in making such agreements except where billing and collection of such fees, rates or charges are performed by a board, commission or other agency of the municipality; provided, that such agreements entered into by a board, commission or other agency of the municipality shall be subject to approval by the governing body of the municipality.
(b)
Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of counties, county clerks, municipalities, utility districts and cooperatives to enter into agreements or contracts under any other statute or charter.
Acts 1976, ch. 693, §§ 1, 3; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A., § 6-1336.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 5 - APPROPRIATIONS TO SAFETY COUNCILS (§ 7-51-501) › Section 7-51-501 - Appropriations to safety councils

Any county or municipality in this state may make appropriations from its general revenues for the purpose of aiding the work of any local county or city safety council, located in such county or city, which local council has been approved by the Tennessee safety council.
Acts 1951, ch. 221, § 1 (Williams, § 844.5); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-605.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 6 (§§ 7-51-601 — 7-51-605) › Section 7-51-601 - "Private club" defined

As used in this part, "private club" means a club or organization that operates for the purpose of providing members of the club with the opportunity to engage in or view live specified sexual activities, as defined in §
7-51-1401
.
Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 130,s 1, eff. 4/9/2015.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 6 (§§ 7-51-601 — 7-51-605) › Section 7-51-602 - Restrictions on location - Measurements

(a)
A private club shall not locate within one thousand feet (1,000') of a child care center, private school, public school, charter school, public park, or place of worship.
(b)
For the purposes of subsection (a), measurements shall be made in a straight line in all directions, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest point on the property line of a parcel containing a private club to the nearest point on the property line of a parcel containing a child care center, private school, public school, charter school, public park, or place of worship.
Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 130, s 1, eff. 4/9/2015.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 6 (§§ 7-51-601 — 7-51-605) › Section 7-51-603 - Sexual offenders and violent sexual offenders excluded from membership

A private club shall not extend membership or offer access to the club to a person who must comply with the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004, compiled in title 40, chapter 39, part 2, as a sexual offender or violent sexual offender.
Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 130,s 1, eff. 4/9/2015.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 6 (§§ 7-51-601 — 7-51-605) › Section 7-51-604 - Application of part - Enforcement of part

(a)
This part shall apply only in a county having a metropolitan form of government with a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, upon the adoption of a resolution by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body.
(b)
Upon the adoption of the resolution, the county legislative body is authorized to deny a building permit, use and occupancy permit, or other zoning permit applicable to a private club determined to be in violation of this part.
Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 130,s 1, eff. 4/9/2015.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 6 (§§ 7-51-601 — 7-51-605) › Section 7-51-605 - Part not applicable to "adult-oriented establishments"

Nothing in this part shall apply to an adult-oriented establishment as defined in parts 11 and 14 of this chapter.
Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 130, s 1, eff. 4/9/2015.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 7 - MOTOR VEHICLES-JUNKYARDS, FEES (§§ 7-51-701 — 7-51-703) › Section 7-51-701 - Automobile graveyards or junkyards - Licensing and control

(a)
For the purposes of this section, "automobile graveyard" means any lot or place that is exposed to the weather and upon which more than five (5) motor vehicles of any kind, incapable of being operated, and that it would not be economically practical to make operative, are placed, located or found. "Automobile graveyard" or "automobile junkyard" shall not be construed to mean an establishment having facilities for processing iron, steel or nonferrous scrap and whose principal produce is scrap iron, steel or nonferrous scrap for sale for remelting purposes only.
(b)
The governing body of each county, by resolution, and the governing body of each city, town or metropolitan government, by ordinance, may regulate and license the maintenance of automobile graveyards as defined in subsection (a), and may prescribe fines and other punishment for violations of such resolutions or ordinances.
(c)
No such ordinance shall be adopted until after notice of intention to propose the ordinance for adoption shall have been published prior to its adoption once a week for two (2) successive weeks in some newspaper published in such county or municipality or, if there is no newspaper published in the county or municipality, then in some newspaper having general circulation in such county or municipality, and no ordinance shall become effective until it has been published in full for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper.
Acts 1965, ch. 197, §§ 1-3; T.C.A., § 6-741.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 7 - MOTOR VEHICLES-JUNKYARDS, FEES (§§ 7-51-701 — 7-51-703) › Section 7-51-702 - Nonresident motorists not charged fee or tax for motor vehicle related privileges

