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TN Code § 53-11-411 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 53 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics|Chapter 11 - Narcotic Drugs and Drug Control|Part 4 - Criminal Penalties and Enforcement|§ 53-11-411. Administrative Decisions — Judicial Review

  All final determinations, findings and conclusions of the department of safety, department of mental health and substance abuse services, department of health, or the board of pharmacy under part 3 of this chapter and this part, or title 39, chapter 17, part 4, are final and conclusive decisions of the matters involved.   Any person aggrieved by the decision may obtain review of the decision in the circuit court of Davidson County upon petition for writ of certiorari.   Findings of fact by the department of safety, department of mental health and substance abuse services, or department of health, or the board of pharmacy, if supported by substantial evidence, are conclusive.
TN Code § 53-11-412 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 53 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics|Chapter 11 - Narcotic Drugs and Drug Control|Part 4 - Criminal Penalties and Enforcement|§ 53-11-412. Research, Instruction or Chemical Analysis

 No person shall manufacture, obtain, possess, administer or dispense any controlled substance or controlled substance analogue for the purpose of scientific research, instruction or chemical analysis except as provided in the Tennessee Legend Drug and Controlled Substance Research Act of 1984, compiled in chapter 14 of this title.
TN Code § 53-11-413 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 53 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics|Chapter 11 - Narcotic Drugs and Drug Control|Part 4 - Criminal Penalties and Enforcement|§ 53-11-413. Prior Actions and Pending Litigation

  Prosecution for any violation of law occurring prior to July 1, 1971, is not affected or abated by part 3 of this chapter and this part, or former title 39, chapter 6, part 4 [repealed]. If the offense being prosecuted is similar to one set out in former §§ 39-6-417 — 39-6-419 [repealed], or in §§ 53-11-401 — 53-11-403, then the penalties under former §§ 39-6-417 — 39-6-419 [repealed], and under §§ 53-11-401 and 53-11-402 apply if they are less than those under prior law.   Civil seizures or forfeitures and injunctive proceedings commenced prior to July 1, 1971, are not affected by part 3 of this chapter and this part, or former title 39, chapter 6, part 4 [repealed].   All administrative proceedings pending under prior laws that are superseded by part 3 of this chapter and this part, or former title 39, chapter 6, part 4 [repealed], shall be continued and brought to a final determination in accordance with the laws and rules in effect prior to July 1, 1971. Any substance controlled under prior law that is not listed within Schedules I through VI is automatically controlled without further proceedings and shall be listed in the appropriate schedule.   The board of pharmacy shall initially permit persons to register who own or operate any establishment engaged in the manufacture, distribution or dispensing of any controlled substance prior to July 1, 1971, and who are registered or licensed by the state.    Part 3 of this chapter and this part, and former title 39, chapter 6, part 4 [repealed], apply to violations of law, seizures and forfeitures, injunctive proceedings, administrative proceedings and investigations that occur after July 1, 1971, and before November 1, 1989.   Part 3 of this chapter, this part and title 39, chapter 17, part 4 apply to violations of law, seizures and forfeitures, injunctive proceedings, administrative proceedings and investigations that occur on or after November 1, 1989.
TN Code § 53-11-415 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 53 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics|Chapter 11 - Narcotic Drugs and Drug Control|Part 4 - Criminal Penalties and Enforcement|§ 53-11-415. Special Revenue Fund

  Except as provided in subsection (b), the county or municipality shall account for those funds received under title 39, chapter 17, part 4 in a special revenue fund. Upon demand of the chief executive of the arresting law enforcement agency, the county or municipality shall pay to that agency the funds demanded for use in cash transactions related to undercover investigative drug enforcement operations. The amount of the funds demanded and the requirement to pay the funds are subject to the availability of funds and budgetary appropriations for that purpose.   In any county having a metropolitan form of government and a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the county trustee or city recorder shall set up a special account for those funds received under title 39, chapter 17, part 4. Upon demand of the chief executive of the arresting law enforcement agency, the county trustee or city recorder shall pay to that agency the demanded funds for use in the drug enforcement program. An accounting of all expenditures from the funds shall be made by the agency to the county trustee or city recorder.
TN Code § 53-11-416 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 53 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics|Chapter 11 - Narcotic Drugs and Drug Control|Part 4 - Criminal Penalties and Enforcement|§ 53-11-416. Offense of Prescription Drug Fraud

