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TN Code § 54-9-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds|Part 2 - Construction of County Highways, Roads and Bridges|§ 54-9-212. Contractor to Furnish Evidence of Payment in Full for Materials and Labor — Notice of Settlement by Publication — Claims Filed

  Before final acceptance of the project as having been finally completed, the contractor shall furnish evidence to the chief administrative officer of the county highway department, if any, and/or the chief fiscal officer of the county, that all the materials used by the contractor, or the contractor's subcontractors or agents, have been fully paid for and all laborers and other employees working for the contractor, or the contractor's subcontractors or agents, have been fully paid.   When this is done, full settlement may be made with the contractor, but not until thirty (30) days' notice in some newspaper published in the county where the work is done, if there is a newspaper published there, and if not, in a newspaper in an adjoining county, that settlement is about to be made and notifying all claimants to file notice of their claims with the officials, and the period for filing shall not be less than thirty (30) days after the last published notice.   In the event claims are filed, the officials shall withhold a sufficient sum to pay the claims in the same way and manner as is provided for claimants making claims against contractors dealing with the department of transportation in accordance with § 54-5-123, and claimants may bring suits against contractors in the way and manner provided in § 54-5-124, as suits are brought against contractors dealing with the department. Where claims are allowed by the courts, §§ 54-5-126 and 54-5-127 shall be applicable.
TN Code § 54-10-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|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 law are to be deemed public roads and ferries.   Code 1858, § 1182 (deriv. Acts 1804, ch. 1, § 1; 1819, ch. 26, § 1); Acts 1891, ch. 1, § 1; integrated in Shan., § 1617; Code 1932, § 2727; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-901.
TN Code § 54-10-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-10-102. Power of County Legislative Body

 The county legislative body has the power to build, repair, and maintain bridges and highways, and pay for the building, repair, and maintenance of bridges and highways out of general county funds, and, through commissioners and a superintendent of the county jail or workhouse, has the power to work certain inmates upon any public highway, with the aid and superintendence of the local commissioner and overseer, or independently of them.
TN Code § 54-10-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-10-103. Classification of Roads

  The county legislative bodies shall classify the public roads in the counties, but shall not divide them into more than four (4) classes of widths, as described in § 54-10-104, and shall specify in each class the width of roadbed between ditches and the distance between fences, which dimensions shall be within § 54-10-104, and which classification shall be entered of record in the office of the county clerk in a book to be kept for that purpose.   Before the county legislative body may classify a road as provided in this section, the chief administrative officer of the county highway department shall submit a listing of all county roads to the county legislative body. The listing shall include a summary of all changes from the road listing submitted previously. The summary shall provide the road name, date the change was approved by the county legislative body and the reason for the change, including, but not limited to, opening, closing, reduction or extension in length, or correction of error. The chief administrative officer of the county highway department shall also include recommendations for classifying the roads.    Code 1858, § 1183; Acts 1891, ch. 1, § 11; integrated in Shan., § 1618; Code 1932, § 2728; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-903; Acts 1987, ch. 16, § 1; 1997, ch. 80, § 1; 2013, ch. 308, §§ 35, 36.
TN Code § 54-10-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-10-104. Classes and Specifications of Roads — Working and Grading

  All roads laid off and worked under this chapter shall be known and classified as roads of the first, second, third and fourth class.   Roads of the first class shall be not more than one hundred feet (100') nor less than twenty-four feet (24') wide; roads of the second class, not more than forty feet (40') nor less than eighteen feet (18') wide; roads of the third class, not more than thirty feet (30') nor less than fourteen feet (14') wide; and roads of the fourth class, not more than twenty feet (20') nor less than ten feet (10') wide.   All roads of the first class shall have worked a roadbed of at least twenty feet (20') as the minimum width for first class roads, sixteen feet (16') for roads of the second class, twelve feet (12') for roads of the third class, and eight feet (8') for roads of the fourth class; and, in constructing the roadbed, concrete, broken stones or gravel or other material approved by the department of transportation shall be used, when concrete, broken stones, gravel or other approved material can be conveniently obtained, to form the surface; provided, that where it is possible and practicable, the roadbeds shall be graded with a fall of one inch (1") to the foot from the center of road to the ditches.   Overseers shall also maintain ditches at each side of the roadbed adequate to drain the roadbed.   The county legislative body may require sections of roads near populous cities to have roadbeds graded to any width not beyond the maximum width allowed in this section for all roads of the class; and when the condition of the road requires it, timbers shall be employed to construct the roadbed in whatever way the commissioner may direct, and, if practicable, the commissioner may have wet or spouty places underdrained by tile draining.
TN Code § 54-10-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-10-105. Survey of Roads to Ascertain Needed Improvements — Estimates

