As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Bond order,' as applied to a city, means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds of the city, and, as applied to a county, means the order of resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds of the county;(2) 'Clerk' means the officer acting as clerk of the governing body;(3) 'Funding bonds' means bonds issued to pay or to extend the time of payment of debt not evidenced by bonds;(4) 'Governing body,' as applied to a county, means the county legislative body, and, as applied to a city, means the city council, board of commissioners, board of mayor and aldermen or the board or body in which the general legislative powers of the city are vested;(5) 'Refunding bonds' means bonds issued to pay or to extend the time of payment of debts evidenced by bonds; and(6) 'Unit' includes each county and city in the state, which shall issue bonds under this chapter.Acts 1937, ch. 300, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 3516.12; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 8; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §9-1102; Acts 2010 , ch. 868, § 30.
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