Title 13, Public Planning And Housing

(a) The governing body of any municipality may exercise direct control in the development, operation and maintenance of any industrial park, or may delegate by ordinance or resolution any or all powers to a commission or board, the composition, terms of office, appointment, and c…

(a) Public services required by industries should be provided by governmental and private units and agencies responsible for such services in areas encompassing industrial parks, such as financing and installation of utility services and utility agencies, construction and mainten…

The powers conferred upon municipalities under this part may be exercised by two (2) or more municipalities acting jointly, in which event the governing bodies of the municipalities acting jointly shall provide by contract the manner of development, operation and maintenance of i…

(a) (1) (A) Before a municipality may undertake to borrow funds to develop an industrial park under this part, it must obtain a certificate of public purpose and necessity under title 7, chapter 55, except that § 7-55-106 shall not apply to such certificate for an industrial park…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Major Energy Project Act of 1981.”

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly otherwise requires:(1) “Applicant” means any person planning or proposing a project which has been designated a major energy project;(2) “Approval” means any permit, license, lease, certificate, right-of-way, or other grant,…

(a) (1) Any person planning or proposing an energy project may apply to the contact agency for an order designating such project as a priority energy project. An application shall include such detailed information concerning the project as the contact agency may require by rule t…

(a) If a project is designated a major energy project and approved for the joint review process, a joint review team shall be formed. The state agencies in the team shall be designated by the governor and shall include all departments or agencies whose approval will be required f…

If a local agency joins the team, the head of that agency and the chief executive officer of the local government in which the agency is located shall agree to participate in the joint review process and abide by the project decision schedule for all locally required permits, lic…

If a federal agency joins the team, it shall abide by the project decision schedule and cooperate in the joint review process, insofar as is possible and consistent with federal law.

(a) After all involved state, local, and federal agencies have been identified, the joint review staff shall call a meeting of the joint review team. (b) Such meeting shall be called not more than six (6) weeks after the project is designated a major energy project, and the parti…

(a) At the first meeting, the joint review team shall select a participating agency to be team leader. (b) The applicant shall make a presentation to the team at this meeting on the project, stating what actions it has already undertaken, what actions will be undertaken in the fu…

(a) After the team members have had a reasonable time to review the draft agreement and the applicant's presentation, but not more than four (4) weeks, the team leader shall call a second meeting. At this meeting the team shall complete the agreement of responsibility. When compl…

(a) After the agreement of responsibility has been signed, the team shall hold such additional meetings as it deems necessary to hear public comment, to gather information on the project, and clarify the responsibilities of the team members. At these meetings, the team and the ap…

(a) During the meetings provided for in § 13-18-110, the applicant and the involved agencies shall agree whether or not to attempt a coordination of applications. If possible, the applicant and the team should attempt to agree on one (1) consolidated application designed to satis…

(a) Beginning as early in the joint review process as possible, but not less than thirty (30) days prior to application, the applicant and permitting agencies shall hold preapplication meetings to determine what each expects from the other so as to accelerate the application proc…

(a) When the project decision schedule has been agreed on, the application shall be submitted and actions taken in accordance with it. Each permitting agency and the applicant shall endeavor to comply with the schedule so as to complete the permitting process as expeditiously as …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the team may establish special procedures in the project decision schedule for any state agency subject to such schedule. (b) Such procedures shall be consistent with all statutes and rules, regulations and orders promulgated by the…

(a) If any state or local agency has failed or is reasonably likely to fail to comply with a project decision schedule, the team leader may bring an enforcement action in the appropriate chancery court. (b) In any action brought under this section, if the court determines that an…

(a) If agreed to by the team and the applicant, consolidated hearings shall be used when possible. Such hearings shall include all hearings which agencies would be required to conduct individually. The team and the applicant shall determine which agencies shall be included in the…

To effect maximum consolidation and coordination of the permitting process, any state or local law or regulation on the timing for filing documents, holding hearings, or providing notice is hereby modified to the necessary extent to coincide with the applicable federal law or reg…

(a) The joint review team is authorized to waive application of any state or local statutes, regulations, or requirements enacted or promulgated after the commencement of construction of a major energy project, unless the general assembly explicitly prohibits such waiver. No waiv…

