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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 3 - STATEWIDE ENHANCED 911 SERVICE (§§ 7-86-301 — 7-86-320) › Section 7-86-311 - Referendum to create countywide districts - Plan to provide service to counties that fail to approve referendum

(a)
In each county in which an emergency communications district has not been created by January 1, 2000, the board shall order an election to be held at the next regularly scheduled general election, pursuant to §
2-3-204
, to submit to the voters of the county the question of creating a countywide emergency communications district. In the election to be held, the questions submitted to the qualified voters shall be "For the Emergency Communications District," or "Against the Emergency Communications District." Upon approval by a majority of those voting, an emergency communications district is created in accordance with title 7, chapter 86.
(b)
In the event that such a referendum is not approved by a majority of those voting, the board shall be authorized to develop and implement a plan for the provision of wireless enhanced 911 service to such county.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 15.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 3 - STATEWIDE ENHANCED 911 SERVICE (§§ 7-86-301 — 7-86-320) › Section 7-86-312 - Request for board review of district decision

Any city or county governing body may, by resolution, request the board to review a decision of the board of directors of the emergency communications district serving such city or county affecting its financial standing and its level or quality of 911 service.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 16.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 3 - STATEWIDE ENHANCED 911 SERVICE (§§ 7-86-301 — 7-86-320) › Section 7-86-313 - Request for board review of district financial statements - Petition by board to require district to adopt temporary rate structure

Any county or city governing body may, by resolution, request the board to review the financial statements of an emergency communications district serving such county or city. If the board determines that such district is accumulating excess reserves or retained earnings, and if such emergency communications district is not able to justify such accumulation of revenues, the board may petition the chancery court in a jurisdiction in which such emergency communications district is operating, to require the adoption of a temporary rate structure recommended by the board, or other temporary rate structure sufficient to reduce such excess retained earnings; provided, that any such rate ordered by the chancery court must be adequate to cover all reasonable and necessary costs of operation, and shall not threaten the financial integrity of such emergency communications district or its quality and level of 911 service.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 17.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 3 - STATEWIDE ENHANCED 911 SERVICE (§§ 7-86-301 — 7-86-320) › Section 7-86-314 - Removal of member or board

(a)
(1)
Effective July 1, 2017, any member of the board of directors of an emergency communications district with four (4) consecutive unexcused absences or who fails to attend at least fifty percent (50%) of regularly scheduled meetings within any twelve-month period shall automatically be removed from the board.
(2)
Upon removal of a member pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), the chair of the board of directors or acting chair shall notify the appointing authority in writing that a member has been removed and that a vacancy exists on the board. A successor shall be appointed to serve the remainder of the term of the member being replaced. Any member removed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1), shall be eligible for reappointment at any time by the appointing authority.
(b)
(1)
If a member of a board of directors of an emergency communications district, or a board of directors of an emergency communications district, refuses to carry out either this chapter or an order of the board after May 20, 1998, such member or board may be removed by order of the chancery court in a jurisdiction in which such emergency communications district operates, upon petition by either the board, or a city or county governing body in the service area of such district.
(2)
If a member of a board of directors of an emergency communications district or a board of directors of an emergency communications district knowingly or willfully neglects to perform the duties of such office, such member or board may be removed by order of the chancery court in the jurisdiction in which the emergency communications district operates, upon petition by either the board or a county or city governing body in the service area of such district.
(3)
Any member removed pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) or (b)(2) shall not be eligible for reappointment at any time.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 217,s 1, eff. 4/28/2017.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 674,s 1, eff. 3/29/2016.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 18.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 3 - STATEWIDE ENHANCED 911 SERVICE (§§ 7-86-301 — 7-86-320) › Section 7-86-315 - Report to governor and speakers of general assembly

The board shall report annually to the governor and the speakers of the general assembly on the activities of the board for the preceding year. The board shall receive and consider from any source whatsoever, whether private or governmental, suggestions for amendments to this chapter.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 19.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 3 - STATEWIDE ENHANCED 911 SERVICE (§§ 7-86-301 — 7-86-320) › Section 7-86-316 - 911 calls in nonemergency situations prohibited - Penalty

