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§ 54-17-111 — Trash dumping prohibited - Penalties

Tennessee § 54-17-111
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-17-111 (2026).

Text

Dumping or disposal of trash or refuse within five hundred feet (500') of the highway right-of-way is specifically prohibited, and the usual penalties for littering state highways are doubled in the case of scenic highways.

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Legislative History

Acts 1971, ch. 431, § 11; modified; T.C.A., § 54-2511.

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