(a) The legislative body of each county with a metropolitan form of government may appropriate funds for the financial aid of any nonprofit organization as defined in § 6-54-111(a)(2), or any organization otherwise meeting the definition of “nonprofit civic organization” set forth in § 6-54-111(a)(2)(B), except that it is exempt from taxation pursuant to § 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 ( 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(6) ). Such appropriations shall be in accordance with the guidelines of the metropolitan government, which shall provide generally that any funds appropriated shall be used to promote the general welfare of the residents of the municipality.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-3-314
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
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
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. 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
written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Any nonprofit organization that desires financial assistance from a county with a metropolitan form of government shall file with the clerk of the legislative body a statement of the proposed use of the funds and the program that serves the residents of the county and a copy of an annual audit. The report will be open for public inspection during regular business hours of the clerk’s office. This subsection (b) does not apply to nonprofit organizations involved in the study, participation in and appreciation of the visual, performing or literary arts receiving grants from an arts commission or arts board created by the legislative body of the metropolitan government.(c) Notwithstanding any state law or regulation to the contrary, where counties with a metropolitan form of government publish a budget document that includes the name of each nonprofit charitable or civic organization to which money is appropriated and the specific amount appropriated, and enter into a written agreement with any such organization, no additional resolutions approving such an appropriation shall be required. The clerk of the legislative body shall cause to be published, in a newspaper of general circulation, a list of all nonprofit charitable and civic organizations that are listed as receiving appropriations in the finally adopted budget ordinance.(d) Notwithstanding any state law or regulation to the contrary, where counties with a metropolitan form of government establish an arts commission or arts board and appropriate funds to that entity in the annual budget, that entity may distribute money to nonprofit organizations involved in the study, participation in and appreciation of the visual, performing, or literary arts without obtaining additional approval from the legislative body. The arts commission or arts board shall provide an annual report to the legislative body prior to the adoption of the annual budget detailing the grant recipients, the moneys disbursed, and the purpose for which the money was disbursed.(e) Upon the acquiring of real property pursuant to § 67-5-2507(a) or § 67-5-2508 by any county having a metropolitan form of government, and after the period of redemption has lapsed, the legislative body of the county having a metropolitan form of government may, by resolution, authorize the conveyance of the real property by grant to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of constructing affordable or workforce housing. The grant shall be in accordance with the regulations and guidelines of the county having a metropolitan form of government for the disposal of real property, which shall provide generally that any real property granted pursuant to this subsection (e) shall be used to construct affordable or workforce housing for residents of the county having a metropolitan form of government.
