Tennessee § 7-5-104 - Creation of metropolitan port authority.
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§ 7-5-104. Creation of metropolitan port authority.
Any metropolitan government having a population of not less than one hundred thousand (100,000) may create a metropolitan port authority in the manner provided in this chapter. The governing body of the creating municipality, if it shall determine the public convenience and necessity requires the creation of a metropolitan port authority, shall adopt, and the executive officer of the creating municipality shall approve, a resolution so declaring and creating an authority, which resolution shall designate the name and principal office address of the authority. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the secretary of state and with the commissioner of transportation, and upon adoption and filing, the authority shall constitute a body politic and corporate, with all the powers provided in this chapter. A copy of the resolution shall also be filed with the department of community and economic development, or its functional successor. Acts 1979, ch. 95, § 4; T.C.A., § 6-3753. Cross-References. Creation without charter amendment, § 7-5-113 . Compiler's Notes. For tables of U.S. decennial populations of Tennessee counties, see Volume 13 and its supplement.
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