§ 1.01. Consolidation of county and city; creation of metropolitan government; name.

The governmental and corporate functions now vested in the City of Nashville, a municipal corporation created by Chapter 246, Private Acts of 1947, and amendments thereto, are hereby consolidated with the governmental and corporate functions of the County of Davidson, such consolidation being pursuant to constitutional power granted by article XI, section 9 of the Constitution of Tennessee, as amended, and in conformity with section 7-1-101 et seq. of Tennessee Code Annotated, as amended. Said consolidation shall result in the creation and establishment of a new metropolitan government to perform all, or substantially all, of the governmental and corporate functions previously performed by the county and by the city, to be known as "The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County," herein sometimes called "the metropolitan government." The metropolitan government shall be a public corporation, with perpetual succession, capable of suing and being sued, and capable of purchasing, receiving and holding property, real and personal, and of selling, leasing or disposing of the same to the same extent as other governmental entities.

(Res. No. 88-526, § 1, 10-4-88)