The general purpose of an authority created pursuant to this part is declared to be that of:

(1) Acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating a jail or workhouse or jails or workhouses and the usual facilities appertaining to those undertakings;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 41-12-103

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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
(2) Enlarging, renovating, and improving such facilities;
(3) Acquiring the necessary property for the facilities, both real and personal, with the right of contract for the use of or to lease, mortgage, or sell any or all of the facilities, including real property, and in the sale or purchase of any such property to comply with state or local purchasing laws; and
(4) Doing any and all things deemed by the authority necessary, convenient, and desirable for and incident to the efficient and proper development and operation of those types of undertakings.
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