To carry out the purposes of this part, counties may:

(1) Make any contract necessary or incidental to the implementation of this part, including contracts with public and private not-for-profit agencies, organizations and individuals to provide funds for services rendered or furnished to alcoholics or intoxicated persons;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 33-10-405

  • Alcoholism: means alcohol abuse that results in the development of tolerance or manifestation of alcohol abstinence syndrome upon cessation of use. See Tennessee Code 33-10-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • Treatment: means the broad range of emergency, outpatient, intermediate and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological care or social service care, or both, vocational rehabilitation or career counseling, or both, that may be extended to alcoholics and intoxicated persons. See Tennessee Code 33-10-404
(2) Solicit and accept any gift or grant of money, services or property from any private source or from the state or federal government or any agencies or any political subdivision of state or federal government, and cooperate in making application for such grants;
(3) Coordinate activities, cooperate with alcoholism programs and make contracts and other joint or cooperative arrangements with state, local or private agencies in this state and other states for the treatment of alcoholics and intoxicated persons pursuant to this part;
(4) Keep records and engage in research and the gathering of relevant statistics;
(5) Acquire, hold or dispose of real property or any interest in real property and construct, lease or otherwise provide treatment facilities or social services facilities for alcoholics and intoxicated persons; and
(6) Do whatever is necessary or convenient to execute the authority expressly granted in this part.
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