Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-36-117

  • Associated municipality: means a municipality that is located in a county having a population of three hundred thirty-five thousand (335,000) or less, according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and that, as of the date an authority is formed under this chapter, operates an electric system under the authority of chapter 52 of this title. See Tennessee Code 7-36-102
  • Bonds: means bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, lease-purchase agreements, and all other evidences of indebtedness either issued by or the payment of which has been assumed by the authority. See Tennessee Code 7-36-102
  • Municipality: means any county or incorporated city or town within or outside this state. See Tennessee Code 7-36-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

No owner of any bonds issued under this chapter shall have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing powers of this state, the associated municipality, or any other municipality or political subdivision of this state to pay such bonds or the interest thereon. Each bond issued under this chapter shall recite in substance that such bond, including the interest thereon, is payable solely from the revenues pledged to the payment thereof, and that the bond does not constitute a debt of this state, any municipality, or any other political subdivision of this state.