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TN Code § 69-2-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 2 - Landing and Loading Facilities|§ 69-2-108. Wharves to Be Kept in Repair

  No owner, lessee, or such owner's or lessee's agent, in charge of a wharf upon any of the rivers of this state, where the same is kept or used for profit, shall be entitled to make and collect any charge whatever for wharfage, or the landing of boats, unless the wharf is, at the time of making such charge, in good repair, macadamized or cobblestoned. When it is not convenient to get stone, the owner of the wharf or bank may use such material as will put and keep the wharf or bank in repair.   Failure upon the part of anyone having charge of such wharf to keep the same in repair, as described in this section, is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 69-4-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 4 - Levees|§ 69-4-101. Bonds for Building Levees

 The county legislative bodies of the several counties, within the limits of which are lands rendered unfit for occupation and farming purposes by reason of the overflowing of the lands in times of high water in the rivers adjacent to the lands, may issue bonds pursuant to title 9, chapter 21 for the purpose of constructing levees to protect the lands.
TN Code § 69-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 4 - Levees|§ 69-4-102. [reserved.]

 The county legislative body of the county issuing the bonds shall appoint not less than three (3) nor more than five (5) persons to superintend the construction of the levee, who shall be denominated “the levee commissioners,” and who shall, before entering upon their duties, take an oath for the faithful discharge of their duties, and enter into bond to account for all sums passing into their hands, in such sum as the county legislative body shall deem sufficient.
TN Code § 69-4-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 4 - Levees|§ 69-4-104. Engineer — Contracts

 The levee commissioners shall employ a competent engineer to assist them in the location and construction of such levee, and shall have power to let out contracts for the work.
TN Code § 69-4-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 4 - Levees|§ 69-4-105. Condemnation of Real Estate for Construction of Levee

  The commissioners may take the real estate of any person, not exceeding the amount necessary for the construction and maintenance of the levee, by petition filed in the circuit court of the county in which the land lies, setting forth in substance:  The land wanted;   The name of the owner, or, if unknown, stating that fact; and   With a prayer for the land designated to be decreed to the county.     Notice of the filing of this petition shall be given to the owner of the land, or, if the owner is a nonresident of the county, to the owner's agent, and if a nonresident of the state, notice shall be given in the usual mode by publication in lieu of personal service.   The notice provided for in subsection (b) for shall require the defendants to appear on the first Monday in some specified month, and be served five (5) days before that day, after which time, if no cause to the contrary is shown, the clerk of the court shall issue a writ of inquiry to the sheriff to summon a jury to inquire and assess the damages, and the report of the jury shall be reduced to writing, signed by a majority of the persons, and returned to the next term of the court.   If no objection to the report is made, it may be confirmed by the court, and the land decreed to the county, and the amount of damages so assessed to each party by the jury shall be made a part of the record decreeing the title to the county.   The damages so assessed shall be claimed by the persons interested, by written notice to that effect filed with the clerk of the circuit court, within one (1) year from the confirmation of the report of the jurors, and in case of failure to do so, they shall be forever barred.
TN Code § 69-4-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 4 - Levees|§ 69-4-106. Certain Sections Incorporated in Chapter

 Sections 29-16-106, 29-16-108, 29-16-109, 29-16-112, 29-16-113, 29-16-117 — 29-16-119, and 29-16-121 shall apply to and be taken and construed as parts of this chapter, insofar as they are applicable to the purposes of this chapter.
TN Code § 69-4-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 4 - Levees|§ 69-4-107. Subscriptions

