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Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-54-512

Actions of governing body to be by ordinance

Acts 2009, ch. 400, § 1.

The following actions of the governing body of a municipality shall be by ordinance unless otherwise allowed by general law to be done by resolution:

(1) Any action required by general law or the charter of a municipality to be by ordinance; or

(2) Any action that: Levies a tax;

(3) Makes a special assessment;

(4) Is permanent in nature; or

(5) Has a regulatory or penal effect.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.