Tennessee § 12-10-121 - Project sites — State may transfer property to and contract with authorities.
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§ 12-10-121. Project sites — State may transfer property to and contract with authorities.
Any municipal corporation may acquire a project site by gift, purchase or lease, or exercise of the power of eminent domain, and may transfer any project site to an authority by sale, lease or gift. Such transfer may be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of the municipal corporation without submission of the question to the voters, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law. Such project site may be within or without the municipal corporation, or partially within and partially without the municipal corporation. The state of Tennessee may make such contribution, grant, loan, gift, transfer, sale or lease of money or property, both real and personal, to an authority, and may enter into such contracts and agreements with respect thereto, as may from time to time be deemed necessary and desirable by the state, and subject to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law. Acts 1971, ch. 126, § 21; T.C.A., § 12-921; Acts 1980, ch. 653, § 9.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-10-121 ("Project sites — State may transfer property to and contract with authorities.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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