Library

MTAS Resources
Publications available from the MTAS website:

• MTAS Legal Resources page
  Includes Codes and Charters and links to non-MTAS codes on the web
• Open Meetings in Tennessee: Compliance with the Public Meetings Law (December, 2009)
• Municipal Handbook 2008 (August 2009)
• Tennessee Public Acts 2009 (August, 2009)
• Open Records: A Guide for Municipal Officials (December 2008)
• Adopting Building Codes and Building Code Amendments by Reference (October 2008)
• Eminent Domain in Tennessee : An Attorney's Guide (revised, December 2007)
• Ordinance Drafting and Enforcement: Issues and Recommendations (updated: November 2007)
• Local Sales Tax Handbook (August 2007)
• The Responsible Vendor Act of 2006 (May, 2007)
• Annexation Handbook for Cities and Towns in Tennessee II (February, 2007)
• Municipalities Required to Adopt Code of Ethics (July 2006)
  (Black and White version)
  • Personal Interest Disclosure Form (Word) (PDF)
    
• Adoption of Up-to-Date Building and Fire Codes (September 2005)
  
• Emergency Assistance and Mutual Aid in Tennessee: An Update (September, 2005)
• Opening and Closing of Municipal Streets in Tennessee and Selected Legal Potholes and Patches in Between (January, 2005)
  

TMAA Newsletters

• Fall 2008
• Spring 2009

Speakers Materials

• Winter 2009 Seminar
  • Karen Beyke
    • An Ouster Story: The Ins and Outs of Ouster Law in Tennessee
  • William D. Brinton
    • National Issues and Trends in Sign Regulation
  • Justice Cornelia A. Clark
    • Ethics for Municipal Attorneys: A Conversation
  • Mary Byrd Ferrara
    • Sign Regulation: Is Anything Constitutional?
  • David A. Pike
    • Safe Harbors and Risky Voyages: Using Zoning to Regulate Signs
  • Don Scholes
    • Merger and Consolidation of Utility Systems: A Tale of Two Mergers
    • Customer Identity Theft: A Utility's Obligations and Liabilities
  • J. Thomas Trent Jr.
    • Overview of PILOTs, TIFs and Other Economic Development Incentives
  • Phillip G. Young, Jr.
    • Bankruptcy Issues and Collection Practices for Utilities

Member Contributions

• Non-Smoker Protection Act
  Delisa Pugh
• Enforcing property maintenance codes; administrative inspection warrants—
  flow chart, forms, and other information
  Karen Beyke, Assistant City Attorney of Franklin
• MTAS Model Ethics Code Presentation (PowerPoint Show) (PDF)
  Andy Wright, Lebanon City Attorney
• MTAS Model Ethics Opinion Request and BOPR Response
• Land Use Decisions under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000
  UPDATED 9-8-2006
  (View Flowchart)
  Roger Horner, City Attorney of Brentwood
• Knoxville NIMS Resolution
  Alyson A. Eberting, Assistant City Attorney, City of Knoxville

Case Notes

• Appeals Court Upholds Knoxville Annexation

Parliamentary Procedure Information

• Planning the Effective Meeting
  Jim Slaughter, JD, CPP-T, PRP
• Parliamentary Motions Guide
  Jim Slaughter, JD, CPP-T, PRP