Tenn. Code Ann. § 64-1-809
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Local contributions to authority - Tax levy
Official statutory text
(a) Carroll County and any city or town in Carroll County are hereby authorized and empowered to contribute to the work of the Carroll County watershed development authority any amount or amounts as recommended by the authority that their respective governing bodies, acting in their sole discretion, approve to be paid from the general fund of the respective county or city. (b) The county legislative bodies and governing bodies of such cities or towns are empowered to levy and collect ad valorem taxes for such purposes, which are hereby declared to be for municipal and county public purposes. Acts 1984, ch. 680, § 9; 2000, ch. 958, § 6.
(a) Carroll County and any city or town in Carroll County are hereby authorized and empowered to contribute to the work of the Carroll County watershed development authority any amount or amounts as recommended by the authority that their respective governing bodies, acting in their sole discretion, approve to be paid from the general fund of the respective county or city.
(b) The county legislative bodies and governing bodies of such cities or towns are empowered to levy and collect ad valorem taxes for such purposes, which are hereby declared to be for municipal and county public purposes.
Acts 1984, ch. 680, § 9; 2000, ch. 958, § 6.
(a) Carroll County and any city or town in Carroll County are hereby authorized and empowered to contribute to the work of the Carroll County watershed development authority any amount or amounts as recommended by the authority that their respective governing bodies, acting in their sole discretion, approve to be paid from the general fund of the respective county or city.
(b) The county legislative bodies and governing bodies of such cities or towns are empowered to levy and collect ad valorem taxes for such purposes, which are hereby declared to be for municipal and county public purposes.
Acts 1984, ch. 680, § 9; 2000, ch. 958, § 6.
Status: in_force
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