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TN Code § 54-1-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-134. Vandalism of State Highway Structures

   As used in this subsection (a), “state highway structure” includes any state highway facility; building; bridge; overpass; tunnel; barricade; fence; wall; traffic control device; right-of-way; sign or marker of any nature whatsoever erected upon or maintained within or adjacent to a state highway or the state highway right-of-way by any authorized source or under the authority of the department; and letters or figures of any nature whatsoever on any sign, marker, barricade or fence.   It is an offense for any person who is not authorized to construct or repair a state highway structure to knowingly carve upon, write, paint or otherwise mark upon, deface, rearrange, or alter any state highway structure.   It is an offense for any person who is not authorized to construct or repair a state highway structure to knowingly, in any manner, destroy, damage, knock down, mutilate, mar, steal or remove any state highway structure.   A violation of subdivision (a)(2) or (a)(3) is a Class A misdemeanor.   Whenever any state highway structure described in this subsection (a) is damaged knowingly or negligently by any person, firm or corporation, the person, firm or corporation shall be liable for the damage to the state highway structure, to be recovered by a civil action in the name of the state. The civil action shall be instituted by the attorney general and reporter, whose duty it shall be to represent the state in the action.      Any person who reports information to a law enforcement officer that leads to the apprehension and conviction of a person for a violation of this section shall receive a reward of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). The county where the conviction occurs shall provide the reward money from the proceeds of the fines collected under this section.   The proceeds from the fines imposed for violations of this section shall be collected by the respective court clerks and then deposited in a dedicated county fund. The fund shall not revert to the county general fund at the end of a fiscal year but shall remain for the vandalism enforcement rewards established in subdivision (b)(1).   Each county shall expend the funds generated by the fines provided for in this section by appropriation for the vandalism enforcement rewards. Excess funds, if any, may be expended for litter control programs on adoption of an appropriate resolution by the county legislative body.
TN Code § 54-1-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-135. Transportation System Failure

  In the event of a transportation system failure, an imminent threat of a failure, or other emergency that the commissioner reasonably believes would present a hazard to the traveling public or a significant delay in transportation, then the commissioner shall have the authority to enter into contracts narrowly tailored to remedy the actual or imminent failure or other emergency by one of the following methods:  When conditions allow, bids will be taken at a special letting. The commissioner is authorized to waive any provisions of this title related to bidding to effectuate this special letting including advertisement, time periods and notice; or   If the commissioner determines that the failure, threatened failure, or other emergency requires immediate attention, then the commissioner may enter into a contract through noncompetitive selection of a prequalified contractor available to undertake the repairs immediately.     In the event the commissioner enters into a contract under this section, the commissioner shall provide immediate written notice to the commissioner of finance and administration and to the comptroller. Within thirty (30) days of the commissioner entering into a contract under this section, copies of all bids and supporting documentation shall be filed with the fiscal review committee.
TN Code § 54-1-136 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-1-136. Biofuels and the Implementation of Incentives to Encourage the Production of Biofuels

  The department of transportation is authorized to undertake public-private partnerships with transportation fuel providers, including, but not limited to, farmer co-ops, to install a network of refueling facilities, including storage tanks and fuel pumps, dedicated to dispensing biofuels, including, but not limited to, ethanol (E85) and biodiesel (B20).   To accomplish the purposes of this section, the department may establish a grant program to render financial assistance to help pay the capital costs of purchasing, preparing, and installing fuel storage tanks and fuel pumps for biofuels at private sector fuel stations. The department may apply for, and make reasonable efforts to secure, federal assistance and other funding sources for the grant program. The department may attempt to maximize the total investment in biofuel refueling facilities.   For the purpose of establishing biofuel storage tanks and fuel pumps at private sector fuel stations, the department shall use any federally-appropriated funds or the general assembly may appropriate the funds to the department from sources other than the state highway fund.    The Tennessee department of agriculture shall have the authority to inspect and test biofuels under the Kerosene and Motor Fuels Quality Inspection Act of 1989, compiled in title 47, chapter 18, part 13.   The department of agriculture is authorized to develop and implement an alternative fuel research program to stimulate public and private research into both the technology of converting Tennessee agriculture products, including, but not limited to, soybeans, switchgrass and other biomass, into alternative fuels and the production capabilities needed to deliver alternative fuels to Tennessee consumers.     No expenditure of public funds, pursuant to this section, shall be made in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 2000d.   The department may also develop and implement a program to encourage all political subdivisions of the state and public colleges and universities to increase the number of vehicles that use alternative fuels in the fleets of all political subdivisions, colleges, or universities.
TN Code § 54-1-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Unlawful Acts|§ 54-1-201. Contracts in Which Officers of Department of Transportation or Relatives Interested Prohibited and Void

