Tennessee § 70-1-301 - Creation — Statement of policy.

§ 70-1-301. Creation — Statement of policy.

There is hereby created a wildlife resources agency, which shall have full and exclusive jurisdiction of the duties and functions relating to wildlife formerly held by the game and fish commission or of any other law relating to the management, protection, propagation, and conservation of wildlife, including hunting and fishing, except those powers and duties conferred upon the fish and wildlife commission as provided in § 70-1-206. It is the policy of the state that the agency shall be nonpartisan and shall place first and foremost the welfare of the wildlife and its environment in the agency's planning and decisions, and to encourage, by every appropriate means, the full development of the state's natural resources to the benefit of all of the citizens of Tennessee, including, but not limited to, the creation of a comprehensive long-range management plan to integrate the wildlife resource agency's efforts and to implement and encourage full utilization of Tennessee's wildlife resources consistent with realistic conservation principles. Acts 1974, ch. 481, §§ 2, 4; 1975, ch. 40, § 1; T.C.A., § 51-123; Acts 2012, ch. 993, § 13. Cross-References. Longevity pay for wildlife resources agency wildlife officers, § 8-23-206 . Attorney General Opinions. Municipality unable to prohibit state authorized hunting, OAG 98-038, 1998 Tenn. AG LEXIS 38 (2/9/98). Delegation of authority by the general assembly to state wildlife agencies, OAG 07-19, 2007 Tenn. AG LEXIS 19 (2/22/07).