The public safety and welfare requiring it, the commissioner shall conduct a program of regular inspections of dams, reservoirs, and downstream floodplains within the state. The frequency of such inspections shall be as determined by the commissioner, who may establish different inspection intervals for dams based on their hazard categories.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-11-115
Inspections
Known as the Safe Dams Act
The act spans §§ 69-11-101 to 69-11-127 (27 sections).
Acts 1973, ch. 182, § 6; T.C.A., § 70-2516; Acts 1984, ch. 805, § 5; T.C.A. § 69-12-115.
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.