(a)
Contacting 911 for some purpose other than to report an emergency or an event that the person contacting 911 reasonably believes to be an emergency is a Class C misdemeanor.
(b)
(1)
Aggravated nonemergency contact of 911 is contacting 911 as described in subsection (a) where:
(A)
An individual makes nonemergency contact to 911 in an offensively repetitious manner;
(B)
The nonemergency contact of 911 creates a delay in the response to an emergency; or
(C)
The nonemergency contact of 911 results in harm to person or property.
(2)
An aggravated nonemergency contact of 911 is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c)
(1)
Harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls are ten (10) or more nonemergency calls within a one-hour period or twenty (20) or more nonemergency calls within a twenty-four-hour period made to 911 from a handset that is not registered for service with any commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) carrier.
(2)
A public safety answering point (PSAP) or a district may authorize the emergency communications board to divert harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls, for a period of no more than twelve (12) hours, to an entity designated by the emergency communications board to receive such calls.
(3)
Repetitive harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls are phone calls from a handset from which calls have previously been diverted pursuant to subdivision (c)(2).
(4)
A PSAP or a district may authorize the emergency communications board to indefinitely divert repetitive harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls to an entity designated by the emergency communications board to receive such calls; provided, that the entity notifies the caller that the caller may contact the PSAP or district to request it rescind its authorization to divert 911 calls from the caller's handset.
(5)
The emergency communications board, CMRS service providers, providers of non-wireline service, and PSAPs, and their employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing government entities, if any, shall have immunity from liability for diverting or not diverting harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls to an entity designated by the emergency communications board to receive such calls.
(6)
An entity designated by the emergency communications board to receive diverted harassing noninitialized 911 phone calls shall have immunity from liability for receiving and processing such calls.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 116,Secs.s2, s3 eff. 7/1/2013.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 116,s 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 20; 2007, ch. 480, § 1; 2012, ch. 705, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 3 - STATEWIDE ENHANCED 911 SERVICE (§§ 7-86-301 — 7-86-320) › Section 7-86-317 - Rules and regulations

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board shall promulgate rules and regulations to safeguard proprietary information submitted to the board. Such rules and regulations shall be consistent with determinations, actions, customs, and practices of the Tennessee regulatory agency with respect to proprietary information. Any information determined to be proprietary in accordance with such rules and regulations shall be confidential and shall not be open to the public for inspection, notwithstanding the public records provisions of title 10, chapter 7.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 21.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 3 - STATEWIDE ENHANCED 911 SERVICE (§§ 7-86-301 — 7-86-320) › Section 7-86-318 - Part not to be construed to regulate commercial mobile radio service (CMRS)

Nothing in this part shall be construed to constitute the regulation of the entry or of rates charged by CMRS providers for any service or feature that they provide to their CMRS customers, or to prohibit a CMRS provider from charging a CMRS subscriber for any service or feature provided to such customer.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 22.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 3 - STATEWIDE ENHANCED 911 SERVICE (§§ 7-86-301 — 7-86-320) › Section 7-86-319 - Duty of commercial providers no greater than that of noncommercial providers

A commercial mobile radio service provider shall not have any greater responsibility or duty to its customers or other persons with respect to 911 calls and the operation of a 911 system than does a noncommercial mobile radio service provider to its customers or other persons.
Acts 1998, ch. 1108, § 23.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 4 - KARI'S LAW (§§ 7-86-401 — 7-86-403) › Section 7-86-401 - Short title

This part shall be known and may be cited as "Kari's Law."
Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 808,s 1, eff. 1/1/2017.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 4 - KARI'S LAW (§§ 7-86-401 — 7-86-403) › Section 7-86-402 - Part definitions

