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TN Code § 65-17-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-106. Local Government Report on Permitting Activities

 On or before January 1, 2019, and on or before January 1 of each subsequent year, any local government that has adopted local legislation pursuant to this chapter shall submit a written report on its permitting activities to the agriculture and natural resources committee of the house of representatives and the energy, agriculture and natural resources committee of the senate. The report shall include, but not be limited to, data on the number of approved and denied permits, data summarizing the findings of the environmental impact assessment and wildlife impact assessments conducted during the permit process, data on the activities of any wind energy facilities currently in operation, and data on any decommissioned facilities.
TN Code § 65-17-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-107. Permit Does Not Preclude Need to Obtain Other Applicable Local, State, and Federal Permits, Licenses, or Approvals

 The issuance of a permit under this chapter shall not preclude the need for the applicant to obtain any and all other applicable local, state, or federal permits, licenses, or approvals. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the ability of a local government to plan for and regulate the siting or permitting of a wind energy facility or wind energy facility expansion in accordance with applicable land-use regulations authorized under titles 5 and 6 or the applicable requirements of this title.
TN Code § 65-17-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-108. Information Subject to Disclosure

 All permit applications and other documents received by a local legislative body pursuant to this chapter, and any documents used by the local legislative body to evaluate the permit application, shall be subject to disclosure under § 10-7-503; except, that at all times under this chapter, proprietary information contained in a permit application or in other documents received by the local government pursuant to this chapter, or in any other documents used by the local government to evaluate and approve or deny the permit applications, shall remain confidential and not subject to disclosure to the public pursuant to this section, § 10-7-503, or any other law.
TN Code § 65-17-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-109. Local Government Right to Injunctive Relief

  The local legislative body may seek injunctive relief or institute other appropriate actions or proceedings in the chancery court of:  The local government in which any violation of § 65-17-104 or of the local legislation occurred; or   The local government in which the person responsible for the violation resides or has the person's principal place of business to ensure compliance with this chapter.     The chancery court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining the violation of § 65-17-104 or of the local legislation. The institution of an injunctive action and of the proceedings under this section is in addition to, and not in lieu of, all civil penalties and other remedies prescribed in titles 5 and 6 for permit violations and violations of local legislation.
TN Code § 65-17-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-110. Dissemination of Model Local Legislation

 The municipal technical advisory service (MTAS) and the county technical assistance service (CTAS) shall disseminate model local legislation for use by local governments in establishing conditions and other regulations consistent with this chapter for the issuance of permits for wind energy facilities and wind energy facility expansions.
TN Code § 65-17-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-111. Chapter Supplemental to Other Law

 This chapter supplements any other provision of this title or other law to provide additional authority to regulate the siting and permitting of wind energy facilities and wind energy facility expansions. Nothing in this chapter prescribes an exclusive procedure or grants exclusive powers relating to the siting or permitting of wind energy facilities and wind energy facility expansions.
TN Code § 65-17-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-112. Chapter Applicability

 This chapter shall apply in the geographical boundaries of local governments whose local legislative bodies adopt local legislation pursuant to § 65-17-105. Once adopted, local legislation may only be revoked by the same method used to adopt it.
TN Code § 65-17-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 17 - Wind Energy Facility Siting|§ 65-17-113. Federal Preculsion

 In the event that the requirements of this chapter conflict with applicable federal law or regulations, the federal requirements shall take precedence over the conflicting requirements of this chapter.
TN Code § 65-18-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 18 - Incline Railroad Companies|§ 65-18-102. Gauge

 Incline railroad corporations are authorized to adopt such gauge as they may prefer.
TN Code § 65-18-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 18 - Incline Railroad Companies|§ 65-18-103. Construction of Track Across Highways, Streets and Alleys

 The line of track of the road shall be so constructed as not to interfere with the convenient travel of the public along the highways, county roads, streets, and alleys of cities, towns, and villages, and so as to allow carts, wagons, carriages, and other vehicles conveniently and safely to pass over or under the line of track, and so as not to interrupt travel on foot or horseback, or in vehicles of any kind, in the necessary and proper use of the public road, street, or alley in the usual and proper mode.
TN Code § 65-18-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 18 - Incline Railroad Companies|§ 65-18-104. Crossing Signs

