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TN Code § 54-7-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-7-111. Annual Work Program — Priorities for Proposed Work

  The chief administrative officer shall prepare and submit to the county legislative body and to the department of transportation an annual work program to be financed under the state-aid highway system program.   The priorities for proposed work contained in the annual work program shall be established, taking into consideration the degree of deficiencies in the structural condition, capacity and safety of existing roadway, traffic volume and desirable level of service necessary for schools, religious institutions, industry, recreational facilities and other major uses.
TN Code § 54-7-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-7-112. Safeguarding and Inventory of Machinery and Equipment — Enforcement

  The chief administrative officer has supervision and control over and is responsible for all the machinery, equipment, tools, supplies and materials owned or used by the county in the construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of the county roads and bridges. The chief administrative officer shall make or cause to be made a complete inventory of all machinery, equipment, tools, supplies, and materials, and file copies of the complete inventory with the county governing body, and the chief executive officer of the county within sixty (60) days after taking office, and thereafter a revised current inventory shall be submitted effective July 1 of each year. The revised inventory shall be submitted by September 1 of each year.   All machinery, equipment and tools shall be plainly marked as the property of the county road department and each item shall be numbered and the number entered on the inventory filed by the chief administrative officer. It is the duty of the chief executive officer of the county to examine the inventories for compliance with this subsection (b), and upon the chief executive officer's determination that the inventory does not comply with the requirements of this chapter, the chief executive officer shall cause to be withheld from the chief administrative officer any funds due the chief administrative officer until the chief administrative officer complies with this subsection (b).   The inventory filed by the chief administrative officer shall be maintained and made available to the comptroller of the treasury for audit purposes.
TN Code § 54-7-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-7-113. Receipt and Disbursement of Funds — Public Advertisement and Competitive Bidding — Chart of Accounts

  All funds received by any person for the county for road or highway purposes shall be promptly deposited with the county trustee and shall be expended only upon a disbursement warrant drawn on the trustee in accordance with law.   Expenditures of funds for the operation of the county road department shall be made within the limits of the approved budget and the appropriations made for the department, in accordance with law.    Except as provided in subdivision (c)(3), all purchases by or for a county road department or by a chief administrative officer shall be by public advertisement and competitive bid, except as follows:  Purchases costing less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000); provided, that this exemption shall not apply to purchases of like items that individually cost less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), but that are customarily purchased in lots of two (2) or more, if the total purchase price of the items would exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) during any fiscal year;   Repair of heavy road building machinery or other heavy machinery for which limited repair facilities are available;   Purchases of any supplies, materials, or equipment for immediate delivery in actual emergencies arising from unforeseen causes, including delays by contractors, delays in transportation, and unanticipated volume of work; but emergencies shall not include conditions arising from neglect or indifference in anticipating normal needs. A report of emergency purchases shall be kept, specifying each purchase, the amount paid, the items purchased, from whom the items were purchased, and the nature of the emergency; and   All purchases costing less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) by or for a county road department or by a chief administrative officer may be made in the open market without newspaper notice, but shall, wherever possible, be based on at least three (3) competitive bids.     Except as provided in subdivision (c)(3), all leases or lease-purchase arrangements requiring payments of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, or that are made or are automatically extendable, for periods of more than ninety (90) days, shall be entered into only after public advertisement and competitive bidding.   This subsection (c) does not have the effect of repealing existing statutes, including private acts, that establish purchasing provisions for a county road department; but no county road department shall be required to publicly advertise and competitively bid purchases of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less even if the bids are now required by public or private act.     A chart of accounts shall be kept by the chief administrative officer in conformity with a uniform chart of accounts developed and prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury in accordance with §§ 5-8-501 — 5-8-503.
TN Code § 54-7-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-7-115. Authorization to Receive Materials, Property, Services, Funds or Supplies for Benefit of County Highway Department — Road Repairs by Private Persons and Entities

