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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-111 - Rights-of-way for state highways - Liability for cost

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
Acts 1931, ch. 57, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3178.1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 126, § 1; 1968, ch. 482, § 1; 1972, ch. 463, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-511; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 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.
Acts 1931, ch. 57, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 3178.2 (Williams, § 3178.3); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-512; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 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.
Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b23 (p. 6550); impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 2, 33; Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b54; Code 1932, § 3212; modified; Acts 1973, ch. 131, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-513; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-114 - Notice for bids - Advertising - Preparing and filing bids - Waiver

(a)
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 website. 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.
(b)
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.
(c)
The requirements of this section may be modified by the department in order to conform to any federal requirements that may accompany federal funds.
(d)
The requirements of this section may be waived as provided in §
54-1-135
.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 244, s 1, eff. 4/19/2013.
Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b24 (p. 6550); Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b55; Code 1932, § 3213; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; Acts 1973, ch. 42, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-514; impl. am. Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; Acts 1981, ch. 332, § 30; 1984, ch. 923, § 1; 1993, ch. 521, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-115 - Bonds to accompany bids

The bids must be accompanied by proper bonds or guaranty that proper bond will be executed.
Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b25 (p. 6550); Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b56; Code 1932, § 3214; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-515.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 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.
Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b26 (p. 6550); impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 2, 33; Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b57; Code 1932, § 3215; Acts 1968, ch. 418, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-516; Acts 1981, ch. 264, §§ 6, 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 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.
Acts 1929, ch. 80, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 3216; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-517; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 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.
Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b26 (p. 6550); impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 2, 33; Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b57; mod. Code 1932, § 3217; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-518; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-119 - Contractors shall give bonds - Actions - Limitations

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b27 (p. 6551); Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b58; mod. Code 1932, § 3218; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1967, ch. 380, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-519; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 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.
Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b28 (p. 6551); Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b59; Code 1932, § 3219; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-520; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-121 - Signs for Doe Mountain recreation area

The department is authorized to install and erect appropriate signs, other than tourist-oriented directional signs, along a state highway for the Doe Mountain recreation area. Such signs must be authorized by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 431,s 1, eff. 5/13/2021.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-122 - Full settlement with contractor

The department may close a project after the following have occurred:
(1)
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
(2)
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.
Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b30 (p. 6551); Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b61; Code 1932, § 3221; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-522; Acts 1983, ch. 132, § 1; 1984, ch. 807, § 1; 2004, ch. 605, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-123 - Sums withheld - Final settlement

(a)
From the three and one-half percent (3 ½%) retained on any contract executed prior to August 2005, that is being closed and to the extent the funds are due the contractor, the department shall withhold from the contractor a sum sufficient to pay all claims, of which notice is appropriately filed with the department, for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of the last advertising, to allow claimants to sue and prove their claims against the contractor or its agent, in some court of competent jurisdiction. In the event a civil action is brought against the contractor by any claimant within sixty (60) days from the day of the last advertising, the department shall pay the amount of the claim into court from any funds of the contractor the department is holding, if any. But in all cases where civil actions are not brought within sixty (60) days, the department shall pay any sums being held by the department, if any, to the contractor. No civil action shall be valid unless it is filed after the filing of a notice of claim with the department in accordance with §
54-5-122
.
(b)
On the date set for full and final settlement with the contractor, the contractor may make proper refunding bond to the state for the amount of any sum or sums so held for the period of sixty (60) days, the bond to be approved by the department, whereupon it shall pay the contractor in full.
Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b31 (p. 6551); Shan. Supp., 1720a7b62; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 2, 33; Acts 1929, ch. 80, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 3222; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-523; Acts 1984, ch. 807, § 2; 2004, ch. 605, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-124 - Civil actions against contractors by claimants

