(a) The superintendent shall have charge of all actual construction, the immediate management and operation of the electric plant and the enforcement and execution of all rules, regulations, programs, plans and decisions made or adopted by the supervisory body.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-52-117
Acquire: means to purchase, lease, construct, reconstruct, replace, or acquire by gift. See Tennessee Code 7-52-102
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Dispose: means to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer any interest in property. See Tennessee Code 7-52-102
Electric plant: means generating, transmission, or distribution systems, together with all other facilities, equipment and appurtenances necessary or appropriate to any such systems for the furnishing of electric power and energy for lighting, heating, power or any other purpose for which electric power and energy can be used. See Tennessee Code 7-52-102
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.
Law: means any act or statute, general, special or local, of the state of Tennessee, including, but not limited to, the charter of any municipality. See Tennessee Code 7-52-102
Municipality: means any county, metropolitan government, incorporated city or town in the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 7-52-102
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The superintendent shall appoint all employees and fix their duties and compensation, excepting that the appointment of all technical consultants and advisers and legal assistants shall be subject to the approval of the supervisory body.(c) Subject to § 7-52-132, the superintendent, with the approval of the supervisory body, may acquire and dispose of all property, real and personal, necessary to effectuate the purposes of this part. The title of such property shall be taken in the name of the municipality.(d) The superintendent shall let all contracts, subject to the approval of the supervisory body, but may, without such approval, obligate the electric plant on purchase orders up to an amount to be fixed by the supervisory body, but not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). The superintendent shall let all other contracts with the approval of the supervisory body or pursuant to a purchasing policy or other delegation of authority adopted by the supervisory body. Work or construction exceeding in cost the amount specified in this subsection (d) must, before a contract is let or work is done, be advertised by the superintendent for bids as required by applicable law; provided, that the supervisory body may reject any and all bids.(e) The superintendent shall make and keep full and proper books and records, subject to the supervision and direction of the supervisory body.(f) If the supervisory body has jurisdiction over other utility systems, and the superintendent of the plant serves in a similar role for such other utility systems, then this section applies to all purchases of services or property, whether real or personal, all leases and lease-purchases, all contracts, and the disposition of all property for the other utility systems. As used in this subsection (f), “other utility systems” means waterworks, sewerage works, gas, telecommunications, cable television, internet, or broadband systems.(g)(1) In addition to the powers provided to boards of public utilities operating pursuant to this section, the authorization set forth in this section supplements the authorization provided to a municipal electric system or other similar system that operates an electric, waterworks, sewerage works, gas, telecommunications, cable television, internet, or broadband facility pursuant to otherwise applicable law, and applies to the extent provided by the supervisory body for the system or, if there is no supervisory body, by the legislative body of the municipality.(2) Subdivision (g)(1) does not supersede any authority, limitation, or requirement established by the legislative body of the municipality in accordance with the charter of the municipality.(h) For the purposes of this section, “superintendent” includes a designee of the superintendent or another officer or person as may be authorized by the superintendent of the electric system.
