Requirement of written contract to repay financing of qualified project through special assessments prohibited

Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-205-113, under Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resilience Act.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-205-113

(1) A local government that establishes a region shall not:(1) Make the issuance of a permit, license, or other authorization from the local government to a person who owns property in the region contingent on the person entering into a written contract to repay the financing of a qualified project through special assessments under this chapter; or(2) Otherwise compel a person who owns property in the region to enter into a written contract to repay the financing of a qualified project through special assessments.

(1) Make the issuance of a permit, license, or other authorization from the local government to a person who owns property in the region contingent on the person entering into a written contract to repay the financing of a qualified project through special assessments under this chapter; or

(2) Otherwise compel a person who owns property in the region to enter into a written contract to repay the financing of a qualified project through special assessments.