2019 Tennessee Code
Title 5 - Counties
Chapter 19 - Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal Services
§ 5-19-111. Bonds.
(a) The county legislative body, or other governing body, of the county is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the county for the purpose of financing the cost of the establishment, construction, installation or acquisition of any refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility.
(b) Bonds so issued may be either general obligation bonds of the county secured by the full faith and credit and taxing power of the county, or by taxes levied on property in a specified district, or revenue bonds secured by the revenues derived from the operation of the refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility financed thereby, or by a combination of such revenues and the unpledged revenues derived by the county from any other refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility owned and operated by the county, or combination revenue-general obligation deficiency bonds secured primarily by revenues and secondarily by the taxing power of the county.
(c)
(1) Any bonds issued by the county for the purpose of financing refuse collection or disposal equipment or facilities shall be issued in the manner and form prescribed by the applicable provisions of title 9, chapter 21.
(2) In the issuance of bonds, any refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility so financed shall be deemed to be a “public works project,” as defined in title 9, chapter 21, and all power and authority conferred upon the county by the terms and provisions of title 9, chapter 21, with respect to the construction, operation, maintenance, financing and the fixing and collection of fees, rates, rents and other charges shall be available to and vested in the county with respect to the establishment, construction, installation, acquisition, operation, maintenance and financing of the refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility authorized pursuant to this chapter.
