2021 Tennessee Code
Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries

§ 54-1-132. Criminal History Background Checks for Applicants — Authorization - The commissioner is authorized to seek criminal history background checks...

Part 2 - Unlawful Acts

§ 54-1-201. Contracts in Which Officers of Department of Transportation or Relatives Interested Prohibited and Void - No contract shall be let to or made with any...

§ 54-1-202. Offense for Official to Enter Into Certain Contracts - It is a Class E felony for any officer of...

§ 54-1-203. Felonious Acts of Officers or Employees Enumerated - It is also a Class E felony for any officer...

Part 3 - Transportation Reporting Act of 2001

§ 54-1-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

Part 4 - Litter Prevention and Control

§ 54-1-401. Litter Prevention and Control - In recognition of the exorbitant societal costs associated with littering...

§ 54-1-402. Citizen Reporting of Littering - The litter prevention and control program may include as one...

§ 54-1-404. Verification of Reported Motor Registration Number and Notification of Owner or Lessee of Vehicle - Upon receipt of the information required by § 54-1-403, the...

§ 54-1-405. Construction — Expenditure of Funds - This part shall not be construed to be an appropriation...

§ 54-1-406. Rules and Regulations - The commissioner of transportation is authorized to promulgate rules and...

Part 5 - Tennessee Department of Transportation Contracts for Construction Manager/general Contractor Services

§ 54-1-502. Part Definitions - As used in this part:

§ 54-1-503. Selection of Projects by Department - The department's authority to use the CM/GC method as provided...

§ 54-1-506. Debriefing on Selection Process - After the protest period has expired, and the contract for...

§ 54-1-507. Establishment of Policies and Promulgation of Rules and Regulations - The department may establish agency policies and/or promulgate rules and...

Chapter 2 - State Highway Funds

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 54-2-102. Custody of Department of Transportation Funds - All funds, revenues, taxes and proceeds of notes or bond...

§ 54-2-103. Department of Transportation Funds to Be Kept Separate — Manner of Drawing Out - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the department of transportation...

§ 54-2-104. Disbursement of Department of Transportation Funds — Voucher-Warrant — Preparation and Form - Upon the receipt by the commissioner of transportation of any...

§ 54-2-105. Payroll Accounts — Depository Bond - When, in the course of the work of the department...

§ 54-2-108. Short-Term Notes — Issuance in Anticipation of Collections to Start Construction of Any Project - The commissioner of finance and administration and state treasurer shall...

Chapter 3 - Tennessee Tollway Act

§ 54-3-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-3-103. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 54-3-107. Rules and Regulations - The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the...

§ 54-3-110. Appropriations of the State Funding Board - By authorizing the issuance of bonds, hedging agreements and ancillary...

§ 54-3-111. State Immunity - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as either waiving...

§ 54-3-112. Liberal Construction - In order to effectuate the purposes and policies prescribed in...

Chapter 4 - State Funds for Local Aid

Part 1 - County Aid Funds

§ 54-4-104. Claims Paid Out of Fund - In the event the task of administering a county's pro...

§ 54-4-105. Salary of Trustee Not Increased - Nothing in § 54-4-103 shall be construed to increase the...

Part 2 - Municipal Aid Funds

§ 54-4-201. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 54-4-205. Unlawful Expenditures a Misdemeanor — Liability - It is a Class C misdemeanor for any municipal official...

Part 3 - Metropolitan Government Aid Funds

§ 54-4-301. Counties to Keep One Fund - Those counties having a metropolitan form of government shall keep...

§ 54-4-302. Construction of Chapter - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require those...

Part 4 - State-Aid Highway System

§ 54-4-401. Establishment of System - The commissioner is authorized to establish a state-aid highway system...

§ 54-4-403. Annual Program of Work - When the state-aid highway system has been designated as provided...

§ 54-4-405. Methods of Work - Work authorized by this part shall be done in one...

§ 54-4-406. Maintenance of Roads - Any road designated as a part of the state-aid highway...

Part 5 - 1990 Bridge Grant Program Act

§ 54-4-501. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-4-502. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 54-4-503. Purpose - The general assembly finds and declares it to be in...

§ 54-4-505. Allocation of Funds - Subject to the conditions for local government participation set forth...

§ 54-4-506. Expending Allocated Moneys for Other Roadway Purposes - Once the local governments within a county geographical area have...

§ 54-4-508. Project to Be Maintained by Local Government - Any project undertaken pursuant to this part shall be maintained...

Part 6 - High Priority Bridge Replacement Program

§ 54-4-602. Selection Process - The commissioner of transportation shall establish criteria for the selection...

§ 54-4-604. Maintenance of Projects - Any project undertaken pursuant to this part shall be maintained...

Chapter 5 - State Highways

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 54-5-101. System of State Highways — Designation by Department for Construction, Repair or Maintenance - The department of transportation has full power, and it is...

§ 54-5-103. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter and chapters 1 and 2...

§ 54-5-105. Attorneys General to Represent Department - The attorney general and reporter and the district attorney general...

