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TN Code § 54-6-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Public-Private Transportation Act|§ 54-6-112. Dedication of Property

 Any public entity may dedicate any property in which it has an interest for public use as a qualified transportation facility if it finds that the dedication would serve the public purpose of this chapter. In connection with the dedication, the public entity may convey any interest that it has in the property, subject to the conditions imposed by general law, to the private entity, subject to this chapter, for such consideration as such public entity may determine. Such consideration may include the agreement of the private entity to develop, redevelop, or operate the qualifying transportation facility.
TN Code § 54-6-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Public-Private Transportation Act|§ 54-6-114. Federal, State, or Local Assistance—grants, Milestone Payments, or Loans

  The responsible public entity may take any action to obtain federal, state, or local assistance for a qualifying transportation facility that serves the public purpose of this chapter and may enter into any contracts required to receive such federal, state, or local assistance; provided, that any federal funds available to or received by the state and other state funds for the purposes of this chapter shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly in accordance with § 54-6-113(a). The responsible public entity may determine that it serves the public purpose of this chapter for all or any portion of the costs of a qualifying transportation facility to be paid, directly or indirectly, from the proceeds of a grant or loan made by the federal, state, or local government.   The responsible public entity may agree to make grants, milestone payments, or loans for the development, redevelopment, or operation of the qualifying transportation facility from amounts received from the federal government or other public entity. Prior to adoption by the responsible public entity of any action authorizing such grants, milestone payments, or loans, the public entity shall submit a plan of financing to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee for approval. The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee may request any additional information as may be required to properly review the proposed plan of financing. The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee shall evaluate each plan of financing based on the plan's particular circumstances and shall approve the plan only if a determination is made that the repayment structure is in the public's interest.
TN Code § 54-6-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Public-Private Transportation Act|§ 54-6-116. Power of Condemnation by Eminent Domain

  At the request of the eligible private entity, the responsible public entity may exercise any power of condemnation by eminent domain that it has under law for the purpose of acquiring any lands or estates or interests therein to the extent that the responsible public entity finds that such action serves the public purpose of this chapter. Any amounts to be paid in any such condemnation proceeding may be paid by the eligible private entity.   Except as provided in subsection (a), until a comprehensive agreement has been terminated, the power of condemnation may not be exercised against a qualifying transportation facility.   After the comprehensive agreement has been terminated, any responsible public entity having the power of condemnation under law may exercise such power of condemnation as provided by law.
TN Code § 54-6-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Public-Private Transportation Act|§ 54-6-117. Crossing or Relocation of Facilities

 The eligible private entity and each public utility or other entity whose facilities are to be crossed or affected shall cooperate fully with the other in planning and arranging the manner of the crossing or relocation of the facilities. Any such entity possessing the power of condemnation is expressly granted such powers in connection with the moving or relocation of facilities to be crossed by the qualifying transportation facility or that must be relocated to the extent that such moving or relocation is made necessary or desirable by development, redevelopment, or operation of the qualifying transportation facility, which shall be construed to include development, redevelopment, or operation of temporary facilities for the purpose of providing service during the period of development, redevelopment, or operation. Should the eligible private entity and any such public utility or other entity not be able to agree upon a plan for the crossing or relocation, the responsible public entity may determine the manner in which the crossing or relocation is to be accomplished and any damages due arising out of the crossing or relocation. The responsible public entity may employ expert engineers who shall examine the location and plans for such crossing or relocation, hear any objections and consider modifications, and make a recommendation to the responsible public entity. In such a case, the cost of the experts is to be borne by the eligible private entity.
TN Code § 54-6-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Public-Private Transportation Act|§ 54-6-118. Powers and Jurisdiction of Law Enforcement Officers — Access to Transportation Facility

 All law enforcement officers of the state and of each affected jurisdiction, shall have the same powers and jurisdiction within the limits of the qualifying transportation facility as are authorized in such respective areas of jurisdiction and such law enforcement officers shall have access to the qualifying transportation facility at any time for the purpose of exercising such powers and jurisdiction. This authority does not extend to the private offices, buildings, garages, and other improvements of the eligible private entity to any greater degree than the police power extends to any other private buildings and improvements.
TN Code § 54-6-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Public-Private Transportation Act|§ 54-6-119. Termination Dates of Original Permanent Financing and Comprehensive Agreement

