Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-52-305

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Municipality: means any incorporated city or town, metropolitan government, or county that now or hereafter owns and operates an electric system and buys all or part of its power requirements for resale and distribution from the Tennessee Valley authority. See Tennessee Code 7-52-303
  • Supervisory body: means any board or other agency of a municipality established to supervise the management and operation of its electric system and electric operations, or, in the absence of a board or other agency, the governing body of the municipality. See Tennessee Code 7-52-303

If the Tennessee Valley authority tenders to a municipality, as described in this part, a contract to amend an existing power contract consistent with this part, the governing body of the municipality and the supervisory body shall promptly execute such amendatory contract on behalf of the municipality.