Tennessee Code 42-2-207 – Contracts by department of transportation
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 42-2-207
- Air navigation facility: means any facility, other than one owned or operated by the United States, used in, available for use in, or designed for use in aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of these facilities. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Airport: means any area of land or water that is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas that are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or avigation easements or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located on such areas, easements or rights-of-way. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Airport hazard: means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land that obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or that is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Avigation easement: means any easement that includes all or any part of the following:
(A) The right to unobstructed and unrestricted flight of aircraft, in, through and across the airspace over and above certain described land, at the altitude or height above the surface of the land as determined by the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101 - Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Municipality: means any county, incorporated city, incorporated town, authority, district or other political subdivision or public corporation of this state. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- 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
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
All contracts made by the department either as agent for the state, any municipality, or any airport authority shall be made pursuant to the laws of the state governing the making of like contracts; provided, that where the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of any airport, air navigation facility, avigation easement or the acquisition, lighting, marking or elimination of any airport hazard is financed wholly or partially with federal moneys, the department, as agent of the state, of any municipality, or of any airport authority, may let contracts in the manner prescribed by the federal authorities acting under the laws of the United States and any rules or regulations made thereunder.