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An ordinance to designate the Department of Codes Administration (Codes) and the Department of Transportation and Multi-modal Infrastructure (NDOT) to meet the definition of "Police Department," as authorized in Tennessee Code Section 55-16-103(6), and as used in that part, and to amend section 6.80.540 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, for the limited purpose of allowing Codes and NDOT to also authorize the removal of abandoned vehicles by towing or transportation by emergency wrecker licensees, in emergency circumstances, as defined in Chapter 6.80, Article V, of the Metropolitan Code.
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Whereas, with regard to abandoned vehicles, the Tennessee Code Annotated provides that where, in Title 55, chapter 16, part 1, the term "Police Department" is used, it means the following:
6) "Police department" means the Tennessee highway patrol, the sheriff's department of any county, or the police department of any city or town. In any county with a population of four hundred thousand (400,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, with a metropolitan form of government, "police department" also means any department, board or commission designated by the legislative body of the metropolitan government to perform the duties of a police department specified in this chapter;
Tenn. Code Ann. ? 55-16-103 (West); and,
Whereas, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County had a population of over 400,000 as of 1980 and subsequent censuses, and had and has a metropolitan form of government, so, per the above, the Metropolitan Council would have the ability to designate that this term "Police Department" as used in the context of this title, chapter and part, would also mean any other department, board or commission designated by the Metropolitan Council; and,
Whereas, within the Metropolitan Government, the Department of Codes Administration (Codes) and the Department of Transportation and Multi-modal Infrastructu...
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