Tennessee Code Title 7. Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities § 7-54-113

(a) Notwithstanding any other law or charter to the contrary, the board of directors of any not-for-profit corporation acting for the benefit or on behalf of any one (1) or more counties, cities, towns or governmental entities pursuant to this chapter or chapter 58 of this title shall include two (2) directors to be appointed by the respective chief executive officer of any municipality, county, or other local government on whose behalf such corporation is acting. One (1) of such appointees shall be black. This section shall not apply to any county with a metropolitan form of government and having a population of four hundred thousand (400,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.

(b) The persons appointed pursuant to this section shall be confirmed by the appropriate local legislative body.