As used in this part:
(1)
"911 service" has the same meaning as defined in §
7-86-103
;
(2)
"Entity" means an owner or operator of a business, the state, or a local government;
(3)
"IP-enabled services" has the same meaning as defined in §
7-86-103
; and
(4)
"Telephone system" includes a multiline telephone system and any equivalent system that utilizes IP-enabled services.
Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 808,s 1, eff. 1/1/2017.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 86 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 7-86-101 — 7-86-403) › Part 4 - KARI'S LAW (§§ 7-86-401 — 7-86-403) › Section 7-86-403 - Free access to 911 telephone services - Upgrades to hardware or software systems - Liability

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b):
(1)
An entity that owns or controls a telephone system that is capable of outbound dialing or access shall configure the telephone system to allow a person initiating a 911 call on the telephone system direct access to 911 service without an additional code, digit, prefix, postfix, or trunk access code; and
(2)
An entity that owns or operates a residential or business facility utilizing a telephone system configured in accordance with subdivision (a)(1) shall configure the telephone system to provide notification to a central location on the site of the residential or business facility when a person within the facility dials 911. This subdivision (a)(2) does not require the entity to have a person available at the central location to receive the notification.
(b)
If an entity would be required to replace or upgrade any component of its telephone system, including any hardware or software necessary for the operation of the telephone system, for the purposes of compliance with subsection (a), the entity shall not be required to comply with subsection (a) until the entity utilizes a telephone system that is capable of being configured in accordance with subsection (a).
(c)
An entity shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action based solely upon the failure of the entity to configure a telephone system in accordance with subsection (a).
Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 808,s 1, eff. 1/1/2017.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Port Authority Act."
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-102 - Port authorities public and governmental bodies - Tax exempt status

(a)
It is hereby declared that the port authorities created pursuant to this chapter are public and governmental bodies acting as agencies and instrumentalities of the municipality or municipalities with respect to which the authority is organized and that the acquisition, operating and financing of ports and related facilities by such port authorities are hereby declared to be for a public and governmental purpose and a matter of public necessity.
(b)
The property and revenues of the authority or any interest in the property and revenues shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxation.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-103 - Chapter definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Authority" means a port authority created pursuant to this chapter;
(2)
"Board" means the board of commissioners of an authority;
(3)
"Bonds" or "revenue bonds" means bonds, notes, interim certificates or other obligations of an authority issued pursuant to this chapter, or pursuant to any other law, as supplemented by, or in conjunction with, this chapter;
(4)
"Executive officer" means the mayor, county mayor, or other chief executive of a municipality;
(5)
"Governing body" means the body in which the general legislative powers of a municipality are vested;
(6)
"Municipality" means any county or incorporated city or town in this state with respect to which an authority may be organized;
(7)
"Port" means and includes any one (1) or more harbors or ports and related facilities, including, but not limited to, land and interests in land, wharves, piers, loading and unloading machinery, scales, transportation equipment, harbor and riverfront or lake front improvements, buildings, storage and transfer facilities, elevators, railroads, switchyards, concentration yards, roads, bridges, communication, electric power, gas, water and all other utility facilities and such other structures, facilities and improvements necessary or convenient to the development of harbors and river ports and for the promotion either directly or indirectly of trade, industry, and commerce; and
(8)
"State" means the state of Tennessee.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 3; 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-104 - Creation - Hearings - Resolutions - Joint port authorities

