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TN Code § 11-6-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-112. Violations — Penalties — Enforcement Powers

  All acts declared to be misdemeanors in this part, and not otherwise classified, are Class A misdemeanors.   All acts declared to be felonies in this part, and not otherwise classified, are Class E felonies.   When properly commissioned and qualified by the commissioner of environment and conservation, employees of the division of archaeology shall have all of the police powers necessary to enforce all state laws and all rules and regulations made and published by the department regarding archaeological sites which are authorized for park superintendents and park rangers by § 11-3-107, within any of the archaeological sites for the purpose of enforcing §§ 11-6-104 — 11-6-106.
TN Code § 11-6-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-113. Contracts and Cooperative Agreements — Authorization

 The department of transportation is hereby authorized and directed to enter into appropriate contracts and cooperative agreements with the division of archaeology and the United States bureau of public roads and to expend funds, both state and federal, in aid of archaeological survey, salvage, and preservation on any lands and rights-of-way now or hereafter coming into its control in order that the purposes of this chapter shall be achieved.
TN Code § 11-6-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-114. Acceptance of Gifts and Grants — Title to Land

  The division of archaeology is hereby authorized to accept grants, bequests, devises, gifts, and donations for purposes of furthering the state program in archaeology and to expend funds so received for those purposes.   The department of environment and conservation has full power to accept and hold title to land or interests in land in the name of the state for the purposes of this chapter.
TN Code § 11-6-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-115. Tennessee Archaeological Society — Support of Programs

  The division of archaeology is hereby authorized to assist and support the programs of the Tennessee Archaeological Society to the extent that the purposes and aims of the two (2) coincide.   The Tennessee Archaeological Society is hereby requested to assist and cooperate with the purposes and programs of the division of archaeology.
TN Code § 11-6-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-116. Excavation of Areas Containing Native American Indian Human Remains — On-Site Representatives — Notice of Intent to Remove Remains

  When a burial ground or other area containing human remains of Native American Indians is excavated, representatives of Native American Indians shall have a right to be present on the site at all times excavation or treatment of such remains is taking place.   The department shall promulgate regulations governing application procedures for and the number of representatives to be present on sites.   Any person engaged in work involving the removal of Native American Indian human remains must notify the state archaeologist in writing at least ten (10) days prior to the time a petition is filed under title 46, chapter 4. Within two (2) business days of receiving such notice, the state archaeologist shall forward such notice to the Native American members of the archaeological advisory council and the chair of the Tennessee commission of Indian affairs.
TN Code § 11-6-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-117. Display of Native American Indian Human Remains

 There shall be no public exhibition or display of Native American Indian human remains, except as evidence in a judicial proceeding.
TN Code § 11-6-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-118. Import or Export of Human Remains

  The import into Tennessee or the export from Tennessee of human remains is prohibited except in the following instances:  Import or export by hospitals, medical schools, colleges or universities for education or research purposes;   Import for burial or reburial in Tennessee or export for burial or reburial in another state or country;   Import or export for preparation for burial or reburial; or   Import or export for use as evidence in any judicial proceeding.     A violation of subsection (a) is a Class E felony.   Any remains so imported or exported shall be confiscated and subject to disposition as provided in §§ 11-6-104 and 11-6-119.
TN Code § 11-6-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-119. Reburial of Human Remains or Native American Burial Objects Following Discovery or Confiscation

 Any human remains or any Native American burial objects discovered in the course of an excavation, exhumation or accidentally, and any such remains and their associated burial objects confiscated under § 11-6-118, shall be properly reburied following scientific analysis within six (6) months of such discovery or confiscation in accordance with procedures formulated by the advisory council which are appropriate to Native American traditions. Upon request for scientific or medical research, the director of the division may grant an extension of not more than six (6) months before reburial is required.
TN Code § 11-6-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-120. Volunteer Programs — Providing Archaeological Information to Schools and Other Interest Groups — Tennessee Archaeology Awareness Week

  Within existing resources and personnel, the division is authorized to carry out a coordinated program using qualified volunteers to implement the purposes of this part pursuant to § 11-6-101.   The division may establish an organized program of providing archaeological information and programs to schools and other interest groups.   The division may establish and coordinate activities focused on one (1) special week of the year to promote the archaeological heritage of Tennessee. This week shall be designated the “Tennessee Archaeology Awareness Week.”
TN Code § 11-6-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 6 - Archaeology|§ 11-6-121. Abandoned Shipwrecks

