HB1287 - Tennessee - Annexation, Municipal Government, Utilities, Utility Districts

Companion Bill SB1944. Municipal Government - Allows municipality to exercise right to provide municipal and utility services in annexed area when municipality annexes any part of the service area of an authority. - Amends TCA Section 5-6-120. Fiscal Summary for *HB1287 / SB1944 Other Fiscal Impact - If a municipality chooses to annex such an area and provide utility services in that area, there will be a shift of local government revenues and expenditures from the utility district to the annexing municipality. The precise amount of such shift will vary on a case by case basis. Bill Summary for *HB1287 / SB1944 This bill clarifies that after a municipal annexation, the annexing municipality has the exclusive right to perform or provide municipal and utility functions and services in the annexed territory and that the annexing municipality and the [...]

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