MTAS was asked whether provisions in the Soldiers and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, regarding interest and penalties for nonpayment of property tax, applies to municipal property taxes.
Requiring an employee to sign an agreement releasing the city from liability
MTAS was asked whether the city could require auxilary police officers to sign waivers releasing the city from any liability for their negligent conduct or omissions.
Annexation handbook for cities and towns in Tennessee III
The Annexation Handbook III has three purposes: 1) Provide a guide to answer the question of whether a contemplated annexation is even legally possible; Public Acts 2014, Chapter 707, made the answer to that question problematic over the short term, and perhaps over the long term. 2) To help municipalities determine whether a contemplated annexation makes sense from political and economic perspectives. Public Acts 1998, Chapter 1101 is responsible for a significant long-term financial obligation of cities to counties when the former annexes property in the latter. But annexation has many financial impacts on both the annexing cities and the annexed territory, including the cost of providing services to the annexed territory. 3) To reconcile the 'old' and the 'new' annexation laws, the latter generally wrought by Public Acts 1998, Chapter 1101, and Public Acts 2014, Chapter 707.
MTAS was asked about an extension where one developer is paying for the extension and another developer is allowed to tap the extended line free of charge.
Compensation time policies in selected Tennessee municipalities
MTAS was asked to survey selected municipalities regarding their compensation compensatory time policies and practices such as maximum number of hours offered, a timeframe for using the hours and more.
The title of the document should read compensatory and not compensation.