Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 64-1-201 (2024)
Authority creation - Purpose - Limitations
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- (a) There is hereby created the Chickasaw basin authority, as a public body corporate, politic and perpetual, which is referred to as the "authority" in this part.
- (b) The authority is created to implement the project as presently planned and as may be modeled by future studies.
- (c) The authority shall not exercise any broad governmental controls or police powers to regulate land use planning, zoning, subdivision regulations, building codes and similar powers to regulate land use.
Acts 1973, ch. 409, § 1; T.C.A., § 66-1-201.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Austin v. City of Memphis, 684 S.W.2d 624 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984).
Austin v. City of Memphis, 684 S.W.2d 624 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984). “In addition, plaintiffs sued Chickasaw Basin Authority, a public body corporate created by Chapter 409, Public Acts of 1973, codified as T.C.A. § 64-1-201 et seq. Article I, Section 17, Constitution of the State of Tennessee, provides in part: Suits may be brought against the…”
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