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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 9-21-125

  • Bonds: means bonds or interim certificates issued pending preparation or delivery of definitive bonds of a local government issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Law: means any act or statute, general, special or local, of this state, including, but not limited to, any local government charter. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Local government: means any county, municipality or metropolitan government in this state. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Notes: means notes or interim certificates issued pending preparation or delivery of definitive notes of a local government issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Revenues: means all fees, rents, tolls, rates, rentals, interest earnings, or other charges received or receivable by the local government from any public works project or enterprise then existing or thereafter to be constructed, including any revenues derived or to be derived by a local government from a lease, agreement or contract with any other local government, local government instrumentality, the state, or a state or federal agency for the use of or in connection with a public works project or enterprise, or all other charges to be levied and collected in connection with and all other income and receipts of whatever kind or character derived by the local government from the operation of any public works project or enterprise or arising from any public works project or enterprise. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
(1) Any pledge of, or lien on, revenues, fees, rents, tolls or other charges received or receivable by any local government to secure the payment of any bonds or notes issued by a local government pursuant to this chapter, and the interest thereon, shall be valid and binding from the time that the pledge or lien is created or granted and shall inure to the benefit of the holder or holders of any such bonds or notes until the payment in full of the principal thereof and premium and interest thereon.
(2) The priority of any pledge or lien with respect to competing pledges or liens shall be determined by the date such pledge or lien is created or granted.
(3) Neither the resolution nor any other instrument granting, creating, or giving notice of the pledge or lien need be filed or recorded to preserve or protect the validity or priority of such pledge or lien.
(b) This section applies to all pledges of and liens on revenues, fees, rents, tolls or other charges received or receivable by any local government to secure the payment of any bonds or notes issued by a local government, whether created or granted before or after May 22, 1991, except such application does not affect the rights of persons to the extent their relative priorities were intended to be fixed by reference to any other provision of law prior to May 22, 1991.
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