(a) At any time prior to the completion of the major energy project, the joint review team may:(1) Revise the special procedures for state or local agencies on the project decision schedule;(2) Add new special procedures for state or local agencies on the project decision schedul…

(a) If the joint review team has been notified by the agencies with authority to grant such approvals or perform such actions, or by a reviewing court, that all agency actions and approvals on the project decision schedules relating to a priority energy project:(1) Have been gran…

(a) The joint review team, or the applicant individually, may intervene in any state or local agency proceeding if such agency proceeding involves an action pursuant to this chapter or involving the project. (b) The joint review team, or the applicant individually, may appear as …

(a) Any judicial appeal which is provided for in the permitting process of any individual agency shall be permitted when such agency joins in the joint review process, and any action of the joint review team in conducting such process may be appealed if such action by the permitt…

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), any petition for review of any action pursuant to this chapter or of the validity of this chapter shall be brought not later than twenty (20) days following the date of actual or constructive notice of the final agency action relating to …

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no court shall have jurisdiction to grant any injunctive relief lasting longer than ninety (90) days against any act pursuant to this chapter, except in conjunction with the final judgment entered in a case. (b) No court shall have jurisd…

If the applicant seeks an expedited review under § 13-18-103(c), the applicant and the agencies which are involved may utilize any provision of this chapter, including project decision schedules, consolidated hearings, and all provisions for expedited judicial review. When using …

(a) All departments, agencies, or other entities of state government, including the University of Tennessee and institutions operated by the board of regents, are authorized to provide any assistance requested by the joint review team, the team leader, or the contact agency. (b) …

The contact agency or joint review team or team leader is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Rules and regulations procedural in nature only shall not be subject to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in titl…

This chapter is declared to be remedial in nature to reduce the reliance of Tennessee on imported energy products, and this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes and provide for the most rapid development of major energy projects consistent with public h…

(a) The state code for energy conservation established by this chapter shall govern the design and construction of new buildings and structures or portions thereof and additions to existing buildings that provide facilities or shelter for public assembly, educational, business, m…

(1) Buildings are exempt from this code as follows:(1) All nonresidential farm buildings;(2) All temporary buildings used exclusively for construction purposes; and(3) [Deleted by 2023 amendment.](4) Additions to one-family and two-family dwellings which:(A) Are less than ten per…

Section 104.1 of the Model Energy Code, 1992 Edition shall be amended by deleting the period at the end of the section and replacing it with a semicolon followed by these words “however, the building official may not require submission of plans prepared by a licensed engineer or …

It is the responsibility of every city, county, town, municipal corporation, and metropolitan government to enforce this chapter. It is the responsibility of the state building commission and its staff to enforce this chapter as to any buildings designed or constructed, regardles…

Local governments may charge a reasonable fee for each permit, to offset the costs of administration, inspection, and enforcement of the code, as local government sees fit. The fee may not accrue to the general revenue of the local government or by any other application become su…

Any worksheets, prescriptive methods, alternative methods or practices concerning the Model Energy Code compliance or the 2000 International Energy Conservation Code with 2002 amendments compliance deemed acceptable by the department of housing and urban development shall be acce…

This chapter may be referred to as the “Housing Authorities Law.”

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Authority” or “housing authority” means a public body and a body corporate and politic organized in accordance with this chapter for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions, hereinafter…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent meetings of the commissioners anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation of the authority or within any additional area where the housing authority is authorized to undertake a housing project,…

(a) An authority has the power to:(1) Investigate into living, dwelling and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving such conditions;(2) Determine where unsafe, or unsanitary dwelling or housing conditions exist;(3) Study and make recommendations, in coopera…

A housing authority created under this chapter shall not have the power to take by eminent domain private property in an urban renewal area for the purpose of resale, if the owner of same desires to develop such owner's own property and if the designated reuse of the property in …

In addition to all its other powers, any authority may, within its area of operation, undertake and carry out studies and analyses of the housing needs, and of the meeting of such needs, including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof acco…

Any two (2) or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and giving security therefor, planning, und…