  It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to acquire or obtain, or attempt to acquire or obtain, possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge or in violation of § 39-14-150. A violation of this section shall be deemed the offense of prescription drug fraud.   Prescription drug fraud is a continuing offense because the offense may involve an unlawful taking and use of personal identifying information that remains in the lawful possession of a victim wherever the victim currently resides or is found. As provided in this section, such unlawful taking and use may be elements of an offense of prescription drug fraud and continues to occur wherever the victim resides or is found.   For purposes of a violation of this section, “victim” includes, but is not limited to, the person whose personal identifying information, as defined in § 39-14-150(e), was acquired, obtained, possessed, bought, or used in violation of this section or sold, transferred, given, traded, loaned, delivered, or possessed in violation of this section. “Victim” also includes, but is not limited to, a physician, nurse practitioner, or other health care provider whose personal identifying information was unlawfully used.   Pursuant to §§ 39-11-103 and 39-14-150(j)(2), if a victim of prescription drug fraud resides or is found in this state, an essential element of the offense is committed in this state, and a defendant is subject to prosecution in this state, regardless of whether the defendant was ever actually in this state.   Venue for the offense of prescription drug fraud shall be in any county where an essential element of the offense was committed, including, but not limited to, in any county where the victim resides or is found, regardless of whether the defendant was ever actually in such county.   The offense of prescription drug fraud shall be punished in the same manner as a violation of § 53-11-402.
TN Code § 54-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-105. Duties of Commissioner

  The commissioner of transportation shall have charge of all records of the department of transportation, shall keep a book of records of all proceedings and orders pertaining to the business of the department, and shall keep on file copies of all plans, specifications, and estimates prepared by the department.   The commissioner shall:  Cause to be made and kept blueprints and maps showing a general highway plan of the state; the plan to consist of the main traveled roads that will, when improved, show and provide a connected system of improved highways throughout the state;   Collect information and statistics with reference to the mileage, character, and condition of highways and bridges in the counties;   Investigate and determine the method of road construction best adapted to the various sections; and   Establish standards for the construction and maintenance of highways in the counties, giving due regard to topography, natural conditions, availability of road material, prevailing traffic conditions, and ways and means of the counties to meet their portion of the cost of building and maintaining roads under this chapter and chapters 2 and 5 of this title.     The commissioner may at all times be consulted by the county and district officers having authority over highways and bridges and, in like manner, call on the county and district officials for information relative to highways and bridges within their county or district, in order to determine the character and have the general supervision of the construction, repair and maintenance of all roads improved under this chapter and chapters 2 and 5 of this title.
TN Code § 54-1-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-115. Status of Highway Projects — Reports to General Assembly

  The department shall furnish to each member of the general assembly on a quarterly basis, beginning March 1, 1970, a report on the status of highway projects in the county or counties that the member represents.   The report shall include, but not be limited to:  A list of road locations and times scheduled for construction within the county or counties;   A status report on the roads under construction, and their scheduled completion date, including notation of any delays or speedups and reasons for delays or speedups;   Any changes in previously announced plans for highways;   Any highway projects under consideration, which report will be furnished only upon request;   Notification of all public hearings on proposed highways; and   Any additional information that the department feels would be helpful to a member of the general assembly becoming better informed on the operation of the department in the area the member represents.
TN Code § 54-1-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-118. Contracting With University of Tennessee

 The commissioner is authorized and empowered to enter into a contract or contracts with the University of Tennessee regarding:   The development and testing of new materials to be used in constructing and maintaining roads, bridges and highways;   The development of more economical methods of designing, constructing and maintaining roads, bridges and highways; and   The training of personnel in the fundamentals of highway engineering.
TN Code § 54-1-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-119. Design-Build Contracts

   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department may award contracts using a design-build procedure in accordance with this section.   As used in this section, “design-build contract” means an agreement that may include, but is not limited to, design, right-of-way acquisition, or utility relocation, or all of those, along with the construction of a project by a single entity.     Selection criteria for a design-build contract shall include the cost of the project and may include design-build firm qualifications, time of completion, innovation, design and construction quality, design innovation, or other technical or quality related criteria, as determined by the department.   The department is authorized to award a stipulated fee to design-build firms that submit responsive proposals but are not awarded the design-build contract. The department shall not be required to award a stipulated fee, but if it elects to award the fee, the amount of the stipend and the terms under which stipends are to be paid shall be stated in the request for proposals.   The department's authority to use design-build contracting procedures as provided in this section shall be subject to the following limitations:  The department may initiate up to fifteen (15) design-build contracts in any one (1) fiscal year, if the contract has a total estimated contract amount of less than one million dollars ($1,000,000);   The department may not initiate more than five (5) design-build contracts in any one (1) fiscal year, if the contract has a total estimated contract amount in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000); and   If the proposed design-build contract has a total estimated contract amount in excess of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000), the department shall specifically identify the project as a proposed design-build project in the transportation improvement program submitted annually to the general assembly in support of the commissioner's annual funding recommendations.     The department shall prepare a report on the effectiveness of design-build contracts and submit it to the chairs of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and transportation committee of the house of representatives upon the completion of three (3) design-build contracts that have a total contract amount in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000).   The department may establish agency policy, or the department may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, or both, in furtherance of this part.
TN Code § 54-1-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-124. Funds for Contracts With Disadvantaged Business Concerns or Enterprises

  As used in this section, “disadvantaged business concern or enterprise” includes, but is not limited to, a business concern or enterprise that is solely owned, or at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the assets or outstanding stock of which is owned, by an individual who personally manages and controls the daily operations of the business concern or enterprise and who is impeded from normal entry into the economic mainstream because of:  A disability as defined in § 4-26-102; or   Past practices of racial discrimination against African-Americans.     The commissioner of transportation is authorized to set aside an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) of certain funds appropriated by congress for use by the department of transportation to contract with disadvantaged business concerns or enterprises.   This section shall be automatically repealed upon the expiration of the federal law appropriating the funds.
TN Code § 54-1-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-127. Installation of Natural Gas Line via Bridge Attachment

