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2		-	SENATE BILL 365
3		-	By Briggs
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5	4		HOUSE BILL 317
6	5		By Rudd
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9	8		HB0317
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13,
14	13		Chapter 7, relative to zoning.
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16	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	16		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-106(b)(5), is amended by
18	17		adding the language "property rights; constitutional rights;" immediately after the language
19	18		"public hearing procedure;".
20	19		SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-106(b)(9), is amended by
21	20		deleting the subdivision.
22	21		SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-107(a), is amended by deleting
23	22		the subsection and substituting instead:
24	23		(a)
25	24		(1) The county legislative body shall provide and specify, in its zoning or other
26	25		ordinance, general rules to govern the organization, procedure, and jurisdiction of the
27	26		board of appeals, which rules shall not be inconsistent with this part, and the board may
28	27		adopt supplemental rules of procedure, not inconsistent with this part or such general
29	28		rules.
30	29		(2) The general and supplemental rules of procedure shall require:
31	30		(A) Maintenance of a record of the board's proceedings, including
32	31		resolutions, transactions, motions, and actions, which are public records;
33	32		(B) Election from its membership of a chair and other officers as the
34	33		board deems necessary;
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39	38		(C) The inclusion of written statements of reasons for the board's actions
40	39		as part of each motion, action, and decision, including such findings of fact and
41	40		statements of material evidence as the board may deem pertinent; and
42	41		(D) The presentation of relevant proof by parties to the proceedings.
43	42		SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-108, is amended by designating
44	43		the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new subsection (b):
45	44		(b) Building commissioners and other administrative officials who grant or deny
46	45		building permits shall inform, in writing, the person receiving the grant or denial of the
47	46		person's right to appeal to the board of zoning appeals.
48	47		SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-109, is amended by designating
49	48		the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new subsection (b):
50	49		(b) When issuing a decision of the board of zoning appeals, the board shall
51	50		inform, in writing, the parties to the proceeding of their right to seek judicial review of the
52	51		board's decision pursuant to title 27, chapter 9.
53	52		SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-205(b), is amended by deleting
54	53		the subsection and substituting instead:
55	54		(b)
56	55		(1) The chief legislative body shall provide and specify, in its zoning or other
57	56		ordinance, general rules to govern the organization, procedure, and jurisdiction of the
58	57		board of appeals, which rules shall not be inconsistent with this part or part 3 of this
59	58		chapter, and the board may adopt supplemental rules of procedure, not inconsistent with
60	59		this part or part 3 of this chapter or such general rules.
61	60		(2) The general and supplemental rules of procedure shall require:
62	61		(A) Maintenance of a record of the board's proceedings, including
63	62		resolutions, transactions, motions, and actions, which are public records;
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68	67		(B) Election from its membership of a chair and other officers as the
69	68		board deems necessary;
70	69		(C) The inclusion of written statements of reasons for the board's actions
71	70		as part of each motion, action, and decision, including such findings of fact and
72	71		statements of material evidence as the board may deem pertinent; and
73	72		(D) The presentation of relevant proof by parties to the proceedings.
74	73		SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-205(c)(5), is amended by
75	74		adding the language "property rights; constitutional rights;" immediately after the language
76	75		"public hearing procedure;".
77	76		SECTION 8. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-205(c)(9), is amended by
78	77		deleting the subdivision.
79	78		SECTION 9. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-206, is amended by adding the
80	79		following as a new subsection:
81	80		(c) Building commissioners and other administrative officials who grant or deny
82	81		building permits shall inform, in writing, the person receiving the grant or denial of the
83	82		person's right to appeal to the board of zoning appeals.
84	83		SECTION 10. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-207, is amended by
85	84		designating the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new
86	85		subsection (b):
87	86		(b) When issuing a decision of the board of zoning appeals, the board shall
88	87		inform, in writing, the parties to the proceeding of their right to seek judicial review of the
89	88		board's decision pursuant to title 27, chapter 9.
90	89		SECTION 11. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.