  The commissioners provided for in § 69-4-103 are authorized to accept subscriptions of either money or property for the use of the county appointing them, and they may receive subscriptions, in this manner, of land lying in other counties, and take deeds to the land as trustees of the county.   The subscriptions so received shall be reported to the county legislative body within one (1) year after having been received, and in case of failure they shall each pay the sum of three hundred dollars ($300), to be collected at the suit of the county trustee, for the use of the county.
TN Code § 69-6-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known as the “Watershed District Act of 1955.”
TN Code § 69-6-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the board of directors of a watershed district;   “District” means a watershed district for which organization is proposed or which has been granted under this chapter;   “Land” means “real property” as defined by the laws of this state and includes, but is not limited to, easements, water rights, or any other interest in real property;   “Landowner” means any person owning any interest in land located in a district, including tenants in common, tenants by the entireties, joint tenants, life tenants, owners of dower or curtesy rights, vested beneficiaries of the remainder interests, and the holders of leasehold interests of more than three (3) years' duration. Where more than one (1) person owns any such interest in a particular tract of land, each shall be deemed a “landowner” for the purpose of this chapter;   “Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation;   “Publication” means the publication in a newspaper or newspapers admitted to the United States mail as second-class matter, of general circulation within the watershed district; and   “Voter” means any landowner of the district who is more than eighteen (18) years of age and who is sui juris.
TN Code § 69-6-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-103. Organization of District — Petition — Copies — Certification — Filing

   Before any watershed district is organized, a petition shall be filed in the office of the state soil conservation committee, signed by not less than twenty percent (20%) of the landowners of the real property, and representing twenty-five percent (25%) of the acreage within the proposed district, as shown by a verified enumeration of the landowners taken by a landowner of the proposed district to be selected by the first ten (10) signers of the petition. In the event the proposed district embraces land in more than one (1) county, the enumeration shall be separated as to counties.    A verified copy of the enumeration shall be filed with the county clerk of each county in which any portion of the proposed district is located.   A duplicate copy of the petition, containing the text of the petition in full, shall be filed with the county clerk of each county where any part of the proposed district lies.       There shall be filed with the state soil conservation committee, as an exhibit to the petition, a certification as to the number of landowners within the proposed district, that the petition is signed by not less than twenty percent (20%) of such landowners, and that the signers of the petition represent twenty-five percent (25%) of the acreage within the proposed district. The certification as to each respective county shall be signed by the county clerk, or the county assessor of property of such county.
TN Code § 69-6-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-104. Contents of Petition

  The petition shall set forth:   The proposed name of the district;   Wherever practical the name of the district shall include the name of the principal body of water located in the watershed, such as “  Watershed District”;   The state soil conservation committee is empowered to reject the proposed name where a watershed district previously established has the same or a closely similar name;     A description of the boundaries of the area to be included in the district;   A statement of the purposes for which the district is to be organized;   A statement of the number of persons who shall constitute the temporary board of directors of the district, which shall be not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9), together with the names and addresses of the persons who will constitute the original board of directors, with the term of office of each set forth beside the corresponding name, and with one (1) member designated as acting chair; and   A prayer for the organization of the district as a nonprofit corporation.     A map showing the boundaries of the district shall be attached to the petition as an exhibit and incorporated in the petition by reference.   The petition shall be sworn to by not less than five (5) of the signers.
TN Code § 69-6-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-105. [reserved.]

 The state soil conservation committee shall determine the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition and the exhibits to the petition, including the certification by the county clerk, or county assessor of property, required in § 69-6-103. If the petition and the attached exhibits meet the requirements of this chapter, the state soil conversation committee shall issue notice that the petition has been found sufficient in form to the acting chair of the board as set forth in the petition.
TN Code § 69-6-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-107. Organizational Meeting — Establishing the District

  Upon receiving notification of the sufficiency of the petition from the state soil conservation committee, the acting chair of the board of the proposed district shall call a meeting of the board by mailing a written notice, fixing the time and place of such meeting, to each member of the board at least five (5) days in advance of the time so fixed, unless such notice is duly waived. In addition, the chair shall post a copy of the notice at a conspicuous place at the courthouse door of each county in which any part of the proposed district is located.   The members of the board named in the petition have all powers necessary in matters looking to the establishment of the district and, upon the establishment of the district, shall continue to serve as directors until their successors are duly elected and qualified.   The members of the board shall meet at the time and place fixed in such notice for the purpose of electing from their number a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer, and for the purpose of calling, by resolution, an election of the voters in the district, as defined in this chapter, for the purpose of submitting to the voters the question of whether the district shall be organized and created in accordance with the petition.
TN Code § 69-6-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-108. Conduct of Election — Voting Places — Judges and Clerks

