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TN Code § 58-8-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 8 - Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004|§ 58-8-107. Discretion of Participating Entities to Respond — Withdrawal of Aid or Assistance — Mutual Aid for Emergency Medical Services

  This chapter does not create a duty on participating governmental entities to respond to a request for aid or assistance nor to stay at the scene of an occurrence or emergency for any length of time. Upon receipt of a request for aid or assistance, a potential responding party shall determine whether and to what extent it will provide the aid or assistance. If the potential responding party determines in its complete discretion that it is not in its best interest to provide aid or assistance, it shall notify the requesting party of its decision as soon as possible. If the potential responding party determines that aid or assistance can be provided, it shall communicate the following information to the requesting party as soon as possible:  A description of what personnel, equipment, and other resources it will provide;   An estimate of the length of time aid or assistance will be available; and   An estimated time of arrival at the scene or designated meeting place.     The responding party may withdraw aid or assistance at any time. The responding party shall notify the requesting party as soon as possible of any decision to withdraw aid or assistance.   The provisions of this section that require certain actions are directory rather than mandatory and do not create a public or special duty on the part of any participating governmental entity.   In addition to any agreement for mutual aid made under title 5 or title 12, a governmental entity is authorized to respond to a request for mutual aid for emergency medical services under § 58-8-105(e) from a county that is contiguous to the requesting county or governmental entity for occurrences that involve serious injuries or possible loss of life in instances that might not reasonably lead to a declared emergency. A county is authorized to enter into a mutual aid agreement under title 12 to permit routine and automatic approval of and response to such requests.
TN Code § 58-8-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 8 - Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004|§ 58-8-108. Command of the Scene — Delegation of Command

 The representative or representatives of the requesting party authorized to be in charge of emergency response at the scene shall be in command at the scene as to strategy, tactics, and overall direction of the operations. The requesting party may delegate command as needed. Generally accepted incident command procedures shall be implemented and followed. The responding party shall designate supervisory personnel for its employees sent to render aid or assistance. All orders or directions regarding the operations of the responding party shall be relayed to the responding party through these designated supervisory personnel unless a different arrangement is determined by the parties in the field to be more advantageous.
TN Code § 58-8-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 8 - Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004|§ 58-8-109. Scope of Authority — Workers' Compensation Coverage — Liability

  When employees of the responding party are sent from the employing jurisdiction to another jurisdiction or jurisdictions in response to a request for aid or assistance under this chapter, they have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as if they were performing their duties in the jurisdiction in which they normally function.   Employees of the responding party will be considered as the responding party's employees at all times while performing their duties under this chapter for purposes of the workers' compensation law and for that purpose will be considered as acting within the course and scope of their employment with the responding party.   Under § 29-20-107(f), for liability purposes only, employees of the responding party are to be considered employees of the requesting party while performing their duties under this chapter at the scene of the occurrence or emergency or other locations necessary for the response while under the supervision of the requesting party. At all other times in the response, including traveling to the scene and returning to the employing jurisdiction, such employees are to be considered for liability purposes to be employees of the responding party.
TN Code § 58-8-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 8 - Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004|§ 58-8-110. Immunity

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to remove any immunity from, defenses to, or limitation on liability provided by the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, compiled in title 29, chapter 20, or other law.
TN Code § 58-8-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 8 - Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004|§ 58-8-112. Existing Mutual Aid Agreements

 Governmental entities that are parties to existing mutual aid agreements may by resolution of their governing bodies determine to continue to operate under those agreements until they expire or are terminated. If a governmental entity does not affirm the continued existence of the agreement, it shall expire on July 1, 2004, and this chapter applies. If the governmental entity affirms an agreement, the terms of the agreement and applicable authorizing law will continue to govern activities under the agreement. Mutual aid agreements between Tennessee governmental entities and governmental entities in other states are not affected by this chapter and continue to be authorized and governed by the Interlocal Cooperation Act, compiled in title 12, chapter 9, and other applicable law. Except for the continuation of existing agreements as provided in this section, any new agreements made after July 1, 2004, and aid or assistance provided at the request of TEMA under § 58-2-113, this chapter is the exclusive method for providing mutual aid and emergency assistance between governmental entities.
TN Code § 58-8-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 8 - Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004|§ 58-8-113. Authority to Provide Aid or Assistance in Any Area of the State

