Tennessee § 7-53-311 Lease or lease-purchase agreement with municipality authorized - Tax levy

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§ 7-53-311 — Lease or lease-purchase agreement with municipality authorized - Tax levy

Tennessee § 7-53-311

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-53-311 (2026).

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Any city, county or metropolitan government is authorized to enter into any lease or lease-purchase agreement of a project from a corporation, for such term or terms and upon such conditions as may be determined by the governing body of such city, county or metropolitan government, notwithstanding and without regard to the restrictions, prohibitions or requirements of any other law, whether public or private, and to levy and collect a direct annual tax sufficient with any other moneys available and pledged to pay the rental payable under such lease or lease-purchase agreement as and when it becomes due and payable, such tax to be in addition to all other taxes of such city, county or metropolitan government and shall be in addition to all other taxes now or hereafter authorized to be levie

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Any city, county or metropolitan government is authorized to enter into any lease or lease-purchase agreement of a project from a corporation, for such term or terms and upon such conditions as may be determined by the governing body of such city, county or metropolitan government, notwithstanding and without regard to the restrictions, prohibitions or requirements of any other law, whether public or private, and to levy and collect a direct annual tax sufficient with any other moneys available and pledged to pay the rental payable under such lease or lease-purchase agreement as and when it becomes due and payable, such tax to be in addition to all other taxes of such city, county or metropolitan government and shall be in addition to all other taxes now or hereafter authorized to be levied, and such tax shall not be included within any statutory or other limitation in rate or amount, but shall be excluded and be in addition thereto, notwithstanding the prohibitions, restrictions or requirements of any other law, whether public or private, and the obligations assumed and undertaken pursuant to such lease or lease-purchase agreement, including any unconditional or other obligation to levy such tax and to pay rentals for the project for a fixed term or terms, shall not be deemed or construed as constituting a debt of the city, county or metropolitan government within the terms, provisions or limitations of any constitutional, statutory, charter or other limitation.