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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 65 - PARKING AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-65-101 — 7-65-124) › Section 7-65-120 - Joint operation

The powers conferred upon authorities created under this chapter may be exercised by two (2) or more such authorities acting jointly. Two (2) or more municipalities may, by acting jointly, incorporate an authority to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. When two (2) or more municipalities incorporate such an authority, each and every requisite pertaining to the application for incorporation, qualifications of applicants, certificate of incorporation and amendment of certificate shall be incumbent, in like manner, upon each municipality joining in the creation of such authority.
Acts 1980, ch. 826, § 20.
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 65 - PARKING AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-65-101 — 7-65-124) › Section 7-65-121 - Law complete in itself

No proceedings, notice, filing or approval shall be required for the organization of the authority or the issuance of any bonds or any instrument as security for the bonds, except as provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deprive the state and its governmental subdivisions of their respective police powers over properties of the authority, or to impair any power over the authority of any official or agency of the state and its governmental subdivisions that may be otherwise provided by law.
Acts 1980, ch. 826, § 21.
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 65 - PARKING AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-65-101 — 7-65-124) › Section 7-65-122 - Project sites

Any municipality may acquire a project site by gift, purchase, eminent domain or lease, and may transfer any project site to an authority by sale, lease or gift. Such transfer may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of the municipality without submission of the question to the voters, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law. Such project site may be within or without the municipality or partially within and partially without the municipality.
Acts 1980, ch. 826, § 22.
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 65 - PARKING AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-65-101 — 7-65-124) › Section 7-65-123 - Powers additional to those granted by other laws

The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplementary to, and the limitations in this chapter shall not affect the powers conferred by, any other general, special or local law. Projects may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered and extended and bonds may be issued under this chapter for such purposes, notwithstanding that any other general, special or local law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment and extension of a like project, or the issuance of bonds for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local laws.
Acts 1980, ch. 826, § 23.
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 65 - PARKING AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-65-101 — 7-65-124) › Section 7-65-124 - Applicability of chapter

(a)
This chapter shall only apply to counties having a population of more than fifty thousand (50,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
(b)
This chapter shall not apply to counties having a metropolitan form of government.
(c)
This chapter shall apply to those counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
Acts 1980, ch. 826, §§ 25-27; 1981, ch. 454, § 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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Homestead Act."
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-102 - Chapter definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Administering agency" or "agency" means that organization that has been designated pursuant to the terms of this chapter to administer the Tennessee homestead program;
(2)
"Conveyance property" means that real property that shall be subject to conveyance by sale or by lease upon compliance with certain conditions and terms;
(3)
"Homestead agreement" or "agreement" means that contract between the homesteader and the administering agency relative to participation in the homestead program;
(4)
"Homesteader" means that person, corporation, partnership, or joint venture that has been designated pursuant to this chapter to receive, lease, occupy, rehabilitate or renovate real properties declared to be held for the program as provided in this chapter; and
(5)
"Program," "homestead program," or "Tennessee homestead program" means the plan of procedure as provided in this chapter by the Tennessee Homestead Act.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-103 - Purpose of chapter - Property affected

This chapter shall provide for an alternative method for the acquisition and the disposition of real property owned by units of local government. This property shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1)
Real property brought in by units of local government at delinquent tax sales;
(2)
Other real property purchased by units of local government;
(3)
Real property made available by other local, state or federal governmental agencies; and
(4)
Real property made available to the local units of government by a private party.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-104 - Election to participate in program

(a)
The local governing body of any county or municipality may, by resolution or by ordinance, elect to participate in this program.
(b)
In the event a local governing body shall not elect to participate in this program, then acquisitions and dispositions of real property within the jurisdiction of such local governing body shall be governed under existing laws.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-105 - Implementation plan

Upon election to participate in the program, the executive of the local unit of government shall develop an implementation plan, which shall be subject to majority approval by the local legislative body and shall include the following:
(1)
Designation of the agency that shall administer the program. Such agency may be an existing agency or a new agency created for purposes of administering the program;
(2)
A description of the method of selection of the properties that are to be assigned to participate under this chapter;
(3)
A description of the conditions and criteria that shall be used to select homesteaders for participation in multi-family housing development;
(4)
A description of the conditions and criteria that shall be used to select homesteaders for participation in single family housing units;
(5)
A description of the conditions and criteria for conveyance of property to homesteaders, whether by deed or by lease;
(6)
A description of building standards and codes that shall apply to the designated properties and the methods of monitoring these standards;
(7)
A description of the approach that shall be taken to coordinate the homesteading program with state and federal agencies;
(8)
A description of technical and financial assistance and incentives that shall be available to homesteaders;
(9)
A description of the methods by which property shall be acquired and disposed of; and
(10)
Other conditions and criteria as deemed to be in the public interest.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-106 - Properties assigned to program - Notice - Removal

