Title 7, Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities

(a) Except as provided in § 7-51-1007(c), this part shall not apply to any motor vehicles operating passenger services that are subject to the authority of the department of safety pursuant to title 65, chapter 15. (b) Except as provided in § 7-51-1007(c), nothing in this part sh…

This part shall not apply to any governmental entity of a county having a population of not less than two hundred eighty-seven thousand seven hundred (287,700) nor more than two hundred eighty-seven thousand eight hundred (287,800), according to the 1980 federal census or any sub…

(a) A governmental entity may regulate entry into the business of providing passenger transportation service, including, but not limited to, limousine, sedan, shuttle, entertainment transportation, and taxicab service. (b) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise req…

(a) Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, a governmental entity that regulates entertainment transportation pursuant to this part shall not:(1) Refuse to renew a permit to a business that provides entertainment transportation if the governmental entity issued the permit to t…

(a) As used in this section, a “passenger-for-hire vehicle”:(1) Means a motor vehicle that:(A) Is designed or constructed to accommodate and transport not more than fourteen (14) passengers for hire, exclusive of the driver;(B) Principally operates within the corporate limits of …

Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regular or usual place or places of the conduct of …

During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location or locations, the governing body and other officers of a political subdivision of this state shall have and possess and shall exercise, at such location or locations, all of the exec…

This part shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed, notwithstanding any statutory, charter or ordinance provision to the contrary or in conflict herewith.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Adult bookstore” means a business that offers, as its principal or predominate stock or trade, sexually oriented material, devices, or paraphernalia, whether determined by the total number of sexually oriented m…

(a) There is created in any county in which this part is adopted as provided in § 7-51-1120, an adult-oriented establishment board. (b) The board shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the county mayor of such counties. If there exists a massage registration board appoint…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (e), from and after July 1, 1998, no adult-oriented establishment shall be operated or maintained in any applicable county without first obtaining a license to operate issued by the county adult-oriented establishment board. (b) A license may …

(a) Any person, partnership, or corporation desiring to secure a license shall make application to the adult-oriented establishment board. A copy of the application shall be distributed promptly to the county sheriff's department. (b) The application for a license shall be upon a…

(1) To receive a license to operate an adult-oriented establishment, an applicant must meet the following standards:(1) (A) If the applicant is an individual:(i) The applicant shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age;(ii) The applicant shall not have had a license revoked wit…

(a) In order to effectuate this part, the board, its authorized representative or sheriff is empowered to conduct investigations of persons engaged in the operation of any adult-oriented establishment and inspect the license of the operators and establishment for compliance. Refu…

(a) The board has the power and authority to enter into any court of the state of Tennessee having proper jurisdiction to seek an injunction against any person or adult-oriented establishment not in compliance with this part, and is further empowered to enter into any such court …

(a) The board shall revoke, suspend or annul a license or permit for any of the following reasons:(1) Discovery that false or misleading information or data was given on any application or material facts were omitted from any application;(2) The operator, entertainer, employee, o…

(a) As used in this section, “application” means:(1) An application for a license;(2) An application for a permit;(3) An application for a license renewal; and(4) An application for a permit renewal. (1) An application for a license; (2) An application for a permit; (3) An applic…

(a) Every license issued under this part will terminate at the expiration of one (1) year from the date of issuance, unless sooner revoked, and must be renewed before operation is allowed in the following year. Any operator desiring to renew a license shall make application to th…

The public portion of all adult-oriented establishments shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by the applicable sheriff's department or such other persons as the board may designate.

(a) The operator shall maintain a register of all employees, entertainers, or escorts, showing for each person the name, permit number issued under this part, any aliases used, home address, age, birth date, sex, height, weight, color of hair and eyes, telephone number, social se…

(a) No operator, entertainer or employee of an adult-oriented establishment, either on the premises or in relation to the person's role as an operator, entertainer, or employee of an adult-oriented establishment, shall permit to be performed, offer to perform, perform, or allow p…

No person shall be an entertainer, employee, or escort in an adult-oriented establishment without a valid permit issued by the board.

