When any street, highway, avenue, or alley to be improved has located in the street, highway, avenue, or alley the track or tracks of any street railway, interurban railway, or commercial railway company that has agreed to pave any portion of the street, highway, avenue, or alley, and by the terms of its agreement has the option of either doing the work of paving in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by such city, or of permitting the city or town to do the work at a price to be paid to the city or town by the company, it is the duty of the legislative body, before enacting the ordinance or ordinances providing for the improvement, to ascertain whether the company desires to do its portion of the paving itself or that the same be done by the municipality.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 7 - Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities
Chapter 32 - Improvements by Special Assessment
§ 7-32-102. Ordinance for Improvement
§ 7-32-103. Filing of Documents
§ 7-32-104. Appointment of Time to Hear Objections
§ 7-32-105. Notice of Ordinance and Hearing of Objections
§ 7-32-106. Hearing of Objections — Final Action on Ordinance
§ 7-32-107. Undertaking Work — Construction Contract
§ 7-32-108. Security Required of Bidders
§ 7-32-109. Rejection of Bids — Rebidding
§ 7-32-110. Contractor's Performance Bond
§ 7-32-111. Costs Borne by Railway
§ 7-32-112. Replacement of Railway Rails
§ 7-32-113. Ascertainment of Railway's Intent
§ 7-32-114. Deduction of Cost Payable by Railway
§ 7-32-117. Apportionment of Cost of Intersection Improvements
§ 7-32-118. Property Owners Bearing Entire Cost
§ 7-32-119. Costs of Improvements
§ 7-32-122. Filing Objections to Assessments
§ 7-32-123. Hearing on Assessments and Objections
§ 7-32-127. New Assessment to Replace Assessment Set Aside
§ 7-32-128. Correction of Errors
§ 7-32-130. Entries in Assessment Book — Copies
§ 7-32-132. Warrant for and Payment of Assessments
§ 7-32-135. Payment Date Without Installment Contract
§ 7-32-137. Default in Installment Payments
§ 7-32-139. Purchase by City — Resale by City
§ 7-32-140. Power to Borrow and Pay for Improvements