Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-21-408

  • Charter: means a document containing a unified government structure, pursuant to this chapter, that constitutes the fundamental law of the unified government. See Tennessee Code 7-21-104
  • County: means any county whose voters have adopted a county charter government. See Tennessee Code 7-21-104

This chapter shall not apply to counties having a metropolitan form of government pursuant to chapters 1-8 of this title, or to counties having a county charter form of government, pursuant to title 5, chapter 1, part 2, where the county charter prohibits consolidated government.