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Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes municipalities and metropolitan governments to adopt a tiered system of monetary penalties for repeated violations of the same municipal ordinance by the same person or , the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1078

SENATE BILL NO. 1668

By Powers

Substituted for: House Bill No. 1667

By Maberry, Greg Martin, Reeves, McCalmon, Todd, Slater

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to penalties for violations
of ordinances.

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

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 6-54-306, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

(c) Within the limitations of subsection (a), a home rule municipality may, by
ordinance, adopt a tiered system of monetary penalties for repeated violations of the same
municipal ordinance by the same person or entity within a twelve-month period.

SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 6-54-308, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

(c) Within the limitations of subsection (a), a municipality may, by ordinance, adopt a
tiered system of monetary penalties for repeated violations of the same municipal ordinance
by the same person or entity within a twelve-month period.

SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-3-507, is amended by designating the
existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new subsection:

(b) Within the limitations of subsection (a), a metropolitan government may, by
ordinance, adopt a tiered system of monetary penalties for repeated violations of the same
municipal ordinance by the same person or entity within a twelve-month period.

SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to
acts and omissions on or after July 1, 2026.
SENATE BILL NO. 1668

PASSED: April 21, 2026

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SPEAKER OF THE ~NATE

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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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