(a)
Declaration of properties that shall be assigned to the program must be made by public notice.
(b)
Properties declared to be in the program shall remain in such program until removed by the administering agency and public notice of such removal is given.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-107 - Provisions governing assigned property

(a)
Properties that have been assigned to the program shall be governed exclusively by the terms of this chapter.
(b)
Properties assigned to the program originating from federal governmental agencies shall be administered, conveyed, and disposed of in the manner prescribed by the laws, rules and regulations pertaining to such properties.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-108 - Conveyance or leasing of real property

(a)
The administering agency shall convey or lease the real property acquired for purposes of this chapter to those persons who have been designated as homesteaders, subject to such terms and conditions as shall be established by the agency.
(b)
(1)
Upon compliance with such terms and conditions, that property that is designated as conveyance property shall be conveyed to the homesteader by fee simple title.
(2)
Prior to the vesting of a fee simple title in the homesteader, any material failure by the applicant to carry out the homesteader's homestead agreement entered into pursuant to the terms of this chapter nullifies such agreement; the use and enjoyment of the property terminates; and all rights, title and interest in and to the property shall revert to the agency, except that the agency may grant the homesteader a specified period of time, not to exceed two (2) years, to come into compliance with the terms of the homestead agreement.
(c)
(1)
Any taxes, penalties, interest, and other fees assessed any property designated as homestead property under this chapter, and conveyed in accordance with the chapter, and title transferred in accordance with the terms and conditions as set forth by the local administering agency, shall be forgiven upon such transfer, if such forgiveness has been authorized by the legislative body of the affected municipality, or county, or both.
(2)
Upon transfer, the property shall no longer be deemed homestead property and shall be subject to any and all taxes and assessments as prescribed by all other sections of the code.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 8; 1986, ch. 914, § 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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-109 - Rules and regulations

The director of the agency shall prescribe such rules and regulations, including rules and regulations establishing standards and methods for the inspection of the building, the measure of rehabilitation progress, and such other rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 9.
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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-110 - Exemption from taxation

Any property held under this chapter with retention of the deed by the local governmental unit is deemed to be the property of the local governing unit held for public purposes and is exempt from property taxation.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 10.
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 66 - TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ACT (§§ 7-66-101 — 7-66-111) › Section 7-66-111 - Applicability of chapter

This chapter shall only apply to any county having a population greater than seven hundred fifty thousand (750,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
Acts 1985, ch. 281, § 11.
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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Sports Authorities Act of 1993."
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-102 - Legislative findings - Purpose of chapter - Liberal construction

(a)
It is hereby found and determined that:
(1)
There is an immediate need to promote and further develop recreational opportunities in this state, by facilitating and equipping the acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of sports complexes, stadiums, arenas and other recreational facilities, for the holding of professional and amateur athletic events;
(2)
The development of such facilities will provide a means to attract and locate major professional team franchises in the state, enhance the state's image as a sports center, and encourage and foster economic development and prosperity;
(3)
An authority is needed in individual communities to prepare comprehensive, long-range master plans for the orderly development of sports and recreational facilities and to promote sports and sports-related activities; and
(4)
In many instances, effective cooperation between various units of government has been hampered because of inadequate statutory authority.
(b)
It is the purpose of this chapter to address these findings by providing for the establishment of sports authorities to plan, promote, finance, construct, acquire, renovate, equip and enlarge buildings, sports complexes, stadiums, arenas, structures and facilities for public participation and enjoyment of professional and amateur sports, fitness, health and recreational activities. The primary purpose of any and all such facilities shall be the conduct of sports events, but use of these facilities need not be limited to those events.
(c)
This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with its purpose.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-104 - Application for incorporation to governing body of municipality

Any number of natural persons, not fewer than three (3), each of whom are duly qualified voters of the municipality, may file with the governing body of the municipality an application in writing seeking permission to apply for the incorporation of a sports authority of such municipality. If the governing body, by appropriate resolution duly adopted, finds and determines that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the authority be formed, authorizes the persons making such application to proceed to form such authority and approves the form of corporate charter proposed to be used in organizing the authority, then the persons making such application shall execute, acknowledge and file a charter for the authority as provided in §
7-67-106
. No authority may be formed unless such application has first been filed with the governing body of the municipality and the governing body has adopted a resolution as provided in this section.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-105 - Charter contents

