Local Government, General Legislation - Tennessee

Companion Bill SB0888. Annexation - Abolishes the statutory authority for any municipality to annex territory by ordinance undertaken at the initiative of the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1 and Title 6, Chapter 58, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0363 / SB0888 Forgo Local Govt. Revenues - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Local Govt. Expenditures - Cost Avoidance - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Bill Summary for *HB0363 / SB0888 Under present law, a municipality may extend its corporate limits through annexation. Such annexation may be accomplished by the passing of an ordinance upon a petition by a majority of the residents and property [...]

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Companion Bill HB0363. Annexation - Abolishes the statutory authority for any municipality to annex territory by ordinance undertaken at the initiative of the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1 and Title 6, Chapter 58, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB0888 / *HB0363 Forgo Local Govt. Revenues - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Local Govt. Expenditures - Cost Avoidance - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Bill Summary for SB0888 / *HB0363 Under present law, a municipality may extend its corporate limits through annexation. Such annexation may be accomplished by the passing of an ordinance upon a petition by a majority of the residents and property [...]

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Companion Bill SB1979. Codes - Allows an educational building to begin being constructed if approved by a local government that does certain self-enforcement of building codes while awaiting final approval of the educational building plans from the state fire marshal. - Amends TCA Section 68-120-101. Fiscal Summary for *HB1554 / SB1979 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB1554 / SB1979 Present law requires the state fire marshal to promulgate rules establishing minimum statewide building construction safety standards. The standards apply to municipal, county, state and private buildings, unless otherwise provided by statute. The standards do not apply to any building located within the jurisdiction of a local government that certifies in writing to the state [...]

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Companion Bill HB1554. Codes - Allows an educational building to begin being constructed if approved by a local government that does certain self-enforcement of building codes while awaiting final approval of the educational building plans from the state fire marshal. - Amends TCA Section 68-120-101. Fiscal Summary for SB1979 / *HB1554 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB1979 / *HB1554 Present law requires the state fire marshal to promulgate rules establishing minimum statewide building construction safety standards. The standards apply to municipal, county, state and private buildings, unless otherwise provided by statute. The standards do not apply to any building located within the jurisdiction of a local government that certifies in writing to the state [...]

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Companion Bill SB2054. Education - Enacts the "School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB1467 / SB2054Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB1467 / SB2054 This bill prohibits school boards, school employees, or officials from authorizing any group or organization to use a school district's or school's name, mascot, logos, property, or facilities for the purpose of raising money until the local board of education for the LEA in which the district or school is located adopts a policy concerning local school support groups. For purposes of this bill, a local school support group is any PTA, PTO, or parent teacher support association, or any other foundation, booster club, or other nongovernmental organization [...]

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Companion Bill HB1467. Education - Enacts the "School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB2054 / *HB1467Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2054 / *HB1467 This bill prohibits school boards, school employees, or officials from authorizing any group or organization to use a school district's or school's name, mascot, logos, property, or facilities for the purpose of raising money until the local board of education for the LEA in which the district or school is located adopts a policy concerning local school support groups. For purposes of this bill, a local school support group is any PTA, PTO, or parent teacher support association, or any other foundation, booster club, or other nongovernmental organization [...]

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Election Laws - Enacts the "Voter-Owned Elections Act of 2007"; specifies that all gubernatorial, general assembly, and local elections will be publicly financed. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10. Fiscal Summary for *HB1490Increase State Expenditures: Registry of Election Finance - Exceeds $400,000 One-Time Exceeds $1,000,000 Recurring Tennessee Democracy Fund - Exceeds $20,000,000 Bill Summary for *HB1490 This bill creates a voluntary system for public funding of political campaigns for the general assembly, governor, and local offices. The public funding would be available to candidates for the general assembly and local offices beginning in 2008 and to candidates for governor beginning in 2010. This bill creates a special, dedicated fund, "The Tennessee Democracy Fund," to be administered by the registry of election finance. The fund will include money from unspent fund revenues from participating candidates,[...]

