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TN Code § 65-11-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-106. Liability for Blocking Street Crossing

 No member of a railroad train crew shall be held personally guilty of violating a municipal ordinance regulating the blocking of street crossings by trains or cars, on proof that such action was necessary to comply with the orders or instructions of the crew member's employer or its officers; provided, that nothing in this section shall relieve the employer or railway from any responsibility placed upon it by the ordinance.
TN Code § 65-11-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-107. Elimination of Grade Crossings Over Public Highways

 The department of transportation through its commissioner or the commissioner's designee has the power to eliminate grade crossings of any railroad or interurban railway track on any of the main traveled roads designated by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee as included in the general highway plan of the state, whenever, in the discretion of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, the elimination of any such grade crossing is necessary for the protection of persons traveling on any such highway or any such railroad.
TN Code § 65-11-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-108. Location and Character of Substituted Crossing

 When any such grade crossing is ordered to be eliminated, the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee shall determine the location of the crossing to be substituted and the grade thereof, and whether it shall pass over or under the railroad tracks; provided, that on appeal from any such order by the railroad company affected to the chancery court in the judicial district in which the new grade crossing would be located, such chancery court shall have the power to make any change in the order appealed from with regard to the location and grade of the crossing to be constructed which may appear to the court to be necessary to adequately protect the safety of passenger and freight traffic on the railroad; and provided, further, that the appeal must be made within thirty (30) days of the date the order appealed from is certified to the railroad company affected.
TN Code § 65-11-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-110. Apportionment of Work in Constructing Underpass or Overpass

 The commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee may, by agreement or contract with any railroad company, apportion the work to be done in the construction of any such underpass or overpass between the railroad company and contractors acting under the control and supervision of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, and contracts for the construction of the portion of such underpass or overpass assumed under such contract or agreement by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall be made in the manner and under the same conditions as contracts are made by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee for the construction of other portions of the state highway system as provided by law; provided, that when the commissioner or any of the department of transportation's employees or contractors, or any person acting under the orders of the commissioner or the commissioner's contractors, shall go or be upon the right-of-way of any railroad company, they shall be subject to any reasonable rules and regulations of such railroad company made for the protection of its traffic employees and passengers.
TN Code § 65-11-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-111. Apportionment of Cost of Eliminating Grade Crossing

 Each railroad company owning or operating the track or tracks at any grade crossing ordered or agreed to be eliminated under this chapter shall bear fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of the elimination of any such grade crossing, the total cost to include the cost of the construction of the underpass or overpass substituted for the grade crossing, of the approaches thereto, of the surveys and preparations of the plans and estimates of cost for such underpass or overpass crossing ordered by the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee, and of any revision of the grade and layout of the railroad tracks directly made necessary by such grade separation, but shall not include the cost of metal surfacing or road pavement required in accomplishing the elimination of any grade crossing; provided, that any disagreement between the commissioner or the commissioner's designee and the railroad company affected with regard to the extent or cost of any such revision of the grade and layout of the railroad tracks directly made necessary by any grade separation, shall be resolved by the commissioner, and the commissioner's decision shall be final. The remaining fifty percent (50%) of the total cost shall be borne out of the public funds as a part of the cost of the highway of which the crossing is a part; provided, that a detailed statement of the expense of all that part of the construction of such underpass or overpass crossing, including the preparation of the detailed plans and specifications, etc., which is conducted by the railroad company, shall be submitted to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, duly sworn to by some official of the railroad company, having knowledge of the facts; and provided, further, that this provision for the division of cost between the public and the railroad company shall apply only to crossings already in existence or hereafter made, or proposed over railroad tracks in existence at the date of the order for elimination thereof, and shall not apply to any crossing of any highway by any railroad track not in existence at the date of the designation of such highway as a part of the state highway system by the department of transportation.
TN Code § 65-11-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-112. Maintenance of Underpass or Overpass