 Boards, well supported by posts or otherwise, shall be placed, and constantly kept, across each public road, when the same is crossed on the same level by the track of the railway, the boards to be elevated so as not to obstruct travel, and, on each side of such board, there shall be printed in large letters, easily to be seen by the traveler, the words, “Railroad Crossing — Look Out for the Cars.”
TN Code § 65-18-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 18 - Incline Railroad Companies|§ 65-18-105. Municipal Regulations

 Such boards need not be put up at the crossing of streets and alleys in cities, towns, or villages, but such inclined cable railroad company shall be subject to such proper regulations made by the municipal authorities, in pursuance of general municipal powers, regulating speed, passage, and flaggers in such municipalities; and at crossings, and where there are sidings and switches, the whistle shall always be blown at a distance of not less than two hundred fifty (250) yards from every crossing of a public road.
TN Code § 65-18-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 18 - Incline Railroad Companies|§ 65-18-106. Private Crossings and Cowgaps

 Where land on both sides of a track is owned by the same proprietor, convenient crossings shall be made and kept up at the expense of the corporation for the use of the proprietor, and all necessary cowgaps made.
TN Code § 65-18-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 18 - Incline Railroad Companies|§ 65-18-107. Regulations for Running Trains — Freight and Passengers

 The board of directors shall fix regulations for the running of trains, for the transportation of passengers and property, and shall furnish sufficient accommodation for their safe, comfortable, and convenient transportation, and shall take, transport, and discharge such passengers and property at, from, and to such places, on the due payment of freight tolls, and fare legally authorized to be charged therefor; and, in case of the refusal of the corporation, its officers or agents, to take and transport any passenger, if not by law excused, or property, or to deliver the same, or either of them, at the regular and appointed time, such corporation shall pay to the party aggrieved all damages thereby suffered, with cost of suit. If any passenger refuses to pay the required fare, the conductor may put such passenger off the cars at any station or convenient point where such passenger can step on land. The corporation shall make no contract giving any person a preference in the speedy shipment of freight.
TN Code § 65-18-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 18 - Incline Railroad Companies|§ 65-18-108. Charge for Transportation

 The charge for transportation shall be not exceeding eight cents (8¢) per one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) on heavy articles, and three cents (3¢) per cubic foot on articles of measurement, per mile, and at the same rate for each fraction of a mile, and not exceeding fifty cents (50¢) per mile for each passenger, and at the same rate for each fraction of a mile, with power to make special contracts with shippers and passengers on their roads in regard to rates of freight, and so as not to exceed the amounts herein designated.
TN Code § 65-20-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Carriers|§ 65-20-101. Compressed Cotton

  It is unlawful for any common carrier, doing business in this state, to become a party to any combination or monopoly, for the purpose of controlling the compression of cotton, in bales, in the interest of special individuals, firms, or companies.   All such common carriers shall be required to receive all compressed cotton, and transport the same as such at regular schedule rates of freight, without discrimination as to individuals, firms, or compresses offering the same for shipment.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 65-20-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Carriers|§ 65-20-102. Refusal of or Failure to Receive Goods

  All common carriers, including express companies, doing business within this state, shall, after the receipt of freight or merchandise for delivery at their warehouse, depot, or station, notify the consignee, by written or printed notice, to be delivered to the consignee in person, at such consignee's place of business, if in the city or town where received; or, if not residing or doing business in the city or town, then through the post office, within three (3) days after the arrival of the goods.   Where nonperishable property which has been transported to destination is refused by the consignee or the party entitled to receive it or the consignee or party entitled to receive it fails to receive it within thirty (30) days after notice of arrival shall have been duly sent or given, the carrier may sell the same at public auction to the highest bidder at such place as may be designated by the carrier.   The carrier shall have first mailed, sent, or given to the consignor notice that the property has been refused or remains unclaimed, as the case may be, and that it will be subject to sale if disposition be not arranged for, and shall have published notice containing a description of the property, the name of the party to whom consigned, or, if shipper's order notify, the name of the party to be notified, and the time and place of sale, once a week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation at the place of sale or nearest place where such newspaper is published; provided, that thirty (30) days shall have elapsed before publication of notice of sale after the notice that the property was refused or remains unclaimed was mailed, sent, or given.   The proceeds of any sale made under subsection (b) shall be applied by the carrier to the payment of freight, demurrage, storage, and any other lawful charges and the expense of notice, advertisement, sale and other necessary expense and of caring for and maintaining the property, if proper care of the same requires special expense, and should there be a balance, it shall be paid to the owner of the property sold under this section.
TN Code § 65-20-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Carriers|§ 65-20-103. Claims for Lost or Damaged Freight and Overcharges