(a)
Except as may be provided by general law, it is unlawful for the governing body of any county, municipality or metropolitan government to require any person who is not a resident of such county, or of the county in which such municipality is located, or of the area governed by such metropolitan government, to pay to such county, municipality or metropolitan government any license fee or tax or any regulatory license fee or tax of whatever nature for the privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the roads, streets or highways in such county, municipality or metropolitan government or for the maintenance or operation of any traffic control device or the regulation and control of motor vehicle traffic on the roads, streets, or highways in any county, municipality or metropolitan government.
(b)
This section shall apply and shall be controlling, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary of any private act or of any resolution or ordinance of any local governing body and regardless of the legal description or designation of any such fee or tax.
(c)
This section shall not prohibit the collection of fees authorized for county clerks in connection with the registration and licensing of motor vehicles under title 55.
Acts 1969, ch. 240, §§ 1-3; 1971, ch. 17, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A., § 6-742.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 7 - MOTOR VEHICLES-JUNKYARDS, FEES (§§ 7-51-701 — 7-51-703) › Section 7-51-703 - Collection of municipal motor vehicle fees by county clerk - Issuance of wheel tax license or motor vehicle regulatory license

(a)
(1)
The county clerk of any county and any municipality located wholly or in part in such county by resolution of its governing body may enter into an agreement with such terms as may be agreed upon, including appropriate compensation, providing for the county clerk to collect for such municipality motor vehicle regulatory fees imposed by such municipality; provided, that such agreement shall be subject to the approval of the county legislative body. Before any collections may be made under such agreement, the municipality shall file with the county clerk a certified copy of its ordinance imposing such regulatory fee.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of counties, county clerks, municipalities, utility districts and cooperatives to enter into agreements or contracts under any other statute or charter.
(b)
In those counties having a metropolitan form of government, the county clerk shall issue any required wheel tax license or motor vehicle regulatory license at the same time the clerk's office is selling a state license, subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the metropolitan government's chief financial officer and approved by the county governing body.
(c)
The county clerk shall issue any required wheel tax license or motor vehicle regulatory license at the same time the clerk's office is selling a state license, subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the county or municipal government's chief financial officer and approved by the applicable governing body.
Acts 1976, ch. 693, §§ 2, 3; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; Acts 1979, ch. 351, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-743; Acts 1981, ch. 72, § 1; 1981, ch. 518, § 1; 1984, ch. 727, § 1; 1984, ch. 773, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 8 - ORDINANCES AFFECTING RAILROAD OPERATIONS (§§ 7-51-801 — 7-51-804) › Section 7-51-801 - Filing with commissioner of transportation

All incorporated cities and towns, as well as any areas adopting a metropolitan government within the state, shall file with the commissioner of transportation certified copies of all ordinances adopted by the governing body of such city, town or metropolitan government after July 1, 1983, that affect the operation of trains within the limits, or newly extended limits, when any such ordinances enlarge the municipal boundaries of such city, town or metropolitan government.
Acts 1983, ch. 54, § 2; 1995, ch. 305, § 77.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 8 - ORDINANCES AFFECTING RAILROAD OPERATIONS (§§ 7-51-801 — 7-51-804) › Section 7-51-802 - Service of ordinances on railroads

Upon receipt of copies of all such ordinances, the commissioner of transportation shall within seven (7) days cause to be mailed copies of the ordinances to the registered agent for service of process for each railroad operating trains within the state. A copy of the letter transmitting any such ordinance to the various railroads shall be furnished to the chief executive officer of the city, town or metropolitan government adopting such ordinance in question as proof of compliance with this part.
Acts 1983, ch. 54, § 3; 1995, ch. 305, § 77.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 8 - ORDINANCES AFFECTING RAILROAD OPERATIONS (§§ 7-51-801 — 7-51-804) › Section 7-51-803 - Railroad's agent for service of process

Every railroad operating trains within the state shall notify the commissioner of transportation of the name and address of its registered agent for service of process.
Acts 1983, ch. 54, § 4; 1995, ch. 305, § 77.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 8 - ORDINANCES AFFECTING RAILROAD OPERATIONS (§§ 7-51-801 — 7-51-804) › Section 7-51-804 - Effective date of ordinances

(a)
No ordinance required to be filed with the commissioner of transportation shall be effective as to the operation of any train until fifteen (15) days after the service of a copy of such ordinance upon the registered agent of the railroad operating such train.
(b)
As to any railroad failing to furnish to the commissioner the name and address of its registered agent for service of process, any ordinance affecting the operation of the trains of such railroad shall become effective upon receipt of the certified copy thereof by the commissioner.
Acts 1983, ch. 54, § 5; 1995, ch. 305, §§ 77, 78.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-901 - Part definitions

Whenever used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Capital improvement property" means any real or tangible property needed for a governmental purpose and having a useful life of one (1) year or more, and any real or tangible personal property with respect to which capital outlay notes can be legally authorized and issued by a municipality;
(2)
"Contracting party" means any party to a contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement other than a municipality, and can include individuals, corporations, partnerships, other government agencies, and other business entities;
(3)
"Governing body" means the board or body in which the general legislative powers of the municipality are vested;
(4)
"Municipality" means any county or incorporated city or town of the state of Tennessee;
(5)
"Notice of meeting" means the notice of meeting referred to in this part; and
(6)
"Resolution" means any resolution duly adopted by a governing body pursuant to this part.
Acts 1983, ch. 186, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-902 - Capital improvement property

