When a metropolitan government charter commission is created, as provided in § 7-2-101, no municipality and no public service district, including, but not limited to, a utility district, sanitary district or school district, shall thereafter be created in the county proposed to be included in such consolidation, unless and until the proposed charter of metropolitan government shall have been rejected by voters in a referendum election as provided in § 7-2-106, or unless and until a charter has been adopted by the voters in a referendum election as provided in § 7-2-106 with provisions permitting such municipalities or public service districts as described in § 7-1-103.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-1-104
Creation of municipality or public service district after charter commission created
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State Ex Rel. Metropolitan Government v. Spicewood Creek Watershed District (1993)
Most recently applied in State Ex Rel. Metropolitan Government v. Spicewood Creek Watershed District (February 1993)
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 15; 1963, ch. 256, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3716.
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.