§ 7-1-101 — Definitions - Chapters 1-6

As used in chapters 1-6 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "City governing body" means the city council or other public agency possessing power and authority usually possessed by a city council; (2) "County governing body" means that body in a particular county that is vested with the power to levy property taxes; (3) "General services district" means a service district within a metropolitan government whose geographical limits are coextensive with the total area in which the government functions; (4) "Metropolitan government" means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities; (5) "Metropolitan government charter commission" or "charter commission" means a commission established to propose to the voters for adoption the charter for a metropolitan government; (6) "Municipal corporation" means an incorporated city or town; (7) "Principal city" means: (A) That municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a particular county; or (B) If the municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a county fails to adopt a consolidation resolution within ninety (90) days of the county's adoption of a consolidation resolution, the county seat of that county, if the county seat is an incorporated municipality; (8) "Smaller city" means any municipal corporation other than the principal city; and (9) "Urban services district" means a service district within a metropolitan government in which are furnished by the metropolitan government municipal services additional to those provided in the general services district.

Legislative History

Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 314,s 1, eff. 5/8/2019. Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 1; 1977, ch. 453, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3701.