(a)
Any municipality in this state may create a port authority in the manner provided in this section.
(b)
(1)
The governing body of the municipality shall adopt and its executive officer shall approve a resolution calling a public hearing on the question of creating a port authority.
(2)
Notice of the date, hour, place, and purpose of such hearing shall be published at least once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, the last such publication to be at least one (1) week prior to the date set for the hearing.
(3)
Such hearing shall be had before the governing body and all interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard.
(c)
(1)
After such hearing, if the governing body determines that public convenience and necessity require the creation of a port authority, it shall adopt, and its executive officer shall approve, a resolution so declaring and creating an authority, which resolution shall also designate the name and principal office address of the authority.
(2)
A certified copy of such resolution shall be filed with the secretary of state together with the resolution approving the appointment of the board of commissioners as provided in §
7-87-105
, and upon such adoption and filing, the authority shall constitute a body politic and corporate with all the powers provided in this chapter.
(d)
(1)
Two (2) or more municipalities may, by acting jointly, establish an authority to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. When two (2) or more municipalities establish such an authority, each and every requisite pertaining to the establishment shall, as nearly as may be practicable, be incumbent in like manner upon each municipality joining in the creating of such authority.
(2)
Whenever an authority is created under this chapter, the municipality shall enter into an agreement with the authority for the orderly transfer to the authority of harbor and port properties, functions, and outstanding obligations of such municipality.
(3)
Such agreement may include provisions for the reimbursement of such municipality for its obligations issued for port purposes and such agreement may also include provisions for the payment of tax equivalents by the authority and its lessees on all or any part of the properties owned by the authority and any improvements owed by the authority or its lessees to the municipality.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-105 - Board of commissioners

(a)
(1)
The governing body of the authority shall be a board of commissioners of eight (8) persons appointed by the executive officer of the municipality and approved by its governing body, none of whom shall have a financial interest in a port or its concessions, or be an employee of the municipality.
(2)
Commissioners first appointed to the board shall be appointed for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7), and eight (8) years, respectively, but thereafter, each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of eight (8) years.
(b)
In the case of authorities created pursuant to the approval of two (2) or more municipalities acting jointly, the number of commissioners appointed by the chief executive officer and approved by the governing body of each municipality shall be as nearly equal as practicable.
(c)
All commissioners shall be of excellent character and reputation.
(d)
Any vacancy by reason of incapacity, resignation, or death shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term.
(e)
A commissioner's term shall continue until the appointment and qualification of a successor.
(f)
A commissioner may be removed from office by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the governing body of the municipality that appointed such commissioner, but only after notice of the cause of such removal has been served upon the commissioner and only after such commissioner has been granted an opportunity for a public hearing on such cause.
(g)
The board shall elect from among its members a chair, vice chair, and secretary, each of whom shall continue to be voting members, and shall adopt its own bylaws and rules of procedure. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as expressly otherwise specified in this chapter, all powers granted in this chapter to an authority shall be exercised by the board.
(h)
Commissioners shall receive no salary, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 5; 1997, ch. 233, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-106 - Officers - Budget - Reports

(a)
The board shall appoint a president, who shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the authority, and shall enter into a contract with that person establishing the salary and term of office.
(b)
The president shall appoint, and the board shall confirm, the following additional officers: a secretary, an auditor, legal counsel, a treasurer, and a chief engineer.
(c)
All other officers and employees of the authority shall be appointed by the president, subject to any civil service plan adopted by the board.
(d)
(1)
The president shall prepare annually the operating budget of the authority and submit the budget to the board for approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year.
(2)
If such budget has not been acted upon by the board on the first day of the fiscal year, it shall then automatically go into effect.
(e)
The president shall also submit such periodic reports to the board as it may direct.
(f)
The president shall attend all meetings of the board.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-108 - Acquisition of land

Any municipality, county, or any other form of local government may acquire any interest in land within the boundaries of the local government by gift, purchase, lease, condemnation or any other means, and may transfer that interest to any authority by sale, lease or gift. The transfer may be authorized by resolution or by ordinance of the governing body of the local government 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 1995, ch. 432, § 8; 2007, ch. 389, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-110 - Civil service plan

