(a) If a majority of the landowners voting in the election provided in §§ 69-6-106 – 69-6-110 vote in favor of the organization and creation of the district, the Tennessee soil and water conservation commission shall issue a charter for the district in the same manner as other general welfare corporation charters are issued under the laws of this state.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-6-111

  • Board: means the board of directors of a watershed district. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
  • 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.
  • District: means a watershed district for which organization is proposed or which has been granted under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. 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
(b) The form of the charter shall be substantially as follows:

State of Tennessee-Charter of IncorporationBe it known that (here fill this blank with the names of the board of directors) are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of (here fill in the name of the watershed district), which shall have all the powers conferred by the Watershed District Act of 1955. The district is described as follows:

(Insert the description).

Given under my hand and seal this ____________________ day of ____________________ 20____________________.

(The signature of the chair of the commission shall be affixed.)

(c) The charter shall be placed on record in the offices of the register of deeds of each county in which any portion of the district lies. Upon such recordation of its charter, the district shall be authorized to function in accordance with its charter and this chapter.