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TN Code § 54-11-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 1 - Fords|§ 54-11-106. Return of Certificate of Completion — Payment

 Each contractor shall return to the August session of the county legislative body, or some subsequent session, a certificate, with two (2) responsible freeholders signed as witnesses, that the contractor has complied with the law set forth in § 54-11-103. Then the county mayor shall issue a warrant, which shall be paid as other county claims.
TN Code § 54-11-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-201. Bridges to Be Made by Overseer — Securing Materials

 Bridges shall be made by the overseer and the overseer's assistants, through swamps and over small runs and creeks, for which purpose, as well as for making causeways, the overseer may cut poles and other necessary timber, without incurring any penalty.   Code 1858, § 1211 (deriv. Acts 1804, ch. 1, §§ 14, 16); Shan., § 1707a1; Code 1932, § 3017; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1107.
TN Code § 54-11-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-202. Bridges to Be Made by County — Tax Levy

 Bridges that cannot be built by the overseer and the overseer's assistants shall be a county charge, and the county legislative body shall make a levy on the taxables to raise money for the purpose, and shall contract and agree for building, keeping, and repairing the bridges.   Code 1858, § 1212 (deriv. Acts 1804, ch. 1, § 5); Shan., § 1708; Code 1932, § 3018; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1108.
TN Code § 54-11-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-203. Bridges to Be Made by Two Counties — Apportionment of Cost

 When a bridge is necessary over any creek or river that divides one county from another, the legislative body of each county shall join in an agreement for building, keeping, and repairing it, and the charge shall be defrayed by both counties in proportion to the number of taxable polls in each county.   Code 1858, § 1213 (deriv. Acts 1804, ch. 1, § 5); Shan., § 1709; Code 1932, § 3019; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1109.
TN Code § 54-11-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-204. Contract, Agreement and Order Binding

 Every contract, agreement, and order for bridges shall bind the county that makes or enters into it.   Code 1858, § 1214 (deriv. Acts 1804, ch. 1, § 6); Shan., § 1710; Code 1932, § 3020; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1110.
TN Code § 54-11-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-205. Bridge Railings — Height

 It is the duty of the county legislative bodies, in letting out all contracts for the erection of bridges, to require that they be made secure, with good and substantial railing of the height of three feet (3').
TN Code § 54-11-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-207. Power of County Legislative Body to Build Bridges

 In addition to the powers vested in and exercised by county legislative bodies over public roads and bridges, the county legislative bodies respectively are empowered, the same being a county purpose, to build a bridge or bridges over and across any stream or river running through the county, which bridge shall be located on or near and convenient to a public highway, due regard being had both to advantages of location and convenience of the citizens of the county having to pass over the bridge, and may be located wholly or partly within the limits of any municipal corporation.
TN Code § 54-11-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-208. Bridge Tax — Special Levy

  The bridge or bridges shall be paid for by special tax, not to exceed, in any year, twenty cents (20¢) on the one hundred dollars' ($100) worth of property, to be levied by the county legislative body annually on all taxable property of the county, until the bridge or bridges are paid for, or until the interest-bearing warrants or bonds provided for in this part are redeemed.   Nothing in this part shall prevent the county legislative body from paying for the bridge or bridges or redeeming any or all of the warrants or bonds, out of any moneys or funds in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated.
TN Code § 54-11-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-209. Excess Cost in Constructing Bridges

 Should it, in the opinion of the county legislative body, appear that the cost of the bridge or bridges will exceed the amounts raised by taxation the county legislative body sees as proper to levy during the time the bridge or bridges are being constructed, the excess may be provided for from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to title 9, chapter 21.
TN Code § 54-11-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-212. Voting for a Bridge — Procedure