  All common carriers operating in this state are required to settle all claims for lost or damaged freight and overcharges on freight for which they are liable within a reasonable time, to wit:  Freight lost or damaged and overcharges on freight between two (2) given points on same line or system shall be paid within sixty (60) days from the filing of written notice with the agent of the company at the point of destination of the freight of the loss or damage thereof; and   Where freight is handled by two (2) or more carriers, roads or systems of roads, and the same is lost or damaged or an overcharge made, such claim shall be paid within ninety (90) days from the filing of written notice with the agent of the railroad company at the point of shipment or destination of the freight, by the consignor or consignee, of the loss or damage thereof or overcharge thereon;  provided, that this section shall only apply to claims against such common carriers where the amount claimed is fifty dollars ($50.00) or less.      Persons engaged as common carriers, in all cases where they fail to pay the claim mentioned in subsection (a) within sixty (60) or ninety (90) days, as the case may be, after notice filed as specified in subsection (a), shall be required to pay the owner of the freight, in addition to the loss and interest thereon, twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount recovered for the loss; provided, that the penalty shall not apply when it shall appear to the court trying the case that the common carrier has tendered within the time specified to the claimant an amount of money sufficient to cover the loss for which the common carrier is held to be liable.
TN Code § 65-20-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Carriers|§ 65-20-104. Nontransferable Passenger Tickets — Redemption of Passenger Tickets

  It is unlawful for any person, other than the authorized agent of the common carrier issuing the same, to sell or otherwise deal in or offer to sell any railroad, railway, steamship, or steamboat passenger ticket which shows that it was issued and sold below the standard schedule rate under contract with the original purchaser entered upon such ticket and signed by the original purchaser, to the effect that such ticket is nontransferable and void in the hands of any person other than the original purchaser thereof; provided, that nothing in this section nor in § 65-20-103 shall be construed as depriving the original purchaser of a transferable ticket of the right to sell same to a person who will in good faith personally use it in the prosecution of a journey.   It is the duty of every common carrier that shall have sold any ticket or other evidence of the purchaser's right to travel on its line, or any line of which it forms a part, to, if the whole of such ticket be unused, redeem the same, paying the original purchaser thereof, the actual amount for which the ticket was sold; or, if any part of such ticket be unused, to redeem such unused part, paying the original purchaser thereof at a rate which shall be equal to the difference between the price paid for the whole ticket and the price of a ticket between the points for which the ticket was actually used; provided, that such purchaser shall present such unused or partly used ticket for redemption within six (6) months after the date of its issuance, to the officer or agent who shall be authorized or designated by such common carrier to redeem unused or partly used tickets, and the officer shall within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of such ticket redeem the same as hereinbefore provided. Such redemption shall be made without cost of exchange or other expense to the purchaser of the ticket.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 65-20-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Carriers|§ 65-20-105. Passenger Rights Forfeited for Intoxication

 Any person who publicly drinks any intoxicating liquor, including wine, ale or beer, or is intoxicated on any railway passenger train, street car, omnibus or other public vehicle of passenger transportation in violation of § 39-17-310 thereby forfeits all rights as a passenger, and it is the duty of the conductor or person in charge of the vehicle of transportation to eject such passenger forthwith.
TN Code § 65-22-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 22 - Light, Heat and Power Companies|§ 65-22-101. Acquisition of Land

