To implement its responsibilities, the commission may:

(1) Review state budgets and review grant proposals, other than those grant proposals submitted by institutions of postsecondary education to the federal government, for earthquake-related activities and to advise the governor and the general assembly thereon;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 58-9-105

  • 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
(2) Review programs relating to earthquake safety and advise the governor and the general assembly concerning earthquake hazard mitigation proposals; and
(3) Recommend the addition, deletion or changing of state and local agency standards when, in the commission’s view, the existing situation creates undue hazards or when new developments would promote earthquake hazard mitigation.
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