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TN Code § 54-4-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State Funds for Local Aid|Part 5 - 1990 Bridge Grant Program Act|§ 54-4-507. Maximum State Share of Project Cost

  The state share payable for a project undertaken pursuant to this part shall be no more than eighty percent (80%) of the approved project cost.   The local government share shall be at least twenty percent (20%) of the approved project cost. This share may be provided by local government funds and in-kind project work approved by the commissioner, or either of them, wholly or partly.   The percentage in subsections (a) and (b) shall also apply to any unexpended balance from appropriations prior to 2004 that are not subject to a written agreement between the local government and the department. In the event there exists a written agreement between the department and the local government, then the percentage contained in the agreement shall continue to apply.   If any county has an unexpended balance of funds that have accrued in the state treasury and that are available for the benefit of the county under this part, then the county may use the unexpended balance, in whole or in part, to provide a portion of the local government share required by subsection (b); provided, that the county shall provide at least two percent (2%) of the approved project costs from county funds or in-kind project work approved by the commissioner of transportation, or both.
TN Code § 54-4-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State Funds for Local Aid|Part 5 - 1990 Bridge Grant Program Act|§ 54-4-508. Project to Be Maintained by Local Government

 Any project undertaken pursuant to this part shall be maintained by the local government within whose jurisdiction the project lies.
TN Code § 54-4-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State Funds for Local Aid|Part 6 - High Priority Bridge Replacement Program|§ 54-4-601. Eligibility

  Eligible bridges shall be those located on public roads under the jurisdiction of a local government, and shall not include bridges located on the state system of highways. Any local government that meets the eligibility requirements in § 54-4-504(c) shall be eligible for participation in the high priority bridge replacement program.   For purposes of this part, “bridge” means a structure on a public road, including supports, erected for carrying traffic over a depression or an obstruction, such as water or a highway or railway, and having an opening measured along the center of the roadway of more than twenty feet (20') between under-copings of abutments or spring lines of arches, or extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes; it may also include multiple pipes, where the clear distance between openings is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening.
TN Code § 54-4-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State Funds for Local Aid|Part 6 - High Priority Bridge Replacement Program|§ 54-4-602. Selection Process

 The commissioner of transportation shall establish criteria for the selection of projects to be funded under the high priority bridge replacement program based on the numbers and structural condition of bridges identified through the National Bridge Inventory as compiled by the department of transportation and other relevant information the commissioner may consider appropriate.
TN Code § 54-4-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State Funds for Local Aid|Part 6 - High Priority Bridge Replacement Program|§ 54-4-603. Funding

  Funding for the high priority bridge replacement program shall be separate from funding for the state bridge grant program established in part 5 of this chapter.   The expenditure of funds under this program shall be based on need as determined by the commissioner of transportation and shall not be subject to the formula governing the allocation of funds under the state bridge grant program established in part 5 of this chapter.   The state share payable for a project undertaken pursuant to this part may be up to one hundred percent (100%) of the project cost approved by the department of transportation.   The department of transportation may use funds available through federal, state, or local sources to implement this program.
TN Code § 54-4-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 4 - State Funds for Local Aid|Part 6 - High Priority Bridge Replacement Program|§ 54-4-604. Maintenance of Projects

 Any project undertaken pursuant to this part shall be maintained by the local government, as defined in § 54-4-502, within whose jurisdiction the project lies.
TN Code § 54-5-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-101. System of State Highways — Designation by Department for Construction, Repair or Maintenance

 The department of transportation has full power, and it is made its duty, through its highway engineers or otherwise, to designate a system of state highways, to designate the road or roads to be constructed, repaired, or maintained by the use of the funds mentioned in chapter 2 of this title, and to lay out and locate all such roads.
TN Code § 54-5-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-102. Main Traveled Roads — Designation

  The commissioner is given the power to proceed to designate main traveled roads, with a view to connecting all county seats, and also to designate other main traveled roads, that are deemed of sufficient importance to be included in the general highway plan of the state, and receive for their construction and improvement financial aid under this chapter and chapters 1 and 2 of this title.   It is the intent of the general assembly that all county seats should be connected by a four-lane highway to the nearest interstate highway by the best route available.
TN Code § 54-5-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-103. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter and chapters 1 and 2 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of transportation;   “Department” means the department of transportation; and   “Road” or “highway” is construed to include all bridges upon or that form a part of the highway to be constructed, reconstructed or maintained under this chapter and chapters 1 and 2 of this title.
TN Code § 54-5-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-104. Eminent Domain

  The department is authorized to condemn the fee to, or an easement in, lands that may be necessary, suitable, or desirable for the construction, reconstruction, development, enlargement, maintenance, repair, drainage, or protection of any street, road, highway, freeway, or parkway, by the officials charged by law with the maintenance or construction of the street, road, highway, freeway, or parkway, including the power to acquire easements in lands adjacent to the lands for related slopes and drainage and any other similar purposes.   This section applies to all transportation purposes, as well as for highway purposes.
TN Code § 54-5-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-105. Attorneys General to Represent Department

