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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...