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Fiscal Summary LOCAL GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESMandatoryFY26-27$9,400 Article II, Section 24 of the Tennessee Constitution provides that: no law of general application shall impose increased expenditure requirements on cities or counties unless the General Assembly shall provide that the state share in the cost. OTHER FISCAL IMPACT Should the August 2026 ballot measure in Knox County prove successful, there could be a net decrease in mandatory local expenditures in FY26-27 estimated to exceed $78,100 and a recurring decrease in local expenditures in FY27-28 and subsequent years estimated to exceed $105,000. However, due to various uncertainties, any fiscal impacts to local government subsequent to the Knox County charter referendum cannot be quantified. Bill Summary Present law requires a county legislative body to change the boundaries of districts, or redistrict a county entirely, at least every 10 years to apportion the county legislative body so that the members represent substantially equal populations. Further, present law requires districts to be reasonably compact and contiguous, and prohibits districts from overlapping. This bill prohibits a county from having a district that encompasses the entire county after the redistricting following the 2030 federal census. Further, a commissioner is prohibited from being elected to represent an at-large district. COUNTY CHARTER Present law authorizes each county in this state to adopt a charter form of government and provides requirements for what must be included in a proposed county charter. A county charter must provide for the size, method of election, qualification for holding office, method of removal, and procedures of the county legislative body with such other provisions with respect to such body as are normally related to the organization, powers, and duties of
