Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-12-117: Additional and supplemental powers - Participation of certain entities

(a) The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law and are not in substitution for those powers, and the limitations imposed by this chapter shall not affect those powers.

(b) The powers granted in this chapter may be exercised without regard to requirements, restrictions or procedural provisions contained in any other law or charter, except as expressly provided in this chapter.

(c) Any metropolitan government or any home rule municipality authorized under this chapter to participate in a regional jail authority pursuant to this chapter may do so without the necessity of a charter amendment, notwithstanding anything in its charter to the contrary.