  Whenever, in the opinion of the county legislative body, it will be best so to do, it may submit to a vote of the people of the county the question of whether any bridge shall be built or not.   The county legislative body shall direct the county election commission to hold an election on the question.   If a majority of the votes cast are for a bridge, the county legislative body, at its next regular session, shall order the bridge built; if against it, no bridge shall be ordered built by the county legislative body within two (2) years after the election in subsection (b) was ordered, unless the question is again submitted to the people and voted on favorably.
TN Code § 54-11-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-213. Proceeding by Petition for Building Bridge or Causeway — Appointment of Commissioner

  If a petition filed under § 54-13-103 is for building a bridge or causeway at the expense of the county, the county legislative body shall, at the same session when it is presented, appoint three (3) commissioners to receive proposals for the work, which proposals shall clearly specify the extent, character, and description of the bridge or causeway.   The commissioners shall report their proceedings to the session designated by the county legislative body.    Code 1858, § 1266 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 3); Shan., § 1730; Code 1932, § 3056; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1119.
TN Code § 54-11-214 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-214. Acceptance of Proposal

 Of the proposals reported, the county legislative body may receive and accept that which seems to it best; and shall then direct the work to progress under regulations and securities it deems proper.   Code 1858, § 1267 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 3); Shan., § 1731; Code 1932, § 3057; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1120.
TN Code § 54-11-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-215. Examination of Work Upon Completion by Commissioners Appointed by County Legislative Body — Payment

  Upon being notified that the work is completed, the county legislative body shall appoint three (3) commissioners, unconnected either by affinity or consanguinity with the contractor, to examine and report upon the work.   The county legislative body, if satisfied that the work is done conformably to the contract, shall receive it, and make an order on the county trustee as the contract may require.    Code 1858, § 1268 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 3); Shan., § 1732; Code 1932, § 3058; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1121.
TN Code § 54-11-216 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-216. Vacancy in Board of Commissioners — Bond and Oath

 The county legislative body shall fill all vacancies on any board of town, or bridge commissioners, and any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall execute the same bond, if a bond is required, take the same oath, and have the same powers and emoluments, as the predecessor.   Code 1858, § 1269 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 12); Shan., § 1733; mod. Code 1932, § 3059; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1122.
TN Code § 54-11-217 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-217. Tax for Payment of Bridge or Causeway

 Public bridges and causeways on public roads, erected by order of the county legislative body, shall be paid for by a tax on polls and other taxables, to be set by the county legislative body, and not to exceed, in any year, the amount of the state tax.   Code 1858, § 1270 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 2); Shan., § 1734; Code 1932, § 3060; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1123.
TN Code § 54-11-218 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-218. Taxes to Be Collected by Trustee

 The moneys shall be collected by the county trustee and be kept by the county trustee subject to the order of the county legislative body, which order, together with the receipt of the person in whose favor it is made, shall be a sufficient voucher for the county trustee in settlement with the county mayor.   Code 1858, § 1271 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 2); Shan., § 1735; mod. Code 1932, § 3061; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1124; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 54-11-219 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-219. Bridges Over Rivers Through County Seat Towns

 A county legislative body is empowered, the same being a county purpose, to build, or assist in building, or in obtaining within the corporate limits of a municipal corporation that is the county seat of the county, a toll-free bridge across any river running through and dividing the municipality and county.
TN Code § 54-11-220 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-220. Location of Bridges in County Seat Towns — Toll-Free — Maintenance

  The bridge shall be located upon or near and convenient to a public highway traversing the county, due regard being had both to the advantages of location and convenience of the citizens of the county having to pass over the bridge.   The bridge shall be forever free to all persons, vehicles, and stock that may pass over the bridge, and shall be kept up and maintained by the municipality within which it is located.
TN Code § 54-11-221 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-221. Special Tax for Bridge in County Seat Towns — Payment From Proceeds of Stock or Bond Sales

  The bridge shall be paid for by a special tax, not to exceed, in any year, the amount of the state tax, to be levied by the county legislative body, annually, on all the taxables of the county.   Nothing in this section shall prevent the county legislative body from paying for the bridge out of any moneys or funds in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, or by a sale or sales of any stocks or bonds held and owned by the county, and that may be sold or negotiated for the purpose of the payment.
TN Code § 54-11-222 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-222. Joint County and City Bridges Authorized — Terms — Toll or Free