 When any underpass or overpass crossing is constructed on any state highway, under this chapter, it shall be maintained as follows:   The railroad company owning or operating the track at any such crossing shall maintain in good and safe repair at its sole expense all that part of any underpass or overpass and the approaches thereto on its rights-of-way, and also that part of any overpass structure or the approach thereto not supported by a fill, whether on its right-of-way or not, except the surface of the highway; provided, that the flooring of any overpass which supports the surface of the highway or which may constitute the surface of the highway shall be considered as a part of the structure to be maintained by and at the expense of the railroad company; and   The commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee shall maintain in good and safe repair out of the public funds, any fill, approach to any such crossing not on the right-of-way of the railroad company, and also the entire surface of the highway at all points.
TN Code § 65-11-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-115. Installation of Warning Strips Authorized

 The department of transportation may install warning strips on both approaches of any highway crossing on the system of state highways not protected by automatic warning or protective devices, unless the surface of such approaches is gravel or chip and seal paving.
TN Code § 65-11-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-116. Competitive Bidding — Negotiating Labor Costs

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all contracts to perform maintenance or improvements on railroads which are funded, in whole or in part, with funds administered by the Tennessee department of transportation shall be awarded pursuant to competitive bidding requirements as approved by the department of transportation. This section shall not apply to rail crossings to be signalized following a fatality pursuant to § 65-11-113.   In the alternative to subsection (a), all contracts to perform maintenance or improvements on railroads with collective bargaining labor agreements shall allow negotiated labor costs for the labor portion of the contracts. It is the intent of the general assembly that only labor and associated costs shall be reimbursable pursuant to this provision. All other costs associated with the contract, including, but not limited to, materials and equipment, shall be subject to competitive bidding requirements as approved by the department of transportation. All costs associated with such contracts shall be subject to audit by the comptroller of the treasury to ensure that the contracts are performed on a break-even basis and that the state does not reimburse profits to the railroad company involved.
TN Code § 65-12-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation of Railroads|§ 65-12-103. Payment of Fare Required

 If any passenger refuses to pay the required fare, the conductor may put such passenger off the cars at any station or convenient point where the passenger can step on land.
TN Code § 65-12-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation of Railroads|§ 65-12-108. Precautions Required for Prevention of Accidents

 In order to prevent accidents upon railroads, the following precautions shall be observed:   The officials having jurisdiction over every public road crossed by a railroad shall place at each crossing a sign, marked as provided by § 65-11-105. The county legislative body shall appropriate money to defray the expenses of the signs. The failure of any engine driver to blow the whistle or ring the bell at any public crossing so designated by either the railroad company or the public official shall constitute negligence with the effect and all as set forth in § 65-12-109;   On approaching every crossing so distinguished, the whistle or bell of the locomotive shall be sounded at the distance of one fourth (¼) of a mile from the crossing, and at short intervals until the train has passed the crossing;   Every railroad company shall keep the engineer, fireman, or some other person upon the locomotive, always upon the lookout ahead; and when any person, animal, or other obstruction appears upon the road, the alarm whistle shall be sounded, the brakes put down, and every possible means employed to stop the train and prevent an accident; and   It is unlawful for any person operating a railroad to use road engines without having them equipped with an electric light placed on the rear of the engine, tank, or tender, which light shall be a bull's eye lens of not less than four inches (4") in diameter with a bulb of not less than sixty (60) watts power, so that such road engine can be operated with safety when backing and the light so placed shall be burning while any such engine may be used in any backing movement. Such lights shall be operated at night; and any person violating any of these provisions shall be fined the sum of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and not more than one hundred dollars ($100), for each offense.    Code 1858, § 1166 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 94, §§ 1, 5-9; 1857-1858, ch. 44, § 3); Shan., § 1574; impl. am. Acts 1921, ch. 41, § 2; Acts 1925, ch. 133, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 2628; Acts 1959, ch. 130, § 1; 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1208; Acts 1982, ch. 632, § 1.
TN Code § 65-12-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation of Railroads|§ 65-12-109. Violation of § 65-12-108 Is Negligence per Se

