Title 13, Public Planning And Housing

Such facilities include those essential to the provision of telephone and telegraph services such as central office exchanges and microwave towers which require a specific location in order to provide the most efficient service to the public.

The exclusion of location from local regulation does not preclude the exercise of reasonable municipal and county police powers including, but not limited to, permit requirements, landscaping, off-street parking or set-back lines as an exercise of police powers.

A municipal, county or regional planning commission or any municipal or county legislative body, referred to as an authority in this section and § 13-24-305, that has adopted planning and zoning regulations, may plan for and regulate the siting of wireless telecommunications supp…

(1) In regulating the placement of a wireless telecommunications support structure, an authority may not:(1) Regulate the placement of an antenna or related equipment for an existing wireless telecommunications support structure; provided, however, that, if the placement of an an…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018.”

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Aesthetic plan” means a publicly available written resolution, regulation, policy, site plan, or approved plat that:(A) Establishes generally applicable aesthetic requirements within the authority or designated area within the authority; and(B) Does …

(a) This part shall be construed to maximize investment in wireless connectivity across the state by creating a uniform and predictable framework that limits local obstacles to deployment of small wireless facilities in the ROW and to encourage, where feasible, shared use of publ…

(a) Nothing in this part requires any local authority to promulgate any limits, permitting requirements, zoning requirements, approval policies, or any process to obtain permission to deploy small wireless facilities. However, any local authority that promulgates limits, permitti…

(1) This part does not:(1) Create regulatory jurisdiction for any subdivision of the state regarding communications services that does not exist under applicable law, regardless of the technology used to deliver the services;(2) Restrict access granted by § 65-21-201 or expand ac…

(a) An authority shall not:(1) Enter into an exclusive arrangement with a person for use of a ROW for the construction, operation, marketing, or maintenance of small wireless facilities;(2) Discriminate by prohibiting an applicant from making an installation that is generally per…

(a) The following are the maximum fees and rates that may be charged to an applicant by a local authority for deployment of a small wireless facility:(1) For small wireless facility colocations on existing or replacement PSSs, the maximum application fee is five hundred dollars (…

(a) (1) A local authority shall not restrict the size, height, or otherwise regulate the appearance or placement of small wireless facilities, or prohibit colocation on PSSs, except a local authority shall require that:(A) A new PSS installed, or an existing PSS replaced, after A…

(a) A local authority may require an applicant to seek permission by application to colocate a small wireless facility or install a new or modified PSS associated with a small wireless facility and obtain one (1) or more work permits, as long as the work permits are of general ap…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision in this part to the contrary, the deployment of small wireless facilities in state ROW is subject to this section, as follows:(1) In those instances in which an applicant seeks to deploy a small wireless facility or new PSS within a state R…

(1) Consistent with the limitations in this part, an authority may require applicants to:(1) Follow generally applicable and nondiscriminatory requirements for entities that deploy infrastructure or perform construction in a ROW:(A) Requiring structures and facilities placed with…

Any party aggrieved by the failure of an authority to act in accordance with this part may seek remedy in the chancery court for the county in which the applicant attempted to deploy or has deployed a small wireless facility, unless the claim seeks a remedy against the state, in …

(a) The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations shall study and prepare a report on the impact of this part, including:(1) The impact on deployment of broadband;(2) The fiscal impact on authorities resulting from the administrative process required by this pa…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Human Resource Agency Act of 1973.”