  A county highway department is authorized to receive materials, property, services, funds or supplies for the benefit of the county highway department, which materials, property, services, funds or supplies shall be used or disbursed in good faith in accordance with the terms or conditions of the donation or reimbursement. Funds so received shall be paid into the office of the county trustee, credited to the county highway fund and disbursed according to law as other funds of the county highway department.   The county highway department may adopt a policy to authorize private persons or entities to repair county roads to bring a road damaged by that person or entity up to the condition or standard of the road previous to the damage caused by the private person or entity.
TN Code § 54-7-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-7-116. Authorization to Sign Contracts

 There is created a presumption of law that the chief administrative officer of each county highway department is authorized to sign agreements with the department of transportation on behalf of the county. Once an agreement is executed by the chief administrative officer of the county highway department for any county of the state, the agreement shall be fully binding upon the applicable county. The presumption of law may only be overcome by the provision of notice by the county legislative body that the chief administrative officer of the county highway department does not have the authority to execute these agreements on behalf of the county. The receipt of the notice shall be acknowledged by the department in order to overcome the presumption of law set forth in this section.
TN Code § 54-7-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 2 - Prohibited Acts — Penalties|§ 54-7-201. Obstruction of Roads, Bridges and Ditches — Penalty — Removal

  The chief administrative officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed any fence, gate, or other obstruction from the roads, bridges and ditches of the county and to clean out and clear all fences and ditches along or adjacent to the county roads.   Any person who places or maintains an obstacle or obstruction upon the right-of-way of any county road and refuses to remove the obstacle or obstruction upon direction of the chief administrative officer to do so commits a Class C misdemeanor.   It is a Class C misdemeanor to place or cause to be placed any obstruction upon the right-of-way or in the ditches along any county road except that transmission lines, telephone or telegraph lines or poles may be placed on and along the right-of-way of any county road under the direction and with the permission of the chief administrative officer.   [Deleted by 2013 amendment.]   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, this section shall apply to all counties.
TN Code § 54-7-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 2 - Prohibited Acts — Penalties|§ 54-7-202. Private Use of Equipment and Materials Prohibited — Penalty — Work for Governmental Entities Authorized

  The chief administrative officer shall not authorize or knowingly permit the trucks or road equipment, the rock, crushed stone or any other road materials to be used for any private use or for the use of any individual for private purposes, and the chief administrative officer's failure to see that this subsection (a) is enforced is a Class C misdemeanor.   Any employee of the county road department who uses any truck or any other road equipment or any rock, crushed stone or other road material for that employee's personal use, or sells or gives those things away, shall be immediately discharged.   No truck or other road equipment or any rock, crushed stone or any road material shall be used to work private roads or for private purposes of owners of the roads.   Neither the chief administrative officer nor any other official or employee of the county may use any county vehicle, equipment, supplies or road materials for other than official county road purposes; however, the county governing body has the authority to authorize the county road department to perform work for other governmental entities; provided, that the cost of the projects so authorized is to be reimbursed to the county road department.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor. Each separate use of the same for other than authorized purposes constitutes a separate offense and  is subject to a separate punishment.   Any person whose property is improved by having road material placed on the property in violation of this section shall be liable to suit for the value of the improvement. Any amounts recovered, including all legal fees and other recovery costs, shall go to the county road department.    Notwithstanding this section or any other section to the contrary, at the written request of the appropriate United States postal authority or the appropriate school board or education department, the county may use county vehicles, equipment and supplies to maintain areas for the purpose of providing public school buses and postal vehicles with a route and a turnaround area, even though the areas may not be on the official county road map or part of a public road right-of-way for which the county is responsible. The county shall not maintain the area if it will not be used for that purpose. The county shall obtain written permission from the owner of any property proposed to be used as a turnaround area prior to commencing any work on that property.   The county road department and the appropriate postal authority or school board or education department shall determine prior to commencement of the project whether all or part of the cost of the paving will be reimbursed to the road department.   [Deleted by 2012 amendment.]
TN Code § 54-7-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 2 - Prohibited Acts — Penalties|§ 54-7-203. Personal Financial Interest Prohibited — Penalties