  Any county legislative body, a majority of the members assenting, may elect or appoint three (3) commissioners authorized to employ engineers and other necessary and expert service to survey, inspect, and classify all roads that have already been laid off or accepted by the county as public roads, and make maps and charts of the roads, showing the changes and improvements that public interest requires to be made on the roads.   The employed personnel and necessary and expert service may also survey, inspect, lay off, and classify any new road or roads, or extension of old roads that, in the opinion of the commission, the public welfare requires to be opened or extended.   The improvements authorized by this section include grading, filling, extending, metaling, ditching, widening, bridging, draining and ditching, piping, sewering, and crossings of roads, as well as all necessary material required in the construction of the road, roads, and crossings.   The commission shall ascertain and report in detail the probable or approximate cost of making the improvements, together with the probable damages that will be done to adjacent lands by the changes.
TN Code § 54-10-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-10-106. Report of Acts and Recommendations

 The commission shall make a full report of its acts and recommendations to the county legislative body quarterly, attaching to the report maps, charts, plans, and specifications, itemized and showing in detail the estimated costs of the proposed improvements.
TN Code § 54-10-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-10-107. Adoption and Recording of Report

 When the report of the commission is submitted to the county legislative body, the county legislative body shall take a vote on the report, and, if a majority of the members vote for adopting the report of the commissioners, the vote shall be entered of record and the report spread upon the minutes.
TN Code § 54-10-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-10-111. Designation of Bicycle Routes

 The county legislative body of each county may designate and appropriately mark on appropriate county roads, or portions of county roads, routes for the use of bicycles.
TN Code § 54-10-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-10-112. Possession of Municipal or County Traffic Control Sign Prohibited

  The possession of a municipal or county traffic control sign erected upon any municipal or county street, road or highway by any person who is not an employee of a municipal or county highway department, or who has not entered into a contract with a municipality or county for the sale or erection of a traffic control sign, is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine only of no more than five hundred dollars ($500). The possession of each traffic control sign in violation of this section shall be considered a separate offense.   This section shall only apply to a municipal or county traffic control sign that contains markings or other form of identification on the traffic control sign indicating the municipality or county that erected or caused to be erected the sign, and the date the sign was acquired or erected by the municipality or county.   In addition to the fine provided for in subsection (a), any person convicted of a violation of this section shall also be required to pay restitution to the highway department that erected or caused to be erected the traffic control sign, for the costs of replacing the sign. The highway department shall submit information documenting the costs of replacement for the judge to review. After review, the judge shall order the appropriate amount of restitution, which shall be distributed directly to the highway department.   This section shall only apply to municipal or county traffic control signs that are acquired or erected after July 1, 1998.
TN Code § 54-10-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-10-113. Possession of Municipal or County Street, Road or Highway Sign Prohibited

  The possession of a municipal or county street, road or highway sign erected upon any municipal or county street, road or highway by any person who is not an employee of a municipal or county highway department, or who has not entered into a contract with a municipality or county for the sale or erection of a street, road or highway sign, is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine only of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). The possession of each street, road or highway sign in violation of this section shall be considered a separate offense.   This section shall only apply to a municipal or county road, street or highway sign that contains markings or other form of identification on the sign indicating the municipality or county that erected or caused to be erected the sign, and the date the sign was acquired or erected by such municipality or county.   In addition to the fine provided for in subsection (a), any person convicted of a violation of this section shall also be required to pay restitution to the highway department that erected or caused to be erected the street, road or highway sign, for the costs of replacing the sign. The highway department shall submit information documenting the costs of replacement for the judge to review. After review, the judge shall order the appropriate amount of restitution, which shall be distributed directly to the highway department.   This section shall only apply to municipal or county street, road or highway signs that are acquired or erected after July 1, 1998.
TN Code § 54-10-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|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 be made by written petition, signed by the applicant, to the commissioner of the district through which the road runs or is asked to be located, specifying in particular the changes or action asked; or, if the road extends into two (2) or more districts, or is the dividing line between districts, then to the commissioners of the districts.
TN Code § 54-10-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-202. Notice to Interested Parties of Action to Open or Close

 No road shall be opened, changed, or closed, without giving at least five-days' notice to all interested parties of the time the road or roads are to be opened, changed, or closed, and a surveyor or civil engineer may be employed, if necessary, to locate the interested parties. Landowners and those controlling land touched by the proposed highway shall be deemed interested parties.
TN Code § 54-10-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-203. Nonresident Landowners Notified

 If any owner of the land affected by the opening, changing, or closing of a public highway is a nonresident, then notice to the owner's agent or attorney, if the owner's agent or attorney resides in the county, shall be sufficient. If there is no such agent or attorney, then the notice shall be made by publication for four (4) consecutive weeks in the newspaper having the greatest circulation in the county, the last publication to be at least one (1) week before the hearing.
TN Code § 54-10-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-204. Jury of View — Members — Oath

  Where the opening, changing, or closing of a public highway only affects one (1) commissioner's district, the commissioner shall associate with two (2) other freeholders of the district with whom the commissioner has never consulted on the question involved, and who shall be in no way related to the parties affected by the opening, changing, or closing of the highway, and who shall take and subscribe to an oath before the commissioner to act without favor or partiality in the matter, whose oaths, thus subscribed, shall become part of the record, upon appeal being taken.   The commissioner and two (2) freeholders shall constitute a jury of view.
TN Code § 54-10-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-205. Damages — Payment

