Telephone and telegraph services - Exclusion from local regulation

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TN Code › Title 13 › Chapter 24 › Section 13-24-301

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No municipal, county or regional planning commission or any municipal or county legislative body shall, by ordinance or otherwise, exclude the location or relocation of any facility used to provide telephone or telegraph services to the public. Acts 1980, ch. 749, § 1.

No municipal, county or regional planning commission or any municipal or county legislative body shall, by ordinance or otherwise, exclude the location or relocation of any facility used to provide telephone or telegraph services to the public.

Acts 1980, ch. 749, § 1.

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