(a)
The charter shall set forth:
(1)
The names and residences of the applicants, together with a recital that each of them is a voter in the municipality;
(2)
The name of the authority, which shall be the sports authority of the city, or county, of ______________, where the blank is to be filled in with the name of the city or county, if such name is available for use by the authority, and if not available, then the incorporators shall designate some other similar name that is available;
(3)
A recital that permission to organize the authority has been granted by resolution duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality and the date of the adoption of such resolution;
(4)
The location of the principal office of the authority;
(5)
The purposes for which the authority is proposed to be organized;
(6)
The number of directors of the authority;
(7)
The period, which may be perpetual, for the duration of the authority;
(8)
A provision addressing conflicts of interest of members of the boards of directors of the sports authority; and
(9)
Any other matter that the applicants may choose to insert in the charter that is not inconsistent with this chapter or with the laws of the state.
(b)
The charter shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each of the applicants.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-106 - Filing of charter

When executed and acknowledged in conformity with §
7-67-105
, the charter shall be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall examine the charter and, if the secretary of state finds that the recitals contained in the charter are correct, that the requirements of §
7-67-104
have been complied with, and that the name is not identical with or so nearly similar to that of another authority already in existence in this state as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, the secretary of state shall approve the charter and accept it for filing. When such charter has been so made, filed and approved, the authority shall constitute a public corporation under the name set out in the charter.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-107 - Amendment of charter

The charter may, at any time and from time to time, be amended in a manner not inconsistent with §
7-67-105
. Any such amendment shall be adopted in the following manner: the board of directors of the authority shall file with the governing body of the municipality with which the application for the creation of the authority was filed an application in writing seeking permission to amend the charter, setting forth the proposed amendment to be made. If that sovereign body, by appropriate resolution, finds and determines that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the proposed amendment be made and authorizes the amendment to be made, approving the form of the proposed amendment, then the chair of the board of directors of the authority shall execute an instrument embodying the amendment, and shall file the amendment with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall examine the proposed amendment and, if the secretary of state finds that the requirements of this section have been complied with, the secretary of state shall approve the amendment and accept it for filing in an appropriate book in the secretary of state's office. When such amendment has been so made, filed and approved, it shall become effective.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-110 - Audit

(a)
The board of directors of each authority shall cause an annual audit to be made of the books and records of its authority. The comptroller of the treasury, through the department of audit, shall be responsible for determining that such audits are prepared in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards and that such audits meet the minimum standards prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury.
(b)
Such audits shall be prepared by certified public accountants or by the department of audit. In the event the governing body of the authority shall fail or refuse to have the audit prepared, then the comptroller of the treasury may appoint a certified public accountant, or direct the department of audit, to prepare the audit, the cost of such audit to be paid by the authority.
(c)
Each authority shall prepare an annual report of its business affairs and transactions. A copy of such report shall be filed with the municipality granting permission to the authority to organize.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 10.
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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-111 - Donations of services and property - Reversion of property to donor

(a)
For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with an authority, the municipality authorizing such authority may assign or loan any of its employees, including its engineering staff and facilities, and may provide necessary office space, equipment, and other facilities for the use of such authority, as the governing body of such municipality shall approve.
(b)
The governing body of such municipality, entering into a lease of any project, or part or parts of a project, may make donations of property, real or personal, or cash grants to the authority, in such amount or amounts as it may deem proper and appropriate in aiding the authority to accomplish its purpose.
(c)
Any municipality authorizing an authority that enters into a lease with an authority may convey real property or personal property to the authority and may include a provision in such conveyance for the reversion of such property to the transferor at such time as all revenue bonds or other obligations of the authority incident to the real property so conveyed shall have been paid in full, and any authority created pursuant to this chapter is authorized to accept such a conveyance.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 11.
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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-114 - Exemption from taxation - Annual report of leased property

