Private Acts of 1959 Chapter 202

SECTION 1. That the County of Shelby be and it hereby is authorized, in cooperation with the City of Memphis, to make application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board for a grant to such County and City of the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining within Shelby County, Tennessee, a foreign trade zone in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 590 of the Acts of Congress of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 USC Section 81a et seq.).

SECTION 2. That the County of Shelby be and it hereby is authorized, upon the granting of said application, and in cooperation with the City of Memphis, to establish, operate and maintain or cause to be established, operated and maintained through the Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission or through contract with any other persons, firms or corporations a foreign trade zone within Shelby County, Tennessee.

SECTION 3. That this Act shall become effective when the same shall have been approved by the Quarterly County Court of any county to which it may apply by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the members of said Court, said approval to be made by said Court within 60 days after the sine die adjournment of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee for the year 1959, the public welfare requiring its becoming effective at that time, and not before such approval. The approval or nonapproval of this Act by said Quarterly County Court shall be certified by the Chairman of the said Court of the Secretary of State.

Passed: March 18, 1959.