Tennessee § 54-5-403 - Industrial highways authorized.

§ 54-5-403. Industrial highways authorized.

To facilitate the development and expansion of industry and to provide access to industrial areas, the department is authorized to use any powers granted to it under current law and this part to develop and construct industrial highways when there is a finding made jointly by the department and the department of economic and community development that the industrial highways are an appropriate and cost-effective means to secure the development of an industrial site or park. Municipalities are authorized to use any powers granted to them under current law and this part to participate in the construction and maintenance of the industrial highways. Each municipality shall be responsible for the maintenance of any industrial highway within the area of its ownership or control. Any industrial highway constructed under this part may be designated as a controlled-access highway under chapter 16 of this title. Acts 1959, ch. 264, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-548; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 2014, ch. 546, § 3. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2014, ch. 546, § 7 provided that the provisions of the act shall not be construed to be an appropriation of funds and no funds shall be obligated or expended pursuant to the act unless such funds are specifically appropriated by the General Appropriations Act. Amendments. The 2014 amendment rewrote (a) which read: “In order to facilitate the development and expansion of industry and to provide access to industrial areas, the department, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to use any powers granted under any general law to construct and maintain industrial highways when there is a finding by the department that the highways are clearly necessary to secure the development of an industrial site or park or lessen serious congestion and hazards or facilitate the movement of persons, commodities or raw materials, and no other feasible means exist for accomplishing these objectives.”; in (b), inserted “under current law and this part” and substituted “industrial highways” for “highways” at the end; and rewrote (c) and (d) which read: “(c) It is the intent of this part that a county or an incorporated city or town, as the case may be, shall be responsible for the local share of the highways within the area of its jurisdiction.“(d) The highways may be designated as limited access highways under chapter 16 of this title.” Effective Dates. Acts 2014, ch. 546, § 8. March 17, 2014.