Tennessee § 68-221-710 - Emergency plan for provision of water.
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§ 68-221-710. Emergency plan for provision of water.
The commissioner shall develop a plan for the provision of safe drinking water under emergency circumstances. When, in the judgment of the commissioner, emergency circumstances exist in the state with respect to a need for safe drinking water, the commissioner may take such actions as the commissioner may deem necessary in order to provide such water where it otherwise would not be available. Acts 1983, ch. 324, § 11; T.C.A., § 68-13-710 . Compiler's Notes. Former title 68, ch. 13, parts 1-10 were transferred to title 68, ch. 221, parts 1-10, respectively, in 1992. See the parallel reference table in § 68-221-101 for the former and new section locations.
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