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Companion Bill SB0167. Eminent Domain - Requires county and municipal legislative bodies to approve the exercise of eminent domain by two-thirds vote prior to any property being condemned and taken by such bodies. - Amends TCA Title 29. Fiscal Summary for HB0560 / *SB0167 Other Fiscal Impact - Changes in property tax collections could occur as a result of this bill. Currently, if an entity acquires property through the power of eminent domain, there may be a change in tax status as the property changes from a taxable parcel to a tax exempt parcel. If the taken parcel is subsequently leased to a private entity, in-lieu of tax payments may be negotiated with the private entity. The amount of such payments can vary according to individually negotiated circumstances and may differ from the amount of tax collected prior to the government taking. Under this bill, such transactions [...]

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Companion Bill HB0560. Eminent Domain - Requires county and municipal legislative bodies to approve the exercise of eminent domain by two-thirds vote prior to any property being condemned and taken by such bodies. - Amends TCA Title 29. Fiscal Summary for *SB0167 / HB0560 Other Fiscal Impact - Changes in property tax collections could occur as a result of this bill. Currently, if an entity acquires property through the power of eminent domain, there may be a change in tax status as the property changes from a taxable parcel to a tax exempt parcel. If the taken parcel is subsequently leased to a private entity, in-lieu of tax payments may be negotiated with the private entity. The amount of such payments can vary according to individually negotiated circumstances and may differ from the amount of tax collected prior to the government taking. Under this bill, such transactions [...]

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Companion Bill SB1286. Ethics - Prohibits the ethics commission from imposing civil penalties on a state or local government employee if such employee violates the provisions of title 3, chapter 6, part 3. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10; Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 8, Chapter 17. Fiscal Summary for HB1776 / *SB1286 (CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1776 / *SB1286 Present law authorizes the ethics commission to assess civil penalties of up to $10,000 for violating the restrictions of lobbying or the prohibitions against making certain contributions and giving gifts to public officials. This bill specifies that the ethics commission is not authorized to assess a civil penalty against any staff person or employee of the general assembly or any employee of any executive agency or other state [...]

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Companion Bill SB2754. Eminent Domain - Limits the use of eminent domain proceedings for the construction or extension of utility lines in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 29, Chapter 17; Title 65 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB3944 / *SB2754Increase Local Revenue - Exceeds $100,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for HB3944 / *SB2754 This bill requires a utility to make reasonable efforts to first utilize property for which eminent domain is not required for such construction or extension, prior to a utility initiating condemnation proceedings for constructing or extending a utility line. Under this bill, the utility would resort to traversing private property only after such efforts to utilize other property have been exhausted. This bill specifies that a public [...]

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Companion Bill SB4027. Law Enforcement - Deletes specific population brackets relative to the use of blue flashing emergency lights on official motor vehicles so that reserve or auxiliary deputy sheriffs or reserve or auxiliary police officers would, if authorized by the local sheriff or police chief, be authorized to operate an official motor vehicle that has blue flashing or red flashing emergency lights. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-414. Fiscal Summary for *HB3983 / SB4027MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB3983 / SB4027 Under present law, it is a Class C misdemeanor for anyone to install, maintain, or exhibit blue flashing emergency lights or blue flashing emergency lights in combination with red flashing emergency lights, except full-time, salaried, uniformed law enforcement officers of the state, county, or city and municipal governments of the state,[...]

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Companion Bill HB3983. Law Enforcement - Deletes specific population brackets relative to the use of blue flashing emergency lights on official motor vehicles so that reserve or auxiliary deputy sheriffs or reserve or auxiliary police officers would, if authorized by the local sheriff or police chief, be authorized to operate an official motor vehicle that has blue flashing or red flashing emergency lights. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-414. Fiscal Summary for SB4027 / *HB3983MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB4027 / *HB3983 Under present law, it is a Class C misdemeanor for anyone to install, maintain, or exhibit blue flashing emergency lights or blue flashing emergency lights in combination with red flashing emergency lights, except full-time, salaried, uniformed law enforcement officers of the state, county, or city and municipal governments of the state,[...]

