Compliance

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Cities and Towns
4. Fiscal Affairs
5. Municipal Finance Officer Certification and Education Act of 2007
6. Compliance

1. Municipalities shall comply with the requirement that they have a certified municipal finance officer (CMFO) in their employ based on the following schedule determined by the gross revenues the municipality derived from all funds, including utilities, during the July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, fiscal year:

   Gross revenues Compliance date

   $10 million or more January 1, 2011

   $5 million to $9,999,999.99 January 1, 2012

   Less than $5 million January 1, 2013

2. After the compliance date applicable to a municipality has passed and it later becomes necessary for the municipality to hire an individual in a position in which the CMFO designation is required, the individual hired shall either be exempt as provided in § 6-56-405 or shall become certified within two (2) years of the hiring date.
3. If a municipality is in compliance before the applicable mandatory compliance date in subsection (a) and the CMFO or exempt finance officer leaves employment with the municipality within two (2) years before the applicable mandatory compliance date, leaving the municipality in noncompliance, the municipality shall have two (2) years from the date of the departing finance officer's last day of employment to comply.
4. For municipalities that have been subject to § 6-56-402(b), and circumstances change that would make them subject to § 6-56-402(a), the municipality shall be required to comply with the requirements of § 6-56-402(a) within two (2) years from:
   1. The submission date of the financial report used to determine that the municipality is subject to § 6-56-402(a); or
   2. Six (6) months following the fiscal year end of the financial report used to make the determination, whichever is earlier.

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