(a)
The authority, by action of its board, may elect to come under the civil service plan of the municipality, to be administered by the civil service commission or board of such municipality, or may adopt its own civil service plan to be administered by the board, which plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the following provisions:
(1)
Entry into the service on the basis of open competition and service, promotions and remuneration on the basis of merit, efficiency and fitness;
(2)
Classifications of the positions in the service;
(3)
The rating of candidates on the basis of publicly announced competitive examinations and the maintenance of lists of eligible candidates;
(4)
Employment of candidates from the eligible lists in the highest qualified rating;
(5)
Probationary periods not to exceed six (6) months;
(6)
Disciplinary action, suspension or discharge of employees for cause, only with the right of notice and review;
(7)
Schedules of compensation and pay increases prepared by the president and approved by the board;
(8)
Promotion on the basis of ascertained merit, seniority in service, and competitive examinations;
(9)
Provision for keeping service records on all employees;
(10)
Regulations for hours of work, attendance, holidays, leaves of absence and transfers, and procedures for layoffs, discharge, suspension, discipline and reinstatement; and
(11)
Review by the board at the request of the employee in question, and after notice and public hearing of any disciplinary action, suspension or discharge of any employee, which action, suspension or discharge may be affirmed, modified or reversed by the board. Findings of fact by the board are not subject to review by any court, except for illegality or want of jurisdiction.
(b)
A civil service plan adopted and administered by the board may include a provision exempting from the plan those persons employed to render professional, scientific, technical or expert service of a temporary or unusual character; persons primarily employed on projects funded from the proceeds of bonds issued by the authority or from grants or loans to be repaid from the proceeds of bonds issued by the authority or from grants received by the authority; and persons employed for a period of less than six (6) months in any twelve-month period or working thirty (30) hours or less per week.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 10.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-111 - Powers of municipalities with regard to port authorities

Any municipality or municipalities with respect to which the authority has been created has all necessary powers in order to further the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following, any or all of which powers may be exercised by resolution of its governing body:
(1)
Advance, donate or lend money or real or personal property to the authority;
(2)
Provide that any funds on hand or that become available to it for port purposes shall be paid directly to the authority;
(3)
Cause water, sewer, gas, electric or other utility services to be provided to the authority;
(4)
Sell, lease, dedicate, donate or otherwise convey to the authority any of the municipality's interest in any existing port or other related property, or grant easements, licenses or other rights or privileges in the port or other related property to the authority;
(5)
Open and improve streets, roads and alleys to the port;
(6)
Provide police and fire protection services to the port; and
(7)
Enter into agreements with the authority with regard to the transfer of its port employees to the authority with the retention of such employees of any civil service status and accrued rights in pension, disability, hospitalization and death benefits.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 11.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-112 - Dissolution of an authority

(a)
Whenever the governing body of the municipality or municipalities with respect to which the authority has been created shall, by resolution, determine that the purposes for which the authority was created have been substantially accomplished, that all of the bonds and other obligations of the authority have been fully paid, and that such municipality has determined, or such municipalities have agreed on, the distribution of the funds and other properties of the authority, then the executive officers of such municipality or the executive officers of such municipalities shall execute and file for record with the secretary of state a certificate of dissolution reciting such facts and declaring the authority to be dissolved.
(b)
Upon such filing, the authority is dissolved and title to all funds and other properties of the authority at the time of such dissolution shall vest in and be delivered to such municipalities in accordance with the terms of their agreement relating to the dissolution.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-113 - Powers supplemental to existing powers

(a)
The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and are not in substitution for such powers, and the limitations imposed by this chapter shall not affect such powers.
(b)
The powers granted in this chapter may be exercised without regard to requirements, restrictions or procedural provisions contained in any other law or charter, except as expressly provided in this chapter.
(c)
Any municipality authorized under this chapter to create a port authority may do so without the necessity of a charter amendment, notwithstanding anything in its charter to the contrary.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 13.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 87 - PORT AUTHORITY ACT (§§ 7-87-101 — 7-87-114) › Section 7-87-114 - Construction

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes set forth in this chapter, and insofar as this chapter may be inconsistent with any other law, this chapter shall be controlling.
Acts 1995, ch. 432, § 14.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act of 1998."
Acts 1998, ch. 1055, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-102 - Purpose of chapter

