(a) This part shall take effect when:(1) Two (2) or more of the counties of Anderson, Campbell, and Scott are authorized, by a vote of two-thirds (⅔) of their respective governing bodies, to become members of the authority;(2) Evidence of such authorization is proclaimed and countersigned by the presiding officer of each ratifying county certified by that presiding officer to the secretary of state; and(3) The governing bodies of all governments voting to become members of the authority have indicated their willingness to appropriate sufficient funds to provide for the initial administration of the authority.
(1) Two (2) or more of the counties of Anderson, Campbell, and Scott are authorized, by a vote of two-thirds (⅔) of their respective governing bodies, to become members of the authority;
(2) Evidence of such authorization is proclaimed and countersigned by the presiding officer of each ratifying county certified by that presiding officer to the secretary of state; and
(3) The governing bodies of all governments voting to become members of the authority have indicated their willingness to appropriate sufficient funds to provide for the initial administration of the authority.
(b) The North East Tennessee railroad authority must include the counties of Claiborne, Union, and Grainger, and this part applies to those counties, when:(1) Claiborne, Union, and Grainger counties are authorized, by a vote of two-thirds (⅔) of their respective governing bodies, to become members of the authority;(2) Evidence of such authorization is proclaimed and countersigned by the presiding officer of each ratifying county certified by that presiding officer to the secretary of state; and(3) The governing bodies of all three (3) counties have indicated their willingness to appropriate sufficient funds to support the administration of the authority along with the existing county members of the authority.
(1) Claiborne, Union, and Grainger counties are authorized, by a vote of two-thirds (⅔) of their respective governing bodies, to become members of the authority;
(2) Evidence of such authorization is proclaimed and countersigned by the presiding officer of each ratifying county certified by that presiding officer to the secretary of state; and
(3) The governing bodies of all three (3) counties have indicated their willingness to appropriate sufficient funds to support the administration of the authority along with the existing county members of the authority.