Any action taken at a meeting in violation of this part shall be void and of no effect; provided, that this nullification of actions taken at such meetings shall not apply to any commitment, otherwise legal, affecting the public debt of the entity concerned.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-44-105
Action nullified — Exception
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Mayhew v. Wilder (2001)
Most recently applied in Long v. CITY OF COOPERTOWN (July 2011)
Acts 1974, ch. 442, § 5; T.C.A., § 8-4405.
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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.