(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality, its agencies or divisions thereof, may within or without the state engage in investigating, exploring, prospecting, drilling, and mining for and producing natural gas and oil and mineral by-products thereof, and construct the appropriate facilities to produce, save, take care of, maintain, treat and transport natural gas and oil and mineral by-products thereof, or to contract for same with any person, federal agency, municipality or public or private corporation.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 6-54-110

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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) No municipality, its agencies, or division thereof, is granted any additional power of eminent domain to carry out this section.
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