Tennessee § 5-21-129 - Revocation of adoption.
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§ 5-21-129. Revocation of adoption.
This chapter once adopted may be revoked by the same method used to adopt the chapter. Such revocation shall be effective with the fiscal year beginning at least sixty (60) days after passage of the resolution or referendum. Acts 1981, ch. 325, § 28; 1986, ch. 732, § 2.
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