64-1-1201 - Authority creation Purpose [Enactment contingent on county approval; see the Compiler's notes]. - Tennessee Statutes

64-1-1201. Authority creation Purpose [Enactment contingent on county approval; see the Compiler's notes].

(a)  A governmental authority to be known as the “Bledsoe Regional Water Authority” is hereby created and established for the purpose of planning, acquiring, constructing, improving, extending, furnishing, equipping, financing, owning, operating, and maintaining a water and wastewater system, including treatment, storage, distribution and collection facilities, properties and services, as provided in this part; the selling, donating, conveying, or otherwise disposing of water and wastewater; and undertaking any project or work related thereto or connected therewith. The authority shall be a public and governmental body acting as an instrumentality and agency of the county and districts. The powers granted are for public and governmental purposes and matters of public necessity.

(b)  The purpose of the authority is also to plan and develop the water resources of the geographic region and to provide necessary wastewater collection and treatment attendant thereto. The further purposes of the authority are to provide environmental services and to secure economic benefits to the geographic region that it encompasses and may serve.

[Acts 2001, ch. 223, § 2.]