Exemption from utilities regulation

It is unnecessary for a municipality proceeding under this chapter to obtain a certificate of convenience or necessity, franchise, license, permit, or other authorization from a bureau, board, commission, or other like instrumentality of the state to acquire, construct, purchase, reconstruct, improve, extend, maintain, or operate public works, except as provided in § 68-221-1017 . Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 720, s 1, eff. 6/22/2020. Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 33, § 16; C. Supp. 1950, § 4406.57 (Williams, § 4406.49); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1306. It is unnecessary for a municipality proceeding under this chapter to obtain a certificate of convenience or necessity, franchise, license, permit, or other authorization from a bureau, board, commission, or other like instrumentality of the state to acquire, construct, purchase, reconstruct, improve, extend, maintain, or operate public works, except as provided in § 68-221-1017 . Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 720, s 1, eff. 6/22/2020. Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 33, § 16; C. Supp. 1950, § 4406.57 (Williams, § 4406.49); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1306.