Tennessee § 6-52-301 - Requisites for forfeiture.
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§ 6-52-301. Requisites for forfeiture.
If any municipal corporation with a population of one hundred (100) inhabitants or fewer according to the latest federal census fails to exercise its corporate powers as described in § 6-52-302, then it shall, as a municipal corporation, forfeit its charter. Such forfeiture shall become effective upon the issuance of a court decree to that effect as prescribed in § 6-52-303. Acts 1983, ch. 116, § 1. Code Commission Notes. Acts 1983, ch. 116, § 5 provided that this part shall apply to any municipal corporation that has failed to exercise its corporate powers as described in § 6-52-302 on or after April 20, 1983. By order entered April 28, 1983, in the Chancery Court for Madison County, the city charter of Denmark, Tennessee was forfeited pursuant to this part. Law Reviews. Selected Tennessee Legislation of 1983 (N. L. Resener, J. A. Whitson, K. J. Miller), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 785 (1983).
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Section 6-52-301 ("Requisites for forfeiture.") 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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