Tennessee § 7-34-105 - Works within other municipalities.
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§ 7-34-105. Works within other municipalities.
No municipality shall construct public works wholly or partly within the corporate limits of another municipality, other than to perform maintenance on or make improvements to its existing public works system in its service area, except with the consent of the governing body of the other municipality. Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 33, § 13; C. Supp. 1950, § 4406.54 (Williams, § 4406.46); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1305; Acts 2009, ch. 74, § 1. Attorney General Opinions. A municipality is authorized to take and condemn lands to lay a sewer line through another municipality; however, if the utility is financed under the Revenue Bond Law or the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, the municipality building the utility through the territory of another municipality must obtain the consent of the latter's governing body, OAG 01-098, 2001 Tenn. AG LEXIS 89 (6/13/01).
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