(a) All state moneys appropriated or allotted for the maintenance and improvement of county systems shall be known as county aid funds, to be paid over by the commissioner of finance and administration to the trustees of the several counties in the proportion directed in § 54-4-103, to be used by the county highway authorities in building or maintaining, or both, county roads and bridges; provided, that any county highway may be taken over and constructed, improved or maintained as a hard surface road by the department of transportation out of its own funds.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-4-101

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-103
  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-103
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
(b) Any county has the power and authority by resolution of the governing body of the county, to pledge county aid funds to the punctual payment of principal of and interest on bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued for the purpose of building, maintaining or improving county roads and bridges, but only after receiving in writing the concurrence of the current superintendent of roads to pledge county aid funds to a bond issue.
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