Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-1-106
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Excluded smaller city - Inclusion within metropolitan government
Official statutory text
Any smaller city that has been excluded from a metropolitan government created and established under chapters 1-3 of this title may at any time surrender its municipal charter and become a part of that metropolitan government under such terms and conditions and by such methods and procedures as may be established in the charter of the metropolitan government; provided, that no such consolidation shall become effective until submitted to the registered voters residing within the smaller city and approved by a majority of those voting. Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 17; 1972, ch. 740, § 4(62); T.C.A., § 6-3722.
Any smaller city that has been excluded from a metropolitan government created and established under chapters 1-3 of this title may at any time surrender its municipal charter and become a part of that metropolitan government under such terms and conditions and by such methods and procedures as may be established in the charter of the metropolitan government; provided, that no such consolidation shall become effective until submitted to the registered voters residing within the smaller city and approved by a majority of those voting.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 17; 1972, ch. 740, § 4(62); T.C.A., § 6-3722.
Any smaller city that has been excluded from a metropolitan government created and established under chapters 1-3 of this title may at any time surrender its municipal charter and become a part of that metropolitan government under such terms and conditions and by such methods and procedures as may be established in the charter of the metropolitan government; provided, that no such consolidation shall become effective until submitted to the registered voters residing within the smaller city and approved by a majority of those voting.
Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 17; 1972, ch. 740, § 4(62); T.C.A., § 6-3722.
Status: in_force
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