6-51-104 - Resolution for annexation by referendum Notice. - Tennessee Statutes

6-51-104. Resolution for annexation by referendum Notice.

(a)  A municipality, when petitioned by interested persons, or upon its own initiative, by resolution, may propose extension of its corporate limits by the annexation of territory adjoining to its existing boundaries.

(b)  (1)  Such resolution, describing the territory proposed for annexation, shall be published by posting copies of it in at least three (3) public places in the territory proposed for annexation and in a like number of public places in the municipality proposing such annexation, and by publishing notice of such resolution at or about the same time in a newspaper of general circulation, if there is one, in such territory and municipality. The resolution shall also include a plan of services for the area proposed for annexation. The plan of services shall address the same services and timing of services as required in § 6-51-102. Upon adoption of the plan of services, the municipality shall cause a copy of the resolution to be forwarded to the county mayor in whose county the territory being annexed is located.

     (2)  After receiving the notice from the municipality as provided in subdivision (b)(1), the county mayor shall notify the appropriate departments within the county regarding the information received from the municipality.

[Acts 1955, ch. 113, § 3; T.C.A., § 6-311; 2005, ch. 411, §§ 5, 8.]