§ 54-5-106. Judgments and Expenses in Condemnation Cases Paid Out of County General Funds - All judgments rendered and other expenses necessarily incurred in condemnation...

§ 54-5-109. Plans and Specifications and Contracts for Building Each Road or Bridge Authorized - The department has full power, in conformity with the rules...

§ 54-5-112. County Legislative Bodies Must Authorize Payment by Counties - No county is to have entered into an agreement to...

§ 54-5-113. Contracts to Be Written and Signed - All contracts under which any highway funds are to be...

§ 54-5-115. Bonds to Accompany Bids - The bids must be accompanied by proper bonds or guaranty...

§ 54-5-116. Opening Bids and Awarding Contracts - Sealed bids shall be opened in the presence of the...

§ 54-5-117. Accepted Bidder to Be Financially Responsible and Qualified Under Rules and Regulations of Commissioner - Notwithstanding § 54-5-116, the bidder making the bid accepted shall...

§ 54-5-118. Rejection of Bids - Any and all bids may be rejected, in the discretion...

§ 54-5-120. Inspection, Approval and Acceptance of Work to Be Specified - The contract shall provide that the work executed under the...

§ 54-5-122. Full Settlement With Contractor - The department may close a project after the following have...

§ 54-5-129. Commissioner Financing Improvements of Section of State Highway System — Funds to Be Repaid Without Interest - If any county, county commission or road board, district, city,...

§ 54-5-130. Counties Required to Contribute Proportionally for Construction of Highways - The commissioner has the power, within reasonable discretion, to require...

§ 54-5-133. Eradication and Control of Noxious Weeds - The commissioner shall adequately eradicate or control, or both, by...

§ 54-5-137. Elimination of Hazardous Right-of-Way Conditions - It is the intent of the department to make reasonable...

§ 54-5-141. Highway Rights-of-Way — Retention for Scenic or Environmental Purposes - The department shall consider whether highway rights-of-way are suitable for...

§ 54-5-142. Designation of Bicycle Routes - The commissioner may designate and appropriately mark on appropriate state...

§ 54-5-144. Memorial to Fallen Tennessee National Guardsman - Any segment or structure named on State Route 840, the...

Part 2 - Municipal Streets

§ 54-5-202. Width and Character of Highways in Municipalities - The streets constructed, reconstructed, improved and maintained by the state...

§ 54-5-203. Maintenance by Municipality — Reimbursement - Where a municipality is organized for the care of its...

§ 54-5-204. Maintenance of Highway by State - Where a municipality is not organized to care for its...

§ 54-5-205. Streets for Highways Designated by Department - The department shall have sole jurisdiction over the selection of...

§ 54-5-206. Interstate Highways Routed Through Municipalities — Maintenance by Department - The department is authorized to maintain the rights-of-way, pavement, and...

§ 54-5-207. Authority of Commissioner Upon Failure of Municipality to Enter Into or Abide by Agreement Concerning Acquisition and Use of Lands for Streets - In the event any municipality fails or refuses to enter...

§ 54-5-208. Eminent Domain Within Municipalities - In the event it becomes necessary for the commissioner to...

§ 54-5-209. Acts of Municipality That Would Cause Loss of Federal Funds Prohibited - No municipality has the authority to enact any ordinance or...

§ 54-5-210. Legal Status of Streets Unchanged - Nothing in this section and §§ 54-5-207 — 54-5-209 shall...

§ 54-5-211. Designation of Bicycle Routes - The responsible authority in each municipality may designate and appropriately...

Part 3 - Entrances Onto Highways

§ 54-5-302. Agreement Prior to Construction Mandatory - No person, firm, corporation or municipality shall construct any entrance...

Part 4 - State Industrial Access Act

§ 54-5-401. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-5-402. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 54-5-404. State-Local Agreements - The department is authorized to enter into agreements with municipalities...

Part 5 - Local Interstate and Fully Controlled Access Highway Connector Act

§ 54-5-501. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-5-502. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 54-5-503. Interstate Connecting Routes Authorized - In order for the citizens of the state to get...

§ 54-5-504. Length of Connectors - The connectors shall be limited in length from their respective...

§ 54-5-505. Existing Routes — Determination of Adequacy - Tolerable standards for establishing adequacy of existing routes shall be...

§ 54-5-506. Administration and Specifications - The department has the responsibility for administering each project and...

§ 54-5-508. Funds to Be Used - In effectuating the purposes of this part, the department is...

Part 6 - Signal Lights

§ 54-5-601. Maintenance of Signal Light on State Highway Without Commissioner's Approval — Misdemeanor - Any person who installs or maintains a signal light on...

§ 54-5-602. Signal Light Declared Public Nuisance - A signal light installed and maintained on a state highway...

§ 54-5-603. Inapplicable Within Boundaries of Municipal Corporation - This part shall not apply within the boundaries of municipal...

Part 7 - Directional Signs

§ 54-5-703. Signs Not to Be Erected Along Highways Designated as Main Traveled Roads - No person not of the department shall erect a sign...