 In addition to any other authority provided by this chapter, any governmental entity may provide aid or assistance in any area of the state to any state or federal agency upon request by the state or federal agency, and the governmental entity and its employees will be subject to the same protections and immunities they have under this chapter in furnishing aid or assistance to other governmental entities. This section and any other portion of this chapter are in addition to and not in substitution for, and do not diminish, the authority provided in § 58-2-113 or any other law that authorizes a local governmental entity to respond to a request for aid or assistance from TEMA or any other state or federal agency. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require that employees of the responding party are to be considered employees of the state or any of its agencies for any purpose.
TN Code § 58-8-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 8 - Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004|§ 58-8-114. Recognition and Enforcement of Laws Regarding Tort Liability

 When any other state provides that it will recognize and enforce the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, compiled in title 29, chapter 20, and other Tennessee laws governing the tort liability of Tennessee's governmental entities and their employees in any case brought in that state's courts against the governmental entity or its employees arising from aid or assistance provided by a Tennessee governmental entity in that state, Tennessee shall recognize and enforce that state's laws relative to the tort liability of its political subdivisions and their employees and agents in any case brought in a Tennessee court against the political subdivision or its employees and agents arising from aid or assistance provided by the political subdivision of that state in Tennessee.
TN Code § 58-8-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 8 - Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004|§ 58-8-115. Reimbursement of Eligible Costs to Governmental Utility System

  Notwithstanding § 58-8-111(b), a governmental utility system that is a responding party is eligible for reimbursement and entitled to one hundred percent (100%) reimbursement of eligible costs after the state of emergency is declared.   For purposes of a governmental utility system that is a responding party, “then-prevailing wages, including benefits and overtime” in § 58-8-111(c) means the present wage structure, including benefits and overtime, of the governmental utility system that is a responding party.   For purposes of this section, “governmental utility system” means a governmental entity that provides electric, gas, sewer, water, wastewater, telephone, cable or other like service, or any combination of these services, and is limited to these operations of the governmental entity and does not extend to other operations or functions of the governmental entity.   Notwithstanding § 58-8-111, governmental utility systems and nongovernmental utilities that enter into mutual assistance agreements for the purposes of providing aid or assistance to one another are eligible for reimbursement of all out-of-pocket costs incurred by the responding party.
TN Code § 58-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 9 - West Tennessee Seismic Safety Commission|§ 58-9-101. Creation of Commission — Composition — Quorum — Terms of Office — Compensation — Information and Services From the Center for Earthquake Research and Information

  There is created the west Tennessee seismic safety commission, which shall be attached administratively to the University of Memphis.   The commission shall consist of twelve (12) members, to be appointed as follows: two (2) members chosen by the speaker of the house of representatives, two (2) members chosen by the speaker of the senate and eight (8) members appointed by the governor. The members shall include persons who represent the following professional areas: architecture, fire protection, public utilities, engineering, geology or seismology, local government, insurance, business, emergency health services, nonprofit emergency assistance, local education and emergency management.   The commission shall annually elect a chair and vice chair from its membership. A quorum shall consist of seven (7) members. All commission members shall be residents of the state and shall have reasonable knowledge of issues relating to earthquakes.   The term of office for each member of the commission shall be four (4) years, except that of the initial appointments, six (6) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years and six (6) members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years. Any member may be removed from office by the governor for cause. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the governor shall make an appointment for the unexpired term.   Each member of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall receive compensation for travel expenses. All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.   The center for earthquake research and information, created by § 49-8-602, is authorized and directed to provide any information or services requested by the commission.
TN Code § 58-9-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 9 - West Tennessee Seismic Safety Commission|§ 58-9-102. Authority of Commission

