{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-6-22-129","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-22-129","heading":"Emergency expenditures","body":"No contract liability shall be incurred without previous authority of law or ordinance, but the board of commissioners may, by ordinance, empower the proper officials to pay out money or incur contract liability for the city for the necessary preservation of the city's credit, or in other extreme emergency, under such restrictions as may be provided in the ordinance; provided, that any such liability shall mature not later than one (1) year from the date of its incurrence.","path":["TN Code","Title 6","Chapter 22"],"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":"0782834c66c13ac2a59c3b750cd27cf55c6c1a04d6e4aa4f879d276fd4c5c131","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-6-22-128","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-6-22-130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}