Any municipality is authorized to enter into, with any contracting party or parties, contracts, leases or lease-purchase agreements with respect to capital improvement property for terms not to exceed forty (40) years or the useful life of the subject capital improvement property, whichever is less.
Acts 1983, ch. 186, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-903 - Long-term contracts

Except as otherwise authorized or provided by law, municipalities are hereby authorized to enter into long-term contracts for such period or duration as the municipality may determine for any purpose for which short-term contracts not extending beyond the term of the members of the governing body could be entered; provided, that §
7-51-902
shall govern the periods or terms of contracts, leases, and lease-purchase agreements with respect to capital improvement property.
Acts 1983, ch. 186, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-904 - Approval by governing body - Notice of meeting

(a)
Whenever the period or term, including any renewal term or extension period, of any contract, lease, or lease-purchase agreement for any real property is to be for less than five (5) years, under the authority of §
7-51-902
or §
7-51-903
, or for tangible personal property, regardless of the period or term, such contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement shall first be approved by resolution or ordinance duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality, and no such contract, lease, or lease-purchase agreement shall be entered into by a municipality without such approval.
(b)
Whenever the period or term, including any renewal term or extension period, of any contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement for any real property is to be for five (5) years or more under the authority of §
7-51-902
or §
7-51-903
, a notice of meeting shall be published relative to the meeting at which such contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement will be considered by the governing body of the municipality at least seven (7) days prior to the date set for such meeting. Such notice of meeting shall identify the real property to be considered, the term or terms of such contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement and the contracting party. Such contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement shall be approved by resolution or ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality, and no such contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement shall be entered into by a municipality without such approval.
(c)
No other or further approval shall be required for any contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement entered into pursuant to this part.
Acts 1983, ch. 186, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-905 - Construction with other laws

(a)
This part shall in no manner repeal, modify, change, or interfere with any general or special statutes pertaining to municipal or county contracts or leases, including, but not limited to, those statutes pertaining to competitive bidding, conflicts of interest, public building authorities, purchasing, issuance of bonds, borrowing of money and incurring of debts, and appropriations.
(b)
The authorization provided by this part shall be additional and supplemental to, and the limitations provided in this part shall not affect the powers or authorizations provided by any other law, and is not in substitution for the powers or authorizations conferred by any other law.
Acts 1983, ch. 186, § 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-906 - Proprietary contracts unaffected

This part shall not affect the powers of any municipality to contract in its proprietary capacity.
Acts 1983, ch. 186, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-907 - Sewage treatment works and public water systems

Pursuant to the terms of this part, any municipality is hereby authorized to lease, lease-purchase and/or contract for the construction operation or management of capital improvement property that is all or part of "sewage treatment works" as defined in §
68-221-201
, or a "public water system" as defined in §
68-221-703
.
Acts 1983, ch. 186, § 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-908 - Contracts concerning education

Municipalities, counties, or school systems may contract among themselves for matters concerning education.
Acts 1983, ch. 186, § 8.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-909 - Tax exemption for capital improvement property

Any contract, lease or lease-purchase agreement with respect to capital improvement property entered into under the authority of this part and the income from the property shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation except for inheritance, transfer and estate taxes, and except as otherwise provided in this code.
Acts 1988, ch. 750, § 29.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-910 - Contracts for purchase of natural gas, propane gas or electric power

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any contract for the purchase for resale or municipal use of natural gas, propane gas or electric power may be made without complying with competitive bidding requirements.
Acts 1993, ch. 232, § 2; 1999, ch. 345, § 25.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 9 - CONTRACTS, LEASES AND LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (§§ 7-51-901 — 7-51-911) › Section 7-51-911 - Contracts for purchase of gasoline and diesel fuel

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a municipality may, with the approval of its governing body, enter into a negotiated contract or contracts, including a joint contract or contracts, with other municipalities, with a bank, investment bank or other similar financial institution for the purpose of stabilizing the net expense of the municipality incurred in the purchase of gasoline, diesel or both gasoline and diesel fuel actually purchased by the municipality. Any contract entered into under this section must be for a term of no more than twenty-four (24) months. The authority granted under this section is in addition to, and supplemental to, any existing authority granted a municipality under any other law.
Acts 2008, ch. 1088, § 1; 2009, ch. 107, § 1; 2010, ch. 897, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 10 - TENNESSEE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACT (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-1007) › Part 1 - EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT RELOCATION (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-103) › Section 7-51-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered]

