Tennessee § 43-1-106 - Duties of commissioner.

§ 43-1-106. Duties of commissioner.

It is the duty of the commissioner of agriculture to determine, on the commissioner's own initiative, or upon request by the county legislative body of any county in this state, agricultural areas adjacent to state highways that are: Row crop areas devoted primarily for the growth of corn, cotton, soy beans, vegetables, and other similar seasonal agricultural commodities; and Grassland areas maintained and used primarily for grazing of livestock. Acts 1875, ch. 13, § 4; Shan., § 318; Code 1932, § 430; modified; Acts 1961, ch. 22, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1965, ch. 82, § 8; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 90, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 131, § 1; Acts 1972, ch. 801, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1973, ch. 341, § 3; 1977, ch. 112, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-107; Acts 1988, ch. 878, § 13. Compiler's Notes. For transfer of the division of forestry in the department of environment and conservation and its related functions and the administration of the Tennessee Forestry Act from the department of environment and conservation to the department of agriculture, effective July 1, 1991, see Executive Order No. 41 (February 4, 1991). Cross-References. Aerial application of pesticides, § 43-8-302 . Anhydrous Ammonia Storage and Equipment Law, administering and enforcing, § 43-11-302 . Apiaries, rules and regulations regarding, § 44-15-121 . Baby chicks, powers and duties of commissioner, title 44, ch. 16. Commercial feed law, administration, § 44-6-102 . Community gardening, powers and duties of commissioner, title 43, ch. 24. Dairy law, powers and duties of commissioner, § 53-3-104 . Fertilizers and liming materials, administration of provisions, § 43-11-102 . Garbage feeding law, administration, § 44-2-403 . Insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides law, commissioner's powers and duties, §§ 43-8-104 , 43-8-106 , 43-8-109 , 43-8-110 , 43-8-112 . Inspector of apiaries, appointment, § 44-15-203 . Liming materials, rules and regulations, § 43-11-410 . Livestock dealers act, duties, title 44, ch. 10, part 2. Pesticides, commercial aerial application of, powers and duties of commissioner, § 43-8-302 . Plant, animal life or virus, declaring to be pest, § 43-8-106 . Registration of pesticides, § 43-8-104 . Seed law, administration of, title 43, ch. 10, part 1. Soybean promotion, powers and duties of commissioner, title 43, ch. 20. Tennessee garbage feeding law, duties, title 44, ch. 2, part 4. Tobacco regulations, commissioner's duties to promulgate and enforce, § 43-19-301 . Weighmasters, powers and duties of commissioner, title 47, ch. 26, part 10. Weights and measures, commissioner's powers and duties, title 47, ch. 26, part 9. Wetlands, title 11, ch. 14, part 4.