(a) Whenever the boundaries of the corporate limits of municipalities are contiguous and such boundaries either are not in line with the street and lot layout of the municipalities or do not conform to existing or proposed public rights-of-way, drainage ways, utility easements, or railroad rights-of-way, these municipalities may adjust such boundaries by contract between themselves so as to avoid confusion and uncertainty about the location of the contiguous boundary or to conform the contiguous boundary to an existing public right-of-way, drainage way, utility easement, or railroad right-of-way, or to dedicated public right-of-way or lot line that appears on a recorded plat or deed, or to a proposed public right-of-way, drainage way, utility easement, or railroad right-of-way that is a part of either a comprehensive municipal or county plan, or both, approved by a municipal or county governmental body or by a legally constituted municipal planning commission, regional planning commission, or the state planning office [abolished].
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 6-51-302
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
County: means the county in which any such city or territory to be incorporated under chapters 30-36 of this title is located, or in which the major portion of the population of any such city or territory to be incorporated is located as indicated by the last federal census. See Tennessee Code 6-30-102
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
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
(b) Such boundary adjustments may not place any elected official into a voting or political subdivision not presently in the district that such elected official represents, and no such boundary shift may occur any less than ninety (90) days prior to any election in which affected citizens may participate if such boundary adjustment had not occurred.