§ 54-5-704. Directional Signs on Interstate Highways Denoting Historic Sites - The department is directed to expand its interstate highway marking...

§ 54-5-705. Historic Sites Eligible - Tennessee-owned historic sites not currently marked are or will become...

§ 54-5-706. Erection and Placement of Directional Signs - The department is directed to mark the appropriate exit to...

§ 54-5-707. Advice of Departments of Education, and Environment and Conservation, and Historical Commission - The departments of education, and environment and conservation, and the...

§ 54-5-708. Directional Signs Denoting Certain Educational Institutions - It may be the duty of the department to implement...

§ 54-5-710. Directional Signs Denoting Certain Airports - The department is directed to implement a directional signing program...

Part 8 - Relocation of Utilities

§ 54-5-801. Declaration of Policy - Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963,...

§ 54-5-802. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 54-5-803. Relocation of Utility Facilities Authorized — Obligations of Utility — Agreements for Relocation and Cost - Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963,...

§ 54-5-804. State to Pay Certain Relocation Costs — Exceptions — Reimbursement Payments - The commissioner is authorized to reimburse a utility for the...

§ 54-5-805. Hearing — Notice — Rules and Regulations Promulgated by Commissioner — Appeals - All hearings held under this part shall be public and...

§ 54-5-806. Applicability of This Part - The policy, principles and reimbursement provisions of this part shall...

§ 54-5-807. Nonapplicability of Part - This part shall not apply to:

§ 54-5-852. Definitions for §§ 54-5-851 — 54-5-856 - As used in § 54-5-851, this section and §§ 54-5-853...

§ 54-5-856. Liaison Between Owner and Contractor - The department's resident engineer shall act as liaison between the...

Part 10 - Memorial Highways

§ 54-5-1002. Signing and Marking of Blue Star Memorial Highways - The department is authorized to cooperate with concerned public and...

Part 11 - Specific Service Signs

§ 54-5-1106. Nonconforming Billboards - No lease payments, royalty payments, or funds of any type...

§ 54-5-1107. Outdoor Advertising Provisions Unaffected - This part shall not in any manner affect the authorization...

§ 54-5-1108. Rules and Regulations - The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the...

Part 12 - Bicentennial Beautification Act of 1993

§ 54-5-1201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-5-1202. Legislative Intent - It is the intent of the general assembly to:

§ 54-5-1205. Rules and Regulations - The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in...

§ 54-5-1206. Acreage in Addition to Acres Already Planted and Cultivated - The acres that are planted pursuant to this part shall...

Part 13 - Tourist Oriented Directional Signs

§ 54-5-1303. Rules and Regulations - The department of transportation shall promulgate necessary rules to accomplish...

§ 54-5-1304. Competitive Bidding - With respect to a TODS sign, the department shall not...

§ 54-5-1305. Maintenance of Inventory of Signs - The department of transportation shall develop and maintain an inventory...

Part 14 - Road Planning

§ 54-5-1401. Quarterly Status Report - The commissioner of transportation shall report quarterly to the state...

§ 54-5-1402. Right-of-Way Acquisitions Requiring Special Approval - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, proposed payment shall...

Chapter 6 - Public-Private Transportation Act

§ 54-6-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-6-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter:

§ 54-6-104. Selection of Private Entity - The requirements for purchasing of, and contracting for, goods and...

§ 54-6-111. Contract for Development, Redevelopment, or Operation of Transportation Facility - In addition to any authority otherwise conferred by law, any...

§ 54-6-112. Dedication of Property - Any public entity may dedicate any property in which it...

§ 54-6-117. Crossing or Relocation of Facilities - The eligible private entity and each public utility or other...

§ 54-6-118. Powers and Jurisdiction of Law Enforcement Officers — Access to Transportation Facility - All law enforcement officers of the state and of each...

§ 54-6-119. Termination Dates of Original Permanent Financing and Comprehensive Agreement - The responsible public entity shall determine the date of termination...

§ 54-6-120. Sovereign Immunity Not Waived - Nothing in this chapter constitutes a waiver of the sovereign...

Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 54-7-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-7-102. Applicability of Chapter - This chapter applies to all counties of the state, except...

§ 54-7-103. “Chief Administrative Officer” Defined - For purposes of this chapter, “chief administrative officer” is defined...

§ 54-7-105. Term of Office - Elected or appointed chief administrative officers shall serve a term...

§ 54-7-108. Oath of Office — Bond Required - Before entering into the discharge of official duties, the chief...

§ 54-7-116. Authorization to Sign Contracts - There is created a presumption of law that the chief...

Part 2 - Prohibited Acts — Penalties

§ 54-7-204. Withholding of Funds by State for Violation - If any provision of this chapter is violated in any...

Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 54-9-101. Authority to Issue Bonds - Each county is authorized to issue its bonds for highway...

§ 54-9-115. Road Districts for Election of Road Commissioners - For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, any county...

§ 54-9-116. Road Commissioners Elected From County at Large - Any county may have the right to elect three (3)...

