Tennessee § 6-54-509 - Notice of adoption of code.
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§ 6-54-509. Notice of adoption of code.
Any municipality that, on or after March 21, 1955, adopts a code of ordinances shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality a notice that a code of ordinances has been adopted and that a copy is available at the city recorder's office for anyone who desires to examine it. Such notice shall also include a statement providing notice of any new provisions of a penal nature in such code of ordinances. Acts 1955, ch. 274, § 2; T.C.A., § 6-630; Acts 1981, ch. 194, § 3.
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