Any county may have the right to elect three (3) road commissioners from the county at large, who shall be the road commissioners for the county, and who shall have the supervision of the construction of the roads in the county; provided, that any county that does not desire to elect its road commissioners from the county at large may subdivide its county into road districts as is provided for in § 54-9-115; and provided, further, that, in any county electing its road commissioners from the county at large, no two (2) of the road commissioners shall be from the same civil district.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds
§ 54-9-101. Authority to Issue Bonds
§ 54-9-115. Road Districts for Election of Road Commissioners
§ 54-9-116. Road Commissioners Elected From County at Large
§ 54-9-118. Road Commissioners Have Supervision of Construction of Roads
§ 54-9-119. Bond of Commissioners
§ 54-9-120. Vacancies — Filling
§ 54-9-121. Removal of Commissioners
§ 54-9-123. Road Commissioners Not to Be Members of County Legislative Body, nor Related to Members
§ 54-9-125. Work May Be Let in Sections or as a Whole — Rejection of All Bids and Resubmission
§ 54-9-126. Contract — Contents
§ 54-9-128. Officials, Commissioners, or Employees Not to Be Interested in Contracts
§ 54-9-130. Contractors Paid Monthly — Reservation of Percentage to Protect County
§ 54-9-133. Compensation of Engineer
§ 54-9-135. Removal of Engineers — Cause
§ 54-9-136. Expenditure of Surplus on Other Roads
§ 54-9-140. Local Laws for Issuance of Bonds for Road Purposes — Cumulative Power