 The commission shall have the authority to:   Accept grants, contributions and appropriations from public agencies, private foundations or individuals;   Appoint committees from its membership, appoint advisory committees from interested public and private groups, and appoint ex officio members, to advise the commission, who shall not be entitled to vote;   Contract for or employ, subject to appropriations made for that purpose, any professional and research services required by the commission or required for the performance of necessary work and services that, in the commission's opinion, cannot satisfactorily be performed by its officers and employees or by other federal, state or local governmental agencies;   Enter into agreements to act cooperatively with private nonprofit scientific, educational or professional associations or foundations engaged in promoting seismic safety in Tennessee; and   Do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
TN Code § 58-9-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 9 - West Tennessee Seismic Safety Commission|§ 58-9-103. Comprehensive Program to Prepare for Responding to a Major Earthquake

 The commission shall initiate, with the assistance and participation of other state, federal and local government agencies, a comprehensive program to prepare the state for responding to a major earthquake. The program shall be implemented in order to create specific tools or products to be used by governments in responding to an earthquake, such as educational materials for citizens. This program may be implemented on a prototypical basis in one (1) area of the state affected by earthquake predictions; provided, that the program is useful for application in other areas of the state upon its completion.
TN Code § 58-9-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 9 - West Tennessee Seismic Safety Commission|§ 58-9-104. Commission Responsibilities

 The commission is responsible for all of the following in connection with earthquake hazard mitigation:   Setting goals and priorities in the public and private sectors;   Requesting appropriate state agencies, including the emergency management agency, to devise criteria to promote earthquake and disaster safety;   Recommending program changes to state agencies, local agencies and the private sector where the changes would improve earthquake hazards and reduction;   Reviewing the recovery and reconstruction efforts after damaging earthquakes;   Gathering, analyzing and disseminating information;   Encouraging research;   Helping to coordinate the earthquake safety activities of government at all levels; and   Establishing and maintaining necessary working relationships with any boards, commissions, departments and agencies or other public or private organizations.
TN Code § 58-9-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense|Chapter 9 - West Tennessee Seismic Safety Commission|§ 58-9-105. Implementation

 To implement its responsibilities, the commission may:   Review state budgets and review grant proposals, other than those grant proposals submitted by institutions of postsecondary education to the federal government, for earthquake-related activities and to advise the governor and the general assembly thereon;   Review programs relating to earthquake safety and advise the governor and the general assembly concerning earthquake hazard mitigation proposals; and   Recommend the addition, deletion or changing of state and local agency standards when, in the commission's view, the existing situation creates undue hazards or when new developments would promote earthquake hazard mitigation.
TN Code § 59-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Chief and District Mine Inspectors|§ 59-1-101. Owners and Operators to Make Annual Statistical Reports — Inspection of Books

  Every owner or operator engaged in mining, quarrying, or production of coal, cobalt, copper, fluorspar, gold, iron ores, lead, zinc, manganese, natural and other gas, petroleum, phosphate rock, platinum, silver, marble and other stone, gypsum, ocher, pyrites, clay products, slate or other minerals, or engaged in the manufacture of coke, coal tar, gas, pig iron, ammonium sulphate, gas coke, Portland and other natural cements and all other by-products of any other mineral produced in this state, shall on or before February 15 of each year make out and send to the department of labor and workforce development on a form prescribed by the division a detailed annual report giving statistics and information concerning the output of mines or plants or other business, the tonnage or man hours for mines that do not measure tons mined, number of employees, and the estimated number of days worked.   It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person to fail or refuse to furnish the department any and all information called for in the annual report as above provided for each day of delay, any fine to go to this state. It is the duty of the commissioner of labor and workforce development or the commissioner's designated representative to report such failure to the district attorney general of the district where the mine, quarry, plant, or other work is situated; and in the event of the failure to furnish such information, it shall be the duty of the commissioner or the commissioner's designated representative to call upon such persons and inspect such books and records as will give the information above provided for; and such person shall be required to permit examination of all necessary books or records.
TN Code § 59-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Chief and District Mine Inspectors|§ 59-1-102. False Statements in Statistical Reports — Penalty

