Tennessee § 7-82-313 - Fire protection — Fees for services rendered to nonsubscribers.
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§ 7-82-313. Fire protection — Fees for services rendered to nonsubscribers.
A utility district that dispatches fire trucks and offers other such fire protection services may charge for the services rendered to a nonsubscriber when a fire or other dangerous situation is reported by any citizen or emergency communications district. To impose such charges, the utility district's board of commissioners shall establish and publish a schedule of the costs for such services. This section shall only apply in counties having a population of not less than eighty-five thousand eight hundred (85,800) nor more than eighty-six thousand one hundred (86,100), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census. Acts 1997, ch. 99, §§ 1, 3. Compiler's Notes. For table of U.S. decennial populations of Tennessee counties, see Volume 13 and its supplement.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-82-313 ("Fire protection — Fees for services rendered to nonsubscribers.") 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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