The purpose of this chapter is to increase state tourism and related economic development by providing a financing mechanism for the development of convention centers and other similar public use facilities that will attract and serve major tourism destinations, thereby fostering economic benefit to the state and hosting cities and counties.
Acts 1998, ch. 1055, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-104 - Annual adjustments to base tax revenue

Annual adjustments to the base tax revenues of the tourism development zone shall be made by the department of revenue within ninety (90) days of the end of each fiscal year and shall be effective immediately upon notification of such adjustment from the department to the municipality or public authority.
Acts 1998, ch. 1055, § 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-105 - Tourism development zone within a one-mile radius of qualified public use facility - Exception

A tourism development zone shall not extend farther than one (1) mile from the outer perimeter of a qualified public use facility; provided, however, that if the department of finance and administration determines that the geographical configuration of a municipality requires an unusually shaped tourism development zone, such zone may extend farther than one (1) mile from the outer perimeter of a qualified public use facility, except that the size of the tourism development zone shall not exceed three square miles (3 sq. mi.).
Acts 1998, ch. 1055, § 6; 2004, ch. 909, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-107 - Limitations on indebtedness

(a)
Any bonds, notes or other indebtedness relative to the cost of a qualified public use facility shall not be issued for a term longer than thirty (30) years from the date it is reasonably anticipated that the facility will commence operation as a public use facility, and the municipality or public authority is authorized to pledge all proceeds or taxes received by it, pursuant to this chapter, to the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds, notes or other indebtedness.
(b)
A municipality is authorized to enter into a structured lease agreement; provided, that the municipality complies with §
9-21-305(c)
regarding guidelines, rules or regulations adopted or promulgated by the state funding board under §
9-21-130
, treating the lease as if it were a revenue bond of the municipality and the comptroller determines compliance with the guidelines. However, if the municipality is additionally obligated to make the lease payments from legally available sources, subject to appropriation, other than revenues available under §
7-88-106(b)
and revenues derived from the project, then the municipality, seven (7) days before the effective date of the structured lease agreement or the amendment to a lease making it a structured lease agreement, must provide notice generally available within the municipality, disclosing the purpose for the structured lease agreement, the additional sources, whether taxes or revenues, to be used for lease payments, and the maximum liability of the municipality.
(c)
Any bonds, notes, or other indebtedness, including any refinancing or refunding, proposed to be issued under this part must be approved by the state funding board.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 816,s 1, eff. 4/27/2018.
Acts 1998, ch. 1055, § 8; 2003, ch. 354, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-109 - Proposed debt amortization schedule

Prior to the issuance of any bonds to finance the cost of a qualified public use facility that will be repaid in whole or in part from apportionments under this chapter, the municipality or public authority issuing such bonds shall submit a proposed debt amortization schedule for such bonds to the commissioner of finance and administration for approval. Such schedule shall show the anticipated contribution to be made to the annual debt service for such bonds from the apportionment of sales and use taxes pursuant to this chapter and all other sources. After the date of issuance of such bonds, the municipality shall continue to contribute each year thereafter until such bonds are retired or a sufficient sinking fund has been established for their retirement, an amount not less than the municipality's contribution to the annual debt service projected on the approved debt amortization schedule to the repayment of such bonds or a sinking fund for their retirement.
Acts 1998, ch. 1055, § 10.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-110 - Rules and regulations

The department of revenue and the department of finance and administration are authorized to adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement this chapter. The state building commission is authorized to adopt procedures to implement this chapter.
Acts 1998, ch. 1055, § 14.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-111 - Compliance with Civil Rights Act

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (
42 U.S.C. § 2000d
, et seq.), and title 4, chapter 21, part 9, shall be strictly complied with whenever applicable under this chapter.
Acts 1998, ch. 1055, § 15.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-113 - Qualified public use facility as project

