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HB0100 • 2026

Utilities, Utility Districts

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 34; Title 7, Chapter 36 and Title 7, Chapter 52, relative to compensation for members of boards of utilities.

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Sponsor
Howell, Briggs
Last action
2025-04-04
Official status
Effective date(s) 03/28/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on meeting attendance requirements or the necessity for special meetings, which were included in the candidate explanation.

Utility Board Compensation Act

This bill changes how much money members of utility boards can receive for attending meetings and traveling for work.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows board members to receive an additional allowance not exceeding $50 per month for each additional utility system over which the board has jurisdiction, with a total limit of $150 extra per month.
  • Adds this new allowance on top of the existing monthly meeting attendance allowance that is not more than $300.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of utility boards in Tennessee
  • Utility authorities formed under the Municipal Energy Authority Act

Terms To Know

Municipal Energy Authority Act
A law that sets rules for energy authorities run by cities or towns.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how the additional allowance will be paid out.
  • Only applies to boards created under specific laws in Tennessee.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 03/28/2025

  2. 2025-04-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 78

  3. 2025-04-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 78

  4. 2025-03-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

  6. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  7. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  8. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

  9. 2025-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0

  10. 2025-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

  11. 2025-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Companion House Bill substituted

  12. 2025-03-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025

  13. 2025-03-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

  14. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  15. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

  16. 2025-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0

  17. 2025-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/3/2025

  18. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2025

  19. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  20. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/5/2025

  21. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/26/2025

  22. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Meeting Canceled

  23. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/19/2025

  24. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee

  25. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

  26. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  27. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/12/2025

  28. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  29. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee

  30. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Commerce Committee

  31. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  32. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  33. 2025-01-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Under the current Municipal Energy Authority Act, an authority's board of directors must hold regular monthly meetings and special meetings as may be necessary for the t
ransaction of business of the authority. Board members are allowed necessary travel and other expenses while engaged in the business of the board, plus an allowance for attendance at meetings in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided for d
i
rectors of municipal electric systems, which is an allowance not to exceed $300 per month for meeting attendance. Travel expenses constitute a cost of operation and maintenance of the authority.

This bill provides that board members are allowed to recei
ve an additional allowance not to exceed $50 per month for attendance at meetings for each additional utility system over which the board has jurisdiction. However, the total additional allowances must not exceed $150 per month.

This bill provides that
the authorization for travel compensation set forth above supplements authorization provided to the board of directors or other supervisory board of an energy authority or utility authority created by a private act of the general assembly and is applicab
l
e to the extent provided by such board.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 772
By Briggs

HOUSE BILL 100
By Howell

HB0100
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7,
Chapter 34; Title 7, Chapter 36 and Title 7,
Chapter 52, relative to compensation for members
of boards of utilities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-36-110(f), is amended by deleting
the subsection and substituting the following:
(1) The board shall hold regular monthly meetings and special meetings as may
be necessary for the transaction of the business of the authority. Special meetings of
the board may be called by the chair or, in the absence or disability of the chair, by any
board member. A meeting of the board must not be held unless a majority of the
directors are present. All acts of the board must be by a vote of at least a majority of the
directors eligible to vote on a matter. Resolutions of the board are effective upon
adoption after one (1) reading and may be adopted at the same meeting at which the
resolutions are introduced. The time and place of all meetings must be set by the board.
(2) The board members are allowed necessary traveling and other expenses
while engaged in the business of the board, plus an allowance for attendance at
meetings in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided for directors of
municipal electric systems under § 7-52-110. Such expenses constitute a cost of
operation and maintenance of the authority.
(3) The authorization set forth in subdivision (f)(2) supplements authorization
provided to the board of directors or other supervisory board of an energy authority or

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utility authority created by a private act of the general assembly and is applicable to the
extent provided by such board.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.