Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee SB2613: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 89, relative to convention center authorities.
Status: Chaptered, May 27, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 15, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2613, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to revise the Convention Center Authorities Act of 2009 as the Convention Center and Agricultural Exposition Authorities Act. Generally, present law authorizes county, metropolitan government or incorporated city or town to adopt a resolution to authorize the local government's chief executive officer to form a convention center authority and appoint a board of directors for the authority. An authority's board of directors may exercises powers, including the power to issue bonds to pay the costs of projects, which includes any land, improvement, structure, building or part of a building comprised of facilities for conventions, public assemblies, conferences, trade exhibitions or other business, social, cultural, scientific and public interest events, along with any associated hotel accommodations; transportation infrastructure; tourism, theatre, retail business and commercial office space facilities; parking facilities or any other structure or facility constructed, leased, equipped, renovated or acquired for any of the purposes set forth in this chapter, and also includes, but is not limited to, parks, greenways, open spaces, roads, streets, highways, curbs, bridges, flood control facilities and utility services, such as water, sanitary sewer, electricity, gas and natural gas and telecommunications that are constructed, leased, equipped, renovated or acquired as a supporting system or facility; provided, that any such supporting system or facility is dedicated for public use. This amendment authorizes the establishment of an agriculture exposition authority in the same manner and with the same powers as a convention center authority. This amendment authorize
What the bill says
From the amended text:
House State & Local Government 1 Amendment No. 1 to HB2320 Crawford Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 2613* House Bill No. 2320 by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-89-101, is amended by deleting the section and substituting instead: This chapter is known and may be cited as the "Convention Center and Agricultural Exposition Authorities Act." SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-89-102(a), is amended by adding the following to the end of the subsection: For purposes of this chapter, "convention center facilities" include agriculture exposition facilities and related facilities. SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-89-103(1), is amended by deleting the subdivision and substituting instead: (1) "Authority," "convention center authority," or "agriculture exposition authority" means any public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter; SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-89-103(10), is amended by deleting the subdivision and substituting instead: (10) "Project" means: (A) Any land, improvement, structure, building, or part of a building composed of facilities for conventions, public assemblies, conferences, trade exhibitions, or other business, social, cultural, scientific, and public interest events, along with any associated hotel accommodations; transportation infrastructure; tourism, theatre, retail business, and commercial office space HA1083 facilities; parking facilities or any other structure or facility constructed, leased, equipped, renovated, or acquired …