 No contract shall be let to or made with any person in which any officer of the department of transportation is interested, directly or indirectly, or with whom any officer of the department is knowingly related, either by blood or marriage within the fourth degree, computing by the civil law. Nor shall any stockholder or other person in any way interested in any firm or corporation be related within the fourth degree to any member of the department. Neither shall any engineer in the employ of the department have any interest in any contract or be knowingly related within the fourth degree to any person interested in the contract. Any contract where the interest or relationship exists shall be void.
TN Code § 54-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Unlawful Acts|§ 54-1-202. Offense for Official to Enter Into Certain Contracts

 It is a Class E felony for any officer of the department to enter knowingly into any contract under this chapter and Chapters 2 4, and 5 of this title with:   Any person related to the officer or to any other officer of the department within the fourth degree;   Any corporation in which the officer or any other member of the department is interested, directly or indirectly; or   Any corporation in which any person knowingly related to the officer is interested, directly or indirectly.
TN Code § 54-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Unlawful Acts|§ 54-1-203. Felonious Acts of Officers or Employees Enumerated

 It is also a Class E felony for any officer of the department, or for any person in the employ of the officer, to commit any fraudulent act whatever with respect to the expenditure of the funds mentioned in this chapter and Chapters 2 4, and 5 of this title, among the counties entitled to the funds, or otherwise, or in respect to the designation or laying out of any road, making plans and specifications for the road, advertising for bids, receiving bids, letting or making contracts, approving or accepting roads, bridges, etc., or otherwise in any manner whatsoever acting in bad faith in respect to any duty imposed upon any of the officials, engineers, or other employees, by this chapter and Chapters 2 4, and 5 of this title, or by doing any prohibited act, or failing willfully to discharge any duty required, whether any actual loss or damage results from the act or failure to act or not.
TN Code § 54-1-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Unlawful Acts|§ 54-1-205. Employee Encouraging Purchase of Particular Material or Product Unlawful

  It is unlawful for any employee of the department of transportation to encourage in any manner the purchase of any particular material or product or to assist in the initiation of requisitions for any materials or products to be purchased by any department of this state when such employee is directly interested as defined in § 12-4-101 in such material or product.   A violation of subsection (a) is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 54-1-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 3 - Transportation Reporting Act of 2001|§ 54-1-301. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Transportation Reporting Act of 2001.”
TN Code § 54-1-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 3 - Transportation Reporting Act of 2001|§ 54-1-302. Annual Report on Transportation — Required Information

  Beginning June 30, 2001, and every quarter thereafter, the department of transportation shall generate a report to be submitted to the general assembly and the state building commission on the status of all highway and road projects approved by the general assembly as part of the department's budget. The status report shall include a current list of projects being planned, projects under construction, and anticipated starting dates for projects not yet underway.   With respect to each project referenced in subsection (a), the report shall:  State the initial contract price;   Identify the final cost of the project; and   If there is a significant change in cost, state the amount by which the authorized expenditures exceed the initial contract price, as well as the contributing factors for the cost changes.
TN Code § 54-1-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 4 - Litter Prevention and Control|§ 54-1-401. Litter Prevention and Control