(a)
All civil actions against contractors brought by any claimant shall make the commissioner a defendant to the action by issuance of process from the county where the civil action was filed to the county of the defendant, and they shall be brought in the county where the main office of the department is situated or in any county in which any part of the work was prosecuted. In the event that the department is not holding sums due a contractor described in §
54-5-123(a)
or upon payment of the amount specified in subsection (b), upon request by the commissioner, the commissioner shall be dismissed as a party.
(b)
When a civil action has been properly brought, in the event the department is holding any amount due a contractor described in §
54-5-123(a)
, the amount or the amount of the claim, whichever is less, shall be paid into court.
Acts 1929, ch. 80, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 3222; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-524; Acts 1984, ch. 807, § 3; 2004, ch. 605, §§ 4, 5.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-125 - Dismissal of suit as to commissioner - Oath of claimant - More than one claimant

(a)
The petition shall be signed by the commissioner, or by the attorney for the department for the commissioner; and upon the filing of the petition accompanied by payment, the suit shall be dismissed as to the commissioner as a matter of right, the sum paid into court as to the plaintiff or claimant standing in lieu and as a satisfaction of the contractor's bond and a fulfillment of the duties of the department to the claimant or plaintiff.
(b)
No claimant shall file a claim with the department without verifying the claim by oath.
(c)
Where more than one (1) claimant files suit in the same court, the commissioner may embrace in one (1) petition the names of the claimants, the aggregate amounts of their claims, etc., accompanying the petition with photostats, and making payment by one (1) voucher to cover the whole.
Acts 1929, ch. 80, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 3222; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-525; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-126 - Judge hearing suit - Procedure

(a)
Where suit is brought by any claimant or claimants before a judge of the court of general sessions, the voucher or warrant shall be payable to the order of the judge before whom the suit is pending, but no judge shall endorse or have cashed the voucher or warrant until the disposition of the case or cases pending, when the judge may endorse and deliver the voucher or warrant to the party entitled to the voucher or warrant, or endorse and cash the voucher or warrant for the purpose of distribution of the proceeds to the parties entitled to the proceeds.
(b)
In all instances where the commissioner's decision is appealed unless the voucher or warrant is endorsed and cashed for the purposes of partial distribution, the judge shall endorse the voucher or warrant to the circuit court clerk on appeal and transmit it with the appeal papers.
(c)
Where the judge endorses and cashes the voucher or warrant for partial distribution, if any one (1) of several claimants appeals to the circuit court, the appellant shall transmit, with the appeal papers, cash equal to the amount of the claim concerning which the appeal or appeals are taken.
Acts 1929, ch. 80, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 3222; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-526; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-127 - Final judgment in suit - Pro rata payments - Interest

(a)
Upon final disposition of any case where suit is brought by a claimant or claimants, the court making final order and determination shall direct to be paid, and the judge of the court of general sessions or clerk shall pay, the sum or sums paid into court by the commissioner to the parties entitled to the sum or sums under the decree or judgment of the court.
(b)
In any instance when the aggregate of the claims filed with the commissioner in due time exceeds the aggregate retained or contract amounts due the contractor, the commissioner, in making payments into court as provided in subsection (a), if any, shall make the same on a pro rata basis.
(c)
A contractor shall be entitled to recover from the claimant, upon cross-petition duly filed, interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum, on so much of any money withheld from the contractor on account of any claim or part of the claim as is disallowed by the court, the interest to run from the date of settlement with the contractor to the date an order of the court is entered directing the disposition of funds paid into the court by the commissioner.
Acts 1929, ch. 80, § 1; Code 1932, § 3222; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1967, ch. 156, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-527; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-128 - Prison labor - Using - Purchasing equipment

