§ 68-221-1111. Water Quality Regulation Authority Not Limited by This Part. [Contingent Amendment. See Second Version of Section and the Compiler’s notes.]
Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the power or authority of the department of environment and conservation or of the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas with respect to regulation of the waters of the state. Any ordinances or regulations adopted or imposed by municipalities shall be subject to regulation and oversight […]
§ 68-221-1111. Water Quality Regulation Authority Not Limited by This Part. [Contingent Amendment. See First Version of Section and the Compiler’s notes.]
Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the power or authority of the department of environment and conservation or of the Tennessee board of energy and natural resources with respect to regulation of the waters of the state. Any ordinances or regulations adopted or imposed by municipalities shall be subject to regulation and oversight by […]
§ 68-221-1103. Authorization of Storm Water Facilities or Flood Control Improvements by Municipality
The governing body of any municipality may authorize the construction, extension, enlargement, or acquisition of necessary storm water facilities or flood control improvements within its corporate boundaries. The improvements may include, but are not limited to, the extension, enlargement, construction, or acquisition of storm water facilities or flood control improvements; the widening, straightening, or relocating […]
§ 68-221-1104. Condemnation of Property
A municipality may condemn either the fee or such right, title, interest, or easement in property within its corporate boundaries for any of the purposes mentioned in this part, and such property or interest in such property may be so acquired whether or not the same is owned or held for public use by corporations, […]
§ 68-221-1105. Municipal Authority
In order to protect the public health, municipalities authorized to provide storm water and flood control facilities by this part are authorized by appropriate ordinance or resolution to: Exercise general regulation over the planning, location, construction, and operation and maintenance over storm water facilities in the municipality, whether owned and operated by the municipality or […]
§ 68-221-1106. Civil Penalty for Violation of Ordinance
A municipality may establish by ordinance or resolution that any person who violates any ordinance or resolution regulating storm water discharges or facilities shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day for each day of violations. Each day of violation […]
§ 68-221-1107. Facilities User’s Fee
All municipalities constructing, operating, or maintaining storm water or flood control facilities are authorized to establish a graduated storm water user’s fee which may be assessed and collected from each user of the storm water facilities provided by the municipality. These fees shall be reasonable in amount and used exclusively by the municipality for purposes […]
§ 68-221-1010. Facilities With Earnings or Operating Deficit, or Operating in Default
Within sixty (60) days from the time that an audit of a water system or wastewater facility is filed with the comptroller of the treasury, the comptroller of the treasury shall file with the board the audited annual financial report of any water system or wastewater facility that has a deficit total net position in […]
§ 68-221-1011. Consolidation of Facilities
As a means to restore the financial stability of a water system or wastewater facility under its jurisdiction, and to ensure the continued operations of water system or wastewater facilities for the benefit of the public being served by such water system or wastewater facility, the board may facilitate, assign a mediator, or otherwise participate […]
§ 68-221-1012. Audited Annual Financial Reports Provided
The comptroller of the treasury shall provide the board on an annual basis all audited annual financial reports of those water systems and wastewater facilities within the board’s jurisdiction. Public water systems shall include in their audited annual financial report the public water system’s annual water loss in the manner prescribed by the water and […]