§ 42-2-222. Audits of Municipalities Receiving State Aid — Withholding Aid Where Funds Improperly Used
The department is charged with the express duty of auditing the books of any municipality or airport authority of this state that receives any of the funds appropriated or allocated by the state of Tennessee, insofar as may be necessary to determine that the funds are used solely and exclusively for the purpose of advancing […]
§ 42-2-223. Department as Agent for Municipalities and Airport Authorities in Receiving Certain Federal Funds — Exceptions
The department shall act as agent for each municipality and airport authority for the purposes of applying for, receiving and disbursing federal funds made available pursuant to the former Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 219, 49 U.S.C. 1970 ed. § 1701 et seq. [repealed], or any amendment thereto, unless a municipality […]
§ 42-2-224. Procedure, Rules and Regulations Governing Department — Statutes Governing Procedure Before Tennessee Public Utility Commission Applicable
Sections 4-5-322, 4-5-323, 65-2-101 — 65-2-109, and 65-2-112 — 65-2-121 shall also apply to the department of transportation and all procedures and proceedings of such department for the purposes of all matters within the jurisdiction of the department. “Commission,” as used in the sections referred to in subsection (a), means the department of transportation.
§ 42-2-225. Reporter — Official Record — Transcripts
The department is authorized and directed to employ a competent court reporter or stenographer, whose salary or charges shall be paid out of the general appropriations for the department, and whose duties it shall be to take down and transcribe all testimony offered in contested cases, to prepare the official record of all contested cases, […]
§ 42-2-216. Orders — Notice and Opportunity for Hearings — Judicial Review
Every order of the department requiring performance of certain acts or compliance with certain requirements and any denial or revocation of any approval, certificate or license shall set forth the reasons and shall state the acts to be done or requirements to be met before approval by the department will be given or the approval, […]
§ 42-2-217. Exchange of Violations Information
The department is authorized to report to the appropriate federal agencies and agencies of other states all proceedings instituted charging violation of §§ 42-1-201, 42-1-202 and 42-2-104 and all penalties, of which it has knowledge, imposed upon pilots or the owners or operators of aircraft for violations of the law of this state relating to […]
§ 42-2-218. Funds Expendable for Promotion of Aeronautics
The department is authorized to spend funds that may be available for the purpose of furthering aeronautics generally in the state of Tennessee.
§ 42-2-219. Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity — Granting — Fees
The department has the exclusive jurisdiction of granting certificates of public convenience and necessity for the operation of common carriers by air for the transportation of persons or property. Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the department shall, within a reasonable time, fix a time and place […]
§ 42-2-220. Cooperation With Federal Agencies
The department is empowered to work in connection with the Tennessee valley authority, or any department or agency of the federal government, for the purpose of rendering service or advancing aeronautics generally in the state, and to spend such available funds as are necessary to carry out the work.
§ 42-2-206. State Airways
The department may designate, design, and establish, expand, or modify a state airways system that will best serve the interest of the state. It may chart such airways system and arrange for publication and distribution of such maps, charts, notices and bulletins relating to airways that may be required in the public interest. The system […]