Section 5-16-101 - Power granted to counties - Chapter definitions(a) The various counties of this state are hereby authorized to establish, construct, install, acquire, operate and maintain urban type public facilities in any area or areas within their borders, and to charge fees, rates and charges for such facilities.(b) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Other governing body" means only that body having the taxing authority; and(2) "Urban type public facilities" means and includes sanitary and storm sewer lines and facilities, plants for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and waste matter, facilities and plants for the incineration or other disposal of garbage, trash, ashes and other waste matter, or water supply and distribution lines, facilities and plants, chemical pipelines and docks, or all of these things, and fire protection and emergency medical services.Acts 1961, ch. 166, § 1; 1965, ch. 326, §§ 1, 2; 1967, ch. 308, §1; T.C.A., §5-1601; Acts 2007 , ch. 107, §1; 2008 , ch. 1034, § 1.