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United States — Tennessee
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The comptroller may require information and audits, must review whether the budget balances, and may direct changes if it does not comply. A unit must submit its annual budget at least 3 weeks before adoption, and the governing body may not adopt the budget until approved.
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A governing body may issue tax anticipation notes if its unit has issued bonds under this chapter.
United States — Tennessee
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Bondholders and other interested parties may sue or seek mandamus to force the unit’s governing body, board, or officer to perform duties required by the chapter.
United States — Tennessee
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Other laws limiting bond issuance or tax levies do not apply to bonds or notes issued under this chapter.
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The state board of equalization may lend certain appropriated state funds to municipalities and counties, but only with funding board approval.
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Loans may be made only to municipalities or counties that can show unanticipated revenue losses caused by court decrees or orders reducing assessments of railroad or public utility property.
United States — Tennessee
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A county or municipality applying for these loans must submit the application in writing through its chief executive officer.
United States — Tennessee
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The state board of equalization must review the loan application and investigate the applicant county or municipality to decide whether financial assistance is necessary.
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If the board of equalization decides an applicant municipality or county needs financial assistance, it must certify that finding in writing to the funding board.
United States — Tennessee
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The funding board must review loan assistance applications and may authorize local loans only when the required voting concurrences and note documentation are shown.
United States — Tennessee
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If a loan installment is in default, the board of equalization must notify the commissioner of finance and administration and the state treasurer, and the commissioner must withhold distributions to the municipality or county until arrearages are paid.
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This section gives the law its short title: the “Emergency Financial Aid to Local Government Law of 1995.”
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The section says local governments may get state-provided emergency technical and financial assistance, and in natural disaster situations may obtain financing to help stabilize their finances.
United States — Tennessee
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This section defines “emergency technical assistance,” “loan guarantee,” and “local government” for this part.
United States — Tennessee
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The state funding board may guarantee a local government loan only if several conditions are met, including a request by the local government body, agreement to technical assistance, a revenue insufficiency finding, and an approved plan.
United States — Tennessee
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The state funding board can set loan guarantee terms for local governments, and local governments must provide specified security for the loans; the finance commissioner may withhold state-shared taxes to cover the amounts.
United States — Tennessee
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A local government legislative body may issue notes that mature after the fiscal year ends, if the listed approval and guarantee conditions are met.
United States — Tennessee
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The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller’s designee must provide emergency assistance and controls budget, purchase, and spending matters for covered local governments.
United States — Tennessee
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The state funding board must publish and post a notice saying the local government cannot make certain purchases or payments without prior approval from the comptroller or the comptroller’s designee.
United States — Tennessee
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A local government that gets a loan guarantee must pay approved costs for the guarantee or technical assistance, but those costs cannot exceed 5% of the loan guarantee amount.