(a) Any person desiring to secure a permit as an entertainer, employee, or escort shall make application to the board. The application shall be filed in triplicate with and dated by the board. A copy of the application shall be distributed promptly by the board to the sheriff's d…

(a) To receive a permit as an entertainer, employee or escort, an applicant must meet the following standards:(1) (A) The applicant shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age;(B) The applicant shall not have had a permit revoked within two (2) years immediately preceding the da…

(a) A license fee of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be submitted with the application for a license. (b) A permit fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be submitted with the application for a permit.

(a) (1) A violation of this part shall, for a first offense, be a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only of five hundred dollars ($500), and shall result in the suspension or revocation of any license.(2) A second or subsequent violation of this part is a Class A misdemea…

This part shall be local in effect and shall become effective in a particular county upon the contingency of a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the county legislative body adopting this part.

(a) Nothing in this part shall preempt or prevent political subdivisions in this state from enacting and enforcing other lawful and reasonable restrictions, regulations, licensing, zoning, and other criminal, civil or administrative provisions concerning the location, configurati…

(a) The general assembly hereby declares that conducting a criminal conviction record check of an applicant desiring a license to operate an adult-oriented establishment is for a law enforcement purpose and that conducting a criminal conviction record check of applicants desiring…

(1) No owner may demolish any residential structure that meets all of the following criteria, unless the county or municipal legislative body, as provided in this part, approves by majority vote such demolition:(1) The residential structure was originally constructed before 1865;…

(a) If such property is located within the boundaries of a municipality, the municipal legislative body shall approve the demolition and no county approval shall be required. (b) If such property is located outside the boundaries of a municipality, the county legislative body sha…

If approval is not granted, the county or municipality shall proceed with a condemnation proceeding as provided in title 29, chapter 17, or purchase the property in question within a reasonable period of time, which shall not exceed ninety (90) days.

This part shall apply in any county having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and shall be inapplicable to such residential structures within the right-of-way of projects administered …

(a) For civil service employment, notices shall be posted for any examinations given by any municipal government or any county government or any metropolitan government to establish promotion eligibility for civil service employment. (b) Such notice shall be posted at least thirt…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Adult” means a person who has attained eighteen (18) years of age;(2) “Adult cabaret” means a cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators, or sim…

(a) No adult-oriented establishment shall open to do business before eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.), Monday through Saturday; and no such establishment shall remain open after twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight, Monday through Saturday. No adult-oriented establishment shall be open …

(1) No person shall own, operate, manage, rent, lease or exercise control over any commercial building, structure, premises or portion or part of any commercial building, structure or premises that is an adult-oriented establishment and that contains:(1) Partitions between subdiv…

A first offense for a violation of this part is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable only by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500); and a second or subsequent such offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

The opening and closing time limitations placed on adult-oriented establishments in § 7-51-1402 shall not apply to an establishment or the portion of an establishment that offers only live, stage adult entertainment in a theatre, adult cabaret, or dinner show type setting.

Nothing in this part shall preempt an ordinance, regulation, restriction or license that was lawfully adopted or issued by a political subdivision prior to the enactment of chapter 541 of the Public Acts of 2007 or prevent or preempt a political subdivision in this state from ena…

(a) (1) An adult-oriented establishment or adult cabaret shall not locate within one thousand feet (1,000') of a child care facility, a private, public, or charter school, a public park, family recreation center, a residence, or a place of worship.(2) For the purposes of subdivis…

Each adult cabaret and adult-oriented establishment shall prominently post on the outside and inside of each bathroom door and door to the establishment used by patrons, customers, or employees to enter or exit the facility the following notice, which must be on a sign of not les…

Notwithstanding any county, municipal, metropolitan, or other local governmental charter to the contrary, and notwithstanding any resolution or ordinance adopted by any such county, municipality or other local governmental unit to the contrary, every employee of every such local …

The rights granted to county employees under § 5-5-102(c)(1) are preserved.

Any time off from work used by the employee for participation in political activities shall be limited to earned days off, vacation days, or by any other arrangements worked out between the employee and the municipal or county governmental body.