(a) The authority shall prescribe and collect non-discriminatory, just, and reasonable rates, and set terms and conditions of service to customers of a water system or wastewater system operated by the authority.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 64-9-107

  • Authority: means the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 64-9-103
  • Board: means the authority's board of directors. See Tennessee Code 64-9-103
  • Initial megasite property: means the property spanning parts of Haywood County and Fayette County and depicted on the survey prepared by Barron Surveying and Mapping by Craig J. See Tennessee Code 64-9-103
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. 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
  • Wastewater system: means the real and personal property owned by this state and utilized as a wastewater facility for the purposes of this chapter to serve the initial megasite property, including collection and transmission systems, treatment plants, and reuse or disposal systems, including, but not limited to, plants, pumps, pumping stations, pipes, treatment systems, and related easements, but excluding a service line or other infrastructure located within the boundary of property leased by the authority to a third party or owned by a third party. See Tennessee Code 64-9-103
  • Water system: means the real and personal property owned by this state and utilized for the collection, treatment, storage, and distribution of water for the purposes of this chapter to serve the initial megasite property including, but not limited to, plants, pipes, tanks, pumps, meters, storage tanks, and related easements, but excluding a service line or other infrastructure located on a customer's side of a water meter that measures service to the customer. See Tennessee Code 64-9-103
(b) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, and for as long as the water system is owned or controlled by the authority or this state, the authority may provide water service to customers located on the initial megasite property. Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, and for as long as the wastewater system is owned or controlled by the authority or this state, the authority may provide wastewater service to customers located on the initial megasite property. In exercising that right, the authority may, in the authority’s sole discretion, enter into an agreement with a third party for the third party to provide either water service or wastewater service, or both. Notwithstanding anything in this section or another law to the contrary, the authority is not responsible for providing water service or wastewater service to a college of applied technology established on the megasite in accordance with title 49, chapter 11, part 4.
(c) The Tennessee public utility commission, Tennessee board of utility regulation, or other board or commission of like character hereafter created does not have jurisdiction over the authority in the management and control of the authority’s water system or wastewater system, including, but not limited to, the regulation of the authority’s rates or terms and conditions of service, except to the extent provided by this chapter; provided, however, that the authority is subject to regulation by the department of environment and conservation.
(d) The authority shall not operate a water system or wastewater system at a deficit after December 31, 2026.
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