  The county, acting through the county legislative body, has the power to unite with any municipal corporation in the erection and regulation of bridges for public travel and traffic, over any stream, running by or through the municipality, upon terms agreed upon by the county and municipality erecting the bridges.   The bridges may be toll or free, and may be changed from toll to free, or from free to toll bridges, from time to time, by the joint action of the county and municipality interested.
TN Code § 54-11-223 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-223. Power to Issue Bonds

 For the purpose of providing funds to erect bridges, the county and municipality have the power to issue bonds pursuant to title 9, chapter 21.
TN Code § 54-11-224 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-224. Tolls — Rules for Management

 The county and municipal corporation erecting a bridge as provided in §§ 54-11-222 and 54-11-223 have the power to fix the tolls to be charged and collected and provide for the collection of the tolls, and make all necessary rules and regulations for the keeping up and management of the bridge when erected.
TN Code § 54-11-225 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-225. Repairs of Bridges by County Legislative Bodies — Commissioners to Make Contracts

 The county legislative body has full power, at any session of the county legislative body, when, in its opinion, the public good demands it, to appoint commissioners, who shall have power to contract for, and have completed, any repairs of bridges, levees or causeways, upon any public road in the county that, in the opinion of the county legislative body, the public good requires.
TN Code § 54-11-226 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-226. Report of Commissioners as to Repairs

 It is the duty of the commissioners under § 54-11-225 to report to the first session of the county legislative body after the completion of any work that they may have had under contract, which report shall set forth the kind of repairs that have been made, by whom made, and for what amount.
TN Code § 54-11-227 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 2 - Bridges|§ 54-11-227. Payment of Reported Repairs

 Upon the filing of the report of the commissioners, it shall be the duty of the county legislative body to order the repairs to be paid as other claims against the county.
TN Code § 54-11-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 3 - Ferries|§ 54-11-301. Free Ferries Over Streams Running Through or Bounding Counties — Establishing

 A county is empowered, through its county legislative body, to establish free public ferries over any stream running through or bounding the county, at a point or points as may be determined, and to purchase and provide all necessary equipment, boats, etc., and employ labor required to operate the ferries.
TN Code § 54-11-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 3 - Ferries|§ 54-11-303. Joint Ferries Over Streams Separating Counties

  It is lawful for any two (2) or more counties separated by a stream, navigable or unnavigable, to unite in the erection, establishment, and operation of a ferry over the stream, each of the counties, if not more than two (2), paying one half (½) of all the expenses incurred in the erection and maintenance.   If more than two (2) counties combine in the improvement and work, each shall pay an equal part of the expense, or they may meet the expense under terms they may provide by contract.
TN Code § 54-11-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 3 - Ferries|§ 54-11-304. Appropriations — Oversight of Work Under Road Commissioner or a Special Commissioner

  The counties are authorized to appropriate money for the purposes set forth in §§ 54-11-301 — 54-11-303.   The counties may place the oversight of all the work and improvement under the county road commissioners or under the road commissioner for the district in which the ferry may be situated, or under a special commissioner, and may require reports from the party or parties at any time.
TN Code § 54-11-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 3 - Ferries|§ 54-11-305. Ferry Operator — Selection and Salary — Vacancy

 The county legislative body at any session may select and fix the salary of the ferry operators for ferries established under this part; however, in cases of vacancy occasioned by death or permanent disability, the county mayors are authorized to name a successor to serve until the next session.
TN Code § 54-11-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 3 - Ferries|§ 54-11-306. Free Ferries and Ferry Roads on Navigable Rivers

