Tennessee § 6-54-140 - Authority for municipal governments to display historic documents on public buildings and grounds.

§ 6-54-140. Authority for municipal governments to display historic documents on public buildings and grounds.

Each city and town is authorized to display, in municipal public buildings and on municipal public grounds, replicas of historical documents, including, but not limited to, the Ten Commandments, Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Constitution of Tennessee, and other such historically significant documents in the form of statues, monuments, memorials, tablets, or any other display that respects the dignity and solemnity of such documents. Acts 2012, ch. 686, § 2. Code Commission Notes. Acts 2012, ch. 1088, § 2 purported to enact a new § 6-54-140 . Section 6-54-140 was previously enacted by Acts 2012, ch. 686, § 2; therefore, the enactment by Acts 2012 ch. 1088, § 2 was designated as § 6-54-141 by authority of the code commission. Compiler's Notes. For the preamble to the act authorizing local governments to display historic documents, please refer to Acts 2012, ch. 686.