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TN Code § 11-18-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 18 - National Forests, Parks and Development Projects|§ 11-18-106. Chapter Applicable to Further Acquisitions of Property — Compliance With Conditions to Satisfaction of Governor and State Forester

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect any rights accrued prior to February 11, 1943, but as to any future acquisitions of property by the United States or any of its agencies, this chapter shall be applicable law and the right of cession of jurisdiction over property in the state shall not become effective until all the conditions hereof are complied with to the satisfaction of the governor and state forester.
TN Code § 11-18-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 18 - National Forests, Parks and Development Projects|§ 11-18-107. United States Authorized to Prohibit the Use by Commercial Vehicles of Highways Within Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 Notwithstanding chapter 57 of the Public Acts of 1951, approved February 23, 1951, and the provisions found in the deed conveying all state highways within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the United States, dated June 1, 1951, and recorded in the register's office of Sevier County, on August 6, 1951, in volume 106, page 440; Blount County, on August 25, 1951, in volume 172, page 55; and Cocke County, on October 10, 1951, in volume 71, page 491, the state of Tennessee consents to the United States prohibiting the use by commercial vehicles of U.S. highway 441 and Tennessee highway 73 west of Gatlinburg, within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park when interstate route I-40 is completed from near Newport, to U.S. highway 19 near Waynesville, North Carolina.
TN Code § 11-19-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 19 - National Park and Forest Commissions|§ 11-19-101. Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission Created — Meetings

 There is hereby created the Great Smoky Mountains Park commission to devote its attention to the problems of that portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park which lies within this state and, to that end, shall be required to meet at least once every six (6) months to perform its functions.
TN Code § 11-19-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 19 - National Park and Forest Commissions|§ 11-19-102. Members — Appointment — Term — Vacancy

  The Great Smoky Mountains Park commission shall be composed of five (5) members, one (1) member to be appointed by the governor each year, and each member to serve a five-year term.   In order that the members of the commission serve staggered terms, the initial appointments to the commission under this section shall consist of:  One (1) member to serve a term of one (1) year;   One (1) member to serve a term of two (2) years;   One (1) member to serve a term of three (3) years;   One (1) member to serve a term of four (4) years; and   One (1) member to serve a term of five (5) years.     Members shall be appointed by June 15 of each year to take office on July 1 of each year.   In the event of a vacancy in the office of a member of the commission, the governor shall appoint a new member of the commission to serve out the remainder of the vacating member's term.   The commissioner or a designee of the department of environment and conservation and the commissioner or a designee of the department of tourist development shall serve as ex officio members of the commission.
TN Code § 11-19-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 19 - National Park and Forest Commissions|§ 11-19-103. Functions

 It is the function of the Great Smoky Mountains Park commission to:   Have the authority to confer with the national park service, as a representative of the state of Tennessee, with regard to policies of the national park service to be observed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park;   Furnish informational services to the United States congress with reference to the needs of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park including, but not limited to, the end of obtaining financial appropriations for the park;   Cooperate with similar commissions in other states adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park;   Urge the reasonable use of trails within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park;   Maintain, to as great an extent as possible, the entrances to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park free from commercial advertising and/or businesses; and   Take other action, as may be considered desirable, to preserve intact the natural beauty and scenery of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This grant of power to the commission shall be construed liberally in favor of the commission taking any action which may be considered by it advantageous to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
TN Code § 11-19-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 19 - National Park and Forest Commissions|§ 11-19-104. Annual Report

 The Great Smoky Mountains Park commission shall submit an annual report of its activities to the governor and to the general assembly within fifteen (15) days after the convening of each regular legislative session, and special reports at such other times as it may deem appropriate.
TN Code § 11-19-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 19 - National Park and Forest Commissions|§ 11-19-105. Compensation — Expenses

 The members of the Great Smoky Mountains Park commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations under this chapter, including, but not limited to, reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with the official comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the commissioner of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 11-19-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 19 - National Park and Forest Commissions|§ 11-19-106. Relation to Department of Environment and Conservation

  The Great Smoky Mountains park commission shall be administratively attached to the department of environment and conservation, but for all other purposes other than administration shall be considered independent.   This section shall be subject to the specific appropriation of funds by the general assembly.
TN Code § 11-21-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-101. Purpose

 The purposes of this chapter are to create a county conservation board and to authorize counties to acquire, develop, maintain, and make available to the inhabitants of the county, public parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreational centers, county forests, wildlife areas and other conservation areas, and to promote and preserve the health and general welfare of the people, to encourage the orderly development and conservation of natural resources, and to cultivate good citizenship by providing adequate programs of public recreation.
TN Code § 11-21-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-102. Creation of County Conservation Boards — Alternative Methods of Creating — Members — Terms