  Neither the chief administrative officer, county highway commissioner, member of the county governing body nor any employee of the county road department shall be financially interested in or have any personal interest, either directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any supplies, machinery, materials, equipment or contractual services for the department or system of roads for the county, nor in any firm, corporation, partnership, association or individual selling or furnishing the machinery, equipment, supplies and materials.   A violation of this section constitutes official misconduct and is a Class C misdemeanor and is grounds for removal from office.
TN Code § 54-7-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|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 county, the commissioner of transportation is authorized to withhold state-aid highway system funds due the county until the deficiency has been corrected to the satisfaction of the commissioner.
TN Code § 54-7-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 2 - Prohibited Acts — Penalties|§ 54-7-205. Removal of Chief Administrative Officer

  “Chief administrative officer,” for the purpose of this section, includes county road commissioners, trustees, road supervisors, or other persons charged with supervision or control of a county road department.   In addition to any proceeding under title 8, chapter 47, the chief administrative officer of a county road department may be removed from office in accordance with this section.   The comptroller of the treasury shall forward a copy of audit reports covering county road departments to the district attorney general having jurisdiction and to the attorney general and reporter. If the audit indicates an apparent violation of any statute or regulation governing the operation of a county road department, including, but not limited to, an apparent violation of any statute or regulation applicable to accounting, budgeting or purchasing procedures, the audit report shall so state.   The district attorney general and the attorney general and reporter shall each review the audit reports and determine if there is sufficient cause for further investigation.   If the investigation indicates willful misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance by the chief administrative officer of the road department, the district attorney general shall proceed, pursuant to title 8, chapter 47, to remove the chief administrative officer of the road department from office.   Any chief administrative officer removed from office on the basis of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance under this section shall be ineligible to ever seek the office of chief administrative officer of a county road department in any county.
TN Code § 54-7-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 2 - Prohibited Acts — Penalties|§ 54-7-206. Theft or Embezzlement by Chief Administrative Officer

  Any theft by a chief administrative officer, either directly or indirectly, of county highway or road money shall be punished under § 39-14-105.   If any chief administrative officer charged with the collection, safekeeping, transfer, or disbursement of money or property belonging to the county highway department uses or diverts any part of the money or property by loan, investment, or otherwise, without authority of law, or converts any part of the money or property to the chief administrative officer's own use in any way whatsoever, the chief administrative officer commits embezzlement, and for every act, upon conviction, shall be punished as in the case of larceny, and in addition shall be required to pay to the court an amount equal to the amount embezzled. The amount shall be forwarded by the clerk to the county highway department.
TN Code § 54-7-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 7 - Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law|Part 2 - Prohibited Acts — Penalties|§ 54-7-207. Offense of Damaging County Highways Structures

