Tennessee § 70-9-103 - Chapter definitions.

§ 70-9-103. Chapter definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Agency” means the Tennessee wildlife resources agency; “Commission” means the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission; “Director” means the executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency, the director's duly authorized representative, and, in the event of the director's absence or a vacancy in the office of director, the assistant director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency; “Off-highway vehicle” or “OHV” means any off-road motorcycles, three or four-wheel all-terrain vehicles or dune buggies; “Owner” means the person in whose name the OHV is owned; and “Seller” means a person permitted to engage in the business of selling, offering to sell, soliciting or advertising the sale of either off-road motorcycles, three or four-wheel all-terrain vehicles or dune buggies, or any of these vehicles. Acts 2004, ch. 622, § 4; 2012, ch. 993, § 13. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2004, ch. 622, § 10 provided that in carrying out the purposes of the act, the wildlife resources commission (now the fish and wildlife commission) shall put first and foremost the welfare of wildlife and their environment and shall not degrade nor permit degradation of the commission’s purpose and mission to protect and preserve the state’s wildlife in accordance with article XI, § 13 of the Constitution of Tennessee.