Terms Used In Tennessee Code 11-11-110

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 11-11-103
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • System: means the "Tennessee trails system" as established in this chapter and including all trails and trail segments, together with their rights-of-way, whether initially designated or later added by any of the procedures described in the chapter. See Tennessee Code 11-11-103

All state agencies shall, promptly upon enactment of this chapter, inform the commissioner of any proceedings, studies, or other activities within their jurisdiction, and regardless of by whom requested, which are now in progress and which affect or may affect any of the trails specified in § 11-11-106. They shall likewise inform the commissioner of any such proceedings, studies or other activities which are hereafter commenced or resumed before they are commenced or resumed and that may affect any initial component of, or later addition to, the system.