Tennessee § 9-11-102 - Chapter definitions.

§ 9-11-102. Chapter definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Bond order,” as applied to a city, means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds of the city, and, as applied to a county, means the order of resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds of the county; “Clerk” means the officer acting as clerk of the governing body; “Funding bonds” means bonds issued to pay or to extend the time of payment of debt not evidenced by bonds; “Governing body,” as applied to a county, means the county legislative body, and, as applied to a city, means the city council, board of commissioners, board of mayor and aldermen or the board or body in which the general legislative powers of the city are vested; “Refunding bonds” means bonds issued to pay or to extend the time of payment of debts evidenced by bonds; and “Unit” includes each county and city in the state, which shall issue bonds under this chapter. Acts 1937, ch. 300, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 3516.12; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 8; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-1102; Acts 2010, ch. 868, § 30.