This provision gives a sample form for a petition asking the county election commission to hold an incorporation election.
Petitions for adoption of this charter shall be in substantially the following form: PETITION FOR INCORPORATION ELECTION FOR TOWN (CITY) OF , TENNESSEE TO: The County Election Commission, County, Tennessee We the undersigned, being registered voters and residents of the territory herein proposed for incorporation, and being in number in excess of thirty-three and one-third percent (331/3%) of the registered voters of the herein described territory, hereby request the county election commission to hold an election on the question of whether or not the herein described territory shall be incorporated under the terms of Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, chapters 1-4, and be known by the name and style of the “Town (City) of , Tennessee,” all as prescribed in Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, chapters 1-4. The territory in question, being part of the , Civil District(s) of County, Tennessee, is further described as: (Here insert a description of boundaries with references to tax maps) The wards of the Town (City) shall be as follows: (Here insert a description of wards, and if there is only one (1) ward state that the boundaries are as described above) Wards that will carry an initial two-year term: (For those municipalities incorporating with more than four (4) wards.) The proposed plan of services is as follows: (Here insert a description of the plan of services as defined in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-1-203 ). PETITIONERS' SIGNATURES Name Residence Address Date (List name and residence as on registration records) Certificate I, , hereby certify that I personally solicited the signatures of the persons appearing on this page and that they, in fact, signed their names to this petition in my presence. Name Address Date STATE OF TENNESSEE COUNTY OF On this day of , 20 , before me personally appeared , to me known to be the person described in, and who executed, the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that such person executed it as such person's free act and deed. Signature and Seal of Notary Public My commission expires: Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1993, ch. 320, § 4. Compiler's Notes. Former part 2, §§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-218 (Code 1858, §§ 1349, 1353, 4562; Acts 1875, ch. 92, §§ 1-7, 17; 1877, ch. 121, §§ 1, 3-9; 1899, ch. 307, § 2; Shan., §§ 1855, 1881-1896, 1900-1902, 6400; mod. Code 1932, §§ 3292-3307, 3311-3313, 10704; Acts 1951, ch. 166, § 1; modified; 1955, ch. 295, §§ 1, 2; 1957, ch. 346, § 1; 1959, ch. 295, §§ 1-6; 1970, ch. 426, §§ 1-6; 1971, ch. 260, § 1; 1974, ch. 776, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 6-101 — 6-116, 6-120, 6-121; Acts 1980, ch. 500, § 1; 1980, ch. 515, §§ 1-3; 1983, ch. 33, §§ 1, 2; 1984, ch. 743, § 1), concerning areas not already within municipalities, was repealed and replaced by Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1, effective July 1, 1991. Acts 1993, ch. 320, § 9 provided that the amendments by that act shall have no effect on a petition for incorporation filed with the county election commissioner before July 1, 1993. It further provided that if litigation concerning the validity of a municipal charter is pending in either a trial or appellate court on July 1, 1993, then neither the amendments by that act nor chapter 51 of this title shall be construed or applied in any manner that would prevent or restrict the territory described within such charter from once again incorporating as a municipality, should the court rule against the validity of the charter.