 The attorney general and reporter and the district attorney general in each case shall act as attorneys for the department without additional compensation.
TN Code § 54-5-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-106. Judgments and Expenses in Condemnation Cases Paid Out of County General Funds

 All judgments rendered and other expenses necessarily incurred in condemnation proceedings shall be paid out of the general funds of the county in which the expenses are incurred and standing to the credit of the trustee, on the warrant or voucher of the county mayor drawn under the direction of the commissioner.
TN Code § 54-5-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-107. Injunctions Against Interference — Cost Bond Unnecessary — Prompt Hearings

  No cost bond is necessary in the suit. Injunction may be sought and obtained against all persons interfering in any way with the work of the department or any of its assistants or employees engaged in locating, laying out, or constructing any such roads.   It is the duty of all the chancellors and trial judges to grant injunctions and make all other orders that will facilitate the work of the department in locating and constructing roads under this part, and they shall promptly hear all cases in which the department may be interested.
TN Code § 54-5-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-108. Cooperation by Department With Federal Government in Designating Roads, and in Erection of Danger Signals and Safety Devices

   The department has full power, and it is made its duty, acting through its commissioner, to cooperate with the federal government in formulating and adopting a uniform system of numbering or designating roads of interstate character within this state, and in the selection and erection of uniform danger signals and safety devices for the protection and direction of traffic on those highways.   The department is empowered to expend out of the funds of the department any and all amounts necessary in the carrying out of this section.     The department has full power, and it is made its duty, acting through its commissioner, to formulate and adopt a manual for the design and location of signs, signals, markings, and for posting of traffic regulations on or along all streets and highways in Tennessee, and no signs, signals, markings or postings of traffic regulations shall be located on any street or highway in the state regardless of type or class of the governmental agency having jurisdiction of the streets and highways, except in conformity with the provisions contained in the manual.
TN Code § 54-5-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-109. Plans and Specifications and Contracts for Building Each Road or Bridge Authorized

 The department has full power, in conformity with the rules and regulations made or to be made by any officer or agency of the federal government authorized to make rules under any act of congress granting funds for the construction of roads, or rules made or to be made by the department, to make all plans and specifications for the building of each particular road or bridge to be constructed under its direction, to make all contracts for the construction of the road or bridge, and to supervise and superintend the construction of the road or bridge.
TN Code § 54-5-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-110. Alteration of Location and Grades of Road — Rights-of-Way Acquired by Counties or Commissioner — Filing of Right-of-Way Plans — Appraisals

   Whenever the commissioner finds it necessary or advisable, the commissioner has the power to alter the course or grade or otherwise improve any road selected, adopted, or accepted for federal or state aid, and take over and improve as a state highway.   The counties in which the roads lie have the authority to acquire for the benefit of the state rights-of-way for the roads, either by donations by owners of the land through which the highways will run, by agreement between the owners and the county, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain that is expressly conferred upon the counties; provided, that if the county authorities through which the road is designated do not act immediately upon request of the commissioner for the procurement and furnishing of rights-of-way, there is expressly given to the commissioner the right on behalf of the state to condemn by eminent domain all rights-of-way for the roads, all bluffs, gravel pits, and any and all other road material found necessary or advisable to be used by the commissioner; and provided, further, that the commissioner is empowered immediately upon the filing of the petition for condemnation of the rights-of-way and of road material to take possession of the designated rights-of-way, road material and other property sought to be condemned.      The state, when it exercises its power of eminent domain to make acquisitions for road purposes, or when it acquires land by voluntary purchase for road purposes, shall cause to be filed and recorded in the office of the register in the county where the acquisition is located the final right-of-way plans. The plans shall accurately portray the right-of-way, land, material, easement, or other legal right acquired and the precise location of the right-of-way, land, material, easement, or other legal right.   “Final right-of-way plans” means the entire plans of the project in any particular county, subject to subdivision (b)(1).     Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, when acquiring land by voluntary purchase for road purposes, the state, through the department of transportation or any agent of the department of transportation, shall, upon the request of the landowner, allow the landowner or the landowner's representative to examine the entire appraisal, if an appraisal was conducted. If an appraisal was not conducted, the landowner or landowner's representative may examine any other documents used to determine the proposed purchase price. This examination shall take place at the department's office for the region in which the property in question lies.
TN Code § 54-5-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-111. Rights-of-Way for State Highways — Liability for Cost

  The state is liable for and shall be held to pay, through its department of transportation and as other highway expenses are paid, for all rights-of-way and damages and costs incident to the acquisition and use of rights-of-way, whether by condemnation suits or otherwise as provided by existing laws, necessary to the construction of any highway, or parts of any highway, designated and adopted by the department as and for a state or state and federal aid highway in the state's system of highways.   No county affected by the highways shall be liable for the rights-of-way and damages and costs incident to the acquisition and use of rights-of-way, nor shall any county pay or enter into an agreement to pay any part of the costs.
TN Code § 54-5-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-112. County Legislative Bodies Must Authorize Payment by Counties