(a)
Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, a governmental entity that regulates entertainment transportation pursuant to this part shall not:
(1)
Refuse to renew a permit to a business that provides entertainment transportation if the governmental entity issued the permit to the business to provide entertainment transportation prior to the effective date of this act; or
(2)
Revoke a permit issued to a business that provides entertainment transportation except for good cause shown in an administrative hearing.
(b)
As used in this section, "good cause":
(1)
Means a material violation of a state law or a municipal ordinance, rule, or regulation governing the permit, which may be demonstrated by a knowing failure or refusal to comply with such law, ordinance, rule, or regulation; and
(2)
Includes the disuse or dormancy of a permit for a period of six (6) months or longer prior to the governmental entity taking action to revoke the permit; provided, that the start date for calculating a six-month period of disuse or dormancy begins on or after the effective date of this act.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 894,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 10 - TENNESSEE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACT (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-1007) › Part 1 - EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT RELOCATION (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-103) › Section 7-51-101 - Emergency location of local government

Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regular or usual place or places of the conduct of the affairs of government, the governing body of each political subdivision of this state may meet at any place within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivisions on the call of the presiding officer or any two (2) members of such governing body, and shall proceed to establish and designate by ordinance, resolution or other manner, alternate or substitute sites or places as the emergency temporary location or locations of government where all or any part of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency situation. Such sites or places may be within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision and may be within or without this state.
Acts 1961, ch. 319, § 1; T.C.A., § 5-115.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 10 - TENNESSEE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACT (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-1007) › Part 1 - EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT RELOCATION (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-103) › Section 7-51-102 - Power to act at emergency location

During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location or locations, the governing body and other officers of a political subdivision of this state shall have and possess and shall exercise, at such location or locations, all of the executive, legislative and judicial powers and functions conferred upon such body and officers by or under the laws of this state. Such powers and functions may be exercised in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation without regard to or compliance with time consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law and pertaining thereto, and all acts of such body and officers shall be as valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of their political subdivision.
Acts 1961, ch. 319, § 2; T.C.A., § 5-116.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 10 - TENNESSEE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACT (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-1007) › Part 1 - EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT RELOCATION (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-103) › Section 7-51-103 - Provisions control other laws

This part shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed, notwithstanding any statutory, charter or ordinance provision to the contrary or in conflict herewith.
Acts 1961, ch. 319, § 3; T.C.A., § 5-117.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 10 - TENNESSEE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACT (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-1007) › Section 7-51-1001 - Short title

This part shall be known and cited as the "Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act."
Acts 1985, ch. 380, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 10 - TENNESSEE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACT (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-1007) › Section 7-51-1002 - Governmental entity - Defined

As used in this part, "governmental entity" means any political subdivision of the state of Tennessee and any municipality, metropolitan government, county or airport authority.
Acts 1985, ch. 380, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 10 - TENNESSEE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACT (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-1007) › Section 7-51-1003 - Scope of authority

(a)
Every municipality, or other governmental entity, is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by licensing, controlling, and regulating by ordinance or resolution each private passenger-for-hire vehicle providing transportation services operated within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other governmental entity.
(b)
Every municipality or other governmental entity is empowered to regulate the following:
(1)
Entry into the business of providing passenger transportation service, including taxicab service, within the jurisdiction of that municipality or governmental entity;
(2)
The rates charged for the provision of such passenger transportation service;
(3)
The establishment of safety and insurance requirements even if they reduce the number of such private passenger vehicles for hire that otherwise would operate within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other governmental entity;
(4)
The establishment of stands to be employed by one (1) or a limited number of firms providing passenger transportation;
(5)
Limited or exclusive access by such passenger transportation service, including taxicab service, to airports or other facilities operated by or within the jurisdiction of the municipality or other governmental entity;
(6)
The drivers of private passenger vehicles for hire;
(7)
The routes and stops of fixed route private passenger vehicles for hire; and
(8)
Any other requirement adopted to ensure safe and reliable passenger transportation service.
Acts 1985, ch. 380, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116) › Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502) › Part 10 - TENNESSEE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACT (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-1007) › Section 7-51-1004 - Action on behalf of state - Immunity

(a)
Any municipality or other governmental entity is authorized to carry out this part as acts of government on behalf of the state as sovereign, to the extent the governmental entity deems necessary or appropriate, even if it is anticompetitive in effect.
(b)
All immunity of the state of Tennessee from liability under state and federal antitrust law is hereby extended to any municipality or other governmental entity within the scope of authority contained in this part, and, when so doing, a municipality or other governmental entity shall be presumed to be acting in furtherance of state policy.
Acts 1985, ch. 380, § 4.