A qualified public use facility shall be deemed to be within the term "project" as defined in §
7-53-101
. In addition to the powers under chapter 53 of this title, any local government having jurisdiction over any part of a qualified public use facility is authorized to use tax increment financing for such project costs in §
7-88-103(3)
pursuant to §
13-20-205
.
Acts 2007, ch. 524, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 88 - CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT OF 1998 (§§ 7-88-101 — 7-88-117) › Section 7-88-115 - [Repealed] [Repealed]

Repealed by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 123, s 3, eff. 4/10/2015.
Acts 2007 , ch. 524, § 6; 2007 , ch. 593, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Convention Center Authorities Act of 2009."
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-102 - Legislative findings - Purpose - Liberal construction

(a)
It is found and determined that there is an immediate need to promote and further develop tourism, convention, and employment opportunities in this state, by facilitating the acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of convention center facilities along with associated hotel accommodations; transportation, safety, and cleanliness operations and infrastructure; tourism, theatre, retail business, and commercial office space facilities; parking facilities; parks; greenways; and open space and any and all facilities related to any of these.
(b)
It is the purpose of this chapter to address these findings by providing for the establishment of convention center authorities to plan, promote, finance, construct, acquire, renovate, equip, and enlarge convention center facilities along with associated hotel accommodations; transportation, safety, and cleanliness operations and infrastructure; tourism, theatre, retail business, and commercial office space facilities; parking facilities; parks; greenways; and open space and any and all facilities related to any of these. The primary purpose of these facilities is the conduct and service of conventions, public assemblies, conferences, trade exhibitions, or other business, social, cultural, scientific, and public interest events and related activities; provided, that use of these facilities is not limited to those events.
(c)
This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with its purpose.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 430, s 1, eff. 5/11/2023.
Acts 2009 , ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-104 - Adoption of resolution to form authority

If the governing body of a municipality, by appropriate resolution duly adopted, finds and determines that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that a convention center authority of the municipality be formed, authorizes the chief executive officer of the municipality to form the authority and approves the form of corporate charter proposed to be used in organizing the authority, then the chief executive officer of the municipality shall execute, acknowledge and file a charter for the authority as provided in §
7-89-106
. No authority may be formed unless the governing body of a municipality has adopted a resolution as provided in this section.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-105 - Charter contents

(a)
The charter shall set forth:
(1)
The name of the authority, which shall be the convention center authority of the city, county or metropolitan government of ______________, where the blank is to be filled in with the name of the municipality, if the name is available for use by the authority, and if not available, then the chief executive officer of the municipality shall designate some other similar name that is available;
(2)
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 the resolution;
(3)
The location of the principal office of the authority;
(4)
The purposes for which the authority is proposed to be organized;
(5)
The number of directors of the authority;
(6)
The period, which may be perpetual, for the duration of the authority;
(7)
A provision addressing conflicts of interest of members of the board of directors of the convention center authority; and
(8)
Any other matter that the chief executive officer of the municipality 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 the chief executive officer of the municipality.
Acts 2009 , ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-106 - Filing of charter

When executed and acknowledged in conformity with §
7-89-105
, 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 §
7-89-104
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 the charter has been so made, filed and approved, the authority shall constitute a public corporation under the name set out in the charter.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104) › SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 7-81-101 — 7-91-104) › Chapter 89 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2009 (§§ 7-89-101 — 7-89-124) › Section 7-89-107 - Amendment of charter

The charter may, at any time and from time to time, be amended in a manner not inconsistent with §
7-89-105
. Any such amendment shall be adopted in the following manner:
(1)
The board of directors of the authority shall file with the governing body of the municipality an application in writing seeking permission to amend the charter, setting forth the proposed amendment to be made;
(2)
If the governing body, by appropriate resolution, finds and determines that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the proposed amendment be made and authorizes the amendment to be made, approving the form of the proposed amendment, then the chair of the board of directors of the authority shall execute an instrument embodying the amendment, and shall file the amendment with the secretary of state;
(3)
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; and
(4)
When the amendment has been so made, filed and approved, it shall become effective.
Acts 2009, ch. 474, § 1.