Tennessee § 5-2-104 - Boundary changes — Plats and surveys.
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§ 5-2-104. Boundary changes — Plats and surveys.
All applications for legislation changing county lines shall be accompanied by: An accurate survey and plat, showing the changes asked for, and giving courses and distances of the county line as it will be left after such change should be made; and A resolution approved by two thirds (2/3) of the county commissioners of all counties affected by such boundary line change. No bill providing for such change shall be in order unless so accompanied. Acts 1895, ch. 105, § 1; Shan., § 93; Code 1932, § 111; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-204; Acts 1999, ch. 331, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2013, ch. 399, §§ 1 and 2, effective January 1, 2014, provided that the boundary lines between Davidson County and Wilson County shall be revised so as to include within Wilson County all of the territory described in the act. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Counties, § 8. Attorney General Opinions. Process and effect of altering boundaries between existing counties, OAG 98-035, 1998 Tenn. AG LEXIS 35 (2/9/98). Constitutionality and enforcement of legislative procedures for changing county lines, OAG 99-101, 1999 Tenn. AG LEXIS 101 (5/5/99). Constitutional permissibility of property transfer between Davidson and Wilson counties. OAG 13-08, 2013 Tenn. AG LEXIS 8 (2/1/13). Collateral References. Challenging acts or proceedings by which its boundaries are affected, right of county as to. 86 A.L.R. 1373 .
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