Tennessee § 66-6-106 - Use of term system on documents — Designation of system used.
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§ 66-6-106. Use of term system on documents — Designation of system used.
The terms Tennessee Coordinate System of 1927, Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983, or Tennessee State Plane Coordinate System must not be used on any map, report of survey, or other document, unless the coordinates contained within such document are based on the Tennessee coordinate system as defined in this chapter. Any document containing coordinates based upon a system of plane coordinates defined in this chapter shall contain a statement that indicates whether the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1927, the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983, or the Tennessee State Plane Coordinate System was used. This chapter must not be construed to prohibit the appropriate use of other datums and other geodetic reference networks. Acts 1991, ch. 42, § 7; 2019, ch. 213, § 5. Compiler's Notes. Former §§ 66-6-101 — 66-6-107 (Acts 1947, ch. 179, §§ 1-6); C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1034.17-1034.22 (Williams, §§ 630.35-630.40), T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 64-601 — 64-607), concerning the Tennessee system of coordinates, was repealed by Acts 1991, ch. 42, § 8. Amendments. The 2019 amendment substituted “The terms Tennessee Coordinate System of 1927, Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983, or Tennessee State Plane Coordinate System must not” for “The term ‘Tennessee Coordinate System of 1927’ or ‘Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983’ shall not” in (a); in (b), substituted “a system” for “either system” and substituted “, the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983, or the Tennessee State Plane Coordinate System” for “or the Tennessee Coordinate System of 1983” near the end; and added (c). Effective Dates. Acts 2019, ch. 213, § 7. April 23, 2019.
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