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                         PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 279

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 65

                                 By Representatives Bulso, Powell, Crawford

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 495

                                            By Senators Hensley, Bowling

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, relative to powers of a city
incorporated under a general law city manager-commission charter.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 6-19-101(a), is amended by
redesignating subdivision (33) as a new subdivision (34) and adding the following as a new
subdivision (33):

                    (33) Contract with a private entity for the development, construction,
          management, or operation of an indoor or outdoor sports facility under terms acceptable
          to the city, including, but not limited to, terms for the division between the city and a
          private entity of operating revenues or losses, for the lease or sale of all or part of the
          facility, for the payment of management fees, or for such other terms the city determines
          to be in the best interests of the city and its residents. A city contracting pursuant to this
          subdivision (a)(33) must have, on the effective date of this act, a bond rating of AAA
          issued by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization as identified by the
          United States securities and exchange commission; and

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    - - - - HOUSE BILL NO. 65

PASSED:  April 7, 2025

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                                         CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                  \            RANDY MClJALLY

                                     SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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