(a)
Where satisfactory bids cannot be secured, or where, in the judgment of the department, it is more feasible to execute any work by prison labor or free labor, authority is given the department to use prison labor, either state or county, or free labor, and to purchase equipment necessary to carry on the work; provided, that the inmates shall be available by law at the time and satisfactory arrangements can be made by which they may be used.
(b)
When work is executed by means of labor of state inmates, the commissioner shall pay for the labor on the highway work according to rules and regulations prescribed by law and the state authorities, who may furnish the inmates, and, if the inmates so used are county inmates, the county authorities controlling the inmates shall receive pay for the labor at the price to be agreed upon by the commissioner and the respective county officials authorized to furnish the labor.
(c)
In case the commissioner is not able to make satisfactory arrangements to construct the highways with state or county inmate labor or by contract with other parties, then the commissioner is empowered to build and construct the highways, either on force account by contract or in a manner deemed advisable by the commissioner.
Acts 1917, ch. 77, § 6; Shan., § 1720a29b32 (p. 6551); Acts 1919, ch. 149, § 11; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 2, 33; Shan. Supp., §§ 1720a7b11, 1720a7b63; Code 1932, §§ 3180, 3223; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-528; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-129 - Commissioner financing improvements of section of state highway system - Funds to be repaid without interest

If any county, county commission or road board, district, city, town, person or corporation desires immediately to improve any section of the state highway system as designated and established by the commissioner, the commissioner may enter into an agreement with the county, county commission, or road board, district, city, or town officials, or other parties, to finance the construction or reconstruction of the highway or section of the highway, and any funds advanced to the commissioner pursuant to the agreement shall be repaid without interest, as and when the general assembly may provide the funds, and the commissioner may apportion the funds for the improvement.
Acts 1921, ch. 178, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 2, 33; Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b22; Code 1932, § 3185; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-529; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-130 - Counties required to contribute proportionally for construction of highways

The commissioner has the power, within reasonable discretion, to require of any county where a road or roads are to be built to contribute its fair proportion of the funds necessary to construct the highway, but in no case more than fifty percent (50%) shall be required.
Acts 1919, ch. 149, § 22; Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b23; Code 1932, § 3186; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-530; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-131 - Public hearings

(a)
State highway projects funded totally from state appropriations shall be subject to public hearings only in the following instances:
(1)
The commissioner determines that the public interest would be served if a public hearing was held; or
(2)
The commissioner determines that the project:
(A)
Requires the acquisition of significant amounts of right-of-way; or
(B)
Substantially changes the layout or function of connecting roadways or of the project roadway.
(b)
The department shall hold the hearings at convenient locations before plans for the project are finally adopted, and shall consider the economic and social effects of the proposed location of the proposed highway, as well as its impact on the environment, and its consistency with the goals and objectives of any urban planning as may have been adopted by the community.
Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-579; Acts 1980, ch. 516, § 1; 1985, ch. 218, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-132 - Guide signs for exposition centers

(a)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a guide sign must be erected on or along an interstate highway or at an interchange for an exposition center:
(1)
That has at least seventy thousand square feet (70,000 sq. ft.), but no more than ninety thousand square feet (90,000 sq. ft.) of space;
(2)
That is located within or associated with a county agricultural center that:
(A)
Has a minimum annual attendance of at least two hundred thousand (200,000) people; and
(B)
Is signed pursuant to this chapter; and
(3)
That is located within two (2) miles of Interstate 40.
(b)
Guide signs may be erected pursuant to subsection (a) only if the cost of the manufacture and installation of the guide signs is paid to the department from county or other nonstate funds. The payment must be made prior to any expenditure by the state for the manufacture or installation of the signs.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 879, s 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-133 - Eradication and control of noxious weeds

The commissioner shall adequately eradicate or control, or both, by chemical or other means, noxious weeds growing on state highway rights-of-way whenever areas adjacent to the rights-of-way are determined by the commissioner of agriculture, in accordance with §
43-1-106
, to be row crop areas or grassland areas.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 308,s 26, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1972, ch. 801, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-578; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-134 - Cutting hay along controlled access highway right - of - way

