§ 68-221-209. Power to Require Use of Sanitary Sewers — Requiring Maintenance of Sewer Connections — Requiring Payment of Charges — Deposit — Action to Collect Delinquent Charges — Maintenance of Sanitary Sewer and Building Service
In order to protect the public health and in order to assure the payment of bonds issued for sewage treatment works, the municipality is authorized by appropriate resolution to: Require the owner, tenant or occupant of each lot or parcel of land which abuts upon a street or other public way containing a sanitary sewer […]
§ 68-221-210. Authority to Levy and Collect Other Charges
The municipality collecting the user’s fee shall have the authority to fix, levy and collect fees, rents, tolls or other charges in an amount necessary to provide for the maintenance and operation of sewage treatment works and payment of any indebtedness. This authority shall be in addition to any other authority to set like fees […]
§ 68-221-211. Remittance of Fees to Authority — Application of Funds — Contracts — Failure to Remit Fees
Each municipality having entered into a contract with the state pursuant to this part shall remit to the authority such amounts and at such times as shown in the repayment schedule to be placed in a special trust fund created to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and notes […]
§ 68-221-212. Use of Retroactive Grant
To the extent that a state grant is made retroactively under this part for an eligible project that has been financed by other funds, such state grant may be used by a municipality for any municipal sewer purpose.
§ 68-221-213. Authority of Local Governments to Enter Into Loan Agreements
Local governments may enter into loan agreements under this part, notwithstanding and without regard to any limit on indebtedness provided by law.
§ 68-221-214. Part Supplemental — Loan Agreements Governed by This Part
This part shall be in addition and supplemental to any other law providing for the financing of sewage treatment works of local governments, and shall not be deemed to amend or repeal any other law. No proceedings by a local government shall be required for loan agreements hereunder except such as are provided by this […]
§ 68-221-205. Sewage Treatment Works Construction Account
There is authorized to be established in the general fund of the state treasury an account to be known as the sewage treatment works construction account; provided, that the commissioner of finance and administration, with the approval of the comptroller of the treasury, may establish the account in such other manner and in such other […]
§ 68-221-206. Authority to Make Appropriation
There are authorized to be appropriated to the department such funds as the general assembly may appropriate to enable the department to carry out its functions under this part.
§ 68-221-207. [reserved.]
All municipalities receiving grants from the state under this part shall establish a graduated sewer user’s fee on each user of the sanitary sewers provided by the municipality. The municipality providing such a service shall bill and collect the fee from users of the service and is authorized to enter into contracts for the collection […]
§ 68-221-201. Part Definitions. [See Contingent Amendment to Subdivision (4)(d) and the Compiler’s notes.]
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Authority” means the Tennessee local development authority, a public agency, created by title 4, chapter 31, or its successor; “Construction” means the erection, building, acquisition, alteration, reconstruction, improvement or extension of sewage treatment works, preliminary planning to determine the economic and engineering feasibility of sewage […]