Title 7, Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities

(a) Upon the filing of a petition in the manner required by § 7-84-809 and the adoption of an establishment resolution that satisfies § 7-84-814, each host municipality is authorized to levy special assessments against all properties located within that portion of the infrastruct…

Notwithstanding § 7-84-718, a special assessment must not be levied on government-owned property without the approval of the governing body of the applicable governmental entity.

After all assessments have been determined, the host municipality must prepare an assessment roll that shows the location of the property and the owner of the property as shown in the records of the assessor and the amount of the assessment. The assessment roll must also disclose…

(a) The governing body of a host municipality is authorized to adopt policies and procedures that the governing body deems appropriate to administer assessments imposed under this part, including policies relating to the rate and methodology governing the implementation of the as…

(a) Unless otherwise provided, any assessment may be voluntarily prepaid by the owner of the land assessed. When a prepayment is made, the amount prepaid must be applied first to the interest until the first following date on which principal may be paid under the bond, and then t…

(a) An assessment, any interest accruing on the assessment, and the costs of collection of the assessment constitutes a lien on and against the property upon which the assessment is levied as of the effective date of the resolution levying the assessment. The lien is superior to …

If any assessment is or becomes delinquent in a district, delinquency proceedings must be carried out in the same manner as delinquency proceedings for ad valorem real property taxes.

In case of failure to pay an assessment or installment provided for under this part on or before the date prescribed by the governing body for such payment, there is added to the assessment both interest of one percent (1%) per month and a penalty of one percent (1%) per month of…

This part does not authorize, in any manner, the developer or an owner to operate infrastructure, and the governmental or private entities authorized to provide any utility service to an area in a district to retain the right to provide such service after the creation of a distri…

In the case of a district that has two (2) or more host municipalities, the host municipalities may enter into agreements between or among the host municipalities, and take collective or cooperative action, as may be required or appropriate to effectuate this part.

(1) Each district established pursuant to this part must be dissolved by the governing bodies of the host municipality no later than thirty (30) years from the date that the last assessment is first levied, or if earlier, immediately upon one (1) of the following occurring:(1) Wr…

(a) All books of accounts and financial records of the district are subject to annual audit by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. The host municipality shall pay for the cost of any audit. (b) The comptroller of the treasury shall ensure that audits ar…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Foreign Trade Zone Act.”

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Foreign trade subzone” means a foreign trade zone established in an area separate from an existing foreign trade zone for one (1) or more of the specialized purposes of storing, manipulating, manufacturing, o…

Any public or private corporation has the power to apply to the proper authorities of the United States for a grant of the right to establish, operate, and maintain foreign trade zones and subzones under 19 U.S.C. §§ 81a-81u, and, when the grant is issued, to accept the grant and…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Emergency Communications District Law.”

(a) The general assembly finds and declares that the establishment of a uniform emergency number to shorten the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid is a matter of public concern and interest. The general assembly finds and declares that the establishm…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “911 service” means regular 911 service enhanced universal emergency number service or enhanced 911 service that is a telephone exchange communications service whereby a public safety answering point may recei…

(a) The legislative body of any municipality or county may, by ordinance or resolution, respectively, create an emergency communications district within all or part of the boundaries of such municipality or county. Prior to the establishment of such district, an election shall be…

(a) Upon approval by a majority of the eligible voters within the area of the proposed district voting at such referendum, the legislative body may create an emergency communications district. (b) (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, an emergency communications district shall…

The emergency communications district so created shall be a “municipality” or public corporation in perpetuity under its corporate name, and the district shall in that name be a body politic and corporate with power of perpetual succession, but without any power to levy or collec…

(a) (1) The board of directors of the district shall create an emergency communications service designed to have the capability of utilizing at least one (1) of the following three (3) methods in response to emergency calls:(A) Direct dispatch method;(B) Relay method; or(C) Trans…

In order to provide additional funding for the district and the service, the governing body of the district may receive funds from federal, state and local government sources, as well as funds from private sources, including funds from the issuance of bonds, and may expend such f…

(a) The board of directors of each district shall cause an annual audit to be made of the books and records of the district. Within thirty (30) days after receipt by the district, a copy of the annual audit shall be filed with the clerk or recorder of the appropriate county or mu…