 The responsible public entity shall determine the date of termination of the original permanent financing and the comprehensive agreement. The responsible public entity may change or extend the termination dates to take into account any refinancing of the original permanent financing, including any refinancing for the purpose of expansion, or any early termination of the original permanent financing to the extent that such modification serves the public purpose of this chapter. Upon the termination of the comprehensive agreement, the authority and duties of the eligible private entity under this chapter shall cease, and the qualifying transportation facility shall be dedicated to the responsible public entity or, if the qualifying transportation facility was initially dedicated by an affected jurisdiction, to such affected jurisdiction for public use. Upon termination of the financing or comprehensive agreement, the responsible public entity may select another private entity pursuant to this chapter to provide the financing or complete the development, redevelopment, or operation of the qualifying transportation facility.
TN Code § 54-6-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Public-Private Transportation Act|§ 54-6-120. Sovereign Immunity Not Waived

 Nothing in this chapter constitutes a waiver of the sovereign immunity of the state or any other public entity with respect to the participation in, or approval of all or any part of the qualifying transportation facility or its operation, including interconnection of the qualifying transportation facility with any other transportation facility.
TN Code § 54-6-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 6 - Public-Private Transportation Act|§ 54-6-121. Effect on Other Laws

  Nothing in this chapter amends or repeals in any manner this title or other provisions of law relating to the development, redevelopment, or operation of transportation facilities, or title 6 or title 12, chapter 3, or other provisions of law relating to procurement of goods and services by the state or other public entity.   This chapter supplements title 6 and title 12, chapter 3, and this title, to provide additional authority to procure and undertake the development, redevelopment, or operation of transportation facilities.   Except as provided in § 54-6-113(a), nothing in title 6 or title 12, chapter 3, or this title, shall apply to the development, redevelopment, or operation of qualifying transportation facilities undertaken pursuant to the authority of this chapter.
TN Code § 54-14-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-102. Condemnation to Secure Way of Ingress and Egress and Extending Utility Lines — Jurisdiction — Joinder of Parties in Action

  A person owning any land, where ingress or egress to and from which is cut off or obstructed entirely from a public road or highway by the intervening land of another, or who has no outlet from the land to a public road in the state, by reason of the intervening land of another, is given the right to have a private easement or right-of-way not exceeding twenty-five feet (25') condemned and set aside for the benefit of the land over and across the intervening land for the purpose of ingress and egress and extending utility lines, including, but not limited to, electric, natural gas, water, sewage, telephone, or cable television to the enclosed land. Maintenance of the easement or right-of-way shall be the responsibility of the person granted the easement or right-of- way. Gates or fencing that restricts access to the subservient land may not be erected. In counties with a metropolitan form of government, the maximum permissible width for an easement or right-of-way is fifteen feet (15').   The chancery and circuit courts and county courts, the latter acting by and through the county mayor, are given concurrent jurisdiction in such matters.   As many different owners of lands as may be cut off or obstructed or deprived of adequate and convenient outlets may join together against any number of different owners of intervening lands as wish to have the easement or right-of-way so condemned and set aside to them over the intervening property, and the joining shall not make the proceedings multifarious.
TN Code § 54-14-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-103. Parties to Petition to Secure Easement or Right-of-Way — Appraisal of Land — Documents of Internal Improvements — Contents of Petition — Costs Bond