   As used in this subsection (a), “county highway structure” includes any county highway, highway facility, building, bridge, overpass, tunnel, barricade, fence, wall, traffic control device, right-of-way, sign or marker of any nature whatsoever erected upon or maintained within or adjacent to a county highway or the county highway right-of-way.   It is an offense for any person who is not authorized to construct or repair a county highway structure to knowingly carve upon, write, paint or otherwise mark upon, deface, rearrange, or alter any county highway structure.   It is an offense for any person who is not authorized to construct or repair a county highway structure to knowingly, in any manner, destroy, damage, knock down, mutilate, mar, steal or remove any county highway structure.   A violation of subdivision (a)(2) or (a)(3) is a Class A misdemeanor.   In addition to any criminal penalty provided by law for a violation of subdivision (a)(2) or (a)(3), there is created a separate civil cause of action for the cost of any damage resulting from such prohibited action.   There is created a civil cause of action for the cost of any damage done whenever a person negligently damages any county highway structure.   Criminal actions prosecuted pursuant to this subsection (a) shall be brought by the district attorney general of the judicial district in which the damage occurred. Civil actions instituted pursuant to this subsection (a) shall be brought by the county attorney or an attorney employed by the chief administrative officer of the county highway department.      Any person who reports information to a law enforcement officer that leads to the apprehension and conviction of a person for a violation of this section shall receive a reward of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). The county where the conviction occurs shall provide the reward money from the proceeds of the fines collected under this section.   The proceeds from the fines imposed for violations of this section shall be collected by the respective court clerks and then deposited in a dedicated county fund. The fund shall not revert to the county general fund at the end of a fiscal year but shall remain for the vandalism enforcement rewards established in subdivision (b)(1).   Each county shall expend the funds generated by the fines provided for in this section by appropriation for the vandalism enforcement rewards. Excess funds, if any, may be expended for litter control programs on adoption of an appropriate resolution by the county legislative body.     Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, this section shall apply to all counties.
TN Code § 54-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|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 purposes pursuant to title 9, chapter 21.
TN Code § 54-9-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-9-115. Road Districts for Election of Road Commissioners

 For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, any county legislative body has the right to divide its county into no less than three (3) nor more than eight (8) road districts. For each road district, there shall be elected one (1) road commissioner, so that no more than one (1) road commissioner shall be elected from the same road district; but to divide the county into road districts the road districts shall in no wise interfere with the civil districts of any county, for any purpose whatever, except for convenience in selecting the commissioners for the purpose of giving all parts of any county representation in the construction of roads under this chapter.
TN Code § 54-9-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-9-116. Road Commissioners Elected From County at Large

 Any county may have the right to elect three (3) road commissioners from the county at large, who shall be the road commissioners for the county, and who shall have the supervision of the construction of the roads in the county; provided, that any county that does not desire to elect its road commissioners from the county at large may subdivide its county into road districts as is provided for in § 54-9-115; and provided, further, that, in any county electing its road commissioners from the county at large, no two (2) of the road commissioners shall be from the same civil district.
TN Code § 54-9-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-9-117. Nomination and Election of Road Commissioners From Districts

  In any county dividing its county into three (3) or more road districts, the road commissioner to be elected from any of the districts shall receive a nomination from any member of the county legislative body within the limits of the road district.   Should there be more than one (1) nomination from any one (1) or more road districts, then the candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the members comprising the whole legislative body shall be declared elected from the road district from which the nomination was received, and shall be one (1) of the road commissioners.   All road commissioners provided for by any county where the county has been subdivided shall be elected in the same manner as provided in this section.
TN Code § 54-9-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-9-118. Road Commissioners Have Supervision of Construction of Roads

 When all road commissioners have been elected, they shall be the road commissioners for that county, and shall have the supervision of the construction of the roads provided for by the county legislative body, and shall serve until all the roads so provided for have been completed according to the specifications laid out by the county legislative body, or until all the money provided for under the bond issue for the county has been expended on the roads of the county.
TN Code § 54-9-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-9-119. Bond of Commissioners

 The commissioners shall execute a good and solvent bond, in an amount to be specified by the county legislative body, payable to the state, for the benefit of the county from which they were elected, conditioned that they will faithfully and impartially execute all the duties imposed upon them, without favor for any part of the county over that of any other part of the county; that they will honestly and faithfully expend and account for all moneys coming into their hands; and that they will as honestly and economically expend the money for the county as if it were their own private funds. The bond shall be prepared in accordance with title 8, chapter 19, approved by the county legislative body, recorded in the office of the county register of deeds, and transmitted to the office of the county clerk for safekeeping.
TN Code § 54-9-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-9-120. Vacancies — Filling

 Should there occur a vacancy for any cause, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as provided for the election of the original commissioners under this chapter.