2018 Tennessee Code
Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities
Municipal Functions
Chapter 36 - Municipal Energy Authority Act
§ 7-36-105. Filing and approval of certificate of incorporation -- Creation of authority -- Corporate name.
(a) When executed and acknowledged in conformity with § 7-36-104, the certificate of incorporation shall be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall examine the certificate of incorporation and, if the secretary of state finds that the recitals contained in the certificate of incorporation are correct, that the requirements of § 7-36-104 have been complied with, and that the name is not identical with or so nearly similar to that of another entity already in existence in this state as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, then the secretary of state shall approve the certificate of incorporation and record it in an appropriate book of record in the secretary of state's office.
(b) When the certificate has been made, filed, and approved, the corporate existence shall begin, and the certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the authority has been formed pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Upon its formation, a governmental authority shall be created and constituted. The authority shall be a public corporation under the corporate name set forth in its certificate of incorporation, and shall under that name be a political subdivision of this state and a body politic and corporate. The authority shall be for the purpose of planning, acquiring, constructing, improving, furnishing, equipping, financing, owning, operating, and maintaining electric, water, and wastewater systems, and telecommunications systems as are specified in its certificate of incorporation. The authority may provide such services within or outside the corporate limits of the associated municipality and within or outside this state.
(d) An authority may elect to adopt one (1) or more assumed corporate names other than its true corporate name. Before conducting affairs in this state under an assumed corporate name or names, the authority shall, for each assumed corporate name, pursuant to resolution by its board of directors, execute and file an application with the secretary of state setting forth the true corporate name of the authority as stated in its certificate of incorporation, that the authority intends to transact business under an assumed corporate name, and the assumed corporate name which it proposes to use. An authority may, by resolution of its board of directors, amend or withdraw any of its assumed corporate names by filing notice of such amendment or withdrawal with the secretary of state.
