Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-6-144

  • District: means a watershed district for which organization is proposed or which has been granted under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

In addition to the methods of financing authorized in this chapter, administrative costs of the district as well as the cost of any general plan, improvement, project, program or work benefiting all lands in the district generally may be financed by an ad valorem tax levied by special or private acts of the general assembly upon all the lands in the district.