House Bill 220 amends various sections of the Tennessee Code Annotated related to the West Tennessee River Basin Authority. Key changes include the broadening of the authority's service area by replacing specific river basin names, such as "Hatchie, Loosahatchie, Obion and Forked Deer River basins," with the more inclusive term "river basins in the authority service area." Additionally, the bill modifies the authority's responsibilities in certain counties, allowing it to provide only technical assistance and project management support in Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties.

The bill also updates provisions regarding funding and taxation, empowering county governments to impose taxes on real property within the authority service area to support planning and maintenance of works and programs. Other amendments include the removal of outdated references to specific river basins and the introduction of new language that clarifies the authority's operational scope and the counties eligible to participate in its programs. The act is set to take effect upon becoming law.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 64-1-1101(b), 64-1-1101, 64-1-1101(b)(4), 64-1-1103, 64-1-1103(18), 64-1-1104(a)(3), 64-1-1104, 64-1-1104(b), 64-1-1109(a), 64-1-1109