 In recognition of the exorbitant societal costs associated with littering and in the interest of a cleaner, more beautiful Tennessee, the department of transportation is authorized to establish a litter prevention and control program.
TN Code § 54-1-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 4 - Litter Prevention and Control|§ 54-1-402. Citizen Reporting of Littering

 The litter prevention and control program may include as one (1) of its components a process by which citizens can report directly to the department of transportation instances of persons littering from motor vehicles onto the state's roads and highways, whether the offenders are intentionally littering or are accidentally dropping objects or debris from an uncovered or improperly secured load. The process may provide the capability for citizens to report litterers online by means of the completion of a standard form, the form to be accessed via the Internet from the program's web site. The department may also make provisions for citizens to report litterers via e-mail and a toll-free telephone line.
TN Code § 54-1-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 4 - Litter Prevention and Control|§ 54-1-403. Minimum Information in a Report — Confidentiality

  When reporting litterers to the department of transportation, whether via the Internet, e-mail or telephone, citizens shall provide the following information, at a minimum:  The offender's motor vehicle registration number, Tennessee plates only;   The make and model of the offender's motor vehicle;   The date and time of day the littering offense occurred;   The approximate location at which the littering offense occurred;   The person or entity who committed the littering offense, whether driver, passenger or accidental discharge from a load; and   The item or items improperly discharged from the motor vehicle that are the basis for the littering offense.     Litter reports, whether made via the Internet, e-mail or telephone, shall be deemed confidential. Neither the identity of the person making the report, nor the specific information compiled in the report, shall be available to any person other than an official or employee of the department having responsibility in the administration and enforcement of the program.
TN Code § 54-1-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 4 - Litter Prevention and Control|§ 54-1-404. Verification of Reported Motor Registration Number and Notification of Owner or Lessee of Vehicle

 Upon receipt of the information required by § 54-1-403, the department of transportation may verify the reported motor vehicle registration number through the department of safety. Upon completing verification, if possible, the department of transportation may mail a letter to the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle at the address affiliated with the registration number. The letter may inform the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle that a concerned citizen has reported witnessing the commission of a littering offense from the motor vehicle. The letter may strongly discourage the owner or lessee from committing a subsequent littering offense or allowing a subsequent littering offense to be committed from the person's motor vehicle and warn the owner or lessee of the penalties for littering under Tennessee law.
TN Code § 54-1-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 4 - Litter Prevention and Control|§ 54-1-405. Construction — Expenditure of Funds

 This part shall not be construed to be an appropriation of funds and no funds shall be obligated or expended pursuant to this part, unless the funds are specifically appropriated by the general appropriations act.
TN Code § 54-1-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 4 - Litter Prevention and Control|§ 54-1-406. Rules and Regulations

 The commissioner of transportation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of §§ 54-1-401 — 54-1-404. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 54-1-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 5 - Tennessee Department of Transportation Contracts for Construction Manager/general Contractor Services|§ 54-1-501. Use of Project Delivery Method of Construction Manager/general Contractor (Cm/gc) Services

