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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees
Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts
§ 69-6-107. Organizational Meeting — Establishing the District
Universal Citation: TN Code § 69-6-107 (2021)
- Upon receiving notification of the sufficiency of the petition from the state soil conservation committee, the acting chair of the board of the proposed district shall call a meeting of the board by mailing a written notice, fixing the time and place of such meeting, to each member of the board at least five (5) days in advance of the time so fixed, unless such notice is duly waived. In addition, the chair shall post a copy of the notice at a conspicuous place at the courthouse door of each county in which any part of the proposed district is located.
- The members of the board named in the petition have all powers necessary in matters looking to the establishment of the district and, upon the establishment of the district, shall continue to serve as directors until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
- The members of the board shall meet at the time and place fixed in such notice for the purpose of electing from their number a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer, and for the purpose of calling, by resolution, an election of the voters in the district, as defined in this chapter, for the purpose of submitting to the voters the question of whether the district shall be organized and created in accordance with the petition.
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