The Tennessee Attorney General issued an opinion yesterday stating that there is an “irreconcilable conflict” between statutes involving the authority to provide water and wastewater service in territory annexed by a city. Tenn. Code Ann. §5-6-120 provides in part that “From and after the creation of a water and wastewater treatment authority and the establishment
The Tennessee Attorney General has issued an opinion on municipal sales of alcohol, and it’s a stiff one. Requested by the city of Clarksville and handed down earlier this month, the AG’s opinion means it’s closing time for certain beverage sales by the Parks and Rec Department at city-run festivals and venues, including its two
Tennessee Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr. has issued an opinion stating that local laws requiring prescriptions for the purchase of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine drugs are a violation of state law. More than a dozen Tennessee municipalities have enacted local ordinances, generally in an effort to stifle the production of illegal methamphetamines. However, Cooper’s opinion