  It is unlawful for any person required to furnish statistical reports to any state department to knowingly and willfully make a false statement in any detail of such reports.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 59-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Chief and District Mine Inspectors|§ 59-1-103. Annual License Required for Mine Operation — Posting

  The owner or operator of each mine shall procure from the department of labor and workforce development a license to operate a mine, and the license shall not be transferable. Any person who assumes control of a mine, opens a new mine, or reopens an abandoned mine shall procure a license to operate the mine before mining operations are begun. All licenses are valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance and shall be renewed annually.   The license shall be in such printed form as the department of labor and workforce development may prescribe and when issued shall be kept posted at a conspicuous place near the main entrance of the mine.
TN Code § 59-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Chief and District Mine Inspectors|§ 59-1-104. License — Fee

  Requests for such license shall be made to the department of labor and workforce development, giving name and address and such requests shall be accompanied by a post office money order or cashier's or certified check drawn in favor of the state treasurer in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each surface coal or metal mine and five hundred dollars ($500) for each underground coal or metal mine. All funds derived from this section shall be expendable receipts of the department, shall be in addition to the appropriations made to the department by the general assembly, and shall not revert to the general fund at the end of a fiscal year or biennium.   Notwithstanding subsection (a), the commissioner of labor and workforce development shall increase the amount of the license fees charged under this section to the extent necessary to offset the reduction of the department's appropriation for mine licensing operations under the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2000-2001.
TN Code § 59-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 1 - Chief and District Mine Inspectors|§ 59-1-105. Failure to Obtain License

 Any owner or operator operating a mine and who fails to obtain a license as required by §§ 59-1-103 and 59-1-104 shall forfeit the right to operate a mine in this state, and the commissioner of labor and workforce development or the commissioner's designated agent shall have the authority to close the mine until the license is obtained as provided for by those sections.
TN Code § 59-10-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 10 - Interstate Mining Compact|§ 59-10-102. Board of Reclamation Review to Be Advisory Body. [Current Version. See Second Version of Section and the Compiler's notes.]

 The Tennessee board of water quality, oil, and gas [See the Compiler's Notes], established by [former] § 59-8-321 [repealed. See the Compiler's Notes], the “Tennessee Surface Mining Law,” shall be the advisory body referred to in Article V(a) of the Interstate Mining Compact. Any duties of any member of the board relating to the compact are official duties of the board within the meaning of [former] § 59-8-321 [repealed. See the Compiler's Notes].
TN Code § 59-10-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 10 - Interstate Mining Compact|§ 59-10-102. Board of Reclamation Review to Be Advisory Body. [Contingent Amendment. See First Version of Section and the Compiler's notes.]

 The Tennessee board of energy and natural resources, created by § 69-3-104, the “Tennessee Surface Mining Law,” shall be the advisory body referred to in Article V(a) of the Interstate Mining Compact. Any duties of any member of the board relating to the compact are official duties of the board within the meaning of [former] § 59-8-321 [repealed. See the Compiler's Notes].
TN Code § 59-10-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 10 - Interstate Mining Compact|§ 59-10-103. Commission Bylaws to Be Filed With State Officers

 In accordance with Article V(i) of the compact, the commission shall file copies of its bylaws and any amendments thereto with the governor, secretary of state, and commissioner of environment and conservation.
TN Code § 59-10-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 10 - Interstate Mining Compact|§ 59-10-104. Commissioner of Environment and Conservation or Designee to Be Official Representative of Governor

 The commissioner of environment and conservation, or the commissioner's designee, shall be the official representative of the governor in the event the governor is unable to attend any meeting of the interstate mining commission or to perform any other function in connection with the business of such commission.