 The commissioner of transportation has the authority to approve, for economic development purposes, installation of a natural gas line via bridge attachment.
TN Code § 54-1-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-128. Borrow Excavations — Exemption of Certain Road Work Construction From Local and Regional Zoning and Planning Regulations

  For purposes of this section, “borrow material” or “borrow excavation” is as defined in the Tennessee department of transportation, bureau of highways, standard specifications for road and bridge construction, March 1981, as amended.    No local or regional zoning and planning regulations regarding the area from which borrow material is obtained shall apply to road work construction projects for construction work performed under a contract entered into with the state; provided, that the borrow pit from which the material is obtained:  Is temporary, and the use of the pit does not exceed the completion date of the state project;   Meets all storm water runoff requirements;   Meets the requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and the federal Water Pollution Control Act, compiled in 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.;   Has a reclamation plan approved by the municipality or county in which the project is located; provided, that if a proposed reclamation plan is not approved within thirty (30) days after it is filed with the appropriate county or municipal officer by the operator of the borrow excavation, then the operator may begin work pending plan approval;   Is not located on a street or road currently operating below level of service “C,” or is located on a street or road that would be reduced below level of service “C” by traffic generated by the borrow site operation; and   In all other ways meets the requirements of the state contract governing the section of road where the borrow material is to be used.     The borrow material shall not be used for any other purpose.     Local governments may require surety that affected streets and roads will be restored to their original condition.   Reclamation of the borrow pit shall be completed before final acceptance of the project.
TN Code § 54-1-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-129. Informational Signs

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, it is the duty of the department of transportation to erect and maintain informational signs at sites and facilities that serve the educational, historical and cultural interests of the citizens of the state, including the erection and maintenance of the signs along the various highways of Tennessee for radio stations that regularly broadcast public service information regarding weather conditions, travel and road conditions and/or tourism-related sites and facilities in their respective areas. In order to be eligible for the highway signage, radio stations shall demonstrate that no less than one fourth (¼) of their total broadcast programming consists of public service information regarding weather conditions, travel and road conditions and/or tourism-related sites and facilities in their respective areas, and that the public service information is broadcast regularly at intervals of no greater than thirty (30) minutes during the period of time the radio station is on the air.   The department shall promulgate rules and regulations, within the specific parameters of subsection (a), to establish eligibility standards for the erection of highway signs for radio stations broadcasting public service information.   Erection of the informational signs shall be within the guidelines prescribed by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.   This section shall become operative only if the federal highway administrator advises the commissioner of transportation in writing that this section shall not render Tennessee in violation of federal laws and regulations and subject to penalties prescribed in the federal laws and regulations.
TN Code § 54-1-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-130. Allowable Overhead, Costs and Rates for Design and Consultant Contracts

 In order to promote engineering and design quality and to ensure the maximum benefits of competition by professional engineering and design service firms, the commissioner of transportation is authorized to establish cost principles to be used to determine the reasonableness and allowability of various costs, including overhead rates, salary limits, allowable expense reimbursements and other costs the commissioner may deem necessary to regulate as they are applicable to design and consultant contracts. The overhead rates for professional engineering and design service firms shall not exceed one hundred forty-five percent (145%) of the consultant's direct labor costs. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require competitive bidding of design and consultant contracts.
TN Code § 54-1-131 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-131. Web Page

  The department of transportation shall develop and maintain a web page on the world wide web of the Internet. The web page shall include:  Construction locations on all interstate highways maintained by the department; and   A map, updated weekly, of construction locations and areas of possible delay.     The department is authorized to include additional information on the web page as deemed necessary by the department to provide and promote safe and efficient use of the state system of highways and the state system of interstate highways.
TN Code § 54-1-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-132. Criminal History Background Checks for Applicants — Authorization

 The commissioner is authorized to seek criminal history background checks pursuant to § 38-6-109 for applicants for the job classes of highway response operator 1 and 2 and highway response supervisor 1 and 2. The commissioner is further authorized to require the applicants to provide fingerprint samples to the Tennessee bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of conducting a criminal history background check.
TN Code § 54-1-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-133. Funding for Signing and Marking Memorial Highways and Bridges

  The department, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, shall fund from resources in the highway fund the cost of signage and marking of an interstate, United States highway, or state highway designated as a memorial highway or memorial bridge for any of the following individuals killed in the line of duty:  A member of the military, including the reserves and national guard; or   Any state or local public safety official, including, but not limited to, members of the highway patrol, county law enforcement officials, local police officers, firefighters, whether paid or volunteer, and emergency medical personnel.     The department of transportation, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, shall fund from resources in the highway fund the cost of signage and markers installed on a conventional state highway under the DUI memorial signing program pursuant to § 54-5-1003.