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In 2007, the Tennessee General Assembly passed the Municipal Finance Officer Certification and Education Act of 2007. The Act established a certification program for municipal employees whose duties included oversight of a municipality’s finances. During the 2021 legislative session, in an attempt to bring the requirements of the CMFO program in line with the certified county finance officer ("CCFO") certification requirements, HB0656/SB0538 was introduced. The legislation proposed to provide a stipend for certain expenses related to obtaining the CMFO designation and reduce the number of CPE hours that CMFOs are required to obtain each calendar year to 16 hours of financial education.

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MTAS consultants offered guidance on freedom of speech, freedom to assemble and how to handle demonstrations. (Created June 25, 2020; 7:07 minutes in length).

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Banking services must be evaluated at least every four years and proposals must be from at least two banks. This requirement is the result of Public Chapter 277 which was signed into law on May 2, 2019 by the governor.  The statute requires a contract for banking services be based on the evaluation of proposals, which should be documented for audit purposes. A detailed Q & A and a sample form for requesting quotes for bank services are available to download from this record.

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On May 5,2025 Governor Lee signed SB212/HB885 into law amending the “Advance public availability of meeting agendas” statute, T.C.A. § 8-44-110. 

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On May 21, 2018, Public Chapter 1003, Acts of 2018, became effective. The public chapter amended Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-34-115 by authorizing a municipal utility board with management responsibility for a municipal utility system that is a natural gas utility system or the municipal governing body, if there is no such board, to appropriate revenues derived from the system to fund chambers of commerce and economic and community organizations, pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body.