(a) When executed and acknowledged in conformity with § 7-36-104, the certificate of incorporation shall be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall examine the certificate of incorporation and, if the secretary of state finds that the recitals contained in the certificate of incorporation are correct, that the requirements of § 7-36-104 have been complied with, and that the name is not identical with or so nearly similar to that of another entity already in existence in this state as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, then the secretary of state shall approve the certificate of incorporation and record it in an appropriate book of record in the secretary of state’s office.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-36-105

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Associated municipality: means a municipality that is located in a county having a population of three hundred thirty-five thousand (335,000) or less, according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and that, as of the date an authority is formed under this chapter, operates an electric system under the authority of chapter 52 of this title. See Tennessee Code 7-36-102
  • Authority: means an authority created pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 7-36-102
  • Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Tennessee Code 7-36-102
  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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) When the certificate has been made, filed, and approved, the corporate existence shall begin, and the certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the authority has been formed pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Upon its formation, a governmental authority shall be created and constituted. The authority shall be a public corporation under the corporate name set forth in its certificate of incorporation, and shall under that name be a political subdivision of this state and a body politic and corporate. The authority shall be for the purpose of planning, acquiring, constructing, improving, furnishing, equipping, financing, owning, operating, and maintaining electric, water, and wastewater systems, and telecommunications systems as are specified in its certificate of incorporation. The authority may provide such services within or outside the corporate limits of the associated municipality and within or outside this state.
(d) An authority may elect to adopt one (1) or more assumed corporate names other than its true corporate name. Before conducting affairs in this state under an assumed corporate name or names, the authority shall, for each assumed corporate name, pursuant to resolution by its board of directors, execute and file an application with the secretary of state setting forth the true corporate name of the authority as stated in its certificate of incorporation, that the authority intends to transact business under an assumed corporate name, and the assumed corporate name which it proposes to use. An authority may, by resolution of its board of directors, amend or withdraw any of its assumed corporate names by filing notice of such amendment or withdrawal with the secretary of state.
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