  Since the congress has found that the state has certain responsibilities under the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987, Public Law No. 100-298 (43 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq.), the division of archaeology is authorized to:  Develop a plan regarding significant shipwreck sites in Tennessee which will include management strategies for the preservation and conservation of shipwrecks;   Recognize important events and geographic locations in the history and development of river navigation;   Establish a geographic data base and an information system that can be used to locate, track, and cross-reference significant shipwrecks;   Acquire or provide funds for the research and identification of shipwrecks; and   Expend funds received from state appropriations and other sources to make grants to municipalities, counties, and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of this section.     The division is authorized, in carrying out its purposes, to:  Accept loans or grants, or both, of money, materials or property of any kind from the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof upon such terms and conditions as the United States or such agency or instrumentality may impose;   Receive and accept loans, gifts, grants, donations, or contributions of property, facilities, or services, with or without consideration from any person, firm, or corporation, or from the state or any agency or instrumentality thereof or from any county, municipal corporation or local government or governing body; and   Hold, use, administer and expend such sum or sums as may hereafter be received as income, as gifts or as appropriations from the general assembly for any of the purposes of the division.
TN Code § 11-7-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2005|§ 11-7-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2005.”
TN Code § 11-7-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2005|§ 11-7-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:   “Board” means the governing body of the Tennessee heritage conservation trust fund;   “Nonprofit organization” means an entity that is exempt from federal income taxation under § 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(a)), as an organization described in § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)); and   “Trust fund” means the Tennessee heritage conservation trust fund.
TN Code § 11-7-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2005|§ 11-7-105. Authority of Board

 In carrying out the purposes of the trust fund, the board is authorized to do the following:   Acquire for the state, by purchase or by donation, and convey, sell, exchange, lease or otherwise transfer any interest in real property; the board, however, does not have the power of eminent domain;   Make grants or loans to state, federal or local governments and to nonprofit organizations, in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, grants or loans provided to acquire a fee simple or other interest in real property;   Enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, other than grants or loans pursuant to subdivision (2), with state, federal and local governments, with private individuals and corporations, and with associations and organizations, as the trust fund may deem necessary or convenient for the fund to carry out the purposes of this chapter;   Adopt, amend and repeal bylaws;   Adopt policies and guidelines for the use of the trust fund, including the procedure for identifying projects, establishing conservation priorities and allocating money from the trust fund;   Make such studies and recommendations concerning the conservation programs and policies of the department of environment and conservation as it may deem appropriate to a sound conservation program; and   Take any other necessary actions to carry out this chapter.
TN Code § 11-7-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2005|§ 11-7-107. Acquisitions and Disposals of Interests in Real Property

 Acquisitions and disposals of any interest in real property, other than the acquisition of conservation easements and reversionary interests, acquired for the state by the trust fund, or the nonprofit organization created under § 11-7-103(f), shall be subject to the requirements of § 4-15-102(d) and § 12-2-112. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the acquisition of conservation easements and reversionary interests by the trust fund and the acquisition of any interest in real property by a non-state public agency, or a nonprofit organization using grant funds received from the trust fund, shall only require that such real property interest be promptly reported to the state building commission, and shall not be subject to § 4-15-102(d) or § 12-2-112, or any other approval otherwise required by state law.
TN Code § 11-7-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2005|§ 11-7-108. Exemption From Taxes

 Real property in which the trust fund acquires a fee simple interest for the state shall be exempt from all state and local property taxes.
TN Code § 11-7-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2005|§ 11-7-109. Conservation Compensation Fund — Determination of Tax Ramifications — Reimbursement for Lost Taxes

  There is hereby created a special agency account in the state general fund to be known as the conservation compensation fund. Expenditures from such fund shall only be made to implement and effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Funds deposited in such fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year, and all interest accruing on investments and deposits of the fund shall be returned to and made a part of the fund.   On or before January 1 of each year, the commissioner of general services shall certify to the comptroller of the treasury such information as is necessary to identify the parcels of property that have been rendered tax exempt through acquisition by the state pursuant to this chapter during the prior fiscal year. The comptroller of the treasury shall determine the appropriate tax rate and assessed value of each such parcel of property, and on or before March 1 of each year, shall certify to the commissioner of finance and administration the amount of property tax revenue lost by each affected city or county the prior fiscal year. The assessed value shall be based on the use value provided for in title 67, chapter 5, part 10, if the property is of sufficient size to have been classified under that part. Acquisition by the state, pursuant to this chapter, of property classified under title 67, chapter 5, part 10, shall not constitute a change in the use of the property, and no rollback taxes shall become due solely as a result of such acquisition. If the property is not of sufficient size to have been classified under title 67, chapter 5, part 10, the assessed value shall be determined according to the same basis as other like property within the jurisdiction. Each subsequent yearly reimbursement amount shall be based on the same assessed value, tax rate and use in effect on the date of purchase. The commissioner of finance and administration shall reimburse each affected city and county the amount so determined, from funds available in the conservation compensation fund. In any year in which funds available in the conservation compensation fund are insufficient to fully reimburse such cities and counties, the commissioner of finance and administration shall effect a transfer of funds from the Tennessee heritage conservation trust fund to the conservation compensation fund, in an amount sufficient to fully reimburse the affected cities and counties. Funds transferred from the Tennessee heritage conservation trust fund to the conservation compensation fund, along with interest, if any, accruing on such funds after their transfer to the conservation compensation fund, shall be expended to reimburse affected cities and counties only for lands acquired by the state under this chapter.
TN Code § 11-7-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2005|§ 11-7-110. Executive Director

