In determining the costs of any public works project for which bonds or notes are to be issued, the following items may also be included as a part of the cost of the public works project to be financed by the issuance of bonds or notes:

(1) Engineering, architectural, art design services, inspection, legal and accounting expenses, and relocation expenses in connection with construction of a public works project;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 9-21-109

  • Bonds: means bonds or interim certificates issued pending preparation or delivery of definitive bonds of a local government issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Construction: means building, reconstruction, erection, replacement, extension, repairing, betterment, equipment, development, embellishment, improvement, acquisition by gift, lease, purchase or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, or any one (1) or more or all of the foregoing, including the acquisition of land and of rights in land, and including acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of any corporation whose assets consist entirely of one (1) or more public works projects which together constitute a waterworks, sewer system, natural gas system, electric system, or any combination thereof, including, but not limited to, a water, sewer, natural gas and/or electric distribution system, or any combination thereof, serving a local government and assets related to the operation thereof and whose liabilities consist entirely of those related to the ownership and operation thereof. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Local government: means any county, municipality or metropolitan government in this state. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Notes: means notes or interim certificates issued pending preparation or delivery of definitive notes of a local government issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
  • Public works project: includes any one (1) or any combination of the following: acquisitions of land for the purpose of providing or preserving open land. See Tennessee Code 9-21-105
(2) The cost of issuance of the bonds or notes, including engraving, printing, advertising, credit enhancement, legal, fiscal and other similar expenses;
(3) Any interest costs during the period of construction of a public works project and for six (6) months thereafter on any money borrowed or estimated to be borrowed;
(4) Any moneys already spent by the local government from any of its funds for any of the foregoing expenses enumerated in subdivisions (1), (2) and (3), and upon the actual construction of a public works project in order to permit the construction of public works projects by the use of the funds of the local government if desired, and the later replacement of those funds by the sale of bonds or notes authorized by this chapter; and
(5) The establishing of a reasonably required reserved fund for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes.
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