September 2015

Public Notice

Agenda

Tab 1 - Minutes of June 2015 Meeting

Tab 2 - Commission Updates

• Memo to Commission

Tab 3 - What is Happening in the World? Reviews of Community-Based Best Practices—Report to Commission
Grant to Howard H. Baker Jr Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee

• Memo to Commission
• What is Happening in the World? Reviews of Community-Based Best Practices
• Presentation by Dr. Bruce E. Tonn, University of Tennessee

Tab 4 - Homestead Exemption in Tennessee Bankruptcy (Public Chapter 326, Acts of 2015)—Briefing on Initial Research

• Memo to Commission
• Appendix A - Public Chapter 326, Acts of 2015
• Appendix B - United States Department of Justice Summary of Bankruptcy Chapters
• Appendix C - Comparison of Federal and Tennessee Bankruptcy Exemptions
• Appendix D - Home Values Between 1975 and 2015 Compared to Homestead Exemption Amounts Between 1975 and 2015
• Appendix E - Comparison of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13
• Bankruptcy Filings by State, 2014

Tab 5 - Homestead Exemption in Tennessee Bankruptcy (Public Chapter 326, Acts of 2015)—Panel Discussion

• Memo to Commission
• Panelists
  • Henry E. Hildebrand III, Chapter 13 Trustee
    Middle District of Tennessee, United States Bankruptcy Court
  • Robert H. Waldschmidt, Chapter 7 Trustee
    Law Office of Robert H. Waldschmidt
  • Keith Slocum, Board Certified Bankruptcy Specialist
    Harlan, Slocum, and Quillen
  • Tom Lawless, Certified Creditor Rights Specialist
    Lawless and Associates, P.C.
  • Tim Amos, Executive Vice President/General Counsel
    Tennessee Bankers Association
  • Maria Salas, Certified Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist
    Salas Law Group, PLLC, Tennessee Bar Association 
  • Steve Hodgkins, President
    Home Builders Association of Tennessee
• Tennessee Homestead Exemptions:  The Bankruptcy Perspective - presented by Henry E. Hildebrand III, Chapter 13 Trustee

Tab 6 - Zoning Process and Consent to Rezone a Single Parcel of Private Property (Senate Bill 549)—Draft Report for Review and Comment

• Memo to Commission
• Draft Report
• Appendix A - Senate Bill 549 and Amendments
• Appendix B - Letter from Representative Tim Wirgau

Handout -  Research Plan for Development and Deployment of Broadband