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Tennessee Statutes, Title 7

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Title 7, Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities

54 chapters · 1,257 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 71,257 Ch 84, Central Business Improvement Distric…158 Ch 51, Miscellaneous Governmental and Propr…125 Ch 82, Utility District Law of 193763 Ch 52, Municipal Electric Plants55 Ch 86, Emergency Communications53 Ch 32, Improvements by Special Assessment42 Ch 3, Metropolitan Government — Operation …37 Ch 57, Metropolitan Hospital Authority Act33 Ch 36, Municipal Energy Authority Act32 Ch 39, Energy Acquisition Corporations Act32 Ch 59, Cable Television30 Ch 81, Sanitary Districts30 Ch 53, Industrial Development Corporations29 Ch 35, Sewers and Waterworks28

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 7✕Ch 6✕

Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-101 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Metropolitan Celebration Authority Act.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-102 Legislative declaration and purpose — Exemption from taxation
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(a) It is hereby declared that metropolitan celebration authorities created pursuant to this chapter shall be public and governmental bodies acting as agencies and instrumentalities of the creating municipality, and that the acquisition, construction, operation and financing of i…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-103 Chapter definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Authority” means a metropolitan celebration authority created pursuant to the authority of this chapter;(2) “Board” means the board of commissioners of an authority;(3) “Bonds” includes notes, interim certifi…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-104 Creation of a metropolitan celebration authority
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(a) Any county having a metropolitan form of government may create a metropolitan celebration authority in the manner provided in this section. (b) The governing body of the creating municipality shall adopt, and its executive officer shall approve, a resolution calling for a pub…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-105 Board of commissioners

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(a) (1) The authority shall be governed by a board of commissioners composed of eleven (11) members. Three (3) members shall be officers of the state, who shall be appointed by the executive officer of the creating municipality after consultation with the governor, the speaker of…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-106 Officers and employees

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(a) The board shall appoint an executive director who shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the authority, and shall enter into a contract with the executive director establishing the executive director's salary and term of office. (b) The executive director …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-107 General powers

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(1) An authority has all of the powers necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, excluding the exercise of the power of eminent domain and the power to levy and collect taxes and special assessments, including, but not limited to, the power to:(1) Have perpetual succe…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-108 Bonds

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(a) The authority has the power to issue negotiable bonds from time to time in order to accomplish any of the purposes authorized by this chapter, and it also has the power to issue refunding bonds for the purposes, and in the amounts and manner provided in title 9, chapter 21. A…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-109 Certain powers of creating municipality

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(a) The creating municipality has all of the necessary power in order to further the purposes of this chapter, including, without limitation, any and all of which powers may be exercised by resolution of its governing body, the power to:(1) Advance, donate or lend money or real o…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-110 Dissolution — Disposition of property

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Whenever the governing body of a creating municipality shall by resolution determine that the purposes for which the authority was created have been substantially accomplished and that all the bonds and other obligations of the authority have been fully paid or secured and paymen…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-111 Supplemental nature of chapter

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(a) The powers conferred by this chapter are 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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-6-112 Construction — Chapter controlling

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This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this chapter, and insofar as this chapter may be inconsistent with any other law, this chapter shall be controlling.