(1) Neither the Tennessee public utility commission nor any other board or commission of like character hereafter created shall have jurisdiction over the district in the management and control of any system, including the regulation of its rates, fees, tolls or charges, except to the extent provided by this chapter and by the Wastewater Facilities Act of 1987, compiled in title 68, chapter 221, part 10.
(2) It shall be the obligation of every judge and every public official having occasion to construe §§ 7-82-102 and 7-82-402(b) to so construe them as to accomplish the ends indicated by the findings and policies set forth in the preamble and section 1 of Acts 1973, ch. 249.