Tennessee § 7-86-204 - Fire protection — No liability for costs of services rendered to a nonsubscriber.
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§ 7-86-204. Fire protection — No liability for costs of services rendered to a nonsubscriber.
If an emergency communications district requests fire protection services, and if a utility district providing fire protection services responds to a request for a nonsubscriber, then the emergency communications district has no liability for the cost of such service. 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, §§ 2, 3. Compiler's Notes. For table of U.S. decennial populations of Tennessee counties, see Volume 13 and its supplement. Cross-References. Fees for fire protection services rendered by utility service to nonsubscriber, § 7-82-313 .
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