  In carrying out the purposes of the trust fund, the commissioner of environment and conservation is authorized to appoint an executive director to carry out this chapter.   The commissioner of environment and conservation shall set the salary for the executive director.   The executive director may hire other staff necessary to carry out this chapter.
TN Code § 11-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 8 - Ocoee River Recreation and Economic Development Fund Act|§ 11-8-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Ocoee River Recreation and Economic Development Fund Act.”
TN Code § 11-8-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 8 - Ocoee River Recreation and Economic Development Fund Act|§ 11-8-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:   “Board” means the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund board created pursuant to § 11-8-104;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's designee;   “Department” means the department of environment and conservation;   “Development fund” means the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund;   “Nonprofit organization” means an entity that is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)), as it may be amended;   “Ocoee River management zone” means the area of land managed by the department in accordance with agreements with the Tennessee Valley authority and U.S. forest service;   “Ocoee River recreation fee” means the fee deposited in the development fund pursuant to the issuance of a permit as authorized in § 11-8-107(a); and   “Rafting season” means the time period within a calendar year commencing on the date of the first release of water from the Ocoee River dams for recreational purposes by the Tennessee Valley authority and concluding on the date of the last release of water from such dams for recreational purposes.
TN Code § 11-8-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 8 - Ocoee River Recreation and Economic Development Fund Act|§ 11-8-103. Ocoee River Recreation and Economic Development Fund — Purpose of Chapter

  The Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund is established as a special agency account in the general fund.   The purpose of this chapter is to support recreational water releases on the Ocoee River, to provide for management of the Ocoee River management zone by Tennessee State Parks, and to encourage the economic growth of the Ocoee River.   All revenue collected from the Ocoee River recreation fee, pursuant to § 11-8-107, shall be deposited into the development fund.   The development fund shall be available to the commissioner for expenditures for the following purposes:  All costs incurred by the department associated with management of the Ocoee River management zone; and   Expenses of the board and the department associated with administration of the development fund.     Subject to availability of sufficient moneys in the development fund beyond those needed for expenditures for the purposes stated in subsection (d), the commissioner and the board may use the development fund for expenditures for the following purposes:  Infrastructure upgrades to the Ocoee River management zone;   Tourism promotion and economic development activities that benefit the Ocoee River management zone; and   Other reasonable expenses as determined by the commissioner or the board to be necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.     The development fund may accept funds from any public or private entity and may solicit private grants or donations.   Moneys from the development fund shall not be transferred or otherwise revert to the general fund.   The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the development fund, in accordance with § 9-4-603, except as qualified by this chapter. The state treasurer shall hold the development fund separate and apart from all other moneys, funds, and accounts.   Any balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year in the development fund shall be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year.   Investment earnings credited to the assets of the development fund, including, but not limited to, interest, shall be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year.   Moneys received by a nonprofit entity created pursuant to § 11-8-105(a)(3), shall be expended only in accordance with, and for the purposes stated in, this chapter.
TN Code § 11-8-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 11 - Natural Areas and Recreation|Chapter 8 - Ocoee River Recreation and Economic Development Fund Act|§ 11-8-104. Ocoee River Recreation and Economic Development Fund Board

  On July 1, 2018, there is established the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund board. The board shall be attached to the department of environment and conservation for administrative purposes, but shall be independent of the department.    The board shall consist of nine (9) voting members as follows:  The manager of the Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park;   The comptroller of the treasury, or the comptroller's designee;   The state treasurer, or the treasurer's designee;   The Polk County mayor;   One (1) member, appointed by the governor, who represents economic development interests;   One (1) member, appointed by the governor, who represents private boater interests; and   Three (3) members, appointed by the governor, who are Ocoee River management zone commercial permit holders.     The following shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the board:  The commissioner of environment and conservation, or the commissioner's designee;   The commissioner of tourism, or the commissioner's designee;   The commissioner of economic and community development, or the commissioner's designee;   The executive director of the wildlife resources agency, or the executive director's designee;   The member of the house of representatives whose legislative district includes the majority of the Ocoee River management zone; and   The member of the senate whose legislative district includes the majority of the Ocoee River management zone.       Appointed board members shall serve four-year, renewable terms. In order that the members of the board serve staggered terms, the initial appointments to the board shall consist of:  One (1) commercial permit holder member to serve a term of two (2) years;   One (1) commercial permit holder member and one (1) private boater member to serve a term of three (3) years; and   One (1) commercial permit holder member and one (1) economic development member to serve a term of four (4) years.     The initial members of the board shall be appointed by June 15, 2018, and take office on July 1, 2018. All subsequent appointments shall be made by June 15, begin on July 1, and expire on June 30 of the appropriate years.   Should a board position become vacant through resignation, removal, or other cause, the governor shall appoint a new member to serve the unexpired term. A board member shall continue to serve on the board after the expiration of the member's term until a new member is appointed.   Seven (7) members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business.   Board members shall receive no compensation for their service on the board, but may be reimbursed for those expenses allowed by the comprehensive travel regulations, as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.