§ 54-9-118. Road Commissioners Have Supervision of Construction of Roads - When all road commissioners have been elected, they shall be...

§ 54-9-119. Bond of Commissioners - The commissioners shall execute a good and solvent bond, in...

§ 54-9-120. Vacancies — Filling - Should there occur a vacancy for any cause, the vacancy...

§ 54-9-121. Removal of Commissioners - The road commissioners shall be subject to removal for cause...

§ 54-9-122. County Legislative Body Called to Fill Vacancy — Other Members Act Till Vacancy Is Filled - Should any vacancy occur in the commission, it shall be...

§ 54-9-123. Road Commissioners Not to Be Members of County Legislative Body, nor Related to Members - No road commissioner shall be a member of the county...

§ 54-9-125. Work May Be Let in Sections or as a Whole — Rejection of All Bids and Resubmission - The commissioners may let the work in sections, or they...

§ 54-9-126. Contract — Contents - In receiving and letting the contracts, the commissioners shall at...

§ 54-9-128. Officials, Commissioners, or Employees Not to Be Interested in Contracts - No commissioners or member of the county legislative body or...

§ 54-9-130. Contractors Paid Monthly — Reservation of Percentage to Protect County - The commissioners shall pay all contractors every thirty (30) days...

§ 54-9-133. Compensation of Engineer - As compensation for the faithful performance of duty, the engineer...

§ 54-9-134. Oath of Engineers - Each engineer so employed shall take and subscribe an oath...

§ 54-9-135. Removal of Engineers — Cause - Any engineer employed under this chapter shall be subject to...

§ 54-9-136. Expenditure of Surplus on Other Roads - After all the roads laid out and provided for in...

§ 54-9-140. Local Laws for Issuance of Bonds for Road Purposes — Cumulative Power - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as repealing any...

Part 2 - Construction of County Highways, Roads and Bridges

§ 54-9-201. Bonds Issued — State Aid Pledged - Any county may authorize the issuance of bonds pursuant to...

§ 54-9-203. Bond Resolution, Contents - The bond resolution shall contain:

§ 54-9-204. County Highway Bond Account — Expenditure of Funds - In accordance with the bond resolution, the county trustee shall...

Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 54-10-101. Public Roads and Ferries - All roads and ferries laid out or appointed agreeably to...

§ 54-10-102. Power of County Legislative Body - The county legislative body has the power to build, repair,...

§ 54-10-103. Classification of Roads - Code 1858, § 1183; Acts 1891, ch. 1, § 11;...

§ 54-10-106. Report of Acts and Recommendations - The commission shall make a full report of its acts...

§ 54-10-107. Adoption and Recording of Report - When the report of the commission is submitted to the...

§ 54-10-111. Designation of Bicycle Routes - The county legislative body of each county may designate and...

Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads

§ 54-10-201. Changing or Closing Roads — Application by Petition - All applications to open, change, or close a road shall...

§ 54-10-202. Notice to Interested Parties of Action to Open or Close - No road shall be opened, changed, or closed, without giving...

§ 54-10-203. Nonresident Landowners Notified - If any owner of the land affected by the opening,...

§ 54-10-205. Damages — Payment - The jury of view has the power of condemnation and...

§ 54-10-208. Action After Final Judgment - If the action of the jury of view be affirmed,...

§ 54-10-209. Bond for Appeal Costs - All persons appealing from the decision of a jury of...

§ 54-10-210. Attorney for County Upon Appeal - In case of an appeal, the district attorney general shall...

§ 54-10-211. Compensation of Jury of View - The jury of view each shall receive two dollars ($2.00)...

§ 54-10-212. Waiver of Damage by Landowners - When landowners and those controlling land touched by the highway...

§ 54-10-213. Commissioner May Act Without Petition - The commissioner may, without petition or application, proceed to open,...

§ 54-10-215. Controversy to Be Heard at First Term - The court in which any suit or controversy for establishing...

Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges

Part 1 - Fords

§ 54-11-101. County Legislative Bodies May Clear Out Fords - It may be lawful for county legislative bodies to clear...

§ 54-11-102. Reports of Fords — Action of Legislative Body - At the April session of the county legislative body, a...

§ 54-11-104. Width of Ford - The width of the ford shall depend upon the use...

§ 54-11-105. Advertisement of Fords to Be Cleared - The county clerk shall make out a list of the...

§ 54-11-106. Return of Certificate of Completion — Payment - Each contractor shall return to the August session of the...

Part 2 - Bridges

§ 54-11-201. Bridges to Be Made by Overseer — Securing Materials - Bridges shall be made by the overseer and the overseer's...

§ 54-11-202. Bridges to Be Made by County — Tax Levy - Bridges that cannot be built by the overseer and the...

§ 54-11-203. Bridges to Be Made by Two Counties — Apportionment of Cost - When a bridge is necessary over any creek or river...

§ 54-11-204. Contract, Agreement and Order Binding - Every contract, agreement, and order for bridges shall bind the...

§ 54-11-205. Bridge Railings — Height - It is the duty of the county legislative bodies, in...

