§ 11-21-107. Cooperation With Federal, State, and Local Agencies
Any county conservation board may cooperate with the federal government or the state government or any department or agency thereof, including the Tennessee Valley authority and the United States army corps of engineers, to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter. Any county conservation board may join with any other county board or […]
§ 11-21-108. Use of School Buildings, Grounds or Equipment
Any county board of education or the governing body of any special school district may grant the use of any buildings, grounds, or equipment of the district to any county conservation board for the purpose of carrying out this chapter whenever such use of the school buildings, grounds or equipment for such purposes will not […]
§ 11-21-109. Departments of Environment and Conservation and Education to Advise and Assist Counties
The departments of environment and conservation and education shall advise with and may assist any county or counties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
§ 11-19-104. Annual Report
The Great Smoky Mountains Park commission shall submit an annual report of its activities to the governor and to the general assembly within fifteen (15) days after the convening of each regular legislative session, and special reports at such other times as it may deem appropriate.
§ 11-19-105. Compensation — Expenses
The members of the Great Smoky Mountains Park commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations under this chapter, including, but not limited to, reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with the official comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the […]
§ 11-18-102. Jurisdiction Retained by State — Purpose
As to all lands acquired by the United States within this state for the purposes mentioned in § 11-18-101 or similar purposes, the state does not, by granting this consent, surrender or cede its legislative, executive and judicial jurisdiction over the same, but grants to the congress of the United States the right to enact […]
§ 11-18-103. Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Retained — Privileges as Citizens Retained by Inhabitants
The jurisdiction of the state of Tennessee, both civil and criminal, over persons upon the lands acquired for the purposes named in § 11-18-101, or similar purposes, shall not be affected or changed by their permanent acquisition and administration by the United States for such purposes, except so far as the punishment of offenses against […]
§ 11-18-104. Jurisdiction Retained Over Highways and Streams
The state of Tennessee and its governmental or political subdivisions shall retain its and their title and ownership in and to and jurisdiction over all highways and thoroughfares over or contiguous to lands so acquired, and to all bridges and ferries forming parts of such highways or over streams affected thereby, together with the right […]
§ 11-18-106. Chapter Applicable to Further Acquisitions of Property — Compliance With Conditions to Satisfaction of Governor and State Forester
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect any rights accrued prior to February 11, 1943, but as to any future acquisitions of property by the United States or any of its agencies, this chapter shall be applicable law and the right of cession of jurisdiction over property in the state shall not become […]
§ 11-18-107. United States Authorized to Prohibit the Use by Commercial Vehicles of Highways Within Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Notwithstanding chapter 57 of the Public Acts of 1951, approved February 23, 1951, and the provisions found in the deed conveying all state highways within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the United States, dated June 1, 1951, and recorded in the register’s office of Sevier County, on August 6, 1951, in volume 106, […]