(a) Any private act of the general assembly to the contrary notwithstanding, a private act metropolitan hospital authority shall not be required to bid the purchase or procurement of any goods or services that:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-57-503

  • Creating municipality: means any city or metropolitan government having a population of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, or any county in which any such city shall be situated, that shall create an authority pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 7-57-103
  • hospital authority: means a public body and a body corporate and public organized in accordance with this chapter for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions set forth in this chapter. See Tennessee Code 7-57-103
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 7-57-103
(1) Are not required to be bid by a county under the County Purchasing Law of 1983, compiled in title 5, chapter 14, part 2;
(2) Are not required to be bid by a municipality under the Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983, compiled in title 6, chapter 56, part 3;
(3) Are of a nature that is exempt or otherwise not required to be bid by any municipality or county under any other law of general application of this state.
(b) A private act metropolitan hospital authority shall not be subject to provisions for the letting of public contracts that may be provided in the charter or governing law of a creating municipality.
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