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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 803

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2175

                                                              By Yager

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 2205

                                                             By Keisling

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 221, relative to water.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-221-1205(c), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:

                    (4) Are located in a rural county. As used in this subsection (c), "rural county" means
          a county having a population of less than fifty-seven thousand (57,000), according to the
          2020 or a subsequent federal census.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2175

PASSED:  April 6, 2026

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                        \                 -RANDY McNALLY

                                     SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                           CAMEROtf"SEXTON,SPEAKER
                           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

::ei· APPROVED this  day of ,/\tr,]       2026

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                      BILL LEE, GOVERNOR