Tennessee 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB1457 Draft / Bill

Filed 03/12/2025

                     
HOUSE BILL 1431 
 By Lamberth 
 
SENATE BILL 1457 
By Haile 
 
 
SB1457 
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AN ACT to amend Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as 
amended by Chapter 107 of the Private Acts of 1981; 
Chapter 129 of the Private Acts of 2006; Chapter 66 of 
the Private Acts of 2014; and any other acts amendatory 
thereto, relative to the City of Portland. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939, as amended by Chapter 107 of 
the Private Acts of 1981, Chapter 129 of the Private Acts of 2006, Chapter 66 of the Private 
Acts of 2014, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is amended by deleting Article XII and 
substituting the following: 
ARTICLE IX 
 [Repealed by 2025 Amendment]  
 SECTION 2.  This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote 
of the legislative body of the City of Portland.  Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed 
by the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified to the secretary of state. 
 SECTION 3.  For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall 
be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.  For all other purposes, it shall 
become effective as provided in Section 2.