(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Regional Megasite Authority Act of 2007.”
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 64-6-101

  • Authority: means a regional megasite authority created pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 64-6-102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Megasite: means a site certified as being suitable and available for development for significant economic and industrial investment as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 64-6-102
(b) A regional authority may be established and created as a regional megasite authority pursuant to this chapter. Section 7-53-104(b) shall apply to a regional megasite authority, which shall have the same powers and authority granted to a corporation under title 7, chapter 53, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Notwithstanding anything in title 7, chapter 53 to the contrary, in the event of a conflict, this chapter shall control. A regional megasite authority may be established for the purpose of acquiring land, improving, financing, operating, maintaining and marketing a megasite and may be created by two (2) or more participating municipalities; provided, that at least one (1) of the municipalities includes the location of the megasite or may be created by the commissioner of economic and community development in accordance with § 64-6-110.
(c) This chapter does not apply to the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee created pursuant to the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee Act of 2021, compiled in chapter 9 of this title.
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