Title 7, Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities

(a) The public purpose and policy set forth in § 7-57-102(a) is also declared to be applicable to any hospital authority created by private act of the general assembly, sometimes referred to in this part as a “private act metropolitan hospital authority”, the principal hospital f…

(a) In addition to the powers granted to it by any private act of the general assembly, a private act metropolitan hospital authority has as supplemental and additional powers, all those powers of a hospital authority granted in:(1) Section 7-57-301; provided, that no provision o…

(a) Any private act of the general assembly to the contrary notwithstanding, a private act metropolitan hospital authority shall not be required to bid the purchase or procurement of any goods or services that:(1) Are not required to be bid by a county under the County Purchasing…

In addition to all of the powers conferred upon it by this part or any other law, a private act metropolitan hospital authority may do any and all things necessary and convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted by this part or any other law. This part shall be construed…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Private Act Hospital Authority Act of 1996.”

For the purpose of this part, “private act hospital authority” is any hospital owned or operated by one (1) or more local governments or any hospital, hospital authority or hospital district created or authorized by a private act of the general assembly.

A private act hospital authority, as defined in this part, in addition to the rights and powers granted to such authority by any private act of the general assembly or its charter of incorporation, has as supplemental and additional rights and powers, all powers granted to privat…

With respect to the sale of hospital property, this part shall not be construed or implemented in any manner that abolishes or diminishes the public's opportunity to require a public referendum as authorized by a municipal charter.

(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Approved system” means a solid waste disposal facility that has as its primary purpose the creation and recovery of energy from solid waste, as defined in subdivision (a)(4), and has as a secondary or inciden…

The counties, cities, and towns of Tennessee are hereby authorized to participate in applicable approved local, joint or regional solid waste recovery disposal systems.

(a) Whenever the operator of an approved system proposes to take the solid wastes collected by the counties, cities and towns of Tennessee for the purpose of resource and fuel recovery, such counties, cities and towns are authorized, wherever the resource and fuel recovery is fou…

(a) The counties, cities and towns of Tennessee in any combination are authorized to contract with each other for purposes of cooperative solid waste operations under the terms of this chapter. (b) The term of any contract authorized by this section may extend beyond the elected …

Wherever the location of processing plants shall require local governments to haul solid wastes across state lines, such out-of-state hauling is hereby declared to be authorized and to be a valid exercise of the authority of the local governments involved, and likewise solid wast…

The solid wastes involved shall become the lawful property of the local governments involved at the point of collection, and in the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary, shall become the property of the operator of an approved system upon delivery to such operator, w…

The participating local governments may agree to, build and operate the required transfer stations of such types and at such locations within the state as may be agreed upon by the local governments involved and by the department, and that state solid waste grant-in-aid funds mad…

The department is authorized to assist any operator or potential operator of an approved system and the local governments involved in the design and location of required transfer stations, and in the design and location of sanitary landfills or other disposal facilities in connec…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit local governments or private enterprise from the construction or operation of approved sanitary landfills, or of any other heretofore or hereafter approved solid waste disposal system, it being the intent of this chapter that…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit private enterprise or other agencies from the construction or operation of recycling plants, or to prohibit the sale or gift of solid wastes to private enterprise or other agencies by local governments.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Cable Television Act of 1977.”

(a) (1) For purposes of this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(A) “Cable service” has the same meaning as defined in § 7-59-303;(B) “Cable service provider” has the same meaning as defined in § 7-59-303;(C) “Department” has the same meaning as defined in § 7-59-303;(D)…

Any cable television company, cable service provider or video service provider incorporated under the laws of this state and any other such company incorporated or operating under the laws of any other state, upon complying with the laws of this state regulating the doing of busi…

Whenever the agency charged with the maintenance of such public lands, highways or public roads or waters of the state deems it necessary to move or remove the poles or underground conduit of the telephone company or electric power distribution company, the cable television compa…

(a) No cable television company, cable service provider or video service provider may damage private property on which the utility pole is located without just compensation to the landowner for the damage suffered to the landowner's property. (b) No cable television company, cabl…

Any cable television company that shall receive the benefits of operating under the grandfather clauses contained in this part shall pay the county governing body or municipality the same fees as would be charged to a new franchise company by the county or municipality. These fee…

Any cable television company, cable service provider or video service provider locally franchised and operating in this state shall maintain a complete service for the purpose of receiving customer complaints concerning service or any other matter relating to its operations. Thes…

(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to make or use any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise, with any part of a franchised cable television system for the purpose of enabling such person, firm, or co…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Cable service” means:(A) The one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or other programming service; and(B) Subscriber interaction, if any, that is required for the selection of such video program…

No municipality or county shall grant any overlapping franchises for cable or video service within its jurisdiction on terms or conditions more favorable or less burdensome than those in any existing cable or video franchise within the municipality or county.

All cable service franchises in existence on July 1, 1988, shall remain in full force and effect according to their terms.

Nothing in this part shall be construed to alter or amend the process or procedure for renewal of franchises in existence on July 1, 1988.

This part shall not affect any franchise request filed in an area with an existing franchise prior to July 1, 1988.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Competitive Cable and Video Services Act.”

This part creates a fair franchising process for cable and video services and codifies the terms of the franchise in state law. This part does not alter existing state law regarding local control of public rights-of-way or the police powers of local government. This part does not…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Access” means that a provider is capable of providing cable service or video service at the household address regardless of whether any customer has ordered service or whether the owner or landlord or other resp…

(a) (1) Any entity, person or joint venture, as authorized under this part, seeking to provide cable or video service over a cable system or video service network facility in this state after July 1, 2008, at the discretion of the cable service provider or video service provider,…

(a) To receive a state-issued certificate of franchise authority, a cable or video service provider shall file an application with the department. A copy of the application shall be provided simultaneously to the governing authority of any affected municipality or county for serv…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall be required to pay a franchise fee equal to five percent (5%) of the holder's gross revenues derived from:(A) The provision of cable or video service to subsc…

(a) (1) Nothing in this part confers authority upon a municipality or county to require any cable or video service provider to negotiate a local cable or video service franchise agreement with a municipality or county.(2) The decision to choose whether to utilize either a state-i…

(a) In addition to the customer complaint handling process described in the application for a state-issued certificate of franchise authority, a holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority must comply with the customer service requirements found in 47 CFR 76.309(c…

(a) (1) A county or municipality shall, within ten (10) days following the receipt of an application for a state-issued certificate of franchise authority from a cable or video service provider seeking approval to provide cable or video service to the county or municipality, prov…

(a) (1) Nothing in this part precludes the exercise of police powers by municipalities or counties, including the adoption and enforcement of any proper ordinances or resolutions not in conflict with this part.(2) Nothing in this part diminishes or derogates from the ordinances o…

(a) (1) A holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall not discriminate among residential subscribers or potential subscribers. For purposes of this section, “discrimination” means the denial of access to cable or video service to any individual or group of r…

(a) Individuals possess standing to bring claims as established in this part only for personal claims and not on behalf of other individuals. A municipality or county possesses standing to pursue claims on behalf of citizens residing within the county or municipality. In addition…

(a) For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Minority-owned business” means a business that is solely owned, or at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the assets or outstanding stock of which is owned, by an individual who personally manages and c…

(a) (1) Beginning on March 1, 2009, the department shall file a report on March 1 of each year until 2011 with the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the governor, the chair of the commerce and labor committee of the senate and the chair of the co…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, notwithstanding chapter 52 of this title and title 65, chapter 25, or any other state law to the contrary, a county or municipality, or any entity otherwise authorized by law to act on a county or municipality's behalf, or a c…