 A violation of § 65-12-108 by any railroad company constitutes negligence per se and in the trial of any causes involving § 65-12-108, the burden of proof, the issue of proximate cause, and the issue of contributory negligence shall be tried and be applied in the same manner and with the same effect as in the trial of other negligence actions under the common law in Tennessee.   Code 1858, § 1167 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 94, § 9); Shan., § 1575; Code 1932, § 2629; Acts 1959, ch. 130, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1209.
TN Code § 65-12-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation of Railroads|§ 65-12-111. Full Stop at Crossings

  Every engine or train shall be brought to a full stop before crossing a railroad which intersects at grade the road upon which it runs.   When the intersecting roads are under the management of the same company, this section shall not apply to engines and trains run upon the longer road.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.   This section shall not apply where such other railroad is disconnected by interlocking switches placed on both roads, and at a safe distance from, and on each side of, the railroad crossing, such interlocking switches to be according to the present state of the art, and kept in good order and repair.
TN Code § 65-12-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation of Railroads|§ 65-12-112. Track Motor Cars

  Every person, firm or corporation operating or controlling any railroad running through or within this state shall:  Provide each of its track motor cars when used during the period from thirty (30) minutes before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after sunrise with a permanently installed or portable electric light of such construction and with such candle power as to render visible at a distance of three hundred feet (300') in advance of such track motor car any track obstruction, landmark, warning sign or grade crossing and shall also provide each such track motor car when so used with a red light for use on the rear thereof with sufficient candle power as to be visible at a distance of three hundred feet (300'); and   Equip each of its track motor cars with a windshield and a device for cleaning rain and snow therefrom so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the operator of such track motor car.     It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, operating or controlling any railroad running through or within this state, to operate or use any track motor car from thirty (30) minutes before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after sunrise, which is not equipped with lights of candle power and other equipment as provided in this section.   Any person, firm or corporation operating or controlling any railroad running through or within this state using or permitting to be used on its line in this state a track motor car in violation of this section commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each day's violation is a separate offense.
TN Code § 65-12-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation of Railroads|§ 65-12-113. Wires Strung Over Railroad Tracks

  Any person engaged in any business whereby wires are used for the transmission of intelligence or other purposes shall not string any wire or wires across railroad tracks without first having complied with the regulations of the department of transportation, prescribed to prevent accidents from such wires.   The department of transportation shall, after hearing all interested persons, prescribe and promulgate regulations for the construction and maintenance of wires across the tracks of railroads for the protection of trains, engines, cars, and the operatives thereof; provided, that the department of transportation's power is limited to regulation and the right to cross railroad tracks must be obtained by such wire-using companies according to law.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.   Any person failing to construct or reconstruct and maintain its wire or wires as provided in this section shall be liable for all damages both to railroad companies and their employees resulting therefrom.
TN Code § 65-12-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation of Railroads|§ 65-12-114. Standard of Care Required When Livestock on Tracks

 Whenever livestock appears on the tracks as an obstruction ahead of a railroad train, it shall be the duty of the engineer, or the person in charge of the operation of the train, to blow the alarm whistle and apply the brakes, in order to prevent, if reasonably possible, the striking of the livestock.
TN Code § 65-12-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation of Railroads|§ 65-12-115. Locomotive Operator Must Carry Engineer's Operator Permit

 Every person who operates a railroad locomotive in this state shall carry on such operator's person while operating such locomotive an engineer's operator permit.
TN Code § 65-14-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14 - Terminal Companies|§ 65-14-101. Special Powers