(a)
The authority is hereby declared to be performing a public function on behalf of the municipality with respect to which it is organized and to be a public instrumentality of such municipality. Accordingly, the authority and all properties at any time owned by it and the income from the properties and all bonds issued by the authority and the income from the bonds, shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. Also, for purposes of the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980, compiled in title 48, chapter 1, part 1, bonds issued by the authority shall be deemed to be securities issued by a public instrumentality or a political subdivision of the state.
(b)
On or before October 1 each year, any authority lessee or sublessee shall file with the comptroller of the treasury a report listing leased properties and details of the lease and payment in lieu of tax (PILOT) agreements in the format provided in §
7-53-305
. A copy of the report shall be filed with the assessor of property on or before October 15. The assessor may audit or review the report and conduct comparative analysis to ensure that all agreements and reports are filed. Failure to timely complete and file the report at the comptroller of the treasury shall subject the lessee or sublessee to a late filing fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) payable to the comptroller of the treasury. In addition, failure to file the report with the comptroller of the treasury or assessor within thirty (30) days after written demand for the report shall subject the lessee or sublessee to an additional payment in lieu of tax in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500).
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 588,Secs.s3, s4 eff. 3/10/2016.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 14; 2008, ch. 1013, § 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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-115 - Nonliability of municipality

Except to the extent of any revenues that may be specifically allocated, transferred, contributed or pledged by a municipality in accordance with this chapter and laws, rules and regulations applicable to this chapter, no municipality shall in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever that may be undertaken by the authority, and none of the bonds of the authority or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 15.
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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-116 - Powers of municipalities to aid or assist authorities

(a)
Except as may be expressly prohibited by this section, any municipality is authorized to aid or otherwise provide assistance to an authority created pursuant to this chapter by such municipality, including entering into leases of projects, or parts of projects with an authority, for such term or terms and upon such conditions as may be determined by the governing body of such municipality, notwithstanding and without regard to the restrictions, prohibitions, or requirements of any other law, whether public or private, or granting, contributing or pledging revenues of the municipality to or for the benefit of the authority derived from any source, except revenues derived from ad valorem property taxes that shall not be granted, contributed or pledged by the municipality in payment of or collateral for any revenue bonds of the authority.
(b)
In addition to the powers granted in this chapter, any metropolitan government or legislative bodies of municipalities, acting jointly, in any county having a population in excess of eight hundred thousand (800,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, is authorized to aid or otherwise provide assistance to an authority created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by such metropolitan government or municipalities, acting jointly, in any county having a population in excess of eight hundred thousand (800,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, by entering into contracts with any other party in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, for such term or terms and upon such conditions as may be determined by the governing body of such metropolitan government or legislative bodies of municipalities, acting jointly, in any county having a population in excess of eight hundred thousand (800,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 16; 1995, ch. 414, § 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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-117 - Execution of leases, contracts, deeds

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all leases, contracts, deeds of conveyance, or instruments in writing executed by the authority, shall be executed in the name of the authority by the chair or secretary of the authority, or by such other officers as the board of directors, by resolution, may direct, and the seal of the authority may be affixed to such instruments.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 17.
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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-118 - Nonprofit corporation - Disposition of earnings

The authority shall be a public nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm or corporation, except that in the event the board of directors shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds and other obligations of the authority, including reserves for the expenses, bonds and other obligations, any net earnings of the authority thereafter accruing may be used to provide a reserve for depreciation of any project or projects undertaken by such authority, in an amount determined by the board of directors to be necessary and reasonable, and net earnings available thereafter shall be paid to the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the board of directors from transferring all or any part of its properties in accordance with the terms of any lease entered into by the authority.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 18.
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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-119 - Completion of corporate purpose - Dissolution

Whenever the board of directors of an authority or the governing body of the creating municipality by resolution determines that the purposes for which the authority was formed have been substantially accomplished and all bonds theretofore issued and all obligations theretofore incurred by the authority have been fully paid, the members of the board of directors or the executive officers of the municipality, as the case may be, shall thereupon execute and file for record in the office of the secretary of state a certificate of dissolution, reciting such facts and declaring the authority to be dissolved. Such certificate of dissolution shall be executed under the seal of the authority. Upon the filing of such certificate of dissolution, the authority shall stand dissolved, the title to all funds and properties owned by it at the time of such dissolution shall vest in the municipality with respect to which the authority was organized, and possession of such funds and properties shall forthwith be delivered to such municipality.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 19.
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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-120 - Joint operation

(a)
The powers conferred upon authorities created under this chapter may be exercised by two (2) or more such authorities acting jointly.
(b)
Two (2) or more municipalities may, by acting jointly, incorporate a sports authority to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. When two (2) or more municipalities incorporate such an authority, each and every requisite pertaining to the application for incorporation, qualification of applicants, charter and amendment of charter shall, as nearly as may be practicable, be incumbent in like manner upon each municipality joining in the creation of such authority.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 20.
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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-121 - Project sites