  The county legislative body has the power to make appropriations of money for the establishment of ferries and ferry roads on any of the navigable streams of this state, and also for the construction of all proper and necessary roads, leading across the river bottom lands, and up and down the river banks to the ferries.   When the ferries and ferry roads are established, they may be declared by the legislative body free to the general public or to the citizens of the county or counties in which they are located.
TN Code § 54-11-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 3 - Ferries|§ 54-11-307. Appropriations for Operation and Construction of Ferries — Commissioner Appointed — Duties

 The county legislative body has the power to:   Make appropriations of money, from time to time, to pay persons for operating the ferries, which they may establish;   Appoint one (1) or more persons as commissioner, to contract for the building of ferry boats, construction of roads, and to do any other thing necessary for the construction of all proper roads and the establishment of the ferries contemplated by this part; and   Make the necessary appropriations of moneys for the payment for the building of ferry boats and construction of roads.
TN Code § 54-11-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 3 - Ferries|§ 54-11-308. Commissioner of Transportation Authorized to Acquire and Operate Ferries Connecting State Roads — Operation of Other Ferries Limited

  The commissioner of transportation has the power to acquire by donation, purchase, or exercise of the power of eminent domain under the general law the assets of any ferry service business operating as a connection between state roads and is authorized to operate the business as a function of the department.   The department may continue to operate any ferries now operated by the department, but in the future shall only operate ferries connecting state roads.   The department may discontinue any ferry service business when it is no longer financially feasible, on reasonable public notice, except the department shall continue to operate the Cumberland City ferry or, in the alternative, arrange for and cause to be implemented another method for its continued operation by another public body.    The commissioner shall charge reasonable tolls for the use of a ferry service business based on a user classification schedule. School buses and state and county vehicles shall be exempt from the payment of the toll. The fee charges that are established for the Cumberland City ferry shall provide that the fee shall not exceed seventy-five cents (75¢) per day for local residents who use the ferry.   As used in subdivision (d)(1), “local residents” includes residents of Stewart, Montgomery, and Houston counties.     [Deleted by 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013.]
TN Code § 54-11-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 11 - Public Fords, Ferries, and Bridges|Part 3 - Ferries|§ 54-11-309. Limitations on Ferriage Rates — Application for Waivers

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), no person shall charge as ferriage on any stream on any highway included in the state highway system or maintained in whole or part by the department of transportation more than the rate fixed as follows:  Automobile and passengers  $2.00   Person, each, on foot  0.50   Truck or bus (one (1) ton capacity and under) and driver  2.00   Truck or bus (one (1) ton capacity and over) and driver  4.00   Automobile trailer  1.50   Truck trailer or bus trailer  3.00   Motorcycle and driver  2.00    Upon application submitted to the department requesting a waiver of the maximum rate fixed within subsection (a), the commissioner may fix a maximum rate in excess of that fixed within subsection (a). Any maximum rate fixed by the commissioner pursuant to this subsection (b) shall be promulgated as a rule in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. In promulgating any such rule, the commissioner shall give due consideration to:  The public's need for adequate and efficient ferriage service at a reasonable and prudent cost; and   The ferry operator's need of revenues sufficient to enable the operator, using honest, economical, and efficient management, to provide the ferriage services and to earn a reasonable profit.
TN Code § 54-12-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 12 - Road Improvement Districts|Part 1 - Establishment|§ 54-12-101. Power to Establish Road Improvement Districts

 The monthly county court is vested with the power at any regular, special, or adjourned session to establish road improvement districts for the purpose of building and maintaining public roads in the road improvement districts, and building bridges, culverts, and levees on the roads and to locate and establish the roads, or provide for these things being done whenever they are of public utility or conducive to the public welfare.
TN Code § 54-12-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 12 - Road Improvement Districts|Part 1 - Establishment|§ 54-12-102. Body Exercising Jurisdiction of Former Monthly County Court

 In each county, the body that is authorized to perform the duties vested in the monthly county court in this chapter shall be the entity to which the duties of the former monthly county court in each county were transferred after 1978, and all references in this chapter to the monthly county court shall be deemed a reference to the successor entity, unless otherwise stated.