MTAS was asked whether city employees could give consent for medical information to be disclosed to emergency service providers.
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Personnel--Laws and regulations--Federal |
MTAS was asked what the statute of limitations is on a clerical error in the office of the county property tax assessor that saw a piece of property within the City left off the city's property tax rolls.
| Tax collection Taxes--Real property--Tennessee |
MTAS was asked to analyze two questions relative to the legality of a contract between the city school board and the director of schools.
| Schools--Contracts Schools--Boards Schools--Personnel Boards--Municipal Contracts |
MTAS was asked several questions relating to building inspectors, building permits, and citing delinquent city water/sewer customers to city court.
| Building permits Code enforcement--Building inspection Licenses and permits Sewers Utilities--Rates and charges Wastewater--Rates and charges Water--Rates and charges |
Where a certain sewer line was run on private property 70 or so years ago, but the easement for the line was never recorded, does the city have an easement for the line?
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Prescriptive Easements public.doc
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| Easements Sewers Utilities Utilities--Administration Wastewater--Lines and pipes |
MTAS was asked whether there are any limitations on the fees, charges, and costs a city beer board can levy on applicants for licenses.
| Beer--Boards Beer--Licenses and permits |
MTAS Legal Consultant Stephanie Allen O'Hara responded to a request for information regarding whether or not a city planning commission has jurisdiction over a county school.
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AG OP 85_001.pdf
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| Planning--Commissions--Tennessee Schools--Tennessee |
MTAS was asked whether government employees have unfettered First Amendment rights under the federal constitution.
| Civil rights Constitutional law Personnel--Administration Personnel--Laws and regulations |
MTAS was asked whether the city could charge for sewer service solely on the basis of water consumption.
| Wastewater--Rates and charges--Tennessee Sewers--Rates and charges |
MTAS was asked whether, under the state law governing retail liquor licenses, a city can use a lottery or drawing to determine who receives a certificate of compliance.
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Retail Liquor Licenses public.doc
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| Alcoholic beverages Licenses and permits |