Tenn. Code § 38-9-102
Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
When, in the judgment of the chief administrative officer of a municipality, a civil emergency as defined in this chapter is determined to exist, the officer shall immediately proclaim in writing the existence of the civil emergency, a copy of which proclamation will be filed with the clerk of the municipality, or if there is none, with the recorder.
T.C.A. § 38-9-102