{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-12-9-103","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-9-103","heading":"Chapter definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) \"Local government entity\" means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state; (2) \"Local government joint venture entity\" means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity; (3) \"Public agency\" means: (A) Any political subdivision of this state; (B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds; (C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds; (D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and (E) Any political subdivision of another state; and (4) \"State\" means a state of the United States. Acts 1967, ch. 350, § 3; T.C.A., § 12-803; Acts 1983, ch. 45, § 2; 1995, ch. 17, § 1; 2006, ch. 923, § 1.\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Local government entity\" means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, local education agency, development district, utility district, human resource agency or other political subdivision of this state;\n(2) \"Local government joint venture entity\" means any entity created pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, a self-insurance pool, trust, joint venture, nonprofit organization, or any other type of organization that is sponsored, owned, operated, or governed by two (2) or more local government entities as a separate and specific activity;\n(3) \"Public agency\" means: (A) Any political subdivision of this state; (B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds; (C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds; (D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and (E) Any political subdivision of another state; and\n(A) Any political subdivision of this state;\n(B) Any private incorporated fire department and industrial fire department not supported by public funds or which are only partially supported by public funds;\n(C) Any incorporated rescue squad that is not supported by public funds or that is only partially supported by public funds;\n(D) Any agency of the state government or of the United States; and\n(E) Any political subdivision of another state; and\n(4) \"State\" means a state of the United States.","path":["TN Code","Title 12","Chapter 9"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"8ef2633a9fafb49bdcadae8995083e24aa729964614c24f2b8bd0b4db2eae00d","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-12-9-102","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-12-9-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}