Title 13, Public Planning And Housing

(a) Programs or projects undertaken by a state agency or with federal financial assistance shall be planned in a manner that:(1) Recognizes, at an early stage in the planning of such programs or projects and before the commencement of any actions which will cause displacements, t…

(a) If a program or project undertaken by a state agency or with federal financial assistance cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the head of the displacing agency determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be made…

(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the head of a state agency shall not approve any grant to, or contract or agreement with, a local agency under which state financial assistance will be available to pay all or part of the cost of any program or project which will result in the d…

Whenever a program or project undertaken by a local agency or person requires the acquisition of real property or the displacement of any person, the head of the local agency, or the person, shall have permissive authority to provide payments and assistance under this chapter for…

(a) The cost to a local agency of providing payments and assistance under §§ 13-11-109 and 13-11-110 shall be included as part of the cost of a program or project for which state financial assistance is available to such local agency, and such local agency shall be eligible for s…

(1) The governor or the governor's designee, or the head of a local agency, where a local agency undertakes a program or project without federal financial assistance and uses its permissive authority under § 13-11-111, shall establish criteria necessary to assure that:(1) The pay…

To prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of this chapter, a state agency, applicable local agency, or applicable person may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, or corporation for services in conne…

(a) No payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall be considered as income or resources for the purposes of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law or for the purposes of the state's corporation tax…

A person who moves or discontinues such person's business or moves other personal property, or moves from such person's dwelling on or after March 30, 1972, as the direct result of building code enforcement activities or a program of rehabilitation of buildings conducted pursuant…

No payment or assistance provided for under this chapter shall be required to be made to any displaced person, or included as a program or project cost under this chapter, if such displaced person receives a payment required by federal, state, or local law, which is determined by…

(a) If the acquisition of only a portion of a property being acquired for a program or project with federal financial assistance would leave the owner with an uneconomic remnant, the state agency, local agency, or person concerned shall offer to acquire that remnant. For the purp…

A state agency shall be authorized to act as the agent of a federal agency to carry out the federal agency's responsibilities under federal law which are consistent with this chapter.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Neighborhood Development Corporation Act of 1987.”

(a) It is hereby found and declared that the state has certain communities which persistently suffer from the debilitating problems of chronic unemployment, below average educational attainment, low household income, and limited economic opportunity, that these problems may be as…

(a) (1) Local neighborhood development corporations in effect on July 1, 2001, shall remain in effect until such corporations are dissolved or the authority for such corporations is repealed.(2) Each local neighborhood development corporation shall be governed and its corporate p…

(1) Each local neighborhood development corporation has the following general powers, functions and duties, to:(1) Make, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations for the management of its affairs;(2) Adopt an official seal;(3) Sue and be sued, in its own name;(4) Make contr…

Each local neighborhood development corporation may, subject to appropriation by the general assembly or funds made available from any other public or private source and pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by it, provide economic assistance to particular eligible organizati…

The books and records of a local neighborhood development corporation shall be subject to an annual audit by the comptroller of the treasury if the corporation has received a grant or appropriation from the state or any agency thereof.

This part, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Inner City Safe Neighborhood Act of 1996.”

The general assembly hereby finds that state government should do more to encourage and support community-based efforts of inner city residents to take a firm stand against the intrusion of drugs, crime, fear, decay and urban blight. By this enactment, the general assembly seeks …

As used in this part, “safewalk” means a system of safe and secure, narrow linear parks, greenbelts, walkways, and sidewalks that function as pedestrian corridors linking inner city residential areas with schools, libraries, playgrounds, community centers, churches, grocery store…

There is hereby created the inner city safe neighborhood pilot demonstration project. The purpose of the pilot demonstration project is to encourage, enhance, and evaluate the efforts of neighborhoods, local neighborhood development corporations, municipalities, counties, and sta…

(a) The Tennessee neighborhood development corporation (TNDC) is authorized to solicit, receive, and review applications and to approve inner city safe neighborhood pilot demonstration project grants. To qualify for approval, a grant application must clearly reflect the highest l…

Inner city safe neighborhood pilot demonstration project grants shall be approved only for safewalk projects to be located within inner city areas of municipalities having a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any …

The Tennessee neighborhood development corporation (TNDC) shall monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of safewalk projects in revitalizing and securing inner city neighborhoods. The TNDC shall periodically report interim findings and recommendations and shall submit a final repo…

This chapter shall be known as the “Development District Act of 1965.”

