Tennessee § 68-104-116 - Private acts and municipal ordinances unaffected.
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§ 68-104-116. Private acts and municipal ordinances unaffected.
This chapter shall not affect the validity of any private act, nor any city ordinance further prohibiting or restricting the sale or use of fireworks; provided, that in counties with a population of not less than fifty-eight thousand seventy-five (58,075) nor more than fifty-eight thousand one hundred seventy-five (58,175), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, § 68-104-105 shall control. Acts 1959, ch. 159, § 13; T.C.A., § 53-3016; Acts 1985, ch. 293, § 2; T.C.A. § 68-22-116 . Compiler's Notes. Former title 68, ch. 22, §§ 68-22-101 — 68-22-116 , was transferred to title 68, ch. 104, §§ 68-104-101 — 68-104-116 , respectively, in 1992. For tables of U.S. decennial populations of Tennessee counties, see Volume 13 and its supplement. Cross-References. Sale or possession prohibited where declared illegal by ordinance or law, § 68-104-105 . Attorney General Opinions. Suspension of ban of fireworks sales in a single municipality, OAG 98-076 (4/6/98). Cited: B & B Distrib. Co. v. Metropolitan Nashville, 667 S.W.2d 751, 1983 Tenn. App. LEXIS 680 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983); Harwell v. Leech, 672 S.W.2d 761, 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 813 (Tenn. 1984); SNPCO, Inc. v. City of Jefferson City, 363 S.W.3d 467, 2012 Tenn. LEXIS 212 (Tenn. Mar. 26, 2012).
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