HB0170: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 27 and Title 29, relative to civil justice.

Legislative Summary

As enacted, states that property owners should expect that a permit application will be judged on the law in effect at the time of application; declares that the general assembly rejects the pending ordinance doctrine, as described by the Tennessee supreme court in its May 14, 2007, opinion in the case of Harding Academy v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, as contrary to the public policy interests of property owners in this state. - Amends TCA Title 27 and Title 29.