(a)
(1)
Residents of the state who derive a significant portion of their annual income by farming may petition the department for permission to cut and bale hay along the rights-of-way of interstate highways located within the state, and other controlled access highway facilities located within the state, whether totally or partially controlled; provided, that the hay is to be used for personal farming purposes and may not be sold.
(2)
The commissioner is authorized to grant permission upon individual request.
(b)
(1)
In order to promote the safety of motorists and persons engaged in cutting and baling activity, the commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding the granting of permission and the performance of the cutting and baling activity.
(2)
These rules and regulations shall include:
(A)
Restrictions on the hours and days during which cutting and baling activity may be performed;
(B)
Restrictions on the areas in which cutting and baling activity may be performed; and
(C)
Any other reasonable measures designed to minimize the possibility of traffic mishaps resulting from cutting, baling, and hauling of the hay.
(c)
The commissioner shall require that any individual granted a cutting permit possess, during the cutting and baling operation, minimum liability insurance in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for bodily injury or death to any one (1) person in a single accident, plus one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury or death to two (2) or more persons in a single accident, plus ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for injury to or destruction of property in a single accident.
(d)
No fee relative to petitioning for permission or engaging in the cutting and baling activity shall be charged.
Acts 1978, ch. 653, § 1; T.C.A., § 54-585; Acts 1988, ch. 615, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-135 - "Buy America" Act

(a)
No agency or entity of state, county, or municipal government in the state shall purchase any materials used for highway or roadway construction, resurfacing, or maintenance from any foreign government, or any company wholly owned and controlled by a foreign government, regardless of the location of the company, or from any agency of the foreign government or company.
(b)
As used in this section, "materials" includes, but is not limited to, asphalt cement, asphalt emulsion, rock, aggregate, liquid and solid additives, sealers and oils.
(c)
This section shall not apply:
(1)
If the materials are not produced by American companies in sufficient and reasonably available quantities, and are of satisfactory quality; or
(2)
If the American materials increase the overall project cost for which these materials are purchased by five percent (5%) more than the overall project cost using materials produced by a foreign government owned company.
Acts 1983, ch. 213, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-137 - Elimination of hazardous right-of-way conditions

It is the intent of the department to make reasonable efforts to eliminate conditions on highway rights-of-way that are hazardous to an adjoining landowner's health, welfare and safety.
Acts 1986, ch. 806, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-138 - Contracts for mowing Rights-of-way, and litter collection

(a)
Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, for contracts for the mowing of rights-of-way and litter collection, or either of them, bids may be accompanied by letters of credit in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid, in lieu of proper bonds, to guarantee execution of the contract.
(b)
All contractors with whom contracts are made for the mowing of rights-of-way and litter collection, or either of them, may provide, in lieu of bonds, letters of credit guaranteeing the department alone the faithful discharge of the contract, and for no other reason.
Acts 1987, ch. 296, § 1; 2004, ch. 605, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-139 - Maintenance contracts with counties

(a)
The commissioner may enter into a contract with a qualified county to perform maintenance activities upon the rights-of-way of state highways located outside municipalities and metropolitan governments.
(b)
The department of transportation shall reimburse the county on an actual cost basis.
Acts 1988, ch. 470, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-140 - Improvements by local governments - Approval - Maintenance

(a)
Cities, counties and metropolitan governments are authorized, within their respective jurisdictions, to make improvements to existing highways on the system of state highways, or to construct additions to the system, with the approval of the commissioner. The work may be accomplished by qualified persons provided by the city, county, or metropolitan government, or by contracts with qualified contractors.
(b)
When the work provided for in subsection (a) is undertaken, the commissioner shall have the authority to approve the plans and specifications for conformity to state standards. Following completion of the construction in conformity with the plans and specifications, the department shall assume responsibility for the maintenance of the highways.
Acts 1988, ch. 512, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-141 - Highway Rights-of-way - Retention for scenic or environmental purposes

The department shall consider whether highway rights-of-way are suitable for retention in order to restore, preserve, or improve the scenic beauty and environmental quality adjacent to the highway, prior to declaring the rights-of-way surplus and conveying them for uses other than highways. The department is encouraged to retain, rather than dispose of, its interests in these rights-of-way.
Acts 1991, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-142 - Designation of bicycle routes

The commissioner may designate and appropriately mark on appropriate state highways, or portions of state highways, routes for the use of bicycles.
Acts 1994, ch. 909, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-143 - Welcome signs

