Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1018 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 847
3	3	By Hatcher
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 1018
6	6	By Russell
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9	9	HB1018
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
14	14	Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 13; Title 13,
15	15	Chapter 7; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 68, relative to
16	16	zoning.
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18	18	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
19	19	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4, is amended by
20	20	adding the following as a new section:
21	21	(a) The executive officer of a state department or agency, or an officer of this
22	22	state, with the authority to approve a license, permit, or certificate necessary for the
23	23	operation of a private business in this state, upon receipt of written notice from the
24	24	zoning authority of a local government that a business operating within the jurisdiction of
25	25	the local government is not in compliance with a zoning ordinance, resolution, or other
26	26	law of the local government, may revoke or suspend such license, permit, or certificate
27	27	of the private business if the written notice provided by the zoning authority:
28	28	(1) Is received by the state department, agency, or officer no later than
29	29	thirty (30) days after the issuance or renewal of the respective license, permit, or
30	30	certificate; and
31	31	(2) Such written notice provides proof satisfactory through documentation
32	32	that the business is not in compliance with the zoning ordinance, resolution, or
33	33	other law.
34	34	(b) A revocation or suspension issued under subsection (a) must be mailed to
35	35	the address of record of the owner of the business, return receipt requested, and
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40	40	becomes effective when the state department, agency, or officer receives the receipt of
41	41	proof of delivery of the written notice of revocation or suspension.
42	42	(c)
43	43	(1) If a zoning authority receives proof satisfactory that the owner of a
44	44	business comes into compliance with the zoning ordinance, resolution, or law
45	45	resulting in the revocation or suspension of a license, permit, or certification, the
46	46	zoning authority shall notify the applicable state department, agency, or officer
47	47	and, upon receipt of such notice, the state department, agency, or officer shall
48	48	reinstate the license, permit, or certificate.
49	49	(2) The owner of a business for which a license, permit, or certificate has
50	50	been revoked or suspended under this section may appeal the revocation or
51	51	suspension in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act,
52	52	codified in title 4, chapter 5, part 3.
53	53	(d) If the applicable state department or agency finds proof satisfactory that the
54	54	owner of a business was:
55	55	(1) Not in compliance with the zoning ordinance, resolution, or law upon
56	56	receiving the written notice, the department or agency may charge the owner an
57	57	additional reinstatement fee for reinstatement of the license, permit, or certificate
58	58	in an amount not to exceed the original cost of the license, permit, or certificate;
59	59	or
60	60	(2) In compliance with the zoning ordinance, resolution, or law upon
61	61	receiving the written notice, the department or agency may require the zoning
62	62	authority of the local government to pay the reinstatement fee under subdivision
63	63	(d)(1) for reinstatement of the license, permit, or certificate.
64	64	(e) As used in this section:
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69	69	(1) "Local government" means a county, incorporated city or town, or
70	70	metropolitan government; and
71	71	(2) "Zoning authority" means a regional, local, or historic zoning
72	72	commission or board with jurisdiction under state law to enact zoning ordinances,
73	73	resolutions, or laws applicable to a particular local government.
74	74	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 66-24-114, is amended by
75	75	designating the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new
76	76	subsection (b):
77	77	(1) On and after July 1, 2025, a register of deeds shall not record a deed of
78	78	conveyance of real property unless the zoning classification of the property at the time
79	79	the deed is recorded is included.
80	80	(2) The zoning classification must have the following disclaimer:
81	81	The zoning classification included here is the zoning classification at the
82	82	time this deed was recorded. The zoning classification may change at
83	83	any time at the discretion of the local zoning authority.
84	84	SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
85	85	Section 1 applies to violations of local zoning ordinances, resolutions, and laws occurring or
86	86	continuing to occur on or after the effective date of this act.