Any municipality may acquire a project site by gift, purchase or lease, or exercise of the power of eminent domain, and may transfer any project site to an authority by sale, lease or gift. Such transfer may be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of the municipality without submission of the question to the voters, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 21.
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 67 - SPORTS AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1993 (§§ 7-67-101 — 7-67-122) › Section 7-67-122 - Powers not restricted - Law complete in itself

This chapter shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers that an authority, as a public corporation, might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative of any such powers. No proceedings, notice or approval shall be required for the organization of the authority or the issuance of any bonds or any instrument as security for the bonds, except as provided in this chapter, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deprive the state and its governmental subdivisions of their respective police powers over properties of the authority, or to impair any power over properties of the authority of any official or agency of the state and its governmental subdivisions that may be otherwise provided by law. Projects may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered and extended, and bonds may be issued under this chapter for such purposes, notwithstanding that any other general, special or local law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment and extension of a like project, or the issuance of bonds for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law.
Acts 1993, ch. 378, § 22.
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 68 - ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS (§§ 7-68-101 — 7-68-105) › Section 7-68-101 - Legislative findings, determinations and declarations

The general assembly finds, determines and declares that:
(1)
Because the matters contained in this chapter have important statewide ramifications for compliance with and enforcement of federal immigration laws and for the welfare of all citizens in this state, these matters are of statewide concern;
(2)
Allowing illegal immigrants to reside within this state undermines federal immigration laws and state laws allocating available resources; and
(3)
The state attorney general and reporter and all appropriate state and local law enforcement agencies are to vigorously pursue all federal moneys to which the state may be entitled for the reimbursement of moneys spent to enforce federal immigration laws.
Acts 2009, ch. 447, § 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 68 - ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS (§§ 7-68-101 — 7-68-105) › Section 7-68-102 - Chapter definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Law enforcement agency":
(A)
Means an agency of a political subdivision of this state charged with enforcement of state, county, municipal, or federal laws, or with managing custody of detained persons in this state, and includes, but is not limited to, county and other municipal police departments and sheriffs' departments; and
(B)
Includes officials, representatives, agents, and employees of an agency described in subdivision (1)(A);
(2)
"Local governmental entity" means a governing body, board, commission, committee, department, or law enforcement agency of a municipality, county, or other political subdivision of this state;
(3)
"Official" means an agent, employee, member, or representative of a local governmental entity; and
(4)
"Sanctuary policy" means any directive, order, ordinance, resolution, practice, or policy, whether formally enacted, informally adopted, or otherwise effectuated, that:
(A)
Limits or prohibits any local governmental entity or official from communicating or cooperating with federal agencies or officials to verify or report the immigration status of any alien;
(B)
Grants to aliens unlawfully present in the United States the right to lawful presence within the boundaries of this state in violation of federal law;
(C)
Violates
8 U.S.C. § 1373
;
(D)
Restricts in any way, or imposes any conditions on, a state or local governmental entity's cooperation or compliance with detainers from the United States department of homeland security, or other successor agency, to maintain custody of any alien or to transfer any alien to the custody of the United States department of homeland security, or other successor agency;
(E)
Requires the United States department of homeland security, or other successor agency, to obtain a warrant or demonstrate probable cause before complying with detainers from the department to maintain custody of any alien or to transfer any alien to its custody; or
(F)
Prevents law enforcement agencies from inquiring as to the citizenship or immigration status of any person.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 973,s 2, eff. 1/1/2019.
Acts 2009, ch. 447, § 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 68 - ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS (§§ 7-68-101 — 7-68-105) › Section 7-68-103 - Adoption of sanctuary policy prohibited

No local governmental entity or official shall adopt or enact a sanctuary policy. A local governmental entity that adopts or enacts a sanctuary policy is ineligible to enter into any grant contract with the department of economic and community development until the sanctuary policy is repealed, rescinded, or otherwise no longer in effect.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 973,s 3, eff. 1/1/2019.
Acts 2009, ch. 447, § 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 68 - ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS (§§ 7-68-101 — 7-68-105) › Section 7-68-104 - Violations - Filing complaint - Burden of proof - Court actions - Compliance with orders

