Tennessee § 7-21-103 Liberal construction - No effect on Metropolitan Government Act

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§ 7-21-103 — Liberal construction - No effect on Metropolitan Government Act

Tennessee § 7-21-103

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-21-103 (2026).

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(a)It is hereby declared that this chapter is remedial and shall be liberally construed to achieve the purposes stated in this chapter by utilization of the constitutional power granted by the Constitution of Tennessee, Article XI, § 9 with respect to the consolidation of the governmental and corporate functions of a county charter government with one (1) or more of the municipalities within that county's boundaries.

(b)This chapter shall not be, or be construed as, an amendment to, or as a part of, the Metropolitan Government Act, compiled in chapters 1-8 of this title, but shall be an alternative method to consolidate the governmental and corporate functions of a county government whose charter vests in the county full and complete municipal powers exercisable by home rule, as provided

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(a) It is hereby declared that this chapter is remedial and shall be liberally construed to achieve the purposes stated in this chapter by utilization of the constitutional power granted by the Constitution of Tennessee, Article XI, § 9 with respect to the consolidation of the governmental and corporate functions of a county charter government with one (1) or more of the municipalities within that county's boundaries. (b) This chapter shall not be, or be construed as, an amendment to, or as a part of, the Metropolitan Government Act, compiled in chapters 1-8 of this title, but shall be an alternative method to consolidate the governmental and corporate functions of a county government whose charter vests in the county full and complete municipal powers exercisable by home rule, as provided in the Constitution of Tennessee, Article VII, § 1, with one (1) or more municipalities within that county's boundaries, as provided in the Constitution of Tennessee, Article XI, § 9.