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§ 11-14-201. Expenditure of Public Funds

Public funds may be expended or advanced by the state or any municipality or county in the state to acquire by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or lease, the fee or any lesser interest in land, development right, easement, covenant or other contractual right necessary to achieve the purposes of this section and §§ 11-15-107, […]

§ 11-14-202. Public Acquisition of Fee

The state or any county or municipality may also acquire the fee to any property for the purpose of conveying or leasing the property back to its original owner or other person under such covenants or other contractual arrangements as will limit the future use of the property in accordance with the purposes of this […]

§ 11-14-203. Approval by Planning Authority

No private property shall be acquired by any county or municipality under this part until the planning commission having jurisdiction over the land involved, shall have, by resolution, declared such acquisition to be in the public interest. Where no such planning commission legally exists, the Tennessee local government planning advisory committee shall exercise the same […]