 In addition to the general powers, railroad terminal corporations have the power to acquire, in this or any other state or states, and at such place or places as shall be found expedient, such real estate as may be necessary on which to construct, operate, and maintain passenger stations, comprising passenger depots, office buildings, sheds, and storage yards; and freight stations, comprising freight depots, warehouses, offices, and freight yards, roundhouses, and machine shops; also main and side tracks, switches, crossovers, turnouts, and other terminal railroad facilities, appurtenances, and accommodations suitable, in size, location, and manner of construction, to perform promptly and efficiently the work of receiving, delivering, and transferring all passengers and freight traffic of railroad companies with which it may enter into contracts for the use of its terminal facilities at such place or places. Such corporation has the power, by purchase, lease, or assignment of lease, to acquire and hold, and to lease to others, such real estate as may be necessary for the above mentioned purpose of its incorporation; and it may also acquire such real estate by condemnation, in pursuance of the general law authorizing the condemnation of private property for works of internal improvement.
TN Code § 65-14-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14 - Terminal Companies|§ 65-14-102. Right to Construct Facilities Across or Along Streets and Alleys

 When it may be necessary, in order to enable the corporation to acquire and construct proper railroad terminal facilities in any town or city, or to connect such facilities with the tracks of any railroad company with whom the corporation may have contracted to furnish such facilities, the corporation, with the consent of the proper authorities of such town or city, shall have the right to lay and operate a track or tracks across or along or over or under such of the streets or alleys of such town or city as may be necessary for that purpose; and the corporation may also, with such consent, construct such passenger or freight depots or stations across or along, over or under, any such street or alley when it shall be necessary in order to furnish proper railroad terminal facilities in the town or city. But no street or alley of any town or city shall be obstructed or interfered with until the consent of the proper authorities of the town or city shall have been first obtained.
TN Code § 65-14-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14 - Terminal Companies|§ 65-14-103. Authority to Acquire, Hold and Dispose of Stock or Bonds

 Such railroad terminal corporation may acquire, hold, and dispose of the capital stock or bonds of railroad companies or of other terminal companies, for the purpose alone of raising money for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and repair of such passenger and freight depots and stations, and other terminal facilities mentioned in §§ 65-14-101 and 65-14-102, and not for the purpose of speculating in stocks or bonds, or managing or controlling railroads.
TN Code § 65-14-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14 - Terminal Companies|§ 65-14-104. Keeping of Hotel, Restaurant, and Newsstand

 At any place where such railroad terminal corporation may acquire and construct passenger stations, the corporation may keep on such premises a hotel or restaurant, or both, and also a newsstand.
TN Code § 65-14-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14 - Terminal Companies|§ 65-14-105. Leasing of Terminal Facilities to Railroad Companies

 The corporation may lease to any railroad company or railroad companies its freight or passenger depots or stations, and its other terminal facilities located at any place where the line or lines of the railroad company or companies may terminate, or through which they may pass, and such lease may be upon such terms and for such time as may be agreed upon by the parties.
TN Code § 65-14-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14 - Terminal Companies|§ 65-14-106. Lessee Railroads — Guarantee of Principal and Interest of Bonds and Other Contracts

 Such railroad company or companies may severally or jointly, or jointly and severally, guarantee the principal and interest of such bonds as may be issued by the railroad terminal corporation, and may in like manner guarantee the performance of any other contract that the railroad terminal corporation may make in regard to its corporate business.
TN Code § 65-14-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14 - Terminal Companies|§ 65-14-107. Lessee Railroads — Authority to Subscribe, Hold, and Dispose of Stock or Bonds of Terminal Corporations

 Any such railroad company or companies may also subscribe, hold, and dispose of the capital stock or bonds which may be issued by the railroad terminal corporation.
TN Code § 65-17-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-102. Applicability

  This chapter shall not apply in any local government that has adopted regulations related to the siting of wind energy facilities in its jurisdiction on or before January 1, 2019.   This chapter shall not apply to any wind energy facility located in this state that was constructed prior to April 24, 2018.
TN Code § 65-17-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-104. Permit Required

 No person shall undertake the construction, operation, or redevelopment of a wind energy facility or a wind energy facility expansion in this state unless a certificate of public convenience and necessity is first obtained from the public utility commission pursuant to chapter 4, part 2 of this title, and a permit is obtained from the local legislative body of the local government in which the facility or expansion will be located pursuant to §§ 65-17-105 — 65-17-113. The person shall submit a copy of the certificate of public convenience and necessity with its application for a permit to the local legislative body.