Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-65-121: Law complete in itself

No proceedings, notice, filing or approval shall be required for the organization of the authority or the issuance of any bonds or any instrument as security for the bonds, except as provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deprive the state and its governmental subdivisions of their respective police powers over properties of the authority, or to impair any power over the authority of any official or agency of the state and its governmental subdivisions that may be otherwise provided by law.