Tennessee Code 68-2-605 – Municipal maintenance of county health departments – Taxes
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-2-605
- 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
Municipalities located in counties establishing county health departments are empowered to cooperate in the maintenance of county health departments, and to have the county health departments serve as departments for the municipalities, and are authorized to incur the expenses necessary for their proportionate part in the establishment and maintenance of the county health departments, and to levy and collect taxes upon all of the property within the jurisdiction of the municipalities, as may be necessary to meet and pay the expenses.