Tennessee Code 7-1-101 – Definitions — Chapters 1-6

As used in chapters 1-6 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (1) “City governing body” means the city council or other public agency possessing power and authority usually possessed by a city council;
- Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-1-101
  - 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.
  - General services district: means a service district within a metropolitan government whose geographical limits are coextensive with the total area in which the government functions. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
  - Metropolitan government: means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
  - Municipal corporation: means an incorporated city or town. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
  - Principal city: means :
    - (A) That municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a particular county. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
    - Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  (2) “County governing body” means that body in a particular county that is vested with the power to levy property taxes;
- (3) “General services district” means a service district within a metropolitan government whose geographical limits are coextensive with the total area in which the government functions;
- (4) “Metropolitan government” means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities;
- (5) “Metropolitan government charter commission” or “charter commission” means a commission established to propose to the voters for adoption the charter for a metropolitan government;
- (6) “Municipal corporation” means an incorporated city or town;
- (7) “Principal city” means:
  - (A) That municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a particular county; or
  - (B) If the municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a county fails to adopt a consolidation resolution within ninety (90) days of the county’s adoption of a consolidation resolution, the county seat of that county, if the county seat is an incorporated municipality;
- (8) “Smaller city” means any municipal corporation other than the principal city; and
- (9) “Urban services district” means a service district within a metropolitan government in which are furnished by the metropolitan government municipal services additional to those provided in the general services district.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-1-101