(a) No place or site within any political subdivision of the state of Tennessee shall be established or maintained by any person as an organized camp, unless the person holds a valid permit issued by the commissioner or public health officer in the name of the person for the specific organized camp.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-110-103

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of health or the commissioner's authorized representative. See Tennessee Code 68-110-101
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-110-101
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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.
  • Organized camp: means any area, place, parcel, or tract of land on which facilities are established or maintained to provide an outdoor group-living experience for children or adults, or where one (1) or more permanent or semipermanent structures are established or maintained as living or sleeping quarters for children or adults, and operated for educational, social, recreational, religious instruction or activity, physical education or health, or vacation purposes either gratuitously or for compensation. See Tennessee Code 68-110-101
  • Person: means any and all persons, including any:
    (A) Individual, firm, or association. See Tennessee Code 68-110-101
  • Public health officer: means the director of a city, county, or district health department having jurisdiction over the community health in a specific area, or the officer's authorized representative. See Tennessee Code 68-110-101
  • 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
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The commissioner or public health officer is authorized to issue, suspend, or revoke permits in accordance with this chapter and any rules and regulations that may be adopted by the department under the authority of this or other applicable laws.
(c) The annual permit fee to operate an organized camp shall be in accordance with the following schedule. As used in this subsection (c), a “travel campsite” is a designated camping space that is equipped with utility connections.

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(d) If the permit fee is delinquent for more than thirty (30) calendar days, a penalty of one half (½) the permit fee shall be added to the permit fee. If a check is returned for any reason, a penalty of one half (½) the permit fee shall be added to the permit fee. The permit fee, plus any penalty, shall be paid to the commissioner before the permit is issued.
(e) The permit shall be kept and displayed in a conspicuous manner, properly framed, at the organized camp for which it was issued.
(f) Ninety-five percent (95%) of permit fees, fines, and penalties collected within a contract county pursuant to this chapter shall be conveyed by contract to the respective county health department to assist such county health department in implementing the program in the local jurisdiction. This amount shall be calculated based upon fees collected in the contract county during the state’s fiscal year multiplied by ninety-five percent (95%).
(g) No contract county currently charging a local permit fee shall charge a local permit fee. By July 30 of each year, each contract county shall provide a report to the commissioner for the preceding fiscal year documenting the total cost relative to carrying out the provisions of the contract and the amount of permit fees collected. The report shall be on a form provided by the commissioner.
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