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Defining “substantial compliance” for the purposes of Tennessee Code Annotated § 13-3-413

This memo discusses Public Chapter 465, Acts of 2025, which amended T.C.A. § 13-3-413 regarding the commencement of vested development rights. Included is a sample definition of "substantial compliance" for the purposes of this statute.

O'Hara, Stephanie Allen
General
Planning
Planning--Laws and regulations--Tennessee
Land development
Building permits
Tennessee
Public
08/25/2025

Local government exemption authorization

A form for the city to provide notice to the Department of Commerce that it has adopted and is enforcing a particular code or the code outlined in an adopting ordinance or resolution.

Tennessee
Form
EXEMPT AUTH.pdf (10.77 MB)
Building codes--Forms
Fire--Codes
Forms
Public
05/28/2021
09/13/2010

Four questions on the Open Meetings Law

MTAS was asked what "adequate notice" means under the Open Meetings Law; whether three hours was adequate notice of a meeting; what is the effect of action taken at a meeting in which a violation of the Open Meetings Law occurred; and does an illegal meeting make the minutes illegal.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Meetings
Open meetings
Open meetings--Laws and regulations
Internal
07/8/2021
11/14/1992

Court order minority voting rights

MTAS was asked to analyze the law governing the effect of a prior judgment on minority voting rights.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Elections--Districts
Minorities
Internal
05/20/2021
06/4/2002
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