  Upon petition of not less than two hundred (200) qualified voters in any county to the county legislative body thereof, the county legislative body shall submit to the people of the county at the next general county-wide election the question of whether a county conservation board shall be created as provided for in this chapter. If at the election the majority of votes polled are for the creation of a county conservation board, the county legislative body shall within sixty (60) days after the election, create a county conservation board. In the alternative, the county legislative body in any county may, by a majority of all its members, also create a county conservation board in that county, as provided for in this chapter, without petition and referendum. As a further alternative, any county having a population of more than two hundred eighty-seven thousand (287,000) according to the 1980 federal census may, by a majority vote of all the members of the county legislative body, adopt chapter 24 of this title, for the effective management of a parks and recreation department. Furthermore, these alternative provisions relating to counties of populations greater than two hundred eighty-seven thousand (287,000) and to chapter 24 of this title shall have no effect unless the county legislative body approves by a two-thirds (2/3) vote a resolution accepting as applicable these provisions. Approval or nonapproval of such resolution shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the legislative body, and certified by the presiding officer to the secretary of state.   If created by any of these three (3) methods, the board shall consist of a minimum of five (5) bona fide residents up to a maximum of nine (9) bona fide residents of such county. The members shall hold office for staggered terms, not to exceed five (5) years, as indicated and fixed by the county legislative body. When any member of the board, during the term of office, shall cease to be a bona fide resident of the county, such member shall thereby be disqualified as a member of the board and such member's office shall thereupon be declared vacant. Members of the board shall be selected and appointed on the basis of their demonstrated interest in conservation matters and shall serve without compensation, but may be paid their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 11-21-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-103. Officers of Board — Meetings — Powers — Annual Report

 Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the county conservation board shall organize by selecting from its members a president and secretary and such other officers as are deemed necessary, who shall hold office for the calendar year in which elected and until their successors are selected and qualified. A majority of the members to which the board is entitled shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall hold regular monthly meetings; provided, however, that by majority vote of the membership, the board may hold meetings less frequently based on the needs of the county, but not less frequently than quarterly. Special meetings may be called by the president, and shall be called on the request of a majority of members, as necessity may require. The board shall have power to adopt bylaws, to adopt and use a common seal, and to enter into contracts. The county legislative body shall provide suitable offices for the meetings of the board and for the safekeeping of its records. Such records shall be subject to public inspection at all reasonable hours and under such regulations as the board may prescribe. The board shall annually make a full and complete report to the county legislative body of its transactions and operations for the preceding year. Such report shall contain a full statement of its receipts, disbursements, and the program of work for the period covered, and may include such recommendations as may be deemed advisable. A copy of this report shall be filed with the commissioner of environment and conservation.
TN Code § 11-21-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-105. Rules and Regulations

  The county conservation board may make, alter, amend or repeal rules and regulations for the protection, regulation and control of all parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other property under its control. No rules and regulations adopted shall be contrary to, or inconsistent with, the laws of the state of Tennessee. The board may designate the executive officer and such employees as the executive officer may designate as police officers who shall have all the powers conferred by law on police officers, peace officers, or sheriffs in the enforcement of the laws of the state of Tennessee and the apprehension of violators thereof.   In counties having a population of less than six hundred thousand (600,000) according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, such rules and regulations shall not take effect until ten (10) days after their adoption by the board and after their publication once a week for two (2) weeks in at least one (1) paper circulating in the county, and after a copy thereof has been posted near each gate or principal entrance to the public ground to which they apply. In counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, such rules and regulations shall not take effect until thirty (30) days after their adoption by the board and after the same have been approved by the commissioner of environment and conservation.   In counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, all rules and regulations adopted by any board, after due notice in accordance with this section and a copy thereof having been recorded with the commissioner, shall be subject to enforcement by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each violation against any person found guilty of violating such rules and regulations. Any violation of the rules and regulations for the care and management of such property of county conservation boards as may be made under the authority of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.   No county conservation board shall require that any parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers and other property under its control be named in dedication only to individuals who are deceased at the time of such naming.
TN Code § 11-21-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-107. Cooperation With Federal, State, and Local Agencies

 Any county conservation board may cooperate with the federal government or the state government or any department or agency thereof, including the Tennessee Valley authority and the United States army corps of engineers, to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter. Any county conservation board may join with any other county board or county boards to carry out this chapter, and to that end may enter into agreements with each other and may do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and to cooperate in carrying out this chapter. Any city, town, or school district may aid and cooperate with any county conservation board or any combination thereof in equipping, operating and maintaining any parks, preserves, parkways, playgrounds, recreation centers, and conservation areas, and for providing, conducting and supervising programs of activities, and may appropriate money for such purposes. The department of environment and conservation, county agricultural agent, and other county officials shall render such assistance as shall not interfere with their regular employment. The county legislative body is authorized to make available to the use of the county conservation board, county-owned equipment and operators and any county-owned materials it deems advisable.
TN Code § 11-21-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-108. Use of School Buildings, Grounds or Equipment

