(a) Once the general assembly designates a highway or road or a portion of the highway or road as a scenic highway, the state or local agency having jurisdiction of the highway shall erect appropriate signs marking the designation, in accordance with the rules and regulations authorized to be promulgated, from funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose. The signs shall conform to standards established by the comprehensive statewide scenic highway plan; furthermore, the state or local agency having jurisdiction over the particular scenic highway shall provide proper marking, maintenance, and refuse removal services in connection with the highway.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-17-107

  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-103
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Scenic highway: means any highway, road, or sections of the highway or road designated as a scenic highway from time to time by the general assembly under this part. See Tennessee Code 54-17-103
  • Sign: means an outdoor sign, light, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing which is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform any part of the advertising or informative contents of which is visible from any place on the main traveled way of an interstate system or primary system. See Tennessee Code 54-17-103
  • 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) The department of tourist development shall study each newly designated scenic highway with the intention of including it in state and national promotional campaigns. In no instance may scenic highways be promoted through advertisement on any sign, structure or advertising device other than signs used for marking scenic highways by the department of transportation or local agency having jurisdiction.
(c) The department of economic and community development shall act to coordinate the efforts of local planning commissions, development districts, chambers of commerce, convention and visitors bureaus, and other federal, state, local, and private organizations in continuing the promotion and development of the scenic highway system.
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