Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-221-1108

  • Municipality: means any incorporated city or town, county, metropolitan or consolidated government, or special district of this state empowered to provide storm water facilities. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1102
  • Storm water: means storm water runoff, snow melt runoff, surface runoff, street wash waters related to street cleaning or maintenance, infiltration (other than infiltration contaminated by seepage from sanitary sewers or by other discharges) and drainage. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1102
  • Storm water facilities: means the drainage structures, conduits, combined sewers, sewers, and all device appurtenances by means of which storm water is collected, transported, pumped, treated or disposed of. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1102

A municipal legislative body may finance storm water facilities under the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21. To protect the public health and to assure payment of bonds issued for storm water facilities, the municipality may by appropriate ordinance or resolution use the procedures set forth in §§ 68-221-208 and 68-221-209, for payment and collection of charges.