(a)
The department of transportation is directed to include the language "The Volunteer State" on all highway signs welcoming visitors to the state. The language shall be added to the signs whenever the signs are replaced or modified for another purpose.
(b)
Notwithstanding any rule, regulation or law to the contrary, a city, county or metropolitan "welcome" sign erected on a state right-of-way prior to February 14, 1994, shall not be required to be removed, relocated or dismantled by the department of transportation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a city, county or metropolitan government from entering into an agreement with the department to remove, relocate or dismantle a "welcome" sign.
Acts 1995, ch. 476, § 1; 1999, ch. 450, § 4; T.C.A. §
54-5-144
.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-145) › Section 54-5-144 - Memorial to fallen Tennessee national guardsman

Any segment or structure named on State Route 840, the "Tennessee National Guard Parkway" as designated by chapter 35 of the Public Acts of 2005, shall be dedicated as a memorial to a fallen Tennessee national guardsman.
Acts 2010, ch. 1048, § 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-201 - State highways routed through municipalities - Contracting regarding Rights-of-way

(a)
The department shall construct, reconstruct and improve streets and maintain the streets in municipalities over which traffic on state highways is routed; or enter into contracts with the municipalities in the state regarding the construction, reconstruction and improvement of streets and maintenance of the streets in municipalities over which traffic on state highways is routed, and is authorized to enter into contracts with municipalities regarding the acquisition of rights-of-way for those streets, and is authorized to expend state or federal funds, or both, in carrying out this section; provided, that where any federal funds are used in the construction or reconstruction of any street, the municipality shall first agree to comply with, and conform to, all federal and state requirements with reference to traffic regulations and street markings.
(b)
(1)
The state shall pay all the costs for any highway or parts of the 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; provided, that a municipality may contribute sums that may be approved by its governing body to the cost.
(2)
No municipality shall be required to pay or enter into an agreement to pay any part of the costs.
(3)
However, the state's obligation for maintenance of its system of highways shall be governed by those limitations now set out by law, it being the intent of this section neither to enlarge nor to diminish present obligations for this maintenance.
Acts 1929, ch. 42, § 1; Code 1932, § 3242; Acts 1947, ch. 123, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3242; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 126, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-531; Acts 1987, ch. 180, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-202 - Width and character of highways in municipalities

The streets constructed, reconstructed, improved and maintained by the state shall be of a width and type that the department deems proper, but the width so constructed, reconstructed, improved and maintained shall not be less than eighteen feet (18'); and, in the case of resurfacing and maintenance, from curb to curb where curbs exist, or the full width of the roadway where no curbs exist.
Acts 1929, ch. 42, § 2; Code 1932, § 3243; Acts 1947, ch. 123, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 3243; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-532; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-203 - Maintenance by municipality - Reimbursement

Where a municipality is organized for the care of its own streets, the construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance may be done by the municipality, which shall be reimbursed by the state; provided, that all expenditures shall be subject to the approval of the department.
Acts 1929, ch. 42, § 3; Code 1932, § 3244; Acts 1947, ch. 123, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 3244; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-533; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-204 - Maintenance of highway by state

Where a municipality is not organized to care for its own streets and roads, the construction or maintenance shall be done by the state, either by contract or state forces.
Acts 1929, ch. 42, § 4; Code 1932, § 3245; Acts 1947, ch. 123, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 3245; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-534.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-205 - Streets for highways designated by department

The department shall have sole jurisdiction over the selection of the streets through which traffic shall be routed.
Acts 1929, ch. 42, § 5; Code 1932, § 3246; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-535; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-206 - Interstate highways routed through municipalities - Maintenance by department

The department is authorized to maintain the rights-of-way, pavement, and structures of streets over which interstate highway traffic is routed within municipalities and designated by the commissioner as part of the interstate and defense system of highways as defined by the Federal Highway Act of 1956; provided, that the department shall have no authority to maintain or operate lighting systems for or on the streets, but cities and municipalities may maintain and operate the systems in accordance with standards prescribed by the commissioner; and provided, further, that they shall be maintained and operated at the expense of the cities and municipalities.
Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9 § 3; Acts 1961, ch. 15, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-552; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-207 - Authority of commissioner upon failure of municipality to enter into or abide by agreement concerning acquisition and use of lands for streets

