Agreement to permit other entity to operate within service area

A county water system, or a county water authority created by private act, may enter into an agreement with a municipal water system, a water utility district, an investor-owned water utility, or a county water and wastewater system treatment authority to permit that other entity to operate within its service area. A county water system or a county water authority shall establish a method by which the system's or authority's ratepayers may petition the system or authority to consider entering into an agreement pursuant to this section. Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 889, s 6, eff. 4/14/2022. A county water system, or a county water authority created by private act, may enter into an agreement with a municipal water system, a water utility district, an investor-owned water utility, or a county water and wastewater system treatment authority to permit that other entity to operate within its service area. A county water system or a county water authority shall establish a method by which the system's or authority's ratepayers may petition the system or authority to consider entering into an agreement pursuant to this section. Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 889, s 6, eff. 4/14/2022.