Tennessee § 6-51-109 - Annexation of smaller municipality by larger municipality.

§ 6-51-109. Annexation of smaller municipality by larger municipality.

Upon receipt of a petition in writing of twenty percent (20%) of the qualified voters of a smaller municipality, voting at the last general election, such petition to be filed with the chief executive officer of the smaller municipality who shall promptly submit the petition to the chief executive officer of the larger municipality, such larger municipality may annex such portion of the territory of the smaller municipality described in the petition or the totality of such smaller municipality if so described in the petition only after a majority of the qualified voters voting in an election in such smaller municipality vote in favor of the annexation. The county election commission shall hold such an election on the request and at the expense of the larger municipality, the results of which shall be certified to each municipality. If a majority of the qualified voters voting in such election are in favor of annexation, the corporate existence of such smaller municipality shall end within thirty (30) days after the certification of the election results, and all of the choses in action, including the right to collect all uncollected taxes, and all other assets of every kind and description of the smaller municipality shall be taken over by and become the property of the larger municipality. All legally subsisting liabilities, including any bonded indebtedness, of the smaller municipality shall be assumed by the larger municipality, which shall thereafter have as full jurisdiction over the territory of the smaller municipality as over that lying within the existing corporate limits of the larger municipality. Acts 1955, ch. 113, § 7; T.C.A., § 6-316; Acts 1987, ch. 31, § 1; 2015, ch. 512, §§ 13, 14. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2015, ch. 512, § 18 provided that the act take effect at 12:01 a.m. on May 16, 2015. However, the governor signed the act and it became law on May 20, 2015. Pursuant to Article II, § 20, of the Constitution of Tennessee, the act takes effect 40 days after the bill became law. Thus, the effective date of the act is June 29, 2015. Amendments. The 2015 amendment deleted “by ordinance” preceding “annex” near the middle of (a) and substituted “certification of the election results” for “adoption of the ordinance by the larger municipality” in the first sentence of (c). Effective Dates. Acts 2015, ch. 512, § 18. June 29, 2015 [See the Compiler's Notes.].