Tennessee § 11-1-103 - Cooperation with wildlife resources agency — Relationships between divisions.
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§ 11-1-103. Cooperation with wildlife resources agency — Relationships between divisions.
The several divisions located within the department of environment and conservation shall cooperate with the state wildlife resources agency, and the employees of the divisions shall lend whatever assistance is necessary to carry out the game and fish laws. Likewise, the employees of the state wildlife resources agency shall cooperate with the other divisions in the department and lend assistance whenever it is deemed necessary by the commissioner of environment and conservation, it being the purpose to coordinate fully the activities of the state wildlife resources agency with other conservation activities in the department. In the event any controversy shall arise in the department between any of the various divisions therein as to their respective duties and functions, the commissioner shall have authority to make the final decision concerning the controversy, and to define the respective limits of authority of each division. Acts 1949, ch. 50, § 19; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.69A (Williams, § 5120.37); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 11; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 169, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1974, ch. 481, §§ 4, 6; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 11-103. Compiler's Notes. For transfer of the division of forestry and its related functions and the administration of the Tennessee Forestry Act (ch. 4 of this title) from the department of environment and conservation to the department of agriculture, see Executive Order No. 41 (February 4, 1991).
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