Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB1404 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE BILL 365
3	3	By Fritts
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5	5	SENATE BILL 1404
6	6	By Hensley
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9	9	SB1404
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5 and
14	14	Title 6, relative to equal representation for the
15	15	citizenry of this state.
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17	17	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	18	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 1, is amended by
19	19	adding the following as a new section:
20	20	A municipality, or an instrumentality of a municipality, shall not take any action
21	21	that affects or has the potential to affect the tax obligations, fees, or other costs for real
22	22	property owners whose property is located outside a municipality's corporate boundary,
23	23	unless the action is approved by the county legislative body in which such property is
24	24	located.
25	25	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 6-58-114, is amended by designating
26	26	subsection (a) as subdivision (a)(1) and adding the following new subdivision (a)(2):
27	27	(2) It is further the intent of the general assembly that the membership of joint
28	28	economic and community development boards be representative of the populations of
29	29	the cities and counties for which the board is formed.
30	30	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 6-58-114, is amended by adding the
31	31	following new subsection (m):
32	32	(1) Notwithstanding this section to the contrary, at least ninety percent (90%) of
33	33	a county's population represented by a board created under this section must be
34	34	proportionately represented on a per capita basis by the members of such board not
35	35	later than July 1, 2029. After July 1, 2029, each board must remain in compliance with
36	36	this subdivision (m)(1).
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41	41	(2) To facilitate subdivision (m)(1), as existing board members' terms expire,
42	42	newly appointed or elected members, in addition to satisfying all other criteria for
43	43	appointment or election, are only qualified if their election or appointment revises the
44	44	board's representation of a county's population in a manner that incrementally brings the
45	45	board into compliance with subdivision (m)(1) on or before July 1, 2029.
46	46	(3) The department of economic and community development, in consultation
47	47	with representatives of joint economic and community development boards, shall
48	48	promulgate rules to create the mechanism by which each board must incrementally
49	49	transition into compliance with subdivision (m)(1). The rules must be promulgated in
50	50	accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter
51	51	5, and within the existing resources of the department. The mechanism:
52	52	(A) Must, as necessary by jurisdiction:
53	53	(i) Provide for a percentage deviation of no more than five percent
54	54	(5%) below the ideal average population representation prescribed by
55	55	subdivision (m)(1);
56	56	(ii) Adjust the number of members on a board to facilitate
57	57	compliance with subdivision (m)(1); and
58	58	(iii) Be adjusted every ten (10) years following the release of the
59	59	most recent decennial census by the United States census bureau.
60	60	(4) For purposes of this subsection (m), a county's population includes the
61	61	population of each municipality within such county.
62	62	SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
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