  The person or persons desiring to secure an easement or right-of-way may file their petition in the county where any of the lands affected by the proceedings lie:  Making all parties owning or interested in any or interested in any way in the lands, or property to be affected by the easement or right-of-way parties defendant to the proceedings; provided, that, if one of the parcels surrounding the land is owned by the federal government, the petitioner is not required to make the federal government, or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government, a party defendant to the petition for easement or right-of-way when the portion of land or property desired for the easement or right-of-way filed by the petitioner is over lands or property not owned by the federal government, or any agency or instrumentality of the federal government;   Setting out the portions of land or property desired for the easement or right-of-way and the amount, extent, and location of the land or property desired;   Setting out the name or names of the owners or those interested in any way in land or property or to be affected by the proceedings, or if unknown or their residence or citizenship cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry, the facts are to be stated;   Setting out the object for which the easement or right-of-way is wanted; and   Praying that a sufficient amount of the property be set apart by metes and bounds for the easement or right-of-way and that petitioners be put into possession of the property.     Upon the filing of a petition by the person desiring to secure the easement or right-of-way, the court shall appoint an appraiser to conduct an appraisal of the parcel of land or rights in the land or incident to the land a portion of which is wanted. The cost of the appraisal shall be borne by the person seeking to appropriate the land. Upon completion, the appraisal shall be filed with the court and within thirty (30) days of the filing, the person seeking to appropriate the land shall post a bond for two (2) times the amount of the appraisal. The appraisal shall be conducted for the sole purpose of determining the amount of the bond and shall not be admissible as evidence.   Upon the request of any party or the court, after the filing of the petition, the person seeking to appropriate the land shall provide a copy of any and all prospective building plans, construction specifications, or similar documents related to the work of internal improvement to take place on the land.   Bond shall be given for costs, and copy and process shall issue or publication be made for nonresidents or those whose residence or citizenship is unknown and cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry, for the defendants named as in chancery cases.   All persons made defendants, and unborn beneficiaries of the remainder interests, shall be bound by the proceedings.
TN Code § 54-14-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-104. Jury of View Ordered Summoned to Inquire of and Assess Damages

  If pro confesso is taken against the defendants or if, upon answer filed by any of the defendants, or upon a trial upon the merits by the court, no sufficient cause is shown to the court why the easement or right-of-way should not be granted to petitioners, the court shall issue a writ of inquiry of damages to the sheriff, commanding the sheriff to summon a jury to inquire of and assess the damages.   By consent of the parties, or unless defense is made by the defendants within the time required in chancery cases, the writ of inquiry may be issued by the clerk of the court to the sheriff to summon the jury of view.
TN Code § 54-14-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-105. Jury of View — Qualification — Number — Challenges

 The jury of view shall consist of five (5) disinterested persons having all of the qualifications of jurors in the circuit court, unless the parties agree otherwise or upon a different number, and either party may challenge for cause or peremptorily as in other civil cases.
TN Code § 54-14-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-106. Notice of Taking Inquest of Damages

 The sheriff shall give the parties or their agent, if residents of the county where the suit is pending, three (3) days' notice of the time and place of taking the inquest, unless the time has been fixed by order of the court.
TN Code § 54-14-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-107. Oath of Jury of View

 Before proceeding to act, the jury shall be sworn by the sheriff to fairly and impartially and without fear or favor to perform their duties as jurors, and to lay off by metes and bounds lands suitable for the easement or right-of-way and to inquire of and to assess the damages.
TN Code § 54-14-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-108. Jury to Set Apart by Metes and Bounds and Assess Damages

 The jury will then proceed to examine the ground and may hear testimony, but no argument of counsel, and set apart by metes and bounds a sufficient quantity of the land or property for the purposes intended, and assess the damages occasioned to the parties interested or affected by the property taken.
TN Code § 54-14-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-109. Estimates of Damages — Elements

 In estimating the damages, the jury shall give the cash value of the property taken and any incidental damages, but incidental benefits that may result to the owner by reason of the proposed easement or right-of-way being granted may be set off against incidental damages.
TN Code § 54-14-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-110. Report of Jury — Contents

 The report of the jury shall be made in writing and signed by a majority of the jurors, setting out the amount of damages to each defendant and the locality and extent of the easement granted, and delivered to and returned by the sheriff into the court.
TN Code § 54-14-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-111. Location of Easement or Right-of-Way

 The jury is authorized to locate the easement or right-of-way at a place where the easement or right-of-way will be of service to the petitioner and cause the least amount of monetary damage as practicable to the value of the intervening land.
TN Code § 54-14-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-112. Report Confirmed, or Set Aside and Another Writ Awarded