 No county is to have entered into an agreement to cooperate with the department upon any state or state and federal aid highway project unless the agreement is first authorized by resolution of the county legislative body regularly adopted upon and after submittal to that body by the department of a proposal for the project in proper form, setting forth in detail the proposed improvement with location and routing, the landowners and their respective properties in areas and improvements affected by the project, and, if required, the approximate damages and costs of the project.
TN Code § 54-5-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-113. Contracts to Be Written and Signed

 All contracts under which any highway funds are to be expended shall be in writing duly signed by the commissioner.
TN Code § 54-5-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-114. Notice for Bids — Advertising — Preparing and Filing Bids — Waiver

  The department, before making contracts on its own behalf, or when acting as an agent, shall advertise for bids at least two (2) weeks prior to the date set for receiving bids by publishing a written notice on the department's Internet web site. The department may advertise for bids by publishing notice in a newspaper located in the county where the money is to be expended, in one (1) of the widely circulated daily newspapers in the grand division of the state where the work is to be done, or in other Internet or print media as the department may deem appropriate or necessary. Funding allocated by the department for purchasing advertising in a county having a population greater than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and in counties located in rural west Tennessee, may be expended to purchase advertisements in one (1) or more newspapers published primarily for distribution within the county's African-American community.   The notice shall describe the work to be performed and shall enable the bidders to prepare their bids. All bids must be sealed and filed with the commissioner or the authorized agent of the department at the place designated in the notice on or before the time fixed in the notice.   The requirements of this section may be modified by the department in order to conform to any federal requirements that may accompany federal funds.   The requirements of this section may be waived as provided in § 54-1-135.
TN Code § 54-5-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-115. Bonds to Accompany Bids

 The bids must be accompanied by proper bonds or guaranty that proper bond will be executed.
TN Code § 54-5-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-116. Opening Bids and Awarding Contracts

 Sealed bids shall be opened in the presence of the bidders and public generally by the commissioner, or an authorized agent of the department, and the bidder making the best and most advantageous offer shall be awarded the contract by the department within thirty (30) days, upon complying with all requirements of the department, the lowest bid to be accepted.
TN Code § 54-5-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-117. Accepted Bidder to Be Financially Responsible and Qualified Under Rules and Regulations of Commissioner

 Notwithstanding § 54-5-116, the bidder making the bid accepted shall be responsible and qualified under the laws of the state and under any valid rule or regulation of the commissioner; provided, that the commissioner is empowered to make reasonable rules and regulations the commissioner deems proper for the qualification of bidders as to financial responsibility, experience, organization and equipment, the number of contracts, the aggregate of the contract amounts at the contract unit prices, the character of construction, the number of miles of construction each bidder or contractor may have under contract or construction at one (1) time, or any other matter that would, in the commissioner's judgment, promote the best interests of the state in its highway construction, the power to make the rules and regulations being expressly not limited to rules and regulations as to the matters expressly listed in this section.
TN Code § 54-5-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-118. Rejection of Bids

 Any and all bids may be rejected, in the discretion of the commissioner, and they shall be rejected if the best bid is not deemed reasonable and fair to the state.
TN Code § 54-5-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-119. Contractors Shall Give Bonds — Actions — Limitations

  All contractors with whom contracts are made by the department shall enter into good and solvent surety bond in an amount fixed by the department, conditioned that acceptance or service of process upon the commissioner shall be service on them as their agent duly authorized to that end, and for the full and faithful performance of every part and stipulation of the contract, especially the payment for all materials purchased and for all labor employed in the contemplated work. This bond shall be approved by the department and filed with its records.   All actions on bonds furnished under this section shall name the commissioner as a party-defendant and may be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, but no action on bonds shall be commenced after the expiration of one (1) year following the date of the first publication of the notice provided for in § 54-5-122 with respect to the involved project.
TN Code § 54-5-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-120. Inspection, Approval and Acceptance of Work to Be Specified

 The contract shall provide that the work executed under the contract shall be subject to the inspection, approval, and acceptance of the commissioner acting on oath and under bond.
TN Code § 54-5-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-5-122. Full Settlement With Contractor

 The department may close a project after the following have occurred:   The department shall provide thirty (30) days notice in some newspaper published in the county where the work is done, if there is a newspaper published there, and if not, in a newspaper in an adjoining county, that final settlement is about to be made and notifying all claimants to file notice of their claims with the department and the contractor's surety. The period for filing a notice of claim shall not be less than thirty (30) days after the last published notice. No notice of claim shall be valid unless it is verified by oath and filed after the publication of the first notice; and   The contractor shall furnish evidence to satisfy the department that all the material used by the contractor, its subcontractors or its agents has been fully paid for and all laborers and other employees working for the contractor, its subcontractors or its agents have been fully paid.