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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 608 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Rudd |
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| 8 | 7 | | |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0608 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002460 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 11 | | |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; |
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| 14 | 13 | | Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 66, |
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| 15 | 14 | | relative to real property development. |
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| 17 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, is amended by adding the following |
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| 19 | 18 | | as a new chapter: |
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| 20 | 19 | | 13-31-101. |
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| 21 | 20 | | As used in this chapter, unless context provides otherwise: |
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| 22 | 21 | | (1) "Development property" means real property that is being built, improved |
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| 23 | 22 | | upon, or developed by a landowner, developer, or builder for the purposes of developing |
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| 24 | 23 | | a property, and applies only to: |
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| 25 | 24 | | (A) Residential developments under three hundred (300) single- |
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| 26 | 25 | | family homes; and |
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| 27 | 26 | | (B) Multi-family residences under five hundred (500) units; |
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| 28 | 27 | | (2) "Infrastructure" includes roads, bridges, highways, traffic lights, toll roads, |
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| 29 | 28 | | road signage, barricades, turn lanes, utility poles, electrical lines, internet cabling, and |
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| 30 | 29 | | entrances to a development property; and |
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| 31 | 30 | | (3) "Nonessential infrastructure": |
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| 32 | 31 | | (A) Means any infrastructure that is not required for the creation, ongoing |
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| 33 | 32 | | maintenance, and growth of a development property of a landowner, developer, |
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| 34 | 33 | | or builder; and |
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| 35 | 34 | | (B) Includes property that is not contiguous to the development property. |
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| 36 | 35 | | 13-31-102. |
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| 38 | 37 | | |
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| 39 | 38 | | - 2 - 002460 |
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| 40 | 39 | | |
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| 41 | 40 | | A state, county, or municipal government shall not, in connection to a |
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| 42 | 41 | | development property, require a landowner, developer, or builder to fund, build, or |
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| 43 | 42 | | contribute to the development of: |
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| 44 | 43 | | (1) Nonessential infrastructure that is not contiguous or adjacent to a |
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| 45 | 44 | | development property of a landowner, developer, or builder; or |
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| 46 | 45 | | (2) Nonessential infrastructure beyond the anticipated infrastructure |
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| 47 | 46 | | needed for the development property as estimated at the start of the |
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| 48 | 47 | | development of the development property. For purposes of this subdivision (2), |
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| 49 | 48 | | development of a property constitutes any point from the initial planning stage |
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| 50 | 49 | | through to the completion of the development property. |
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| 51 | 50 | | SECTION 2. This act does not repeal or modify any tax, property, zoning, or permitting |
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| 52 | 51 | | laws or ordinance, nor any administrative authority granted to an administrative agency, nor any |
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| 53 | 52 | | other applicable state, local, or federal laws. |
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| 54 | 53 | | SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and |
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| 55 | 54 | | applies to contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after that date. |
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