Tennessee § 4-3-504 - Powers and duties of department.
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§ 4-3-504. Powers and duties of department.
The department of environment and conservation has the power to: Exercise all functions, rights, powers, and duties vested by law; and Make rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the administration of such functions and duties, and for the management of any parks or other properties belonging to the state. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 69; impl. am. Acts 1949, ch. 50, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 255.62, 5194, 5201.1 (Williams, § 255.72); modified; Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 11; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 169, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1970, ch. 468, §§ 1-17; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-317; Acts 1992, ch. 693, § 7. Compiler's Notes. For transfer of the bureau of environment in the department of health and its related functions and the administration of the Tennessee environmental statutes (excluding title 68, chs. 14, 110 and 112) from the department of health to the department of environment and conservation, see Executive Order No. 42 (February 4, 1991). For transfer of the division of forestry and its related functions and the administration of the Tennessee Forestry Act (title 11, ch. 4) from the department of environment and conservation to the department of agriculture, see Executive Order No. 41 (February 4, 1991). For the transfer of the responsibility of administering §§ 17(a), 19, 21(d), 26(c), 29, 34, 36(d) and 45 of the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991, Acts 1991, ch. 451, codified as §§ 68-211-822(a) , 68-211-823 , 68-211-824 , 68-211-862(c) , 68-211-825 , 68-211-828 , 68-211-867(d) and 68-211-847 , respectively, relative to certain financial assistance programs, from the state planning office to the department of environment and conservation, see Executive Order No. 50 (November 5, 1991). For the further transfer of administration of certain provisions of the Solid Waste Management Act from the state planning office to the department of environment and conservation, see Executive Order No. 54 (January 7, 1994). Cross-References. Coal surface mining, powers of commissioner, § 59-8-404 .
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