(a) All outstanding debts and liabilities of the former municipalities shall be assumed by the consolidated municipality.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 6-51-408
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
municipalities: refers to incorporated cities and towns in this state. See Tennessee Code 6-51-401
(b) All the territory included within the limits of the consolidated municipality shall be liable for the floating and bonded indebtedness, including interest, of all the territory included within the consolidated municipality.(c) Whenever at the time of the merger, however, any of the respective municipalities have on hand any bond funds voted for public improvements not already appropriated or contracted for, this money shall be kept in a separate fund and devoted to public improvements in the territory for which the bonds were voted.
