SB717 — Local Government, General - As introduced, negates mandatory application of certain laws on local governments that are not fully funded; prohibits an agency of state government from creating a new fee that will impact local governments in any year in which the general state revenues to the agency have decreased from the previous year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53.

SB717 — Local Government, General - As introduced, negates mandatory application of certain laws on local governments that are not fully funded; prohibits an agency of state government from creating a new fee that will impact local governments in any year in which the general state revenues to the agency have decreased from the previous year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53. · Informed CitizenrySB717 amends Tennessee Code to change how state mandates affect local governments. A law of general application ceases to be mandatory if its fiscal note indicates a direct expenditure by local gov…Open in Informed Citizenry