Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-31-410

  • Authority: means the Tennessee local development authority, a public agency and instrumentality of the state, created by this chapter, or if such authority shall be abolished, the board, body, commission or agency succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to which the powers and duties granted or imposed upon the authority shall be given by law. See Tennessee Code 4-31-102
  • Local government unit: means any county, metropolitan government, incorporated town or city, or special district of the state, water/wastewater authority or any energy authority created by an act of the general assembly. See Tennessee Code 4-31-102
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

In the event the funds pledged shall be insufficient to meet the payments as established by the authority for its loan, the local government unit shall levy a tax on property sufficient to make such payments, which shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized or limited by law.