Tennessee Code Title 64. Regional Authorities § 64-4-108

(1) Advance, donate or lend money, raised from any source and by any means, or real or personal property, to the authority;

(2) Provide that any funds on hand or to become available to it for port purposes shall be paid directly to the authority;

(3) Cause water, sewer, gas, electric or other utility services to be provided to the authority;

(4) Open and improve streets, roads and alleys to the port;

(5) Provide police and fire protection services to the port;

(6) Pay the expenses of the port authority board of commissioners or the expenses of operation of any of the facilities authorized by this chapter;

(7) Levy a tax, in addition to all other taxes, upon all taxable property within each county, sufficient to pay the appropriation made by it to the port authority; and

(8) Pledge the full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power of the county as surety to the payment of the authority's bonds.