As used in Chapters 1 6 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires: “City governing body” means the city council or other public agency possessing power and authority usually possessed by a city council; “County governing body” means that body in a particular county that is vested with the power to levy property taxes; […]
It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent and purpose of Chapters 1 3 of this title to provide for the consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the governmental and corporate functions now or hereafter vested in municipal corporations with the governmental and corporate functions now or hereafter vested in the counties in […]
Each county in this state, without regard to population, and the municipal corporations within such county, may consolidate all, or substantially all, of their governmental and corporate functions in the manner and with the consequences provided in this chapter. The consolidation, when complete, shall result in the creation and establishment of a new metropolitan government […]
When a metropolitan government charter commission is created, as provided in § 7-2-101, no municipality and no public service district, including, but not limited to, a utility district, sanitary district or school district, shall thereafter be created in the county proposed to be included in such consolidation, unless and until the proposed charter of metropolitan […]
When a metropolitan government is created and established within a county, there shall then be and continue only two (2) civil districts, one (1) consisting of the area embraced in the urban services district and the other consisting of the area of the county other than the urban services district.
Any smaller city that has been excluded from a metropolitan government created and established under Chapters 1 3 of this title may at any time surrender its municipal charter and become a part of that metropolitan government under such terms and conditions and by such methods and procedures as may be established in the charter […]
Nothing in Chapters 1 3 of this title shall be construed to alter, abridge or abrogate any provision of §§ 5-1-113 and 49-2-503 or any other law, practice, custom or tradition with respect to contractual, cooperative, unilateral or other devices for simplifying or expediting municipal or county government.
Notwithstanding any law, including any municipal or metropolitan charter to the contrary, the appropriate appointing authority may appoint at least one (1) elected state official to serve as a member of the board of any public utility operated by a municipality or metropolitan government. This section shall only apply to those counties having a metropolitan […]
Any and all elected public officials in counties that have a metropolitan form of government are authorized to refuse or decline any and all salaries to which they may be entitled under the laws of this state or local ordinances.
Any city or county office, department, board, commission, agency or function established by private act prior to the adoption of a metropolitan form of government may be altered, consolidated or abolished by ordinance of the chief legislative body of the metropolitan government if the charter of the metropolitan government does not otherwise provide for the […]
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any electric power board having a customer service greater than two hundred thousand (200,000) active electric meters within a county having a metropolitan form of government shall be composed of at least seven (7) members. The initial term of office of the two (2) additional members of the electric […]
