The department shall review all formal declarations of railroad right-of-way abandonments by the interstate commerce commission, for possible inclusion into the state trails system. The commissioner shall, within three (3) years after the route of a trail or trail segment included in the system has been located, determine the boundaries of the right-of-way to be associated with that trail. Such boundaries shall be established in such a manner that they protect the scenic value of the trail.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 11-11-111
Consideration of abandoned rights-of-way — Establishment of trail right-of-way boundaries
Known as the Tennessee Trails System Act
The act spans §§ 11-11-101 to 11-11-206 (25 sections).
Acts 1971, ch. 103, § 11; T.C.A., § 11-1611.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.