§ 54-11-207. Power of County Legislative Body to Build Bridges - In addition to the powers vested in and exercised by...

§ 54-11-209. Excess Cost in Constructing Bridges - Should it, in the opinion of the county legislative body,...

§ 54-11-213. Proceeding by Petition for Building Bridge or Causeway — Appointment of Commissioner - Code 1858, § 1266 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, §...

§ 54-11-214. Acceptance of Proposal - Of the proposals reported, the county legislative body may receive...

§ 54-11-215. Examination of Work Upon Completion by Commissioners Appointed by County Legislative Body — Payment - Code 1858, § 1268 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, §...

§ 54-11-216. Vacancy in Board of Commissioners — Bond and Oath - The county legislative body shall fill all vacancies on any...

§ 54-11-217. Tax for Payment of Bridge or Causeway - Public bridges and causeways on public roads, erected by order...

§ 54-11-218. Taxes to Be Collected by Trustee - The moneys shall be collected by the county trustee and...

§ 54-11-219. Bridges Over Rivers Through County Seat Towns - A county legislative body is empowered, the same being a...

§ 54-11-223. Power to Issue Bonds - For the purpose of providing funds to erect bridges, the...

§ 54-11-224. Tolls — Rules for Management - The county and municipal corporation erecting a bridge as provided...

§ 54-11-225. Repairs of Bridges by County Legislative Bodies — Commissioners to Make Contracts - The county legislative body has full power, at any session...

§ 54-11-226. Report of Commissioners as to Repairs - It is the duty of the commissioners under § 54-11-225...

§ 54-11-227. Payment of Reported Repairs - Upon the filing of the report of the commissioners, it...

Part 3 - Ferries

§ 54-11-301. Free Ferries Over Streams Running Through or Bounding Counties — Establishing - A county is empowered, through its county legislative body, to...

§ 54-11-305. Ferry Operator — Selection and Salary — Vacancy - The county legislative body at any session may select and...

§ 54-11-307. Appropriations for Operation and Construction of Ferries — Commissioner Appointed — Duties - The county legislative body has the power to:

§ 54-11-309. Limitations on Ferriage Rates — Application for Waivers - Automobile and passengers $2.00 Person, each, on foot 0.50 Truck...

Chapter 12 - Road Improvement Districts

Part 1 - Establishment

§ 54-12-101. Power to Establish Road Improvement Districts - The monthly county court is vested with the power at...

§ 54-12-102. Body Exercising Jurisdiction of Former Monthly County Court - In each county, the body that is authorized to perform...

§ 54-12-105. Road Improvement District Confined to Boundaries of County - The bounds proposed to be embraced in the improvement district...

§ 54-12-111. Collection Dates Fixed Upon Assessment Being Made — Assessment List Certified to Trustee to Collect — Compensation - When the assessment has been made, the monthly county court...

§ 54-12-113. Bonds of Trustee and Clerk - The county trustee or trustees, before receiving the assessment roll...

§ 54-12-114. Proceeding for Cost and Expense Fund Not to Delay Other Proceedings — Sixty Percent Acreage Provision - The proceeding to create a fund for the payment of...

§ 54-12-117. Petitioners Required to Pay Preliminary Expenses — Judgment on Their Bond - If the county legislative body should not see fit to...

§ 54-12-118. Fund for Expenses May Be Paid as Needed - The fund for expenses may be paid in from time...

§ 54-12-119. Refund to Petitioners and Their Sureties Paying Preliminary Expenses - All sums paid by the petitioners or their sureties on...

§ 54-12-120. Engineer - After the petition has been filed and bond taken and...

§ 54-12-121. Compensation of Engineers - The engineers appointed under this part by the monthly county...

§ 54-12-122. Engineer to Survey and Locate Roads and Improvements - The engineer shall proceed to examine the land described in...

§ 54-12-123. Engineer's Return — Contents - The engineer shall make returns of and file the engineer's...

§ 54-12-124. Recalling Engineer and Appointing Another - The monthly county court may at any time recall the...

§ 54-12-125. Survey and Location of Roads Along General Course of Present Roads — Exception - The roads provided for in this part shall be surveyed...

§ 54-12-126. Engineer to Submit Itemized Expense Account or Do Work for Stipulated Sum - The engineer may employ necessary help such as axmen, rodmen,...

§ 54-12-129. Service of Writ — Acknowledgement - The writ shall be served at least ten (10) days...

§ 54-12-131. Writ or Publication Need Not State Contents of Petition or Its Prayer - The writ or summons and the publication notice need not...

§ 54-12-133. Claim for Damages to Be Filed — Guardian or Conservator Ad Litem Appointed for Persons Under Disability - Any person claiming damages as compensation for or on account...

§ 54-12-135. Further Examination and Report by Engineer Ordered — Hearing Continued Until Filing of Report - At the hearing, the monthly county court may order the...

§ 54-12-136. Claims for Damages Prevent Establishment of District Until Viewers Appointed — Qualifications — Engineer to Accompany Viewers and Give Them Information - If any claims for damages have been filed, as provided...