(a) Subject to the approval of the legislative body of a county or municipality in which a district is established, each district has the power and is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue negotiable bonds, notes and debt obligations for lease or lease purchases in antic…

(a) There shall be and there is created a statutory lien in the nature of a mortgage lien upon any facility acquired or constructed in accordance with this part, including all extensions and improvements to the facilities or combinations of extensions and improvements to faciliti…

No holder or holders of any bonds issued pursuant to this part shall ever have the right to compel the levy of any tax to pay the bonds or the interest on the bonds. Each bond shall recite in substance that the bond and interest on the bond are payable solely from the revenue ple…

The district, and all properties at any time owned by it and the income from the properties and all bonds issued by it and the income from the bonds, shall be exempt from all taxation in the state.

(a) The board of directors of an emergency communications district may, by resolution, vote to preclude service users from programming the emergency number “911” in automatic dialers used in conjunction with security alarm systems. (b) A fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) …

(a) (1) Any board member, executive committee member, employee, officer, or any other authorized person of an emergency communications district, who receives public funds, has authority to make expenditures from public funds, or has access to any public funds is hereby required t…

(a) The board of each district shall adopt and operate under an annual budget. The budget shall present a financial plan for the ensuing fiscal year, including at least the following information:(1) Estimates of proposed expenditures for each department, board, office or other ag…

(a) Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this part may be sold at either public sale or private negotiated sale. (b) All revenues, including any debt obligation issued for the purpose of a lease/lease purchase, must be expended according to the County Purchasing Law of 1983, compile…

In order to provide a safe temporary medium for the investment of idle funds, emergency communications districts shall deposit and invest idle funds according to § 5-8-301.

At every regularly scheduled meeting of the board of directors, the board must be provided with a financial report of the emergency communication district's activities, in accordance with guidelines developed by the comptroller of the treasury.

No member of the board of directors shall have control or custody of the financial assets of an emergency communications district. No member of the board of directors, on such member's sole authority, may authorize the disbursement, transfer, withdrawal or investment of any finan…

(a) The board of directors of each district shall adopt comprehensive travel regulations applicable to all officers and employees of the district. The minimum regulations shall be the same as those of the appropriate county or municipality that created the district. Nothing in th…

All funds deposited with a bank or other financial institution shall be secured by collateral in the same manner and under the same conditions as state deposits under title 9, chapter 4, parts 1 and 4, or as provided in a collateral pool created under title 9, chapter 4, part 5.

(a) Unless expressly provided otherwise by law, the authority to name public and private roads and streets, including roads and streets located within residential developments, and to assign property numbers relating to the roads and streets, is exclusively vested in the legislat…

(a) (1) When a dealer collects the sales price for a retail sale of communications service or prepaid communications service from a consumer, such dealer shall collect a 911 surcharge of one dollar and sixteen cents ($1.16). Dealers shall be entitled to retain as an administrativ…

(a) Any emergency communications district may purchase equipment under the same terms of a legal bid initiated by any other district. (b) (1) Any emergency communications district may purchase directly from a vendor the same goods and equipment at the same price and under the sam…

Any 911 surcharge revenue collected in excess of the annual fiscal requirements of the board and the mandatory every two (2) months payments to emergency communications districts shall not revert to the general fund. The board shall distribute a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of …

(1) The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations shall study and report its conclusions to the joint committee on government operations on or before September 15, 2017, regarding the following matters:(1) Whether the 911 surcharge is generating adequate revenu…

(a) The legislative body of any municipality or county is authorized by ordinance or resolution, respectively, to establish, operate and maintain an emergency communications system providing 911 service within its boundaries when funded by general revenues. (b) This chapter shall…

(a) If an emergency communications district requests fire protection services, and if a utility district providing fire protection services responds to a request for a nonsubscriber, then the emergency communications district has no liability for the cost of such service. (b) Thi…

(a) (1) Regardless of agency or governmental jurisdiction, each emergency call taker or public safety dispatcher who receives an initial or transferred 911 call from the public is subject to the training and course of study requirements established by the emergency communications…

The general assembly finds that the “Emergency Communications District Law,” compiled in part 1 of this chapter, has been successfully embraced by the vast majority of Tennessee counties, most of which have already initiated basic or enhanced 911 service and are developing or mai…