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Companion Bill SB4122. Local Government, General - Requires local governments to notify owners of property seized by such local government by certified mail; notice must include method of appealing such seizure; if seized property is damaged or destroyed, local government must reimburse owner if property should have been returned to the owner. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 7, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB4043 / SB4122 Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4043 / SB4122 This bill establishes procedures that must be followed prior to a local government seizing property, as follows: (1) The local government must give written notice to the owner of record of such property by certified mail, return receipt requested. If there is no owner of record of the property, then notice [...]

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Companion Bill HB4043. Local Government, General - Requires local governments to notify owners of property seized by such local government by certified mail; notice must include method of appealing such seizure; if seized property is damaged or destroyed, local government must reimburse owner if property should have been returned to the owner. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 7, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for SB4122 / *HB4043 Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4122 / *HB4043 This bill establishes procedures that must be followed prior to a local government seizing property, as follows: (1) The local government must give written notice to the owner of record of such property by certified mail, return receipt requested. If there is no owner of record of the property, then notice [...]

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Companion Bill SB3813. Pensions and Retirement Benefits - Authorizes certain local government employees to receive other retirement benefits such as life, dental, and vision insurance; bonds may be issued to fund such additional benefits. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for HB3994 / *SB3813 Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $1,000,000/Permissive Bill Summary for HB3994 / *SB3813 This bill allows a local government to issue revenue bonds for "certain unfunded other post-employment benefits" if such bonds are approved by the state funding board after receiving a recommendation by the state director of local finance. "Certain unfunded other post-employment benefits" means non-pension benefits paid on behalf of former employees or the former employee's beneficiaries after separation from service. The benefits include, but are not [...]

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Companion Bill SB2704. Pensions and Retirement Benefits - Allows, under certain circumstances, a retired member of the consolidated retirement system to return to service in certain year-round positions while continuing to receive his or her retirement allowance. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8. Fiscal Summary for HB4008 / *SB2704Increase State Expenditures - $4,672,400/Annual Amortized Cost Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $4,000,000/Permissive Increase Federal/Other Expenditures - $1,557,400/Annual Amortized Cost Bill Summary for HB4008 / *SB2704 Under present law, any retired member or prior class member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system (TCRS) and any retiree of a local retirement fund receiving TCRS benefits may return to service temporarily in a position covered by the TCRS and continue to draw such [...]

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Companion Bill SB4028. Regional Authorities and Special Districts - Enacts the "Regional Jail Authority Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 26; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 9, Chapter 21; Title 12, Chapter 9; Title 12, Chapter 10 and Title 41. Fiscal Summary for HB3958 / *SB4028 Increase State Expenditures - $7,687,100 Increase Local Revenue - $6,997,100 Increase Local Expenditures - $285,000,000/One-Time/Permissive Bill Summary for HB3958 / *SB4028 This bill authorizes the creation of a regional jail authority. This bill allows the governing bodies of two or more local governmental entities to create a regional jail authority. In order to create a regional jail authority, each governing body of a governmental entity proposing to create an authority must adopt, and the governing [...]

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Companion Bill HB3958. Regional Authorities and Special Districts - Enacts the "Regional Jail Authority Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 26; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 9, Chapter 21; Title 12, Chapter 9; Title 12, Chapter 10 and Title 41. Fiscal Summary for *SB4028 / HB3958 Increase State Expenditures - $7,687,100 Increase Local Revenue - $6,997,100 Increase Local Expenditures - $285,000,000/One-Time/Permissive Bill Summary for *SB4028 / HB3958 This bill authorizes the creation of a regional jail authority. This bill allows the governing bodies of two or more local governmental entities to create a regional jail authority. In order to create a regional jail authority, each governing body of a governmental entity proposing to create an authority must adopt, and the governing [...]

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