Tennessee § 69-5-701 - Contracts for improvements.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 69-5-701 — Contracts for improvements., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 69-5-701. Contracts for improvements.
No contracts for improvements to be done in a drainage or levee district shall be made until after the commissioners have made their inspection, classification, and apportionment as directed in §§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-312 , nor until the question of classification and apportionment and assessment of benefits has been determined and settled by the court; but after the commissioners and the court have so acted, then such contracts may be made by the board of directors of the district. Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 19; Shan., § 3871a82; Code 1932, § 4310; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1207; T.C.A. § 69-6-701 .
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Section 69-5-701 ("Contracts for improvements.") 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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