{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-65-21-103","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-21-103","heading":"Local regulation","body":"Any village or city within which such line may be constructed shall have all reasonable police powers to regulate the construction, maintenance, or operation of the line within its limits, including the right to exact rentals for the use of its streets and to limit the rates to be charged; provided, that such rentals and limitations as to rates are reasonable and imposed upon all telephone and telegraph companies without discrimination. No village, town, or city shall have the right to prevent the company from constructing, maintaining, and operating the line within the village, town, or city, so long as the line is being constructed, maintained, or operated within the village, town, or city, in accordance with the reasonable police regulations.","path":["TN Code","Title 65","Chapter 21"],"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":"e07f5f47eae2a986b951807a802ea94b4154994ac5d99e5f79684c20ee69ff8a","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-65-21-102","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-65-21-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}