Tennessee Statutes
§ 54-5-141 — Highway rights-of-way - Retention for scenic or environmental purposes
Tennessee § 54-5-141
JurisdictionTennessee
Title54
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-5-141 (2026).
Text
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.
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Legislative History
Acts 1991, ch. 295, § 1.
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