Chapter 648 of the Public Acts of 1994 adds a new law requiring municipal clerks and recorders to become certified by completing 100 hours of education.

If an ordinance is amended twice on second reading by motion and is subsequently tabled, what will be the status of those two amendments when the ordinance is taken off the table?

Changes in annexation and incorporation include a required countywide land use planning process that limits annexations and incorporations to certain areas and subjects them to new restrictions. The law also gives counties a major new role in the annexation planning process and in annexation and incorporation decisions. It also preserves their revenues in newly-annexed and incorporated territories.

MTAS was asked whether the city judge (who has concurrent jurisdiction) can issue a state warrant for a person who passes a school bus, upon the affidavit of the school bus driver, who doesn't know who was driving the car and whether a video tape of persons arrested for DUI is admissible at trial of the defendant.

In 1991, the Tennessee General Assembly passed two major pieces of environmental legislation. The acts paved the way for improved solid waste management and more stable funding for the regulation of solid waste, water, and wastewater operations. This Technical Bulletin is designed to walk readers through each act individually.

MTAS was asked about purchasing a specialized vehicle, without bidding, from the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA).

MTAS was asked to write a conflict of interest policy.

MTAS was asked whether the city court can hear municipal ordinance violations and public drunkenness cases, and whether there is any legal drawback to the mayor or aldermen being city judge.

MTAS was asked inquired about the city entering into an agreement with a land owner/developer requiring annexation as a condition for extending a utility outside the city.

Job description for the position of Certified Municipal Finance Officer for the Town of Mount Carmel, Tennessee.