Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-10-101: Legislative findings

The general assembly finds and declares that there is a need for a permanent intergovernmental body to study and report on:

(1) The current pattern of local governmental structure and its viability;

(2) The powers and functions of local governments, including their fiscal powers;

(3) The existing, necessary and desirable relationships between and among local governments and the state;

(4) The existing, necessary and desirable allocation of state and local fiscal resources;

(5) The existing, necessary and desirable roles of the state as the creator of the local governmental systems;

(6) The special problems in interstate areas facing their general local governments, intrastate regional units, and areawide bodies, such studies where possible to be conducted in conjunction with those of a pertinent sister state commission; and

(7) Any constitutional amendments and statutory enactments required to implement appropriate commission recommendations.