The chief elected public officials of various counties and/or cities of the economic development districts established under chapter 14 of this title, are empowered to create a human resource agency. It is the intent of this chapter that there may be four (4) metropolitan human r…

(a) When a human resource agency (HRA) is created pursuant to § 13-26-102, a governing board is established for the HRA. (b) (1) The membership of the governing board consists of:(A) Each county mayor within the HRA's district;(B) Three (3) or more municipal mayors within the HRA…

(a) A governing board may:(1) Adopt bylaws;(2) Appoint an executive director, who would serve at the pleasure of the board;(3) Determine major personnel, fiscal, and program policies;(4) Approve overall program plans and priorities; and(5) Assure compliance with conditions of and…

(a) It is hereby declared that the agencies created pursuant to this chapter shall be a body, politic and corporate, and shall be public and governmental bodies acting as agencies and instrumentalities of the creating and participating counties and cities, and such agencies are d…

(a) Each governing board operating under this chapter shall prepare an annual report of its activities, including financial statements, 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 admini…

(a) Any 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 office of the governor of the annual work program developed by the human …

(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 systems shall be subject to the approval of the commiss…

(a) (1) Any board member, policy council member, employee, officer, or any authorized person of a human resource agency who receives public funds, has authority to make expenditures from public funds, or has access to any public funds is required to give bond to be made payable t…

(a) For purposes of general oversight, and specifically for purposes of § 13-26-107, the human resource agencies created under this chapter are attached to the department of human services. Any reports required of human resource agencies by this chapter, or reports that may arise…

This part shall be known as the “Local Enterprise Zone Act.”

There is hereby authorized and established a program for the selection, designation, and management of enterprise zones within appropriate communities in this state.

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Board” means the local enterprise zone management board appointed by a municipality;(2) “Enterprise zone” means an area declared by the board to be eligible for the benefits of this part;(3) “Municipality” means…

Each municipality is authorized to create and appoint by ordinance or resolution an enterprise zone management board. The ordinance or resolution shall designate the number and qualification of board members, establish the terms of office of such board members and provide for the…

(1) The board shall administer this part and has the following powers and duties:(1) Declare as “enterprise zones” areas for which the municipality has submitted documentation to the board, in the form of an application for designation;(2) Recommend suspension of local regulation…

(a) Depressed areas proposed to be designated as “enterprise zones” by the municipality shall meet the following criteria:(1) The area is within the jurisdiction of the municipality;(2) The boundary of the area is contiguous and includes, if feasible, vacant or underutilized land…

(a) Upon receipt of an application from the municipality, the board shall review such application and secure any additional information it deems necessary for the purpose of determining whether the area or areas described in the application qualify to be declared an enterprise zo…

(a) Communities which succeed in establishing designated enterprise zones shall be empowered to set up nonprofit enterprise zone development corporations with the agreement of affected governmental entities under existing state legislation (industrial development corporations, co…

The ordinance or resolution to implement this part shall provide for such incentives and exemptions and the manner in which such incentives and exemptions shall be offered for qualified businesses as in the discretion of the municipality are deemed to be desirable and in the best…

(a) To carry out the purposes of this part, any agency, as defined by § 4-5-102, which promulgates rules, as defined by § 4-5-102, or any administrative body of the municipality which promulgates regulations pursuant to appropriate legal authority, may, by rule or regulation, exe…

Notwithstanding the authority delegated to the board to implement this part, the authority for issuing licenses, permits, certificates, approvals, registrations, charters, or any other form of permission required by law shall remain with the agency otherwise legally authorized to…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Minority Business Councils Cooperation Act of 1997.”

(1) The general assembly finds the following:(1) Minority business councils have been created to serve, support and promote minority business interests and minority-owned business entities in Tennessee urban communities;(2) Such councils have enhanced the ability of minority busi…

The purpose of this chapter is to create one (1) central certification process that would permit reciprocity of certification for minority businesses throughout Tennessee.

Minority business councils doing business in Tennessee shall promulgate uniform certification procedures for member businesses, shall charge uniform fees for such services, and shall permit reciprocity of certification among the individual minority business councils. Such council…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Local Land Bank Program.”

(1) The legislature finds and declares as follows:(1) Tennessee's communities are important to the social and economic vitality of the state. Whether urban, suburban or rural, many communities are struggling to cope with vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties;(2) There e…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(1) “Board of directors” or “board” means the board of directors or other similar governing body of the corporation;(2) “Corporation” means a corporation created pursuant to this chapter to operate a land…