  Any county board of education or the governing body of any special school district may grant the use of any buildings, grounds, or equipment of the district to any county conservation board for the purpose of carrying out this chapter whenever such use of the school buildings, grounds or equipment for such purposes will not interfere with the use of the buildings, grounds, and equipment for any purpose of the public school system.   The departments of environment and conservation and education shall assist county conservation boards with a positive program of technical advice so as to assure that school officials and county conservation boards cooperate in making school facilities available for recreational purposes. In providing this service, such departments shall work cooperatively with the Tennessee School Boards Association and the Tennessee Parks and Recreation Association. All state and local officials working in furtherance of this subsection (b) shall take due notice of the model Tennessee agreement between school boards and parks and recreation agencies as jointly published by the Tennessee School Boards Association and the Tennessee Parks and Recreation Association and as this document may be, from time to time, amended. A current copy of this document with amendments shall be kept on file in the office of the parks and recreation technical advisory service.
TN Code § 11-21-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-109. Departments of Environment and Conservation and Education to Advise and Assist Counties

 The departments of environment and conservation and education shall advise with and may assist any county or counties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
TN Code § 11-21-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-110. Dissolution of Boards

  A county conservation board created by petition and election as provided for in § 11-21-102 may only be dissolved after an election on the issue of dissolution. In the case that there has been an election on the issue of dissolution and a majority of the voters vote for dissolution, the board shall not be dissolved unless a resolution for dissolution be passed by the county legislative body.   A county conservation board created solely by action of the county legislative body may be dissolved by similar action. Notice of an action to dissolve such board must be given to the chair of such board at least thirty (30) days preceding a vote by the legislative body on the issue. Public notice of such pending action must also be given by notification published in the newspaper of circulation in the county on at least two (2) occasions within the thirty-day period preceding the vote by the legislative body.   Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a board may be dissolved by action of the commissioner of environment and conservation after adequate hearing held after sixty (60) days written notice given to the county mayor and members of the board and upon any of the following findings:  The board has not met within a period of six (6) months;   A majority of the positions of the board members are unfilled or unappointed or a majority of persons on the board are sitting due to the failure of the county legislative body to appoint a successor;   The board has failed to file its annual report with the commissioner for two (2) successive years; or   Other similar findings which would indicate that the board is no longer bona fide or active.
TN Code § 11-21-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-111. Board to Provide Assistance to Small Cities and Towns

 The county conservation board shall be considered the parks and recreation providing agency for certain small cities and towns excluded from the general application of chapter 24 of this title. Such boards shall work cooperatively with these cities and towns. A small city or town desiring parks and recreation services shall enter into an agreement pursuant to § 11-24-105 with the board. The board shall develop and maintain parks and recreation facilities and programs within the jurisdiction of such small city or town according to this agreement.
TN Code § 11-21-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 21 - County Conservation Boards|§ 11-21-112. Joint Municipal or County Systems

 To effect § 11-21-107 and this chapter, county conservation boards desiring to cooperate with the conservation board of another county or with the parks and recreation board of a municipality, created pursuant to § 11-24-104(a), or with a municipality operating a parks and recreation system created under § 11-24-103, shall enter into an agreement pursuant to title 12, chapter 9, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, with the cooperating party.
TN Code § 11-22-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 22 - County Fishing Lakes and Recreation Grounds|§ 11-22-101. Lakes — Counties May Acquire Suitable Areas

 The legislative body of any county is authorized to acquire, by gift or purchase, any natural lakes or lands suitable for the construction of lakes, and to hold fee simple title in the name of the county.
TN Code § 11-23-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Acquisition of Lands by Political Subdivisions for Forestry Purposes|§ 11-23-101. Counties, Municipalities or Other Political Subdivisions Authorized to Acquire Lands for Forestry Purposes

 Counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state are authorized to acquire by purchase, gift or otherwise lands within the boundaries of the state and to use the same for forestry purposes.
TN Code § 11-23-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Acquisition of Lands by Political Subdivisions for Forestry Purposes|§ 11-23-102. Appropriation or Bond Issue — Public Notice

 The governing body of the county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state may appropriate money or issue bonds pursuant to title 9, chapter 21, for the purchase of lands for the purposes herein provided, to establish forest plantations or for the care and management of forests. Such governing body may undertake such work at regular or special meetings by a majority vote of such body after two (2) weeks' public notice setting forth the fact that such plan is contemplated and that moneys are to be appropriated for such purpose.
TN Code § 11-23-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Acquisition of Lands by Political Subdivisions for Forestry Purposes|§ 11-23-103. Rules and Provisions for Administration and Maintenance

 Upon the acquisition of any forests or of lands suitable for such under this chapter, the governing body shall notify the state forester who shall make such rules for the government and proper administration of the same as may be necessary. The governing body shall thereupon publish such rules, declare the uses of the forest in accord with the true intent hereof and make such provisions for its administration, maintenance, protection and development as shall be necessary or expedient.
TN Code § 11-23-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Acquisition of Lands by Political Subdivisions for Forestry Purposes|§ 11-23-104. Operation and Maintenance for Benefit of Inhabitants

 Such governing body has the full power and authority to acquire, maintain, manage and operate such forest for the benefit of the inhabitants of the county, municipality or other political subdivision under such technical supervision as the state forester may prescribe and in accordance with § 11-23-103.
TN Code § 11-23-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 23 - Acquisition of Lands by Political Subdivisions for Forestry Purposes|§ 11-23-105. Net Income Paid Into General Fund

 The net income from such lands shall be paid into the general fund of such county, municipality or political subdivision and shall be used only upon order of its governing body.