 The jury of view has the power of condemnation and to assess damages, which shall be paid out of the general funds raised for county purposes, upon the order of the commissioner on the county mayor, who shall issue a warrant if the county mayor approves the order.
TN Code § 54-10-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-206. Appeals From Action of Jury of View

  Any person aggrieved by the action of the jury of view may appeal to the court of general sessions, and from there to the circuit and appellate courts.   In case of an appeal, the jury of view shall forward all the papers in the case, with its action on the case, to the court of general sessions to which appeal was made.
TN Code § 54-10-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-207. Costs and Damages Accruing in Suit — Payment

  All costs accruing in the suit shall be paid by the appellant, if the action of the jury of view is sustained by the court giving final decision, unless for good reason it should otherwise order.   Should the case be decided against the action of the jury of view, then all costs and any additional damages assessed by the court shall be paid out of the general fund raised for the current county purposes.
TN Code § 54-10-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-208. Action After Final Judgment

 If the action of the jury of view be affirmed, the commissioner or commissioners shall then proceed as if no appeal had been taken; if otherwise, the order of the court shall be carried out.
TN Code § 54-10-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-209. Bond for Appeal Costs

 All persons appealing from the decision of a jury of view to any court having jurisdiction of the matter shall execute a bond for the costs of the suit.
TN Code § 54-10-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-210. Attorney for County Upon Appeal

 In case of an appeal, the district attorney general shall attend to the case for the county in the circuit court, and shall be paid the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for each case attended to, to accrue to the state, and the attorney general and reporter shall represent the county in the cases before the appellate courts.
TN Code § 54-10-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-211. Compensation of Jury of View

 The jury of view each shall receive two dollars ($2.00) per day for services, which, with other costs and damages accruing on the opening, changing or closing of roads, shall be paid out of the general county funds, upon the order of the commissioner upon the county mayor, upon which the county mayor shall issue a warrant, subject always to the county mayor's approval.
TN Code § 54-10-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-212. Waiver of Damage by Landowners

 When landowners and those controlling land touched by the highway proposed to be opened, changed or closed waive, in writing, any claim for damages sustained by the opening, changing or closing, then the commissioner or commissioners shall proceed, independently of a jury of view, to execute the particular action asked in the petition, if, in their discretion, they think the public interest will not be materially injured by the action.
TN Code § 54-10-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-213. Commissioner May Act Without Petition

 The commissioner may, without petition or application, proceed to open, change, close and construct any public highway that the commissioner deems necessary for the public interest.
TN Code § 54-10-214 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-214. Jury of View in Joint Districts

  Where any two (2) road districts are involved in any question requiring a jury of view, the two (2) commissioners and one (1) freeholder shall constitute the jury.   Where three (3) or more districts are involved, then the commissioners of all the districts interested shall constitute the jury of view, and no commissioner shall be required to take an oath before serving on the jury of view.
TN Code § 54-10-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads|Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads|§ 54-10-215. Controversy to Be Heard at First Term

 The court in which any suit or controversy for establishing a ferry or laying out a road is pending shall hear and determine it at the first term after it is docketed.   Code 1858, § 1193 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 35, § 1); Shan., § 1633a1; mod. Code 1932, § 2744; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-919.
TN Code § 54-11-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|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 out fords of rivers where public roads cross the fords, upon the plans and conditions set forth in this part.
TN Code § 54-11-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 1 - Fords|§ 54-11-102. Reports of Fords — Action of Legislative Body

 At the April session of the county legislative body, a majority of the members consenting, the members of each civil district in the county shall report those fords to the county mayor that they think should be cleared of obstructions, and the county legislative body shall act on each proposition separately, a majority of the county legislative body present determining whether it will receive the propositions; then, the county mayor shall report all the propositions received.
TN Code § 54-11-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 1 - Fords|§ 54-11-103. Manner of Clearing Fords

  The fords shall be cleared of all loose rock, and all fastened rock shall be battered down that can be done by a heavy, blunt, or square-end crowbar or sledge hammer.   All other obstructions that can be conveniently removed, and all rubbish removed, shall be deposited where it will not deepen the ford of the stream.
TN Code § 54-11-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 1 - Fords|§ 54-11-104. Width of Ford

 The width of the ford shall depend upon the use the public makes of it, but it shall not be required to be cleared over sixty feet (60') wide.
TN Code § 54-11-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 1 - Fords|§ 54-11-105. Advertisement of Fords to Be Cleared

 The county clerk shall make out a list of the propositions reported by the county mayor, and give it to the sheriff, who shall immediately advertise at the different fords proposed to be cleared, or at some public place near the fords, that contracts will be given to bidders at the July session of the legislative body; provided, that a majority of the members of the county legislative body agree.