Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-51-802

  • 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
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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

Upon receipt of copies of all such ordinances, the commissioner of transportation shall within seven (7) days cause to be mailed copies of the ordinances to the registered agent for service of process for each railroad operating trains within the state. A copy of the letter transmitting any such ordinance to the various railroads shall be furnished to the chief executive officer of the city, town or metropolitan government adopting such ordinance in question as proof of compliance with this part.