Public hearing requirement

(a) Upon the filing of an initiating petition purporting to contain the requisite number of signatures, each governing body of a host municipality required to receive filing of such petition must order a public hearing to determine whether the infrastructure development district will be established. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), when a district must be approved by two (2) or more host municipalities, the governing bodies may hold one (1) or more joint public hearings. (c) A hearing held pursuant to this section must be held not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than forty-five (45) days, following the filing of the initiating petition with the clerk or secretary of the applicable governing body or bodies. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 860,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024. (a) Upon the filing of an initiating petition purporting to contain the requisite number of signatures, each governing body of a host municipality required to receive filing of such petition must order a public hearing to determine whether the infrastructure development district will be established. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), when a district must be approved by two (2) or more host municipalities, the governing bodies may hold one (1) or more joint public hearings. (c) A hearing held pursuant to this section must be held not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than forty-five (45) days, following the filing of the initiating petition with the clerk or secretary of the applicable governing body or bodies. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 860,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024.