(a) Any employee or agent of the department upon whom has been conferred law enforcement powers, including the power to serve and execute warrants and arrest offenders or issue citations throughout the state, or any police officer of the state or any police officer of any municipality or county of this state has the authority to enforce any of the provisions of § 70-8-309 or any regulation or rule promulgated pursuant to this part, or any license issued pursuant to this part.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 70-8-311

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation and the commissioner's authorized representatives. See Tennessee Code 70-8-303
  • Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 70-8-303
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or any other private entity, or any officer, agent, department or instrumentality of the federal government, any state or political subdivision of the state, or any foreign government. See Tennessee Code 70-8-303
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • 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) In addition to any other available remedy at law, the commissioner may apply to the chancery court of any county in which a violation of this part is occurring, or in which the commissioner has probable cause to believe a violation of this part is about to occur, and the court shall have jurisdiction to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this part without requiring the commissioner to post bond during the pendency of this action.
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