 Every corporation organized under the laws of any state of the United States and authorized to construct, own, and operate gas or electric plants or both for the purpose of furnishing gas or electricity or both to persons in this state or in this state and elsewhere, or authorized to engage in the business of reducing, generating, and furnishing light, heat, electricity and electrical and mechanical power generated or produced from steam power or water power obtained by a dam or dams across any stream or streams of water, or authorized to store, transport or distribute natural or artificial gas or oil to be used in producing light, heat or mechanical power, for sale to the public generally or to utility corporations for resale to the public generally, and, for any or all of such purposes, authorized to construct and maintain pipelines, is empowered to condemn and take upon paying or securing payment thereof, to purchase or otherwise acquire, such lands and interests in and by whomsoever owned as may be necessary or advisable in the construction, maintenance, and operation of either its gas or electric plants or both, and likewise to acquire the right to use, employ, and divert such water flowing in and running into any stream or watercourse as may be necessary or advisable in the exercise of its charter powers, such lands and interests in lands as may be necessary or advisable for establishing and maintaining its power houses, canals, flumes, conduits, pipelines, reservoirs, ponds, dams, transmission lines and other works, the rights-of-way for lines of poles, towers, wires, and transmission lines through any and all lands between its reservoirs, ponds, dams, power houses and other works and the cities and towns and other points at which its light, heat, water, electricity and electrical and mechanical or gas power may be transmitted, consumed or disposed of, such lands and interests in lands as may be necessary or advisable to place its electric wire, conductors, conduits, ditches, canals, flumes, pipelines, and transmission lines either above or underground; and every such corporation may at any time enter thereon and repair same or when deemed necessary or advisable may place additional equipment, appliances or appurtenances; provided, that such electric wires, conductors, conduits, ditches, canals, flumes, pipelines and transmission lines shall be placed in such manner as to do as little injury to the property of private persons as possible; and provided further, that every such corporation shall make compensation to the owners of the real estate condemned or taken through which its electric wires, conductors, conduits, ditches, canals, flumes, pipelines and transmission lines may be placed. If the owner and the corporation cannot agree upon the amount of compensation which should be paid, the taking shall proceed and the damages or compensation to be paid shall be assessed in the manner provided by title 29, chapter 16.
TN Code § 65-22-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 22 - Light, Heat and Power Companies|§ 65-22-102. Dams in Navigable Streams

  There shall be placed and maintained, in connection with the corporation's dam or dams and other works in navigable rivers and streams of this state, within the limits of navigation in such streams and rivers, a sluiceway, lock, or other fixture sufficient and so arranged as to permit logs, timber, lumber, and boats to pass around, through, or over the dam or dams or other works without unreasonable delay or hindrance, and without toll or charges.   Before the work is commenced in such navigable rivers and streams within the limits of navigation in such rivers and streams, the plans and details thereof shall be submitted to the secretary of the army of the United States for the secretary's approval. The secretary may at any time require such changes and alterations to be made in such works, at the expense of the corporation, as are deemed advisable and necessary in the interest of navigation.   The work permitted in this section to be done in navigable waters shall be subject to the supervision and approval of the engineer officer of the United States army in charge of the locality.
TN Code § 65-22-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 22 - Light, Heat and Power Companies|§ 65-22-103. Wires, Conduits, Conductors, Pipes, and Pipelines

 Such corporation, after having first obtained permission from the governing authorities thereof, is invested with the privilege of extending and placing its electric wires, conduits, conductors, pipes, and pipelines along, through, or upon all or any of the streets, lanes, and alleys of the cities, towns, and villages in which it may operate; and in, through, and along any and all of the roads and public highways of the counties, for the purpose of supplying electricity, or electric or mechanical power to the inhabitants thereof for heat, light, manufacturing, domestic, or sanitary or other purposes; and for such purposes it may make any and all necessary excavations in and along the same after first obtaining permission from the governing authorities of the incorporated cities, towns, and villages, and when outside of any incorporated towns, of the governing authority of the county in which same is located; but all excavation shall be made in such manner as to give the least inconvenience to the public, and shall be replaced with all possible speed by and at the expense of the corporation in as substantial manner as found before being excavated.
TN Code § 65-22-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 22 - Light, Heat and Power Companies|§ 65-22-104. Contracts for Services

 Such corporation may also contract with cities, towns, and villages, and with persons, for supplying them with water, light, heat, electricity, electrical and mechanical powers, and any other article or thing which it may produce or handle.