Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0847 Compare Versions

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2		-	HOUSE BILL 1018
3		-	By Russell
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5	4		SENATE BILL 847
6	5		By Hatcher
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9	8		SB0847
10	9		002914
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
14	13		Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 13; Title 13,
15	14		Chapter 7; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 68, relative to
16	15		zoning.
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18	17		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
19	18		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4, is amended by
20	19		adding the following as a new section:
21	20		(a) The executive officer of a state department or agency, or an officer of this
22	21		state, with the authority to approve a license, permit, or certificate necessary for the
23	22		operation of a private business in this state, upon receipt of written notice from the
24	23		zoning authority of a local government that a business operating within the jurisdiction of
25	24		the local government is not in compliance with a zoning ordinance, resolution, or other
26	25		law of the local government, may revoke or suspend such license, permit, or certificate
27	26		of the private business if the written notice provided by the zoning authority:
28	27		(1) Is received by the state department, agency, or officer no later than
29	28		thirty (30) days after the issuance or renewal of the respective license, permit, or
30	29		certificate; and
31	30		(2) Such written notice provides proof satisfactory through documentation
32	31		that the business is not in compliance with the zoning ordinance, resolution, or
33	32		other law.
34	33		(b) A revocation or suspension issued under subsection (a) must be mailed to
35	34		the address of record of the owner of the business, return receipt requested, and
	35	+	becomes effective when the state department, agency, or officer receives the receipt of
	36	+	proof of delivery of the written notice of revocation or suspension.
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40		-	becomes effective when the state department, agency, or officer receives the receipt of
41		-	proof of delivery of the written notice of revocation or suspension.
42	41		(c)
43	42		(1) If a zoning authority receives proof satisfactory that the owner of a
44	43		business comes into compliance with the zoning ordinance, resolution, or law
45	44		resulting in the revocation or suspension of a license, permit, or certification, the
46	45		zoning authority shall notify the applicable state department, agency, or officer
47	46		and, upon receipt of such notice, the state department, agency, or officer shall
48	47		reinstate the license, permit, or certificate.
49	48		(2) The owner of a business for which a license, permit, or certificate has
50	49		been revoked or suspended under this section may appeal the revocation or
51	50		suspension in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act,
52	51		codified in title 4, chapter 5, part 3.
53	52		(d) If the applicable state department or agency finds proof satisfactory that the
54	53		owner of a business was:
55	54		(1) Not in compliance with the zoning ordinance, resolution, or law upon
56	55		receiving the written notice, the department or agency may charge the owner an
57	56		additional reinstatement fee for reinstatement of the license, permit, or certificate
58	57		in an amount not to exceed the original cost of the license, permit, or certificate;
59	58		or
60	59		(2) In compliance with the zoning ordinance, resolution, or law upon
61	60		receiving the written notice, the department or agency may require the zoning
62	61		authority of the local government to pay the reinstatement fee under subdivision
63	62		(d)(1) for reinstatement of the license, permit, or certificate.
64	63		(e) As used in this section:
	64	+	(1) "Local government" means a county, incorporated city or town, or
	65	+	metropolitan government; and
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69		-	(1) "Local government" means a county, incorporated city or town, or
70		-	metropolitan government; and
71	70		(2) "Zoning authority" means a regional, local, or historic zoning
72	71		commission or board with jurisdiction under state law to enact zoning ordinances,
73	72		resolutions, or laws applicable to a particular local government.
74	73		SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 66-24-114, is amended by
75	74		designating the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new
76	75		subsection (b):
77	76		(1) On and after July 1, 2025, a register of deeds shall not record a deed of
78	77		conveyance of real property unless the zoning classification of the property at the time
79	78		the deed is recorded is included.
80	79		(2) The zoning classification must have the following disclaimer:
81	80		The zoning classification included here is the zoning classification at the
82	81		time this deed was recorded. The zoning classification may change at
83	82		any time at the discretion of the local zoning authority.
84	83		SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
85	84		Section 1 applies to violations of local zoning ordinances, resolutions, and laws occurring or
86	85		continuing to occur on or after the effective date of this act.