  The board shall designate one (1) or more centrally located voting places within the proposed district, but if the territory of such proposed district lies in more than one (1) county, then at least one (1) voting place shall be designated within each county of the proposed district in which more than fifteen (15) voters reside, and if there are less than fifteen (15) eligible voters, the board shall designate an adjacent county in the district in which they shall vote.   The board shall name and appoint three (3) judges and two (2) clerks for each designated voting place. The judges and clerks shall take oath to perform faithfully their duties as judges and clerks, respectively, and shall receive compensation for their services as may be prescribed by the board, which shall not exceed the per diem allowed election officers for holding general elections in the county.   No member of the board shall be eligible to serve as a judge or clerk in any water district election.
TN Code § 69-6-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-109. Election Notice

  The president and secretary shall cause a notice of the special election to be published for three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation within the proposed district, the first publication to be not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to such election. If the proposed district lies in more than one (1) county, then a similar notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties in which a part of the proposed district is located.   The election notice shall set forth the time and place or places of holding the election, the proposal to be voted on, and the purposes for which the proposed district is to be created. The following proposition to be voted on shall be set forth in such notice:  Q. Shall the board of directors proceed with the creation of the proposed watershed district in accordance with the Watershed District Act of 1955?    The notice shall be signed by the president and attested to by the secretary of the board.
TN Code § 69-6-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-110. Form of Ballot — Qualifications of Voters — Filing Results

  The vote at such election shall be by ballot, and such ballot shall comply with the usual requirements for an official ballot for public office insofar as such requirements are applicable. Upon such ballot shall be printed the following question:  Shall the board of directors of the proposed  Watershed District proceed with the creation of the district in accordance with the Watershed District Act of 1955?   Yes ♦   No ♦.   To vote for the proposal, the voter shall make a cross mark (x) in the square after the word “yes.” To vote against the proposal, the voter shall make a cross mark (x) in the square after the word “no.”    Any person who is qualified to vote in accordance with the definitions contained in this chapter shall be entitled to vote.   The ballots shall be counted by the judges and clerks holding the election before leaving the polling place, and the results of the election shall be certified by the judges and clerks to the secretary of state. Members of the board and any landowner in the proposed district shall be entitled to be present when the ballots are counted.   The ballots and a copy of the certificate shall be filed with the county clerk in every county where such an election is held.
TN Code § 69-6-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-111. Issuance of Charter — Form — Recordation

  If a majority of the landowners voting in the election provided in §§ 69-6-106 — 69-6-110 vote in favor of the organization and creation of the district, the state soil conservation committee shall issue a charter for the district in the same manner as other general welfare corporation charters are issued under the laws of this state.   The form of the charter shall be substantially as follows:  State of Tennessee—Charter of IncorporationBe it known that (here fill this blank with the names of the board of directors) are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of (here fill in the name of the watershed district), which shall have all the powers conferred by the Watershed District Act of 1955. The district is described as follows:   (Insert the description).   Given under my hand and seal this  day of  20 .   (The signature of the chair of the committee shall be affixed.)    The charter shall be placed on record in the offices of the register of deeds of each county in which any portion of the district lies. Upon such recordation of its charter, the district shall be authorized to function in accordance with its charter and this chapter.
TN Code § 69-6-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-112. Adverse Vote on Organization — Endorsement — New Application

 If a majority of the landowners voting on the proposition shall vote against the organization and creation of the district, the state soil conservation committee shall endorse that fact on the face of the petition and the proceedings shall be closed. A second application containing substantially the same or the same boundaries within a watershed shall not be considered by the state soil conservation committee within eighteen (18) months.
TN Code § 69-6-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-113. Officers of District — Duties — Treasurer's Bond

   The officers of the district shall be a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.   The president presides over all meetings of the board and serves as chief executive officer of the district.   The vice president presides in the absence of the president and performs other duties as may be prescribed by the board.   The secretary keeps a full and accurate record of all the proceedings concerning the district and records of the district.   The treasurer is the custodian of all funds of the district. The treasurer shall make bond, secured by a corporate surety, to safeguard all funds coming into the treasurer's hands, in such amount as shall be prescribed by the board of directors. The premium upon the bond shall be paid by the district.     All checks for expenditures shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the president.   The duties of secretary and treasurer may be combined in one (1) person, to be designated as secretary-treasurer.
TN Code § 69-6-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-114. Open Board Meetings

 All meetings of the board, including the organization's meeting provided for in §§ 69-6-106 — 69-6-110, are open to the public, and any landowner, landowner's agent or attorney, is entitled to attend and to be heard.
TN Code § 69-6-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-115. Filing Fees

  The state soil conservation committee is not entitled to collect any fee for the filing of the petition, the issuing of the charter, or other services rendered by it under this chapter.   The fee of the county register for recording the charter of such district shall be one dollar ($1.00).   The county clerk and the county assessor of property are not entitled to any fee for the services required to be rendered by them under this chapter.
TN Code § 69-6-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-116. Funding of Expenses — No Election Without Sufficient Funds

  For the purpose of paying the costs of the election provided by §§ 69-6-106 — 69-6-110, and for the purpose of paying the costs of recording the charter of such district, and any other necessary expenses incurred in the organization of the district, the board is empowered to receive contributions from private sources, or from counties, cities and towns located within such district.   The legislative body of each county and the governing body of each city or town located within any such district is authorized and empowered to appropriate funds for such expenses, which are hereby declared to be for a public purpose.   No election shall be held under this chapter until sufficient funds to defray the expenses of such election have been received by the board.
TN Code § 69-6-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-117. Alternative Method for Establishment of District — Procedure

  As an alternative method for the establishment of a watershed district, any such district may be organized and established in the same manner as a levee and drainage district by the procedure set forth in chapter 5 of this title.   In event this alternative procedure is followed, it will not be necessary to file a petition with the state soil conservation committee, and chapter 5 of this title shall apply to the organization of the district.   Any watershed district that is organized by following the procedure prescribed by chapter 5 of this title has the same objectives and purposes and possesses the same powers as provided for in this chapter.
TN Code § 69-6-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-119. Study of Watershed Area

 Upon the incorporation of the watershed district, the board shall cause a study to be made of the watershed area to be served by the district. The board has the power to employ engineers, surveyors and other personnel necessary for such study and to have prepared surveys, maps, profiles, plans and descriptions, and such other data as may be necessary to establish the boundaries of the area that can be served by the district to the best advantage.
TN Code § 69-6-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 6 - Watershed Districts|§ 69-6-120. Change of Boundaries — Election Procedure

  In the event that such study shall establish that the areas embodied in the charter originally issued by the state soil conservation committee need to be enlarged or diminished, or that the boundaries set forth in the charter are substantially and materially insufficient or inaccurate to reasonably describe the district, a petition shall be filed with the state soil conservation committee, conforming to the requirements of §§ 69-6-103 and 69-6-104.    If the petition is granted in accordance with those sections, the officers of the district shall proceed as provided in §§ 69-6-106 — 69-6-110.   Those entitled to vote shall be persons who are entitled to vote within the district and all landowners outside the district, but being landowners in the area proposed to be taken into the district; provided, that the landowners outside the district who shall be entitled to vote are those who are more than eighteen (18) years of age and are sui juris.   The notices required in §§ 69-6-106 — 69-6-110 shall contain an accurate description of the areas to be taken into or excluded from the district.     The question on the ballot shall be as follows:  Q. Shall  watershed district be enlarged by taking into the district the properties commonly known as the  and  places (lands), or parts thereof, as specifically described in the notices heretofore given in accordance with §§ 69-6-119 — 69-6-121 of the Tennessee Code?   A. Yes ♦   A. No ♦   If the district is to be diminished, the following language shall be inserted: “diminished by excluding from the district” in lieu of the language: “enlarged by taking into the district.”