§ 54-12-137. Viewers Upon Being Sworn to View Premises, Fix Damages and Report - The viewers appointed to assess damages, after being duly sworn...

§ 54-12-138. Report of Viewers to Be Filed Promptly — Others Appointed Upon Failure to Act - The report of the viewers shall be filed as soon...

§ 54-12-139. Value of Land — Incidental Benefits Considered in Estimating Incidental Damages - In establishing the damages, the viewers shall give the value...

§ 54-12-140. Damages Awarded Considered in Establishing District — Location and Establishment — Damages Determined - After the filing of the report of the viewers, the...

§ 54-12-144. Appeal From Award of Damages Will Not Prevent Appropriation and Condemnation of Land, if Petitioners Give Bond - When an appeal is taken and prosecuted from the judgment...

§ 54-12-145. Appeal Heard De Novo by Circuit Court That Enters No Judgment but Enters Amount Fixed — Clerk Certifies to Monthly County Court - The circuit court shall hear the appeal de novo; and...

§ 54-12-146. Circuit Court Order Entered — Certified to Monthly County Court - If the appeal is from the action of the monthly...

§ 54-12-148. Costs in Discretion of Circuit Court - On the appeals, it shall rest in the discretion of...

§ 54-12-149. Trial With or Without a Jury in Circuit Court - The trial in the circuit court shall be with or...

§ 54-12-150. Damages Fixed Shall Be Paid or Secured — Manner of Payment - After the amount of damages due any claimant or claimants...

§ 54-12-151. Condemnation After Damages Are Paid or Secured - After the damages have been paid or secured, the monthly...

§ 54-12-152. Appropriation of Right-of-Way, and of Other Necessary Lands - In establishing any road improvement district, all necessary lands may...

§ 54-12-155. Intent of § 54-12-154 - Section 54-12-154 is not intended to repeal any portion of...

§ 54-12-157. Fees of County Clerk — Allowance for Extra Services - The fees of the county clerk in proceedings under this...

§ 54-12-159. Compensation to Be Fixed by Monthly County Court Where No Provision Made - If any services are required of any person under this...

Part 2 - Commissioners and Apportionment of Costs

§ 54-12-201. Appointment of Commissioners — Qualifications - When the road improvement district has been located and established...

§ 54-12-202. Oath of Commissioners — Classification of Lands on Graduated Scale of Benefits - The commissioners shall, as soon as practicable after their appointment,...

§ 54-12-203. Commissioners Shall Equitably Apportion and Assess Costs — Report in Writing - The commissioners shall make an equitable apportionment and assessment of...

§ 54-12-205. Subdivision and Classification of Body of Land in One Owner - In making the classification, the commissioners are authorized to divide...

§ 54-12-206. Description and Ownership of Lands Specified in Reports - In the report of the commissioners, they shall specify each...

§ 54-12-207. Objections to Assessment and Apportionment — Filing - Any objections to the assessment and apportionment shall be filed...

§ 54-12-208. Assessment Made Without Notice - The assessment may be made without notice, just as taxes...

§ 54-12-209. Publication of Hearing Assessments and Apportionments - Publication shall be made in three (3) weekly newspapers published...

§ 54-12-210. District in More Than One County — Manner and Times of Publication - If the district lies in more than one (1) county,...

§ 54-12-211. Determination of All Objections to Report and Questions of Apportionment and Assessments — Failure to Benefit Cannot Be Shown - When the day set for hearing has arrived, and the...

§ 54-12-212. Additional Assessments, if First Insufficient - If the first assessment made by the monthly county court...

§ 54-12-213. New Report Ordered and New Commissioners When Report Annulled or Set Aside - If for any reason the monthly county court annuls in...

§ 54-12-215. Special Assessment to Pay Costs and Expenses - If, after the district has been created and the commissioners...

§ 54-12-217. Fund for Payment of Costs and Expenses - When the assessment is collected, it shall constitute a fund...

§ 54-12-218. Trustee to Pay Collections Over to County Clerk Who Shall Pay to Parties Entitled Under Orders of Court - The trustee shall pay the amount collected to the county...

§ 54-12-219. Bonds Required of Trustee and County Clerk - The trustee, before receiving the assessment book and proceeding to...

§ 54-12-220. Appeal From Order Fixing Assessment of Benefits Within Five Days — Other Provisions Applicable - An appeal may be taken within five (5) days to...

§ 54-12-222. Appeal Does Not Prevent Collection of Assessments, if Appellant Is Indemnified by Bond - The appeal shall not prevent the collection of the assessments,...

§ 54-12-223. Indemnity Bond — Execution - The bond, if given by the district, may be executed...

§ 54-12-224. Counsel Employed for District on Trial in Appellate Court — Payment - When an appeal is taken from any order of the...

Part 3 - Management

§ 54-12-303. Successors of Directors — Appointment - At the end of each two-year term, the office of...

§ 54-12-308. Contracts for Sections of Work or the Whole May Be Let to the Lowest Bidder — Rejection of Bids and Readvertisement - The board of directors shall award a contract or contracts...

