Tennessee § 7-1-106 - Excluded smaller city — Inclusion within metropolitan government.
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§ 7-1-106. Excluded smaller city — Inclusion within metropolitan government.
Any smaller city that has been excluded from a metropolitan government created and established under chapters 1-3 of this title may at any time surrender its municipal charter and become a part of that metropolitan government under such terms and conditions and by such methods and procedures as may be established in the charter of the metropolitan government; provided, that no such consolidation shall become effective until submitted to the registered voters residing within the smaller city and approved by a majority of those voting. Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 17; 1972, ch. 740, § 4(62); T.C.A., § 6-3722. Cross-References. Courts and judicial functions, § 7-3-311 . Smaller cities, inclusion in proposed consolidation, § 7-2-107 . Law Reviews. Two Claims, Two Keys—Overcoming Tennessee's Dual-Majority Voting Mechanism to Facilitate Consolidation Between Memphis City and Shelby County (D. Eric Setterlund), 41 U. Mem. L. Rev. 933 (2011).
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