68-2-610 - Fees for vector control. - Tennessee Statutes

68-2-610. Fees for vector control.

(a)  In any county having a population in excess of eight hundred thousand (800,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, that has a health department operating an urban and rural sanitation program to prevent or reduce the transmission of vector borne disease, the county legislative body is authorized to establish a vector control fee, which may be assessed and collected from each rate payer in the county. This fee shall not exceed one dollar ($1.00) per rate payer per month and shall be used exclusively by the county for the operation of the program to prevent or reduce the transmission of vector borne disease. In any such county with multiple utilities, the fee shall be assessed by only one (1) utility as determined by the county legislative body.

(b)  The county providing the service is authorized to enter into a contract for the collection of the vector control fees, or to bill and collect vector control fees as a designated item on its utility bill, with:

     (1)  Any public or private corporation or municipal utilities board or commission operating a water, gas or electric system, other than an electric cooperative incorporated under the provisions of the Rural Electric and Community Services Cooperative Act, compiled in title 65, chapter 25, part 2 in the area in which vector control services are provided; or

     (2)  Any other city, town or utility district.

[Acts 2005, ch. 186, § 1.]