§ 64-1-808. Cooperation With Tennessee Valley Authority and Other Agencies — Reports
The authority is further authorized to: Cooperate with the Tennessee Valley authority in a study of engineering works as part of plans for comprehensive development of the streams and rivers of Carroll County and in a study of the economic effects of such works in terms of agricultural production, industrial locations, trade, land values and […]
§ 64-1-809. Local Contributions to Authority — Tax Levy
Carroll County and any city or town in Carroll County are hereby authorized and empowered to contribute to the work of the Carroll County watershed development authority any amount or amounts as recommended by the authority that their respective governing bodies, acting in their sole discretion, approve to be paid from the general fund of […]
§ 64-1-807. Cooperation of State Agencies
All agencies of the state are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to extend their cooperation and assistance to the authority in the formulation and implementation of its program of development.
§ 64-1-801. Creation — Purpose
There is hereby created the Carroll County watershed authority to exercise the powers granted in this part in and with respect to all of Carroll County. The Carroll County watershed authority, cited as the “authority” in this part, shall be a body politic and corporate.
§ 64-1-802. Board of Directors
The authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of six (6) members appointed by the governor. Members of the board of directors shall be citizens of Tennessee and residents of Carroll County. Terms of members of the board shall be six (6) years, except that in the initial appointments two (2) members […]
§ 64-1-803. Executive Secretary and Personnel
The board may employ an executive secretary and such other persons as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes stated in this part, and the salary of any such employees may be paid out of such funds as may be available to the authority from any source. The executive secretary shall be the custodian […]
§ 64-1-804. Powers and Duties
The authority is specifically authorized and empowered to do any and all things necessary in forming and executing a plan for the comprehensive development of the resources of Carroll County, including an action in cooperation, when necessary, with appropriate local, state, and federal agencies in the fields of agriculture, forestry, drainage and flood control, land […]
§ 64-1-805. Eminent Domain
The authority’s power of eminent domain may be exercised under title 29, chapter 16 or pursuant to any other applicable statutory provisions, now in force or hereafter enacted, for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. At any time on or after the filing of a petition for condemnation of property and before the […]
§ 64-1-806. Exemption From Taxation
During the time that title to land or rights in land are held by the authority, they are exempt from all taxes levied by the state or any of its political subdivisions or instrumentalities of either; and all other property and activities of the authority are similarly exempt.