(a) In making any contribution pursuant to this part, the county legislative body shall act by resolution making an appropriation where the contribution is from the funds of the county, or directing the execution of a bill of sale or deed by appropriate county officers in the name of the county whenever the contribution is one of real or personal property.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-11-506

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
(b) Any contribution made by a municipality shall be by ordinance or resolution adopted as required by the charter of the municipality, and providing either an appropriation or for the transfer of real or personal property.
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