  Any party may file objections to the report; provided, that, if an objection is filed by the owner or owners of land selected by the jury of view, the objection must be served upon all parties to the action. Further, the person making the objection must prepare a plat that contains an alternative route to the one identified by the jury of view. The plat shall be served on all parties and filed with the court within thirty (30) days of the objection. The alternative route that the person proposes to substitute for the identified route shall be clearly marked on the plat. If the petitioner or any other party who owns the land on which all or part of the alternative route is located objects to the alternative route, the only remedy available to the petitioner or other party at the trial court level is to demand a trial by jury pursuant to § 54-14-114. An appeal from an adverse decision at the trial court level may be appealed by any party to the action as provided by law.   If no objection is filed to the report or upon objections being filed to the report and heard and considered by the court, the report may be confirmed by the court, or set aside and another writ of inquiry awarded by the court.
TN Code § 54-14-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-113. Report Modified, and Easement of Way Granted, Upon Payment of Damages, Costs, And, if Awarded, Attorney's Fees

  The report may be modified by the court and the easement or right-of-way may be granted or decreed to the petitioners as the court may deem proper upon the payment to the defendant, or to the clerk of the court for the defendant's use, of the damages assessed, with costs and, if awarded pursuant to subsection (b), attorney's fees.   In addition to the damages and costs awarded to the defendant as provided by §§ 54-14-103 and 54-14-109, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the defendant. The court shall not award attorney's fees if the court finds the defendant has acted in bad faith.
TN Code § 54-14-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-114. Appeal From Jury of View — New Trial Before a Jury Summoned in Usual Way — Exclusive Remedy

  Within thirty (30) days, either party may  appeal to the court from the finding of the jury of view, and demand a trial by a jury and, upon giving security for costs, may have a new trial before a jury of twelve (12) persons to be summoned and impaneled by the court in the usual way.   The demand for a trial by a jury in accordance with subsection (a) shall be the exclusive remedy for relief from the finding of a jury of view and no other appeal from the finding shall lie. The jury must either affirm the finding of the jury of view or set apart a different quantity of land or property for ingress or egress to the land of the petitioner; but, in no event, shall the party petitioning for a right of way pursuant to this part be left without a sufficient outlet of ingress and egress.
TN Code § 54-14-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-115. Verdict Affirming Jury of View or More Unfavorable to Appellant — Costs

 If the verdict of the jury upon the trial affirms the finding of the jury of view, or is more unfavorable to the appellant than the finding of the jury, the costs shall be adjudged against the appellant; otherwise, the court may award costs as in chancery cases.
TN Code § 54-14-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-116. Writ of Possession to Petitioners

 Upon the hearing of the case by the court or upon the judgment being pronounced on the verdict of the jury, the court may order a writ of possession to issue to place the petitioners in possession of the easement or right-of-way awarded to them.
TN Code § 54-14-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-117. Easement Belongs to Owners of Lands Benefited — Reversion When Not Used

 The easement or right-of-way shall belong to the owners of the lands benefited by the easement or right-of-way, and continue as long as the easement or right-of-way is used and maintained by them, their heirs or assigns, but upon the easement or right-of-way falling into nonuse or when the easement or right-of-way is not maintained or kept up, it shall cease and the original owner or owners of the servient land, their heirs or assigns may take possession of the easement or right-of-way to the exclusion of all other parties.
TN Code § 54-14-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-118. Mutual Use Easement or Right-of-Way

 In lieu of the absolute easement or right-of-way provided for in this chapter, the court, in its discretion, may grant a mutual use easement or right-of-way to the petitioner or petitioners and the owner or owners of the servient land. Under a mutual use easement or right-of-way, the petitioner shall be required to pay the damages assessed by the jury and the costs, ownership to the land shall not be affected and both the petitioner and the owner of the servient land shall have the right to use the easement or right-of-way.
TN Code § 54-14-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 14 - Private Roads|§ 54-14-119. No Right to Easement or Right-of-Way if Cut-Off or Obstruction Result of Intentional and Knowing Action of the Owner of Surrounding Land

 Notwithstanding § 54-14-102, there is no right to have an easement or right-of-way condemned and set aside for the benefit of the land surrounded or enclosed by the lands of any other person if the court determines that the ingress or egress to and from the surrounded or enclosed land is cut off or obstructed entirely from a public road or highway as a result of the intentional and knowing action of the owner of the surrounded or enclosed land.