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SB0339 • 2026

Zoning

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, Chapter 7, Part 4, relative to historic zoning.

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Sponsor
Lowe, Wright
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on the exact nature of the staggered terms or how existing members transition to new term lengths.

Changing Historic Zoning Commission Terms

This bill changes the term length for historic zoning commission members from five years to six years in Tennessee.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the term of service for members of historic zoning commissions from five years to six years.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of historic zoning commissions in Tennessee.

Terms To Know

Historic Zoning Commission
A group that oversees the preservation and management of historically significant areas or buildings.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how many members are on a historic zoning commission.
  • It is unclear what happens if there are no current members serving five-year terms when this act takes effect.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

  4. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  5. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  6. 2025-01-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  7. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 512
By Wright

SENATE BILL 339
By Lowe

SB0339
002215
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13,
Chapter 7, Part 4, relative to historic zoning.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-7-403(a)(1), is amended by
deleting the following language:
The terms of members of the historic zoning commission shall be five (5) years,
except that the members appointed initially shall be appointed for staggered
terms so that the terms of at least one (1) member but not more than two (2)
members shall expire each year.
and substituting instead:
The terms of members of the historic zoning commission shall be six (6) years,
except that the members appointed initially shall be appointed for staggered
terms so that the terms of at least one (1) member but not more than two (2)
members shall expire each year.
SECTION 2. Members of historic zoning commissions on the effective date of this act
shall serve out the term for which they were elected, and their terms are not extended. As the
terms expire, the chief executive making appointments to fill vacancies on the historic zoning
commission shall appoint members to six-year terms.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.