§ 54-12-310. Bond or Cash Deposit Required of Successful Bidders - The successful bidder shall be required to execute a bond,...

§ 54-12-312. Bond Required of Engineer - The board of directors shall require the engineer to give...

§ 54-12-313. Compensation of Engineers - An engineer employed by a board of directors of an...

§ 54-12-314. Contractor Paid on Basis of Eighty Percent of Engineer's Monthly Estimate of Amount of Work Done - The engineer in charge of the construction shall furnish to...

§ 54-12-315. Warrant to Contractor for Balance Due on Completion of Work - When the work is completed to the satisfaction of the...

§ 54-12-316. Warrants Drawn as Ordinary Warrants, but Payable Only Out of Improvement Fund, and So Stated Upon Their Face - The warrants shall be drawn upon the county trustee or...

§ 54-12-317. Contractor's Failure to Perform on Contract Forfeits Cash Deposit or Gives Recovery on Bond - If any person to whom the work, or any portion...

Part 4 - Collection of Assessments

§ 54-12-401. Collection of Assessments by County Trustee — Kept as a Separate Fund — Collection by Bill in Chancery — Personalty Not to Be Distrained for Such Assessment - Assessments provided for by this chapter shall be collected by...

§ 54-12-405. Bonds to Be Paid Only by Assessments Levied on the Lands Within the District - Each bond shall show expressly on its face that it...

§ 54-12-411. Assessments Become Liens Upon Land - The assessments provided for by this chapter, when made and...

§ 54-12-412. Bill in Chancery to Sell Land for Collection of Delinquent Assessments - When assessments have been due and delinquent for sixty (60)...

§ 54-12-415. Suits Proceeded With as Other Suits in Chancery, Except Separate Hearing and Decree as to Any One Defendant - The suits in chancery shall be proceeded with as other...

§ 54-12-416. Public Taxes to Be Paid Before the Delinquent Assessments - When a sale is ordered in the suit, and is...

§ 54-12-417. Divestiture and Vestiture of Title Subject to Other Unpaid Assessments — Writ of Possession - Upon confirmation of the sale by the chancery court, it...

§ 54-12-418. Sale for Cash Subject to Redemption Within Two Years — Manner of Redemption - When the sale is made by decree of the chancery...

§ 54-12-419. Attorney's Fee Charged as Part of Judgment - In the proceedings in chancery court, the attorneys or solicitors...

§ 54-12-420. Adjudication of Redemption — Declaring Land That of Owner So Redeeming — Writ of Possession - When the lands are redeemed as provided in §§ 54-12-418,...

§ 54-12-421. Redemption of Lands by Minors and Persons Adjudicated Incompetent Within a Year of Restoration of Competency - Minors and persons who are adjudicated incompetent shall have the...

§ 54-12-423. Assessments Collectible Only Out of the Assessed Land - The assessments provided for by this chapter, if not paid...

§ 54-12-424. Compensation of Trustee for Collecting and Paying Out, and for Certified Copies - For collecting and paying out the assessments under this chapter,...

Chapter 13 - Private and Local Improvements

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 54-13-101. Private and Local Improvements Authorized by County Legislative Body - The county legislative body may provide for making private and...

§ 54-13-102. Navigable Stream — Obstructions Prohibited - No county legislative body shall permit a bridge, milldam, fish...

§ 54-13-103. Petition for Local Improvement - Any person desiring authority to make the improvement shall present...

Chapter 14 - Private Roads

§ 54-14-105. Jury of View — Qualification — Number — Challenges - The jury of view shall consist of five (5) disinterested...

§ 54-14-106. Notice of Taking Inquest of Damages - The sheriff shall give the parties or their agent, if...

§ 54-14-107. Oath of Jury of View - Before proceeding to act, the jury shall be sworn by...

§ 54-14-108. Jury to Set Apart by Metes and Bounds and Assess Damages - The jury will then proceed to examine the ground and...

§ 54-14-109. Estimates of Damages — Elements - In estimating the damages, the jury shall give the cash...

§ 54-14-110. Report of Jury — Contents - The report of the jury shall be made in writing...

§ 54-14-111. Location of Easement or Right-of-Way - The jury is authorized to locate the easement or right-of-way...

§ 54-14-115. Verdict Affirming Jury of View or More Unfavorable to Appellant — Costs - If the verdict of the jury upon the trial affirms...

§ 54-14-116. Writ of Possession to Petitioners - Upon the hearing of the case by the court or...

§ 54-14-117. Easement Belongs to Owners of Lands Benefited — Reversion When Not Used - The easement or right-of-way shall belong to the owners of...

§ 54-14-118. Mutual Use Easement or Right-of-Way - In lieu of the absolute easement or right-of-way provided for...

§ 54-14-119. No Right to Easement or Right-of-Way if Cut-Off or Obstruction Result of Intentional and Knowing Action of the Owner of Surrounding Land - Notwithstanding § 54-14-102, there is no right to have an...

