Tennessee § 54-7-102 - Applicability of chapter.

§ 54-7-102. Applicability of chapter.

This chapter applies to all counties of the state, except for those excluded by Chapter 801 of the Public Acts of 1976, and counties with a charter or a metropolitan form of government, unless the charter of such county provides for the application of this chapter. Acts 1974, ch. 738, §§ 17-19; 1976, ch. 513, § 1; 1976, ch. 556, § 1; 1976, ch. 801, § 1; 1977, ch. 193, § 1; 1979, ch. 234, § 1; T.C.A., § 54-1002; Acts 1980, ch. 548, § 1; 1980, ch. 881, § 1; 1981, ch. 180, § 2; 1982, ch. 954, § 1; 1991, ch. 293, § 1; 2012, ch. 689, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 1976, ch. 801 excluded “counties having a population of 200,000 or more persons according to the U.S. Census of Population of 1970, or any subsequent U.S. Census of Population, which counties function under a County Council or County Manager type government by either Private Act or by adoption of the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-1501 et seq., or by the adoption of the provisions of any other law.” Amendments. The 2012 amendment, effective January 1, 2013, rewrote this section which read: “(a) This chapter applies to all counties of the state, except those counties having populations of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census.“(b) However, all counties, except those of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000), shall be subject to and not be exempted from all amendments to this chapter as amended by the Public Acts of 1980.” Effective Dates. Acts 2012, ch. 689, § 11. January 1, 2013.