(a) From and after the time when the department of economic and community development has progressed to the stage of preparing a general plan for development of the state as provided for in §§ 13-16-103 — 13-16-105, which includes at least a delineation of regions deemed viable t…

(a) It is the intent of the general assembly that the various counties and cities be provided the most effective and efficient means of organizing themselves on a regional basis for the purpose of carrying on general and comprehensive planning and development activities, such tha…

The membership of boards created under this chapter shall consist of the county mayor of each county within the district, the mayor of each municipality within the district, the chief executive officer of any metropolitan government within the district, one (1) representative fro…

(a) Upon delineation of regions deemed viable to the economic development of the state as provided for in this chapter, the department of economic and community development shall notify the chief executive officer of each municipal and county government in such region proposed fo…

(a) Each board created under this chapter has the authority to:(1) Organize itself into a public body, elect its officers, and adopt bylaws for purposes of carrying out functions authorized under this chapter;(2) Receive and expend funds from any sources for staffing, for researc…

(a) The following limitations, in addition to any other limitations specifically provided herein, shall apply to boards created under this chapter:(1) All plans shall be advisory only;(2) No authority is hereby granted to enact zoning ordinances or subdivision standards;(3) No au…

(a) The comptroller of the treasury is directed to develop a uniform accounting system conforming to generally accepted accounting principles for the governing boards operating under this chapter. (b) Such uniform accounting system shall be subject to the approval of the commissi…

If a member of a board created under this chapter participates in a vote of such board after such member's term of office has expired, no state funds shall be released to or expended by such board until such time as the board meets and rescinds any votes in which such member has …

Nothing in this chapter shall in any way limit or infringe upon the statutory authority granted by law to the Beech River watershed development authority, the department of environment and conservation, or the Upper Duck River development agency as the same have been heretofore c…

(a) [Deleted by 2025 amendment.] (b) [Deleted by 2025 amendment.] (c) (1) It is the intent of this state to assist financially with the development of regional plans for economic development and other regional plans, activities, and programs authorized by this chapter and other s…

(a) Each board operating under this chapter shall prepare an annual report of its activities through June 30 of each year, and submit a copy of such report to the governor, the general assembly, and the commissioner of finance and administration. (b) (1) The annual reports and al…

(a) Funds appropriated to implement this chapter are subject to the approval of the governor and the commissioner of finance and administration. (b) Such approval shall be given only after review by the department of economic and community development of the annual work program d…

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

It is the intent of the general assembly to provide for the creation and expansion of economic development efforts by community-based organizations.

(1) A community-based development organization is an organization that:(1) Is established under the state charter provisions of the Tennessee Code;(2) Has qualified for tax exempt status under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3));(3) Has a purpose, sta…

(1) A program may be established by this state to build local capacity of community-based organizations to address any or a combination of the following:(1) Housing needs of people with low or moderate incomes, for home ownership and affordable rental housing, including housing d…

(1) In carrying out this part, any, or a combination of the following, may be provided:(1) Grants to initiate new community-based development organizations in communities lacking one;(2) Grants to existing community-based development organizations to extend their capacity to meet…

(1) In carrying out this part, preference shall be given to community-based development organizations that:(1) Serve a geographic area or a population of individuals effectively marginalized due to its small numbers, high ratio of African-American residents, persistent poverty, d…

Rules may be developed by the state to carry out this part, including rules to define “persons of low and moderate income.”