Tennessee § 54-5-112 - County legislative bodies must authorize payment by counties.
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§ 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. Cross-References. Alteration of location and grades of road, rights-of-way acquired by counties or commissioner, filing of right-of-way plans, § 54-5-110 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 23 Tenn. Juris., Streets and Highways, § 13.
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Section 54-5-112 ("County legislative bodies must authorize payment by counties.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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