In the event any municipality fails or refuses to enter into an agreement within thirty (30) days after the agreement has been submitted by the commissioner to the governing body of the municipal corporation, or fails or refuses to abide by or perform an agreement concerning the acquisition and use of lands for streets needed for the interstate and national defense highway system, and the commissioner decides that the highway and street program is being delayed, impaired, obstructed, or impeded in any manner, the commissioner is authorized and empowered to:
(1)
Lay out, locate and construct streets, controlled streets and access or connecting streets within the municipality to become a part of the interstate and national defense system of highways by designation of the commissioner;
(2)
Designate lands already dedicated to the use of the traveling public as a part of the interstate and national defense highway system; and
(3)
(A)
Acquire interests in lands occupied by publicly and privately owned utilities;
(B)
Require the adjustment or relocation of the utility facilities;
(C)
Enter into contracts relating to the utilities; and
(D)
Maintain actions or suits in the courts when necessary so as to lay out, locate or construct streets designated as portions of the interstate and national defense system of highways.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 308,s 8, eff. 7/1/2013.
Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1961, ch. 230, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-553; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-208 - Eminent domain within municipalities

In the event it becomes necessary for the commissioner to proceed under this section and §§
54-5-207
,
54-5-209
and
54-5-210
, the state, acting through the commissioner, is authorized and empowered to exercise the power of eminent domain within municipalities for streets designated as part of the interstate and national defense system of highways.
Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1961, ch. 230, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-554; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-209 - Acts of municipality that would cause loss of federal funds prohibited

No municipality has the authority to enact any ordinance or do any other act that will cause the state to lose federal aid funds for such streets.
Acts 1961, ch. 230, § 3; T.C.A., § 54-555.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-210 - Legal status of streets unchanged

Nothing in this section and §§
54-5-207
- 54-5-209 shall be construed as otherwise changing the character or legal status of city streets in any way and the distinctions made in this code between streets and highways are continued in full force and effect.
Acts 1961, ch. 230, § 4; T.C.A., § 54-556.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 2 - MUNICIPAL STREETS (§§ 54-5-201 — 54-5-211) › Section 54-5-211 - Designation of bicycle routes

The responsible authority in each municipality may designate and appropriately mark on appropriate municipal streets, or portions of municipal streets, routes for the use of bicycles.
Acts 1994, ch. 909, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 3 - ENTRANCES ONTO HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-301 — 54-5-302) › Section 54-5-301 - Regulations governing construction of entrances - Penalty for illegal entrances

(a)
In order to prevent the obstruction or restriction of the flow of water along, across or under any highway on the state highway system, the impounding of water upon or within the highway, the damaging in any way or manner of the highway, or the interference with or creation of any damage or hazard to public travel, the commissioner is authorized and directed to make reasonable and proper rules and regulations governing the construction of entrances into highways in the state on the state highway system.
(b)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the construction of an unauthorized entrance onto a highway in the state highway system is an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only of five hundred dollars ($500). If the entrance violates any rule or regulation of the department, the owner of the entrance shall have thirty (30) days to comply with all applicable rules and regulations. The department may impose a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for failure to comply with all applicable rules and regulations within thirty (30) days. Each day an entrance is in violation of this subsection (b) after the thirty-day period shall be considered a separate offense. The owner of an unauthorized entrance shall be civilly liable for any injuries proximately caused by the entrance.
Acts 1955, ch. 38, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-540; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 2005, ch. 220, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 3 - ENTRANCES ONTO HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-301 — 54-5-302) › Section 54-5-302 - Agreement prior to construction mandatory

No person, firm, corporation or municipality shall construct any entrance into a highway in the state highway system without first having agreed to construct the highway in accordance with rules and regulations of the commissioner.
Acts 1955, ch. 38, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-541; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.