Tennessee § 11-3-103 - Classification and designation of areas — Administration of state park system — Division of parks and recreation.
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§ 11-3-103. Classification and designation of areas — Administration of state park system — Division of parks and recreation.
All parks, monuments and other areas used primarily for recreational purposes shall be properly classified under the supervision of the department of environment and conservation, and the department shall, upon approval of the classification, designate the areas comprising the state park system, the state park system to be administered through a division of parks and recreation in the department. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the state park designated as “Pickett State Park” is hereby redesignated as “Pickett Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Memorial State Park.” The department shall erect suitable markers and/or affix suitable signs designating such park as the “Pickett Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Memorial State Park.” Acts 1937, ch. 266, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 630.3; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 11; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 169, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 11-303; Acts 1994, ch. 951, § 1. Compiler's Notes. For transfer of responsibility for maintaining roads and parking areas in parks from the department of conservation to the department of transportation, see Executive Order 39 (February 11, 1983). Attorney General Opinions. Responsibility for maintenance of the Narrows of the Harpeth Road, the one-mile road in the Harpeth River State Park that provides public access to the Narrows of the Harpeth site. OAG 15-49, 2015 Tenn. AG LEXIS 47 (6/8/15).
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