Tennessee § 64-1-501 - Creation — Purpose.

§ 64-1-501. Creation — Purpose.

There is created the Sequatchie Valley educational development agency, being a public body corporate and politic and referred to as the “agency” in this part. The agency is created for the purpose of developing the field of education for the region covered by Bledsoe, Marion, Rhea, Grundy, and Sequatchie counties, referred to as the “region” in this part. The scope of the agency's interests, work, and activities includes programs in the field of education. Acts 1968, ch. 460, § 1; T.C.A., § 66-1-501 ; Acts 1985, ch. 136, § 1; 1992, ch. 717, § 3; 2020, ch. 664, § 3. Compiler's Notes. Sequatchie Valley educational development agency, created by this section and § 64-1-502 , terminates June 30, 2026. See §§ 4-29-112 , 4-29-247 . Acts 2020, ch. 664, § 11 provided that notwithstanding § 4-29-112 , the Sequatchie Valley planning and development agency terminates and ceases to exist on April 2, 2020. All directors serving on the Sequatchie Valley planning and development agency on April 1, 2020 may continue to serve on the Sequatchie Valley educational development agency until their terms expire. Amendments. The 2020 amendment substituted “There is created the Sequatchie Valley educational development agency” for “There is hereby created and established the Sequatchie Valley planning and development agency” in (a); in (b), substituted “created for the purpose of developing the field of education for the region” for “created and established for the purpose of planning and developing the resources of the region” and deleted “, including the coordination of the agency's planning and development work with related activities and programs of other federal, state and local planning and development agencies” at the end; and rewrote (c), which read: “(c) The scope of the agency's interests, work and activities shall include programs in the fields of education, public health, industrial development, highways, water resources and recreation and in such other fields as the agency's board of directors finds that it can provide planning and development services for the five-county region efficiently and economically.” Effective Dates. Acts 2020, ch. 664, § 12. April 2, 2020.