Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three (3), each of whom shall be a duly qualified elector of and taxpayer in the municipality, files with the governing body of the municipality an application in writing seeking permission to apply for the incorporation of an industrial development board or corporation of such municipality, the governing body shall proceed to consider such application. If the governing body, by appropriate resolution duly adopted, finds and determines that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the corporation be formed and authorizes the persons making such application to proceed to form such corporation and approves the form of certificate of incorporation proposed to be used in organizing the corporation, then the persons making such application shall execute, acknowledge and file a certificate of incorporation for the corporation provided in this part. No corporation may be formed unless such application shall have first been filed with the governing body of the municipality and the governing body shall have adopted a resolution as provided in this section.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-53-201
Application for incorporation — Qualifications of applicants — Certificate
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Steele v. R
Most recently applied in Harold E. Steele v. Industrial Development Board Of Metropolitan Government Nashville (August 2002)
Acts 1955, ch. 210, § 3; T.C.A., § 6-2803.
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