Fountain City Sanitary District - Historical Notes

The following acts once affected the Fountain City Sanitary District, but are no longer in effect and are noted herein for historical purposes.

1. Private Acts of 1947, Chapter 143, amended Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 176, by providing for the election of the board of commissioners of the Fountain City Sanitary District with their terms to begin on the first day of July, 1947. This act was constitutional in Whedbee v. Godsey, 190 Tenn. 142, 228 S.W. 2d 92(1950).
2. Private Acts of 1949, Chapter 831, amended Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 176, by providing for authority of the sanitary district to furnish services outside the boundaries of the district, changed the boundaries of the district, changed the qualifications for voters in elections authorizing the commission to issue bonds, required property owners to connect with the sewer system of the district, authorized the commission to combine charges for sewer and water services in one statement and to enforce the payment of such charges by the discontinuance of both water and sewer services.
3. Private Acts of 1957, Chapter 320, amended Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 176, by providing for a provision for the qualification of the commissioners of the district and the terms of office, their authority in connection with the issuance of bonds and concerning the election authorizing such action, and authorizing the district to annex territory to the same extent as such power and authority is vested in municipalities by designated sections of the Tennessee Code Annotated.