(a)
A person residing in a municipality or county who believes a local governmental entity or official has violated §
7-68-103
may file a complaint in chancery court in that person's county of residence.
(b)
The person filing the complaint shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a violation of §
7-68-103
has occurred.
(c)
(1)
If the court finds the local governmental entity or official is in violation of §
7-68-103
, the court shall issue a writ of mandamus against the entity or official ordering the entity or official to comply with §
7-68-103
, enjoin the entity or official from further interference, and take other action to ensure compliance as is within the jurisdiction of the court.
(2)
Upon a finding by the court that a local governmental entity or official has adopted or enacted a sanctuary policy, the local governmental entity, or the entity to which the official belongs, becomes ineligible to enter into any grant contract with the department of economic and community development. Ineligibility commences on the date the court finds that the local governmental entity or official is in violation of §
7-68-103
and continues until such time that the court certifies that the sanctuary policy is repealed, rescinded, or otherwise no longer in effect.
(d)
A local governmental entity shall have no less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of the court's order to comply with the order. If, after one hundred twenty (120) days, the local governmental entity has not complied with the court's order, the court may take whatever action necessary to enforce compliance.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 973,s 4, eff. 1/1/2019.
Acts 2009, ch. 447, § 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 68 - ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS (§§ 7-68-101 — 7-68-105) › Section 7-68-105 - Authority to communicate with federal officials regarding immigration status of aliens not lawfully present - Memorandum of agreement between law enforcement agency and federal official - Notice to governor

(a)
All law enforcement agencies and officials shall, in accordance with
8 U.S.C. § 1357(g)(10)
, communicate with the appropriate federal official regarding the immigration status of any individual, including reporting knowledge that a particular alien is not lawfully present in the United States or otherwise cooperate with the appropriate federal official in the identification, apprehension, detention, or removal of aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
(b)
A law enforcement agency may negotiate the terms of a memorandum of agreement between the law enforcement agency and the appropriate federal official in
8 U.S.C. § 1357(g)
, concerning the enforcement of federal immigration laws. Any memorandum of agreement negotiated pursuant to
8 U.S.C. § 1357(g)
must:
(1)
Be entered into in accordance with federal law;
(2)
Require that each officer employed by the law enforcement agency be trained in accordance with the memorandum of agreement between the law enforcement agency and the appropriate federal official concerning the law enforcement officer's role in enforcing federal immigration laws, in accordance with
8 U.S.C. § 1357(g)
; and
(3)
Allow for the enforcement of federal immigration laws to the full extent permitted under federal law.
(c)
(1)
Whenever a law enforcement agency enters into a memorandum of agreement pursuant to subsection (b), notice of the agreement must be submitted in writing to the governor, the office of the lieutenant governor, who shall transmit the notice to the members of the senate, and the office of the speaker of the house of representatives, who shall transmit the notice to the members of the house of representatives.
(2)
Any renewal, modification, or termination of a memorandum of agreement must be reported in the same manner as the original memorandum of agreement in subdivision (c)(1).
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 716,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Acts 2018 , ch. 973, § 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 69 - TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-69-101 — 7-69-116) › Section 7-69-101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Tourism Development Authority Act."
Acts 2012, ch. 846, § 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 69 - TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-69-101 — 7-69-116) › Section 7-69-104 - Board of directors

(a)
The authority shall have a board of directors in which all powers of the authority shall be vested. Such board shall consist of any number of directors, no fewer than five (5). The creating municipality or municipalities are authorized to establish the qualifications for the board members, which may include the number of board members that must be qualified voters, taxpayers, property owners or residents.
(b)
The creating municipality or municipalities, if more than one (1) municipality has jointly created an authority, shall determine the number of directors, whether and to what extent the members of the local legislative bodies and the local chamber of commerce shall serve as members, the manner each director shall be appointed or elected and the manner of filling vacancies.
(c)
The directors of the authority shall serve without compensation, except for reimbursement of necessary expenses incurred by directors in performance of their duties. All directors shall be residents of the county for which the authority is acting.
(d)
(1)
The creating municipality or municipalities shall establish the term of office of each director of the authority; provided, that any director shall continue to serve beyond the end of the director's term until the director's successor has been appointed. At the first organizational meeting of the authority, the creating municipality shall establish the terms of the initial directors so that the directors serve staggered terms and an approximately equal number of directors have terms that expire in each year.
(2)
If a creating municipality had established a tourism board, upon approval of the municipality or all municipalities if more than one (1) municipality was a part of establishing a tourism board, the board of the tourism board may become the initial board of the authority in such manner as directed by the creating municipality or municipalities.
(3)
The authority shall provide to each governing body the initial terms assigned to each director.
(4)
The term of a director is renewable, subject to reappointment.
Acts 2012, ch. 846, § 5.