Chapter 16 - Controlled-Access Facilities

§ 54-16-106. Agreements Between Public Agencies - The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, and towns...

§ 54-16-110. Interstate Route 440 Designated Parkway - Interstate Route 440 in Davidson County is designated as a...

Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways

Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971

§ 54-17-101. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-17-103. Chapter Definitions - In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 54-17-104. Purposes, Standards and Objectives - The purposes of this part and its specific objectives and...

§ 54-17-106. Severability - If any provision of this part or its application to...

§ 54-17-109. Excepted Signs - The following signs are excepted from § 54-17-108:

§ 54-17-111. Trash Dumping Prohibited — Penalties - Dumping or disposal of trash or refuse within five hundred...

§ 54-17-113. Statutory Conflict - Whenever a provision of this part is found to be...

Part 2 - Tennessee Parkway System Act

§ 54-17-201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-17-207. Additions to System — Designation Powers of Commissioner - Additions to the parkway system shall be part of the...

§ 54-17-208. Severability - If any provision of this part or its application to...

Chapter 18 - Highway Planning

Part 1 - Cooperative Planning Agreements

§ 54-18-101. Cooperative Planning Agreements Authorized - The department of transportation, with the cooperation of the department...

§ 54-18-102. Organizational Framework Included in Agreement - Cooperative agreements shall include an organizational framework for carrying out...

§ 54-18-103. Scope of Agreements - Planning may include, but shall not be limited to:

§ 54-18-104. Purpose of Part - It is the intent of this part to fit transportation...

Part 2 - Plans for Street and Highway Systems

§ 54-18-201. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 54-18-202. Grant of Power — Highway Maps - Counties and municipalities are authorized under the conditions and procedures...

§ 54-18-203. Objectives in Adopting Official Map - The objectives in adopting and amending official maps shall be...

§ 54-18-204. Certification of Official Map - Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1965,...

§ 54-18-205. Public Hearing — Notice - Upon receipt of the certified map, the legislative body shall...

§ 54-18-208. Streets Not Accepted — Acquisition — Removal From Map - Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1965,...

§ 54-18-209. Fund for Advance Acquisition of Rights-of-Way - From and after the adoption of an official map, the...

§ 54-18-213. Notice and Hearing on Permit Application - Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1965,...

§ 54-18-214. Granting of Permits - The board shall grant a permit for the construction of...

§ 54-18-216. Expiration of Permit - Unless the owner proceeds to take the permit within thirty...

§ 54-18-217. Judicial Review - A judicial review of the decision of the board of...

§ 54-18-219. Buildings Not on Existing or Mapped Streets - The legislative body may provide by resolution or ordinance that...

Chapter 20 - Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards

Part 1 - Junkyard Control Act of 1967

§ 54-20-101. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-20-103. Part Definitions - As used in this part: Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch....

§ 54-20-104. Restrictions as to Location Along Certain Highways - No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any...

§ 54-20-105. Screening by Department of Transportation - Any junkyard lawfully in existence on October 1, 1969, that...

§ 54-20-106. Rulemaking Power of Commissioner - The commissioner is given the authority to promulgate and enforce...

§ 54-20-109. More Restrictive Law Unaffected - Nothing in this part shall be construed to abrogate or...

§ 54-20-110. Agreements With Federal Government Authorized - The commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with the...

Part 2 - Automobile Graveyards

§ 54-20-201. Part Definitions - As used in this part:

§ 54-20-204. Responsibility for Removal of Graveyard - If any automobile graveyard is located within the limitations fixed...

Chapter 21 - Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020

§ 54-21-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 54-21-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter:

§ 54-21-106. Disposition of Fees - All fees received by the commissioner under § 54-21-104 must...

§ 54-21-109. Damage, Destruction, or Removal of Signs or Markers on State Highway System - A person shall not erect any sign, or affix another...

§ 54-21-110. Information for Traveling Public - In order to provide information in the specific interest of...

§ 54-21-111. Power of Commissioner to Enforce Provisions — Rulemaking - The commissioner is given authority to and shall, within sixty...

§ 54-21-112. Commissioner's Authority to Enter on Property Without Penalty - The commissioner and all employees under the commissioner's direction, in...

§ 54-21-114. Exceptions - This chapter does not apply to signs or markers identifying...

§ 54-21-115. Outdoor Advertising on Certain Interstate Highways Prohibited — Penalty — Exceptions - No outdoor advertising device shall be erected or continued in...

§ 54-21-119. Changeable Message Signs - For any measuring distance between the alternative measuring distances set...

§ 54-21-120. Removal of Nonconforming Device That Is Destroyed - A nonconforming outdoor advertising device that is destroyed is no...

Chapter 22 - Rights-of-Way

§ 54-22-101. Presumptions — Eminent Domain — Fences - Wherever the state proposes to improve a section of an...

§ 54-22-104. State Eminent Domain Powers - The state is vested with full powers of eminent domain...

§ 54-22-105. Actions at Law in Inverse Eminent Domain - Any person claiming title to land presumed to be owned...

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2021 Tennessee Code Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries

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Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries