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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-129 - Special assessment constitutes lien

The assessment so made shall be a lien upon the respective tracts of land upon which it is assessed, and this lien shall be enforced in the same manner as provided for the enforcement of liens in §§
69-5-819
- 69-5-823.
Acts 1923, ch. 55, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3871a30b7; Code 1932, § 4246; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-736; T.C.A. §
69-6-129
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-130 - Special assessments - Bonds of county trustee and county clerk - Procedure not to delay other proceedings

The county trustee, or trustees, before receiving the assessment roll, or book, and proceeding to the collection of the assessments, and the county clerk, before receiving the funds from the trustee or trustees, shall, respectively, enter into a bond in double the amount that will come into their hands, respectively, payable to the state of Tennessee, and conditioned for the faithful paying over and accounting for the funds arising from the assessment; provided, that this proceeding to create a fund for the payment of the cost and expenses shall not interfere with or delay the other proceedings.
Acts 1923, ch. 55, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3871a30b8; Code 1932, §4247; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-737; T.C.A. §
69-6-130
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-131 - Payment of preliminary expenses - Methods of refunding

The preliminary expenses of such district, ditch, drain, or watercourse improvement, not including contracts for construction, may be paid by order of the county legislative body of the county in which the lands lie of such improvement district out of the general county fund, and, if so paid, to be refunded to the county out of assessments collected from the lands of such improvement district when so collected, and if not so repaid, for any reason, then to be adjudged against and collected out of the bond of the petitioners required by §
69-5-103
, and thus repaid to the county.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 39; Shan., § 3871a149; Code 1932, §4384; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-738; T.C.A. §
69-6-131
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-132 - Preliminary expenses - Contribution by county

The county legislative body has the right to contribute, out of the general county fund, such amount as it sees fit to be used in the payment of such preliminary expenses, without requiring the same to be paid back or refunded to the county; and where any county has previously, by order of the county legislative body, advanced or paid any of the preliminary expenses, the county legislative body may, if it sees fit, by proper order donate the amount, or any part thereof, and not require the amount so donated or contributed to be paid back or refunded to the county.
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 37, § 1; Shan., § 3871a150; Code 1932, § 4385; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-739; T.C.A. §
69-6-132
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-133 - Expense fund may be required, or judgment rendered on bond

If the county legislative body does not see fit to order such preliminary expenses so paid, and the parties to whom such expenses may be owing are not willing to agree to wait until a fund for their payment can be provided by special assessments upon such district, then the county court by proper order shall require the petitioner or petitioners to pay to the county clerk a fund sufficient to pay such preliminary expenses, and the bond required of petitioners by §
69-5-103
shall be liable for such preliminary expenses, and judgment on the bond may be rendered at any time by the county court to the end such fund for expenses be provided, just as courts render judgments on cost bonds, and one such judgment shall not prevent other judgments on the same bond, so the sum of the judgments does not exceed the penalty of the bond.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 39; Shan., § 3871a151; Code 1932, §4386; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-740; T.C.A. §
69-6-133
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-134 - Expense fund paid from time to time

Such fund for expenses may be paid in from time to time, under the orders of the court, as may be needed.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 39; Shan., § 3871a152; Code 1932, § 4387; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-741; T.C.A. §
69-6-134
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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-135 - Payment of expense fund to be refunded out of district funds

All sums so paid by the petitioners or their sureties on their bonds shall be refunded and repaid to the person or persons so paying them out of the funds of such improvement district when such funds have been realized under this chapter.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 39; Shan., § 3871a153; Code 1932, § 4388; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-742; T.C.A. §
69-6-135
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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-136 - Establishment or refusal of district

The county court, upon the hearing of the petition at the time set for hearing, or at the time to which the matter has been adjourned or continued, shall proceed to determine the sufficiency of the petition in form and manner, which petition may be amended at any time, as to form and substance, before final action on the petition. If the court finds that such levee or drainage or improvement district would not be for the public benefit or utility, or conducive to the public health or welfare, it shall dismiss the proceedings; but if the court finds such improvement conducive to the public health or welfare, or to the public benefit or utility, it shall determine and adjudge the necessity for the improvement of such district, and if no claim for damages has been filed, as provided in §
69-5-201
, the court may, if deemed advisable, locate and establish the district, or may refuse to establish the same, as the court may deem best.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, §6; Shan., § 3871a32; Code 1932, § 4249; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-743; T.C.A. §
69-6-136
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-137 - Survey after district established - Estimate of costs - Report of engineer - Replacement of engineer

After the district is established by the county court, and all damages paid or secured as provided in part 2 of this chapter, if the county court is of opinion that the report of the engineer already made is not sufficiently full or definite to enable the proper letting of contracts for the construction of the improvement, or, for other reasons, is not as full and definite as it should be, the court shall direct the engineer, or another appointed by the court for the purpose, to make a further and more complete survey and estimates of such district and cost of proposed improvements, and report to the court as to the same, giving all necessary and required information, how much of the improvement will be upon each tract of land, as nearly as practicable, giving definite estimates as to cost and character of work, and dividing the work into convenient sections for making contracts, and giving such other particulars as the court may see fit to direct. The report of such engineer shall be made and filed with the county clerk without unreasonable delay. If such engineer fails to act with reasonable promptness, the court may remove the engineer and appoint another in the engineer's stead.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 10; Shan., § 3871a51; Code 1932, § 4268; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-744; T.C.A. §
69-6-137
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-138 - Notice of hearing on establishment of district

(a)
Publication in a newspaper published in the county where the petition is filed and proceeding is pending, for two (2) consecutive weeks, of the time and place set for the hearing of the petition to establish such district, shall be sufficient notice to the persons concerned as owners, lienholders, encumbrancers, mortgagees, occupants, or in any way, whether residents or nonresidents of the state, the last publication to be at least ten (10) days before the date set for such hearing. Such notice by publication shall have the same force and effect upon those concerned who are not petitioners, and who are residents of the state, as well as nonresidents, for all purposes of the proceeding, as process would have duly issued from the court and served personally upon them by an officer. Such publication notice need not give the names of the persons thus notified to appear, but need give only a brief statement of the purpose of the hearing, a reference to the petition on file for further information, as to the purpose of the proceeding, before what court the petition is to be heard, and the time and place of the hearing. If the proposed district is to embrace lands in more than one (1) county, if established, such publication shall be made in one (1) newspaper published in each of the counties.
(b)
Subsection (a) is not intended to repeal any portion of this chapter, and shall not be so construed, but is intended to furnish an additional method of proceeding to bring the parties concerned before the court in proceedings seeking to establish drainage, or drainage and levee, districts, and to give petitioners the option of whether they will proceed under such other provisions of this chapter or under subsection (a) in giving notice to the parties concerned of such hearing, and in bringing them before the court.
Acts 1915, ch. 62, §§ 1, 2; Shan., §§ 3871a160, 3871a161; Code 1932, §§ 4396, 4397; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 70-745, 70-746; T.C.A. §
69-6-138
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-139 - Petitioners' names may be signed by attorney or agent

It shall be a sufficient signing, in the sense of this chapter, of the names of petitioners to the petitions provided for in this part, if their names are signed by their attorney at law or by an agent authorized so to do.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 35; Shan., § 3871a136; Code 1932, § 4371; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-747; T.C.A. §
69-6-139
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-140 - Drainage record book

In any county where a district is sought to be established, the county clerk shall provide a book to be known as the "drainage record," to be paid for by the county, and the clerk shall keep in the drainage record book a full and complete record of all proceedings in each case arising under this chapter, including all orders made by the county court, and certified from the circuit court, and a copy of the original petition shall be enrolled in the drainage record, all bonds required to be given. All orders and judgments of the county court touching any matter of the district may be entered upon the drainage record book, without being entered upon the regular minute book, but it shall be sufficient if such orders or judgments are entered either upon the drainage record or the regular minute book of the court.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 15; 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 25, § 7; Shan., § 3871a74; Code 1932, § 4302; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-748; T.C.A. §
69-6-140
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-141 - Fees of clerk

The fees of the county clerk in proceedings under this chapter shall be the same as for similar services now allowed by law, and in such case the county court may allow the clerk an additional sum for extra services, or services not covered by existing fee bills, or statutes, to be fixed by the court, and paid as other costs and expenses in the case or proceeding.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 16; Shan., § 3871a75; Code 1932, § 4303; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-749; T.C.A. §
69-6-141
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-142 - Compensation fixed by county court

If there are any services required of any person under this chapter, and the rate of pay for those services is not provided for by this chapter, then the county courts shall fix the amount or rate of pay in such cases.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 36; Shan., § 3871a143; Code 1932, § 4378; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-750; T.C.A. §
69-6-142
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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-143 - Reelfoot Lake and Big Hatchie River excepted

This chapter is not intended to apply to Reelfoot Lake or Big Hatchie River and the waters of such lake or river, or to authorize their draining, and this chapter shall not be construed in any way to authorize the draining of such lake or river or its bottom lands; provided, that dredge boats may be permitted to excavate as far north as, but no farther than, what is known as "Three Bridges" in the fifth civil district of Obion County and the fourth civil district of Lake County.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 40; 1915, ch. 53, § 1; Shan., § 3871a159; Acts 1921, ch. 60, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 4394; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-751; T.C.A. §
69-6-143
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-144 - Authority to cooperate with other agencies

Any drainage district or districts, in addition to the authority that it now has, shall also be authorized to cooperate and contract with persons, firms, associations, partnerships and private corporations, and with other watershed districts, drainage districts, conservation districts, levee districts, counties, cities, quasi- municipalities, utility districts, and other similar corporations or agencies of this state, and with any such districts or agencies organized for similar purposes in any adjoining state, and with other local, state, and federal agencies, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee department of agriculture, the department of environment and conservation, Tennessee Valley authority, corps of army engineers, the secretary of defense, United States department of agriculture, or any other federal agency; to enter into cooperative contracts and agreements with any such districts, corporations or agencies; and to exercise all the powers and receive all benefits relating to watershed districts prescribed in 83 P.L. 566, 68 Stat. 666, or any other act of congress.
Acts 1959, ch. 258, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 169, §§ 1, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-752; T.C.A. §
69-6-144
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-145) › Section 69-5-145 - Abolishment of drainage districts - Separate account for district funds

(a)
Any drainage district created pursuant to this chapter may be abolished by resolution of the county legislative body at any time the district has completed the projects for which such district was created. Any funds of the district necessary to fund the obligations of the district, to maintain such projects or to pay any indebtedness incurred pursuant to this chapter or otherwise shall be placed in a separate account by the county and shall remain in such account until expended to pay such maintenance, obligations or indebtedness. Any other funds remaining in the accounts of the district shall be transferred to the county general fund to be appropriated by the county legislative body.
(b)
This section applies to all drainage districts created prior to or after April 22, 1997, pursuant to this chapter or any other public or private act.
Acts 1997, ch. 110, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A. §
69-6-145
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 2 - DAMAGES (§§ 69-5-201 — 69-5-209) › Section 69-5-201 - Claims must be filed or waived - Guardian or conservator

Any person claiming damages as compensation for the construction of a levee, ditch, drain, or watercourse improvement shall file the claim in the office of the county clerk at least three (3) days prior to the day on which the petition has been set for hearing, and on failure to file such claim at the time specified shall be held to have waived such rights; provided, that if such person be an infant and without regular guardian, or an infant or person adjudicated incompetent and such guardian or conservator has not been notified of the proceeding as provided for notice, and the facts are made to appear by affidavit, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for such person, who may file such claim for damages, if deemed proper, for the person within the time above allowed or within three (3) days after being so appointed.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 5; 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 25, § 3; Shan., §3871a31; mod. Code 1932, § 4248; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-801; T.C.A. §69-6-201; Acts 2011 , ch. 47, § 93.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 2 - DAMAGES (§§ 69-5-201 — 69-5-209) › Section 69-5-202 - District not to be established until assessment of damages - Viewers - Duty of engineer

If any claims for damages have been filed, the court shall not establish the district until viewers have been appointed and have reported, and the court shall proceed to appoint three (3) viewers to assess such damages, who shall be disinterested freeholders of the county, and not related to any party interested in the proposed improvement, nor themselves interested in a like improvement, and the engineer appointed by the county court shall accompany the viewers and furnish such information as may be called for by them concerning the survey of the improvement.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, §6; Shan., § 3871a34; Code 1932, § 4251; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-802; T.C.A. § 69-6-202.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 2 - DAMAGES (§§ 69-5-201 — 69-5-209) › Section 69-5-203 - Damages fixed by viewers - Report

The viewers appointed to assess damages, after being duly sworn to act impartially and faithfully to the best of their ability, shall proceed to view the premises and determine and fix the amount of damages to which each claimant is entitled, and file reports in writing with the county clerk showing the amount of damages to which each claimant would be entitled because of the establishment of the proposed improvement.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, §7; Shan., § 3871a35; Code 1932, § 4252; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-803; T.C.A. § 69-6-203.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 2 - DAMAGES (§§ 69-5-201 — 69-5-209) › Section 69-5-204 - Report to be promptly filed - Substitute viewers

The report of the viewers shall be filed as soon as practicable. If any one of them fails or refuses to act, for any reason, or does not proceed to act with promptness, the court may appoint another as a viewer in that viewer's place.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, §7; Shan., § 3871a36; mod. Code 1932, § 4253; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-804; T.C.A. § 69-6-204.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 2 - DAMAGES (§§ 69-5-201 — 69-5-209) › Section 69-5-205 - Method of estimating damages

In estimating the damages, the viewers shall give the value of the land proposed to be taken without deduction, but incidental benefits that may result to the owner by reason of the proposed improvement may be taken into consideration in estimating the incidental damages.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, §7; Shan., § 3871a37; Code 1932, § 4254; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-805; T.C.A. § 69-6-205.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 2 - DAMAGES (§§ 69-5-201 — 69-5-209) › Section 69-5-206 - Damages to be considered before establishing district - Damage awards

After the filing of the report of the viewers, the court shall consider the amount of damages awarded in deciding whether such levee or drainage district should be established, and if, in its judgment, the probable cost of construction is not a greater burden than should be properly borne by the land benefited by the improvement, and the improvement is conducive to the public health, welfare, benefit, or utility, then the court shall locate and establish such drainage or levee district by proper judgment to be entered of record, and the court shall thereupon proceed to determine the amount of damages sustained by each claimant, and may hear evidence in respect to damages, and may increase or diminish the amount awarded by the viewers, as may seem just and right.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, §8; Shan., § 3871a38; Code 1932, § 4255; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-806; T.C.A. § 69-6-206.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 2 - DAMAGES (§§ 69-5-201 — 69-5-209) › Section 69-5-207 - Damages to be paid or secured by parties benefited by such district

After the amount of damages due any claimant or claimants has been finally ascertained and fixed by the county court, the court shall require the amount of all such damages to be paid, in the first instance, by the parties benefited by the levee or drainage district, or be secured, to be paid upon such terms and conditions as the county court may deem just and proper.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, §9; Shan., § 3871a48; Code 1932, § 4265; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-807; T.C.A. § 69-6-207.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 2 - DAMAGES (§§ 69-5-201 — 69-5-209) › Section 69-5-208 - Entry of condemnation order

After damages have been paid, or secured as provided in §
69-5-207
, the county court shall enter a proper order of condemnation showing all such lands are appropriated and belong to such drainage or levee district for all its necessary purposes.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, §9; Shan., § 3871a49; Code 1932, § 4266; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-808; T.C.A. § 69-6-208.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 2 - DAMAGES (§§ 69-5-201 — 69-5-209) › Section 69-5-209 - Power of condemnation - Extent of appropriation

In establishing any such district, all necessary lands may be appropriated as provided in this chapter, and a right-of-way as much as two hundred feet (200') wide may be so appropriated, if deemed necessary, for the situs and location of any ditch or drain, or for the location of a new route or channel for any natural watercourse for the whole way or parts of the way of its course. The natural bed of any watercourse in such district may, insofar as it may be utilized and necessary, be so appropriated to the end that such bed or channel may be cleaned out, deepened, or widened; but the provision in this section as to the width of such right-of-way shall not prevent the county court from ordering appropriated such other lands as may be deemed necessary for the purposes of such improvement district under this chapter.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, §9; Shan., § 3871a50; Code 1932, § 4267; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-809; T.C.A. § 69-6-209.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-301 - Commissioners - Appointment - Qualifications

When the district, or other improvement provided for, has been located and established as provided for in part 1 of this chapter, the county court shall appoint three (3) or five (5) commissioners as may be determined by the county court, one (1) of whom shall be a competent civil engineer, and two (2) of whom shall be freeholders of the county, not living within the levee or drainage district, and not interested in the district, or in a like question, nor related to any party whose land is affected thereby.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 11; Shan., § 3871a52; Code 1932, § 4280; Acts 1971, ch. 401, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-901; T.C.A. § 69-6-301.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-302 - Oath - Classification of tracts

The commissioners shall, as soon as practicable after their appointment, and after being duly sworn to perform their duty faithfully and impartially to the best of their ability, inspect and classify all the lands benefited by the location and construction of such drainage or levee district in a graduated scale of benefits, naming the tract or tracts of each owner and so classifying the same, each tract to be numbered according to the benefit received, as provided in §
69-5-305
, by the proposed improvement.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 11; Shan., § 3871a53; Code 1932, § 4281; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-902; T.C.A. § 69-6-302.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-303 - Compensation of viewers, commissioners, and helpers

The viewers and commissioners provided for by parts 1-3 of this chapter shall be paid at the rate of three dollars ($3.00) per day while engaged in the work, and, in addition, all actual expenses, including board paid for, for which itemized accounts shall be reported and sworn to. Other necessary help aiding the engineers, viewers, or commissioners, such as chain carriers, axmen, shall be paid not more than two dollars ($2.00) per day.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 36; Shan., § 3871a138; Code 1932, § 4373; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-903; T.C.A. § 69-6-303.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-304 - Apportionment of costs - Report

The commissioners shall make an equitable apportionment and assessment of the costs, expenses, cost of construction, fees, and damages assessed for the construction of any such improvement, and make a report in writing of the apportionment and assessment to the county court.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 11; Shan., § 3871a54; Code 1932, § 4282; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-904; T.C.A. § 69-6-304.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-305 - Scale and classification as basis of assessment

In making the apportionment and assessment provided for in §
69-5-304
, the lands receiving the greatest benefit shall be marked on scale of one hundred (100), and those benefited in a lesser degree shall be marked with such percentage of one hundred (100) as the benefit received bears in proportion to the scale of one hundred (100). This classification, when finally established, shall remain as a basis for all future assessments connected with the objects of the drainage or levee district, unless the county court, for good cause, shall authorize a revision of the classification.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 11; Shan., § 3871a55; Code 1932, § 4283; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-905; T.C.A. § 69-6-305.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-306 - Division into tracts and classification of subdivisions

In making the classification provided for in §
69-5-305
, the commissioners are authorized to divide the land of one (1) owner lying in one (1) body into more than one (1) tract, and classify each subdivision of the tract, if they are of opinion that portions of the entire tract will be more benefited than other portions, and especially when the entire tract is a large one, and that it will be more equitable and just to so classify it in subdivisions.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 11; Shan., § 3871a56; Code 1932, § 4284; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-906; T.C.A. § 69-6-306.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-307 - Description of land - Objection to assessment and apportionment - Notice

The commissioners shall specify in their report each tract of land by reasonable description and the ownership of the tract as it appears on the tax books of the county or as it has been previously adjudged in the proceeding. Any objection to such assessment and apportionment shall be filed in writing with the county clerk on or before twelve o'clock (12:00) noon of the day the matter of the assessment and apportionment is set for hearing by the court. The assessment may be made without notice, as taxes are assessed without notice in such cases; but publication shall be made in three (3) weekly newspapers published in the county where the proceeding is pending, if there are that number published in the county, otherwise in at least one (1) weekly newspaper, for two (2) consecutive weeks, notifying all parties, concerned in any way, of the date set for hearing the matter of assessment and apportionment by the court, when they may appear and be heard, if they desire. The last of the publications shall be at least five (5) days before the day set for the hearing, and the publication shall be in lieu and stead of notice personally served, but shall not give the names of the parties, but only a brief statement of the date and purpose of such hearing.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 11; 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 25, § 5; Shan., §3871a57; mod. Code 1932, § 4285; Acts 1957, ch. 329, § 1; 1961, ch. 217, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-907; T.C.A. § 69-6-307.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-308 - Publication

If such district lies in more than one (1) county, publication need only be made in one (1) weekly newspaper published in each of the counties having land embraced within the district. If there are daily newspapers published in any county, but no weekly newspaper, it shall be sufficient, if such publication is made in a daily paper of such county, one (1) day in each week for the length of time required instead of in a weekly newspaper.
Acts 1915, ch. 63, §8; Shan., § 3871a58; Code 1932, § 4286; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-908; T.C.A. § 69-6-308.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-309 - Objections to apportionment and assessments - Hearings

When the day set for hearing has arrived, and the hearing is not continued by the court for good reason, as it may be, the county court shall proceed to hear and determine all objections made and filed to the report, and may increase, diminish, annul, or affirm the apportionment and assessments made in such report, or any parts of the report, as may appear to the court to be just and equitable; but in no case shall it be competent to show that the lands assessed would not be benefited by the improvement. The county court shall assess such apportionment so fixed by it upon the lands within such levee or drainage district.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 11; Shan., § 3871a59; Code 1932, § 4287; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-909; T.C.A. § 69-6-309.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-310 - Additional assessments

If the first assessment made by the court for the original cost of any improvement as provided is insufficient, the court may make an additional assessment in the same ratio as the first.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 11; Shan., § 3871a60; Code 1932, § 4288; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-910; T.C.A. § 69-6-310.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-311 - New report may be ordered and new commissioners appointed

If, for any reason, the court annuls in toto or sets aside such report of the commissioners, it shall order them to make a new report, or shall remove them and appoint new commissioners to act as in the first instance, if desired by the parties concerned.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 11; Shan., § 3871a61; Code 1932, § 4289; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-911; T.C.A. § 69-6-311.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-312 - Levy upon lands of benefited owners - Ratio - Funds kept separate - Disbursement

The assessments shall be levied upon the lands of the owners so benefited in the ratio mentioned in §
69-5-305
, and shall be collected in the same manner as taxes for county purposes, except as specially provided in this chapter, and the funds so collected shall be kept as a separate fund, and shall be paid out only for purposes properly connected with such improvement, and on the order or warrant of the county mayor.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 12; Shan., § 3871a62; Code 1932, §4290; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §70-912; Acts 2003 , ch. 90, § 2; T.C.A. § 69-6-312.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-313 - Railroads and highways

Whenever any railroad or public highway will be beneficially affected by the construction of any improvement or improvements in such district, it shall be the duty of the commissioners appointed to classify and assess benefits to determine and return in their report the amount of the benefit to such railroad or highway, and notice shall be served as to such railroad upon its nearest station agent, as provided in case of an individual property owner; and as to a highway, notice shall be served upon the county mayor, as in case of an individual property owner. When such special assessments have been approved and fixed by the county court as to such railroad, it shall be a debt due personally from the railroad company, and, unless the same is paid by the railroad company as special assessment, it may be collected in the name of the county in any court having jurisdiction; and as to a highway, such assessment shall be paid by the county out of the general county fund or highway tax fund, such assessments to be paid into the fund of such district.
Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 21; Shan., § 3871a93; Code 1932, §4321; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §70-913; Acts 2003 , ch. 90, § 2; T.C.A. § 69-6-313.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 3 - COMMISSIONERS; APPORTIONMENT OF ASSESSMENTS (§§ 69-5-301 — 69-5-314) › Section 69-5-314 - Claims commission to compensate districts for benefits accruing to highways

(a)
Whenever any levee or drainage district is or has been organized under appropriate statutes of this state providing for the levee or drainage district, which levee or drainage district embraces within its boundaries any highway or highways that are a part of the state highway system, and if it is contended that such levee or drainage district, when completed, will contribute materially to the protection of such state highways from floods and other similar elements, such levee or drainage district may file its petition before the claims commission setting forth the fact that such state highways have been benefited thereby, the amount of the benefits claimed and praying for compensation for such benefits.
(b)
Upon the filing of the petition, the claims commission shall hold a hearing on the petition, at which evidence may be introduced with reference to the benefits or lack of benefits to the highway by the creation and completion of the district.
(c)
If the claims commission is of the opinion, after the hearing, that the creation and completion of the district will result or has resulted in material benefit and protection to the highway or highways, then and in that event the claims commission is expressly authorized and empowered to direct payment from the general highway funds toward the creation of the district, such amount as it may find to fairly represent the benefits accruing to the highways and occasioned by the creation and completion of the district; provided, that the actual payment of the sums found to fairly represent such benefits may, at its option, be postponed by the claims commission until there has been a substantial completion of such district; and provided further, that this section does not apply to levee or drainage districts organized more than five (5) years prior to February 13, 1941.
Acts 1941, ch. 53, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1034.11, 4232.1 (Williams, § 4406a); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-914; T.C.A. § 69-6-314.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 4 - CORRECTION OF ERRORS (§§ 69-5-401 — 69-5-407) › Section 69-5-401 - Mistake in the number of acres - Correction

Whenever a district has been established or is being established and a mistake has been made as to the number of acres assessed to the owner of any tract of land embraced in the district, the decree in the cause fixing or adjudging the number of acres shall not be final until the assessment roll provided by statute to be made by the directors has been reported to the court by the directors and decree has been entered confirming the acres; and when any such mistake shall have been made, the aggrieved person may file a petition in the county court in which the cause is pending, seeking to have the mistake corrected.
Acts 1921, ch. 144, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3871a51b1; Code 1932, § 4269; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1001; T.C.A. § 69-6-401.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 4 - CORRECTION OF ERRORS (§§ 69-5-401 — 69-5-407) › Section 69-5-402 - Mistake in number of acres - Notice - Hearing - Decree

Upon the filing of such petition, the county clerk shall give at least ten (10) days' written notice to all the directors of the district of the filing of the petition and at any time after twenty (20) days from the service of such notice on the directors the matter may be heard by the court, either upon oral testimony or upon depositions or on documentary evidence and on all the records in the cause, or on all such evidence, and the court shall render decree according to the merits of the controversy.
Acts 1921, ch. 144, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3871a51b2; Code 1932, §4270; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1002; T.C.A. § 69-6-402.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 4 - CORRECTION OF ERRORS (§§ 69-5-401 — 69-5-407) › Section 69-5-403 - Mistake in acres - Appeal

From a decree correcting a mistake in the number of acres, either side may appeal upon the same terms and conditions and to the same courts as provided for appeal from the decree on commissioners' reports fixing the acres assessed to each owner.
Acts 1921, ch. 144, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3871a51b3; Code 1932, § 4271; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1003; T.C.A. § 69-6-403.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 4 - CORRECTION OF ERRORS (§§ 69-5-401 — 69-5-407) › Section 69-5-404 - Mistake in acres - Correction after decree has been made final

No such petition shall be filed or heard after the decree has been rendered upon the directors' report upon assessment roll and the number of acres assessed to each owner, and the boundaries of land so assessed to the owner shall be final after the rendering of the decree upon the report on assessment roll, except as provided in §
69-5-305
.
Acts 1921, ch. 144, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3871a51b4; Code 1932, § 4272; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1004; T.C.A. § 69-6-404.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 4 - CORRECTION OF ERRORS (§§ 69-5-401 — 69-5-407) › Section 69-5-405 - Mistake in owner's identity - Correction

(a)
When a mistake has been made by which the lands belonging to one person have been assessed to or in the name of another person or as embraced within the boundaries set out for a tract assessed to another person, the original decree fixing such assessment shall not be final, and any aggrieved party may file a petition in the county court in which the drainage or levee cause is pending to correct such mistake and to correct the assessments and all decrees, reports, blueprints, and plats accordingly.
(b)
Upon the filing of such petition, the county clerk shall give ten (10) days' written notice to the person or persons to whom it is claimed that such land should have been assessed, and at any time within twenty (20) days after the service of such notice, the cause may be heard by the court as provided for hearing causes in §
69-5-402
, and the court shall render decree according to the merits of the controversy.
(c)
If the court decrees that such mistake was made, then by decree all the reports, decrees, blueprints, maps, and plats shall be amended and corrected accordingly.
(d)
In case any assessment or assessments of any land thus newly assessed to any person is or are past due, whether they have been paid by the aggrieved person or not, they shall be collected by the county trustee immediately and shall become delinquent and shall be proceeded against as delinquent as now provided by law for proceeding in the matter of delinquent assessment, unless paid within sixty (60) days after rendering such decree. If any of the assessment has been previously collected by the trustee from the aggrieved party in the petition, it shall be refunded to the aggrieved party by the trustee upon warrant drawn as now provided by law for the drawing and issuing of warrants in the matter of drainage and levee districts.
Acts 1921, ch. 144, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3871a51b5; Code 1932, §4273; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1005; T.C.A. § 69-6-405.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 5 - DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS (§§ 69-5-101 — 69-5-1303) › Part 4 - CORRECTION OF ERRORS (§§ 69-5-401 — 69-5-407) › Section 69-5-406 - Mistake in owner's identity - Appeal

From a decree of the county court correcting a mistake in the owner's identity, any aggrieved party may appeal to the circuit court of the county, upon giving bonds for costs within ten (10) days after the decree in such amount as the county court may fix, and the cause shall be heard de novo in the circuit court, and from the judgment of such circuit court, appeals shall lie as provided by the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Acts 1921, ch. 144, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3871a51b6; Code 1932, § 4274; Acts 1981, ch. 449, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1006; T.C.A. § 69-6-406.