{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-7-1-101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-1-101","heading":"Definitions - Chapters 1-6","body":"As used in chapters 1-6 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) \"City governing body\" means the city council or other public agency possessing power and authority usually possessed by a city council; (2) \"County governing body\" means that body in a particular county that is vested with the power to levy property taxes; (3) \"General services district\" means a service district within a metropolitan government whose geographical limits are coextensive with the total area in which the government functions; (4) \"Metropolitan government\" means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities; (5) \"Metropolitan government charter commission\" or \"charter commission\" means a commission established to propose to the voters for adoption the charter for a metropolitan government; (6) \"Municipal corporation\" means an incorporated city or town; (7) \"Principal city\" means: (A) That municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a particular county; or (B) If the municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a county fails to adopt a consolidation resolution within ninety (90) days of the county's adoption of a consolidation resolution, the county seat of that county, if the county seat is an incorporated municipality; (8) \"Smaller city\" means any municipal corporation other than the principal city; and (9) \"Urban services district\" means a service district within a metropolitan government in which are furnished by the metropolitan government municipal services additional to those provided in the general services district. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 314,s 1, eff. 5/8/2019. Acts 1957, ch. 120, § 1; 1977, ch. 453, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-3701.\nAs used in chapters 1-6 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"City governing body\" means the city council or other public agency possessing power and authority usually possessed by a city council;\n(2) \"County governing body\" means that body in a particular county that is vested with the power to levy property taxes;\n(3) \"General services district\" means a service district within a metropolitan government whose geographical limits are coextensive with the total area in which the government functions;\n(4) \"Metropolitan government\" means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities;\n(5) \"Metropolitan government charter commission\" or \"charter commission\" means a commission established to propose to the voters for adoption the charter for a metropolitan government;\n(6) \"Municipal corporation\" means an incorporated city or town;\n(7) \"Principal city\" means: (A) That municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a particular county; or (B) If the municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a county fails to adopt a consolidation resolution within ninety (90) days of the county's adoption of a consolidation resolution, the county seat of that county, if the county seat is an incorporated municipality;\n(A) That municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a particular county; or\n(B) If the municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a county fails to adopt a consolidation resolution within ninety (90) days of the county's adoption of a consolidation resolution, the county seat of that county, if the county seat is an incorporated municipality;\n(8) \"Smaller city\" means any municipal corporation other than the principal city; and\nar county; or\n(B) If the municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a county fails to adopt a consolidation resolution within ninety (90) days of the county's adoption of a consolidation resolution, the county seat of that county, if the county seat is an incorporated municipality;\n(8) \"Smaller city\" means any municipal corporation other than the principal city; and\n(9) \"Urban services district\" means a service district within a metropolitan government in which are furnished by the metropolitan government municipal services additional to those provided in the general services district.","path":["TN Code","Title 7","Chapter 1"],"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":"57daa6ce6f34a6f69110fb6d42d11742802a053b37f90b41bde839c60765a80c","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-7-103","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-7-1-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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