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department is authorized to use the project delivery method of construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) services. The CM/GC method allows the department to engage a construction manager during the design process to provide input on the design. During the design phase, the construction manager provides advice, including, but not limited to, constructability review, scheduling, pricing, and phasing to assist the department in designing a more efficient and well-designed project. The construction manager/general contractor may subsequently construct the project if the department and the CM/GC reach agreement on a guaranteed maximum price for construction.   The department will select CM/GC projects based upon generally accepted industry criteria that include factors such as fostering innovation, mitigating risk, improving design quality, improving cost control, and optimizing construction schedules. Projects suited for the CM/GC process include instances where the department needs feedback during the design phase due to complex components that require innovation. Other projects that are suited for CM/GC are projects that have public involvement, third-party considerations such as acquisition of right-of-way or utility relocation issues, or other factors that impact the overall schedule. Projects not suited for the CM/GC process include routine maintenance and resurfacing projects or other construction projects that present a low level of technical complexity, a low level of risk management, and simple traffic phasing, and that do not have any compelling need for project acceleration.   Before using the CM/GC method of project delivery, the commissioner shall send written notice to the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the chair of the transportation committee of the house of representatives. The written notice must identify the project and the reasons for deciding to use the CM/GC method.
TN Code § 54-1-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 5 - Tennessee Department of Transportation Contracts for Construction Manager/general Contractor Services|§ 54-1-502. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Authorized contingency” means the contingency prepared and submitted by the CM/GC as part of the GMP, which is designed to cover costs that may result from incomplete design, unforeseen and unpredictable conditions, or uncertainties within the defined project scope which a prudent CM/GC would not have reasonably detected or anticipated during the discharge of CM/GC's pre-construction duties;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of transportation;   “Construction manager/general contractor” or “CM/GC” means a business firm, separate from the project designer, that is able to provide pre-construction services during the design and development phase of a project;   “Construction manager/general contractor method” or “CM/GC method” means a project delivery method in which a construction manager is procured to provide pre-construction services and the CM/GC may subsequently construct the project, or any part of the project, if the department and the firm reach agreement on a guaranteed maximum price;   “Department” means the department of transportation;   “Guaranteed maximum price” or “GMP” means the total dollar amount within which the CM/GC commits to complete construction of the project, including the CM/GC's direct costs, overhead, and profit, plus any authorized contingency. The GMP may be supplemented at a later date to cover additional costs arising from changes in the scope of work as the department may subsequently direct in writing; and   “Pre-construction services” may include, but not be limited to, cost estimates, schedule analysis, sequencing of work, risk identification and mitigation, constructability reviews, evaluation of alternative construction options, assistance with various permits, coordination with public or private utility service providers, communication with third-party stakeholders and/or the public, development of a GMP, and any directly related or similar services as may be necessary or useful to assist the department with the design and development of a project to the construction phase.
TN Code § 54-1-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 5 - Tennessee Department of Transportation Contracts for Construction Manager/general Contractor Services|§ 54-1-503. Selection of Projects by Department

 The department's authority to use the CM/GC method as provided in this part is subject to the following limitations:   If a proposed CM/GC contract has a total estimated contract amount in excess of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000), then the department shall specifically identify the project as a proposed CM/GC project in the transportation improvement program submitted annually to the general assembly in support of the commissioner's annual funding recommendations; and   The cumulative cost of the CM/GC projects awarded in any single fiscal year must not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount of construction contract awards made in the previous fiscal year, except as the general assembly may otherwise approve in accordance with the annual appropriations act.
TN Code § 54-1-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 5 - Tennessee Department of Transportation Contracts for Construction Manager/general Contractor Services|§ 54-1-506. Debriefing on Selection Process

 After the protest period has expired, and the contract for pre-construction services has been awarded, the department's procurement files shall be subject to public inspection pursuant to § 10-7-504(a)(7), and the department shall, upon request after award of the pre-construction services contract has been awarded, provide any unsuccessful proposer with a debriefing on the selection process. The debriefing shall be provided within the earliest mutually convenient time after award of the contract. The debriefing shall be limited to discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the proposal submitted by the unsuccessful proposer and shall not include specific discussion of any other firm's competing proposal.
TN Code § 54-1-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 1 - Department of Transportation|Part 5 - Tennessee Department of Transportation Contracts for Construction Manager/general Contractor Services|§ 54-1-507. Establishment of Policies and Promulgation of Rules and Regulations

 The department may establish agency policies and/or promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, in furtherance of this part.
TN Code § 54-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 2 - State Highway Funds|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-2-102. Custody of Department of Transportation Funds

 All funds, revenues, taxes and proceeds of notes or bond issues that are now or may be hereafter devoted or allocated to the department of transportation shall be placed in the custody of the state treasurer in an account to be known as the “department of transportation state highway fund” or “highway fund.”